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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Table Rock Lake, will host a youth archery hunt Oct. 16 through 18, 2026. The hunt will take place on USACE property below Table Rock Dam. Applications to participate must be received by 4 p.m., Sept 25, 2026. Applications are available online at https://www.swl.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Lakes/Table-Rock-Lake/Events/, or in-person at the Dewey Short Visitor Center and Table Rock Lake Project Office. Only five permits will be issued. A lottery...

BY PAUL CURTISS COLLINS Ah ... the "good old days" when every local church was viable and reliable. We sang classic hymns on Sunday morning and frontier revival songs Sunday evening. There was a choir made up of amateurs who loved to sing and never considered being performers. The object was to worship God. No one intended to entertain a congregation (?). I remember when every denomination was growing, there were no "megachurches." In the days before televangelism, people attended church in...

BY LARRY WHITELEY I was on my way to the lake to go fishing the other day. She was driving an old Chevrolet pickup. At first glance, I thought there was no one driving until I saw a few gray curls sprouting above the seat and wrinkled hands holding on to the steering wheel. People would probably have assumed she was on the way to a quilting group or maybe the grocery store. They would be wrong, though. She turned on an old dirt road that headed down to the water. I decided to follow her. ...