Worm cookies and rodent meat tales from travel essays
Southern Illinois outdoors writer recounts encounters with worm cookies from Amherst Junction Worm Czar George Sroda and bizarre Cuban feasts featuring rodent and alligator meat. Describes rattlesnake roundup in Oklahoma, hard fried bananas in Central America, panama fishing camps, and Panama Canal beer shrimp exchanges, all peppered with humor and travel misadventures.
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George Sroda
Worm Czar
Amherst Junction
Wis
Sroda
Bow deer bowhunt set for October weekends in Illinois
Illinois allows deer bow hunting at Union County Refuge over three weekends in October with a daily limit of 150 hunters. Applications accepted Aug 1 by the Department of Conservation, with a drawing after the period. Oct 13-15, Oct 20-22, and Oct 27-29 are hunt dates.
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Illinois
Union County
Illinois Department of Conservation
Route
Jonesboro
Illinois Doc Advisory Board
Burke celebrates anniversary at Colts camp
Baltimore Colts receiver Randy Burke marks one year since shoulder injury ended his rookie season. He returns to camp at Goucher College aiming to win a spot, with Roger Carr and Marshall Johnson after surgeries. Coach Dick Bielski notes recovery and focus to avoid complacency amid rookie vets.
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Baltimore
Randy Burke
Baltimore Colts
Burke
Goucher College
Kentucky
Roger Carr
Marshall Johnson
Dick Bielski
National Football League
Bielski
Randy
Logan College names Barton head baseball coach and golf coach
Logan College trustees hired Gary Barton 35 from Eldorado High School as head baseball coach and head coach for women's basketball plus coordinator of women's athletics. His salary is 13500 dollars yearly. They also brought back John Sala as assistant basketball coach and head golf coach at 1500 dollars per year.
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John A. Logan Community College
Bob Brown
Eldorado High School
Gary Barton
Southeastern Illinois
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Barton
Eldorado
Logan
John Sala
Brown
Sala
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Panama
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