Missouri college students make booklet for USDA.

Missouri college students make booklet for USDA. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- Two students at a community college insouthwest Missouri have created a new children's booklet aboutwater conservation for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Debbie Hunter and Alicia Michael, students at Ozarks TechnicalCommunity College Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) is "the community's college" in Springfield, Missouri, established by Springfield and thirteen surrounding public school districts on April 3, 1990. As the region's new comprehensive community college, OTC has an open-admissions policy. , made the booklet called "Skeeter's AwesomeAdventure." Hunter wrote the story, and Michael did theillustrations. The Springfield News-Leader The Springfield News-Leader is a newspaper published in Springfield, Missouri. It is the predominant newspaper for the city of Springfield and covers the Ozarks. It costs $1.75 on Sunday and $.50 other days of the week. reports that the booklet is forchildren in preschool through third grade. In the story, Skeeter themouse is playing in his sandbox when a water drop takes him on a journeythrough the water cycle. The booklet will be distributed through USDA USDA,n.pr See United States Department of Agriculture. service centers. About15,000 copies will be printed.