In this edition: March 14, 2024
In addition to the current media postings, in this week’s print edition of The Licking News: Texas County Republicans’ Lincoln Day Event is to be held March 23. Phelps Health invites you to “Stay put and skip the commute.” See this week’s Licking R-VIII HS/JH Learner of the Week, sponsored by Hawn Law Office, Elementary…
Read MoreGeorge O. White State Forest Nursery to celebrate 90 years
LICKING, Mo. – In 1934, the outlook for Missouri’s forests was glum. Thanks, in part, to nine decades of tree production at the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) George O. White State Forest Nursery near Licking, the state’s forestry situation is much better today. The facility that has placed millions of trees on the state’s…
Read MoreWildflower Meadow Open House
By Shari Harris, Publisher A new event center opened its doors this weekend, welcoming family and friends to a Launch Party on Saturday evening, and inviting the public to an Open House on Sunday afternoon. Wildflower Meadow is located on South Highway 137, directly across from Robertson Road, just south of Licking. This family business,…
Read MoreThe sounding of the Shofar
By Christy Porter, Managing Editor Kent “Catfish” Woolston, who was joined by his wife, Rachel and two sons, Rio and Dre, in the audience, presented an entertaining and educational program that included demonstrations, information and the playing of Biblical and historical instruments on Sunday evening at New Life Free Will Baptist Church. Woolston drew from…
Read MoreFourth grade experiments with disasters
By Christy Porter, Managing Editor Students in Candice Shepherd’s fourth grade classes have been learning about natural disasters recently, and undertook the creation of some not so natural disasters of their own. The students, placed in groups, were instructed to choose from three natural disaster experiments and with minimal directive to provide the set-up and…
Read MoreStudents follow the drill
By Christy Porter, Managing Editor Licking R-VIII participated in the annual statewide tornado drill, which was activated at the Elementary and Junior High/High School levels, with different procedures for each, last Wednesday. The JH/HS drill was activated at 10:30 a.m. and students with teachers left their classrooms and proceeded to lower levels and/or a safer…
Read MoreLHS Music brings home Gold and Silver
The results are in for the recent Licking High School Music District Solo and Ensemble performances. Coming home with Gold was the Licking High School Choir. Also included in the Exemplary Gold Ratings were: the LHS Girls 6 Vocal Ensemble with vocalists Katelyn Mitchell, Nicole Paolella, Aubrey Gorman, Finley Sullins, Emalee Breeden and Paige Kilby;…
Read MoreComing Events March 14, 2024
K OF C CORNED BEEF & CABBAGE The Knights of Columbus Annual Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner will be held from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at St. John Catholic Church, in Licking, and St. Mark Catholic Church, in Houston, on Saturday, March 16. Dine in, carry out or in-town delivery available. LADIES’ TROUT FISHING…
Read MoreClassifieds: March 14 – March 20, 2024
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Read MoreOpening Day honors local man
By Shari Harris Publisher This year’s opening of catch-and-keep trout season paid tribute to the memory of Jim Oligschlaeger. In his honor, Oligschlaeger’s daughter, Maria Lewis, fired the starter pistol from the bridge to mark the opening of the 2024 season. Lewis said her father was supposed to fire the shot…
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