FINS, FEATHERS, FURS

Coming up:

March 5 Jackson's Trailblazer Gun Club meeting, Holiday Inn, Cape Girardeau, 7 p.m.

March 7 VELO Girardeau Bicycle Club ride, Mt. Tabor-Klaus Park ride, 17 miles, meet at Kent Library, 1:30 p.m.

March 13- 14 Illinois Big Buck Expo, John A. Logan Community College, Carterville. Seminars Big Buck contests.

March 14 Blackpowder Rendezvous, Wappapello Lake.

March 14 VELO Girardeau Bicycle Club ride, Greensferry Road, 27 miles, tour outskirts of Cape Girardeau and Jackson, meet at Kent Library, 1:30 p.m.

March 21 VELO Girardeau Bicycle Club ride, Black Forest Bypass, 19 miles, meet t Kent Library, 1:30 p.m.

March 28 VELO Girardeau Bicycle Club ride, Egypt Mills Hills, 18 miles, meet at Kent, 1:30 p.m.

April 24 Annual Missouri Beautification Association Spring Roadside Cleanup, Lake Wappapello.

May 22-24 Silver Bullet National Drag Boat Races, Lake Wappapello.

July 2-4 Waterfest, Lake Wappapello.

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"Pedal Push" will be the them of the April meeting of the VELO Girardeau Bicycle Club, to be held April 5 in the Hirsch Community Room at the Cape Girardeau Public Library, starting at 7 p.m.

"This will be an interesting meeting," said Pat Boyd, a spokesperson for the club. "We're ready to `push' into the world of bicycling for the spring and summer of 1993."

The club this year is planning a new ride a midnight event to be held in connection with the annual Riverfest celebration in downtown Cape Girardeau. More details will be available later.

The Velo club sponsored weekly rides into the country-side, starting Sunday, with a 17-mile ride in the Mt. Tabor-Klaus Park area. Riders will met at Kent Library at 1:30 p.m. Ride leader for the Sunday event is Judy Pulley, 334-5819.

Ride leaders for other events in March are Pat Boyd, 334-6390, Mar. 14, for the Greensferry Ride, a 27-mile event; Jacque Hooper, 339-0126 for the March 21 ride, a 19-mile event; and Steve Dain, (618)-776-5668 for the march 28, Egypt Mills Ridge, an 18-mile event.

Most rides originate at Kent Library on Southeast Missouri State University campus, unless otherwise noted.

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A Hunters Education course will be held at the Cape Girardeau VFW Post #3838 Saturday.

The class, sponsored by the Missouri Department of Conservation, in cooperation with the VFW, will start at 8 a.m. The day-long course will end about 7 p.m.

Any person born on or after January 1, 1967, is required to complete the course before purchasing any type of firearm hunting permit.

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LAKE OZARK The Missouri Conservation Commission has approved the purchase of three parcels of land, including 200 acres in Madison County as an addition to Amidon Memorial Conservation Area.

Other acquisitions announced during the recent meeting held at Lake Ozark, include 80 acres in Dade County for use as a prairie natural area and 2.5 acres in Buchanan County as an addition to Sunbridge Hills Conservation Area.

The next commission meeting is set for April 6 at Department of Conservation headquarters in Jefferson City.

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CARTERVILLE, Ill. The two-day, Illinois Big Buck Expo will be held March 13-14 at John A. Logan Community College at Carterville.

The two-day event is sponsored by The Illinois Department of Conservation and the Williamson County Tourism Bureau.