turkey

FOOD : Turkey and stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, dinner rolls, pumpkin pie — just what is for dinner on Thanksgiving? The ...

As one child balanced herself on crutches in the Friendship Table serving line, a young boy next to her offered to carry her tray filled with food. La...

First there was one and then a second appeared. In all, there were nine turkeys. It's enough to get your heart pounding. Now it was time to put the tu...

For some the very act of hunting can be competitive. A race to the top, see how many I am able to get, and it has to be the biggest and the best. Than...

The odds were against her. After all, at the very least she had to survive nesting on the ground and grow to maturity roaming the fields and forest un...

I’d climbed into the truck as if drugged. I felt totally, completely, drained; just stepping up into the truck was an effort and all that seemed to ma...

Turkey hunters like to think of themselves as being the real deal. Smart, savvy, ready to deal with the wily turkey and pull victory from defeat. Yes,...

The sky lightened, the temperature a chilly 39 degrees, unheard of in Missouri the third week of April. But this was a cold, late spring indeed. The c...

It’s not surprising how the human mind is affected by all of the humiliating jokes and teases we’ve suffered from others over the years. Unfortunately...

For many, restraint can be difficult to control. After all, when you call to a gobbler and he answers, there is a degree of heightened expectation. At...

The groundhog slips back into his comfy burrow after offering his prediction of six more weeks of winter. Yet so many other species have to hope they ...

Kane Lions Club members Steve Timpano and Bob Emer use Steve Dyne’s lift to hang decorations on Field Street in Kane Sunday, as they decorated the bor...

During the Thanksgiving Day dinner last year at the Episcopal Church of Ascension, Deacon Gail Winslow took a request from a young boy who didn’t want...

The Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 26 Chautauqua Place, is hosting a community Thanksgiving celebration on Thursday, Nov. 23. A worship service wi...

DUKE CENTER — The Otto Township Volunteer Fire Department will hold a ham and turkey party at 7 p.m. Saturday at the station at 118 Sweitzer Drive. Th...

It’s that time of the year when turkeys are on the minds of people getting ready for the Thanksgiving holiday — and the staff at the Friendship Table ...

The darkness slowly melted away, the trees grew solid, then the larger branches became visible and finally the smaller. The skyline glow became strong...

It was a fun and sometimes frustrating spring gobbler season. On days where you’d expect the birds to sound off, they remained silent. Other times the...

It’s been a long hard and difficult season for the great majority of the long suffering gobbler hunters. Perhaps a sweeping epidemic of extreme laryng...

Joe Paulik’s knee was a mess. Two tendons and the meniscus in his knee were torn and the pain of walking was severe. Still, Saturday was the first day...