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6 servings of pancake batter, made to package directions, replacing 1/3 of the water or milk with pumpkin pie filling 1 cup of fresh cranberries 2 cups of Caro corn syrup 1/2 cup of powdered sugar in a medium saute pan, pour the cranberries and 1 tablespoon of water. Turn the burner onto medium high and let the cranberries cook until they split and become soft. Using a fork, whisk or potato masher, crush cranberries until they are all mashed and start to blend together.

3 cups of water 1 cup of pure lime juice (an additional 1/2 cup may be added if you like your drink extra sour) 1 cup of raspberries 1/2 cup of pomegranate juice 1 cup of granulated sugar 3 cups of ice cubes 2 cups of water In a medium sauce pan, combine sugar and 2 cups of water. Cook until reduced by half and mixture is clear. Do not stir while cooking. Divide raspberries into four glasses. Divide ice into four portions and pour over raspberries. Combine lime juice, cooled simple syrup and 3 cups of water in a pitcher and stir well.

TABLE ROCK LAKE, Mo., -- A man has drowned on Table Rock Lake. The Missouri Highway Patrol says Dennis Lance was fishing with another person yesterday, when he suffered a medical problem and fell overboard. Lance was pulled out of the water and given CPR, but was pronounced dead at the scene.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - As you might imagine, lawn care companies are seeing less business this summer. They are still cutting grass for some customers....but the trimmings have become far and few between. 417 Lawns told KY3 usually this time of year, grass needs mowed every other week. But this time around, it has been more than a month since some lawns have needed to be cut. Unfortuantely, at this stage, irrigation and water sprinklers are having a hard time keeping up because those artificial watering systems cannot fully replace rain itself.

NIXA, Mo. -- A woman is raising concerns about a sinkhole across the street from her home.  It's the one that swallowed part of a house five years ago. When things started moving again this May, Carol Adkins raised questions to the city.  She wasn't satisfied with their explanation and found a second opinion. A new sunken area began forming a few months ago on the site of Nixa's most famous sinkhole. "I still had concerns even after I spoke with the city," said Adkins.

HALFWAY, Mo. -- The owner of a closed cattle rendering plant signed an agreement in court on Monday to make a plan to clean up environmental hazards on the property.  In the agreement, the Missouri Attorney General's Office says "an estimated 2,500 animal carcasses are buried" in an earthen trench at Halfway Packing Company in Polk County. The rendering plant closed last winter because of what owner Ed Gibson calls financial difficulties.  It appears to have been the only business that was still picking up and disposing of dead cattle on ranches in Missouri.  Its closing left ranchers with few other options than to bury livestock carcasses or to leave them in fields or woods where wildlife can eat their remains.

Springfield, Mo. -- One hundred years ago this weekend, the Springfield-Greene County Park Board was born.  That's when city leaders began looking for land to buy and build new parks. "We come here a lot," said Misty DeLong, a mother of a two-year-old, who spends at least three days a week in city parks. DeLong and her young son are just two of the thousands who take advantage of the city's green space. "He really likes the birds, likes to chase the birds and the squirrels, but he also likes to be able to meet new kids and meet new people that kind of stuff," DeLong said, during a trip to Phelps Grove Park Friday.

You could spend nearly $2,000 on a new washing machine.  Consumer Reports tested more than 100 different washers to find the best bargain and performance. If you want to spend the $2,000 on a washing machine, Whirlpool's got the Vantage.  It boasts a fancy touch screen with more than 50 different wash cycles, a USB port for software upgrades, and even an illuminated washtub.    Consumer Reports tested the Vantage along with 117 other washers.    "We put all the washing machines through a series of tough tests to see how well they'll perform," Celia Kuperszmid-Lehrman with Consumer Reports said.  "We also want to see about all the bells and whistles and if they're worth their extra cost.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Crews restoring a property in central Springfield unearthed a hidden treasure that just happens to be a part of Springfield history.  Near the west end of a future park known as the West Meadows of Jordan Valley, they hit a gusher. In about 1829, the founder of Springfield, John Polk Campbell, settled here because of a natural well that he found near present-day Founder's Park.  The very next year, Campbell's friend, William Fulbright, settled about a mile away at what became known as Fulbright Spring.

OZARK, Mo. -- Imagine an inland sea full of aquatic life, a tropical climate and sandy beaches.  At one time, a long, long time ago, that was the Ozarks.  A recent discovery is proof of what once swam here. During tours of Smallin Cave, guides talk about the history of the Civil War, the Indians, even things from the Ice Age like a recently discovered mastadon tooth.  Now, paleontologists say, there's a rare find from a 350 million years ago. It's an endless treasure of beautiful formations and fossils.  "It seems like every day we see something new," said Smallin Cave owner Kevin Bright.