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Five reasons you may come to love fall turkey hunting

Each time I speak to individual hunters or speak in front of a group, the mention of fall turkey hunting gets knowing smiles and cringes of non approval all at the same time. 42 states offer fall hunting opportunities for turkeys and not all hunters who have the opportunity to try fall hunting take advantage of it for a number of opinions and reasons. Which is the center focus of this — if you haven’t tried it, here are five reasons, in order of least to the best, that you may love it: * No bugs: There are no (maybe just a few) ticks or mosquitoes to bother you. If you spring ...

Kayakers embark on 301-mile journey for a cause

BUSHKILL (AP) — When Carolyn Choate was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in 2003, her tumor had already grown the size of a golf ball. Doctors gave her three years to live. Fourteen years later, Choate is kayaking the Delaware River for a cause that’s close to her heart: ...

Conservationist turns oyster farmer

WILLIAMSPORT — After a collapse in the mollusk population, many — including a few Lycoming County natives — are farming oysters in a new wave of effort to bring back the industry that once was a staple of the Florida coast. Apalachicola Bay is a stretch of about 30 miles on the Florida panhandle that produces 90 percent of Florida’s oysters. It’s there that Williamsport native Deborah Keller has set up an oyster farm she works with others, including another native of the area. With an education in environmental studies, Keller has worked on major fundraising and lobbying ...

Tribes plan protest over name changes

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Two tribes plan to demonstrate in favor of renaming a valley and a mountain in Yellowstone National Park, places they say are associated with one man who advocated slaughter of Native Americans and another who carried it out. Leaders of the Blackfoot Confederacy and Great Sioux Nation will gather Saturday at Yellowstone’s North Entrance near Gardiner, Montana, tribal officials said Tuesday. The tribes seek to change the name of Hayden Valley, a subalpine valley just north of Yellowstone Lake, to Buffalo Nations Valley. They want to change the name of Mount ...

Life-changing moment has an impact

Have you ever had a huge change in your life? Many of us have had and will have many of those moments throughout our lives. Maybe a job change or being “let go” a move to a new place or new school. Perhaps your change was physical in nature and required medical attention, physical therapy, etc. These sudden changes in our lives can often be one of two things — an event that brings us to our knees, doesn’t let us up and defines us for the rest of our lives, or a moment that makes us a better person and defines the type of person we are. Those feelings are not all that ...

Two vacancies filled on game commission board

HARRISBURG — Two lingering vacancies on the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners have been filled by Michael Mitrick, of York, and Stanley Knick Jr., of Dupont. Mitrick was selected from Region 6, which includes Mifflin, Juniata, Snyder and Perry counties, along with Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties. This position was left vacant when former Game Commissioner Ronald Weaner’s term expired. Knick was selected from Region 7, which includes Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming counties. This position ...