Graduated Dexter High, Class of 1965, grew up in southeast Missouri, born in Cape, lived in Bernie through sophomore year of school, acquired a taste for BBQ, skiing on the lake, and living in the real world, and have grown to love my corner of the world. Attended SEMO State, participated in caving, conservation activities, while studying agriculture and political science at Cape State......married twice, three grandchildren, and retired after 20+ years in Quality Assurance in aerospace electronics, tactical weapons quality systems, and national security electronics systems, weapons, surveillance, satellite systems and correlated products. Hobbies include, caving, archaeology, paleontology, birding, water skiing, squirrel hunting, duck calling, and general raising of consciousness, politically, Goldwater Republican/moderate, spiritually centered, and liable to tweak a few ears at one time or another, further deponent saith not!!! I choose to blog on such subjects as current media, current events, times we've seen, places we've been, and why we are the way we are now.....

If you're not High-Ballin', You're not Callin"

Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2011, at 12:46 AM

Just too much time talking about duck hunting, yet, my friend down on the Marais de Cygnes reserve in east central Kansas, has made limited out hunts for several days now, his tail-gate photos with Zeke, his pointing Labrador, machine of a dog, give me no doubt of the collective prowess!! The latest issue was five green-heads and one red-head drake!!! A red-head!!! I have arrived in this modern age, in rememberance of a time when there were no red-heads, there were no canvas-backs, and taking a wood duck would result in a fine of $150 or better!!! Our collective efforts, in improving our waterfowl habitats both up north and our feeding habitat in our Mississippi Flyways areas, have brought us to this time, we have birds to harvest, we have habitat to enjoy, and will continue to love our outdoors in the autumn, whether we are calling a "high ball", or a clucking feed call on our blind, we'll always love our time "in the blind"!!!!!Stay Warm, Be Well, and Get Some Birds!!!Thanksgiving is just a shout ahead!!!just kicking a subject, loving the time, watching my birds, and being with the time...molater, kkr

Comments

View 12 comments

Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. Please note that those who post comments on dexterstatesman.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.

Keith Kenneth Roussel-my old typing class partner with Mrs. Toner. Nice column. Did you know Bill Ash when u were in B.H.S? After Semo he was 'Wild Bill Ash' as a pro wrestler; married (for awhile) Mr. Hill's (or was it Mouse's) secretary...?

-- Posted by Bearcat66 on Tue, Nov 15, 2011, at 9:10 AM
Keith Kenneth Roussel-my old typing class partner with Mrs. Toner. Nice column. Did you know Bill Ash when u were in B.H.S? After Semo he was 'Wild Bill Ash' as a pro wrestler; married (for awhile) Mr. Hill's (or was it Mouse's) secretary...?

-- Posted by Bearcat66 on Tue, Nov 15, 2011, at 9:10 AM
I remember Mrs. Toner--small, neat, always dressed in a tidy gray suit--but I had the business teacher who looked a bit like a bulldog. She was nice and quite patient, but I was always afraid I would forget her real name (as I now have!) and would call her "Mrs. Bulldog"!

I appreciate your love of nature, kk, but I have no clue as to how you can kill those beautiful little ducks! I would much rather collect them in photographs.

-- Posted by goat lady on Tue, Nov 15, 2011, at 1:24 PM
Goat Lady, dear, dear, how could you forget Ms. Vaughn?????, at least she was MY BusLaw teacher at DHS!!!!....and yes I do confess to taking my camera out to the blind at times when the shooting slows down, I can get some great shots of SKY!!!!!!!!....and I do appreciate the grace and beauty of waterfowl in migration, the poise and symmetry of motion from ducks coming into the water, just at that moment when they flare out to land, gorgeous stuff, at least it is after I've nailed my limit for the day, then I just watch the dog and practice my calling (still needs practice)......Be Well, lady, molater, kkr

-- Posted by kkcaver47 on Tue, Nov 15, 2011, at 2:50 PM
Bearcat66, I'm short on the synapses with Bill Ash, I'll dig out my old Cotton Bolls and see if I can find him, now you've got me trying to figure out who YOU are, I had Ms. Toner, in junior year, so you would have been a sophomore, I'll get it sooner or later, but Ellen Sitton was a secretary in the office, so......anyhoo, we'll be around, molater, kkr

-- Posted by kkcaver47 on Tue, Nov 15, 2011, at 2:57 PM
Bearcat66, you played football, position was "End", and the initials are the same as our principal, at least I'm still tracking through the '65 Reveille!!! Remember Taneycomo and Rockaway Beach???? molater, kkr

-- Posted by kkcaver47 on Tue, Nov 15, 2011, at 4:56 PM
U R 'spot on' KK. How could we forget that final D Club trip!!! I think Wild Bill's ex-wife(?)'s last name was Hampton, but gotta dig out the Reveille. Regards, my friend!

-- Posted by Bearcat66 on Tue, Nov 15, 2011, at 6:00 PM
Well, that's scary--I need to drag out the Reveille myself... That name is completely gone from my memory!

I was long gone before you two came along!

-- Posted by goat lady on Tue, Nov 15, 2011, at 7:24 PM
Thought so, Bearcat66, Be well, buddy......GoatLady, I only remember two secretaries in the office, Mrs. Stoll and Ellen, but that was '65, and the other lady may have been there '63-'64, don't know, Be Well, dig out the Reveille's and let's do our homework!!!molater, kkr

-- Posted by kkcaver47 on Tue, Nov 15, 2011, at 8:31 PM
KK/Madam 'Goat Lady': '66 Reveille-Miss Marilyn Hampton-Sec. KK: I knew Bill @ SEMO; and, I am almost certain he told me he had been married to this lady between '66 and '69/'70. Lost contact with him around that time...wondering if Mrs. Stoll retired in '66 or so?

-- Posted by Bearcat66 on Wed, Nov 16, 2011, at 10:09 AM
The only Mrs. Stoll I knew was my English teacher (I think) in 7th and 8th grade, when Central Elementary wasn't the Central Gardens Retirement Home.

Who was the gorgeous, willowy superintendent's secretary in the late fifties, when Thurston Hill's office was in the high school? Was that Edwina Weber? I don't really think so, but...I don't have a Reveille handy. I really didn't pay much attention to secretaries...

-- Posted by goat lady on Wed, Nov 16, 2011, at 12:50 PM
I'm pretty sure the bill ash you all are speaking of if my father!

-- Posted by Kristi24 on Thu, Dec 22, 2011, at 11:05 PM

Respond to this blog

Posting a comment requires free registration:

If you already have an account, follow this link to login
Otherwise, follow this link to register