Sectional Track Results and State Bound Track Athletes

On Saturday, the El Dorado Springs Class 3 Sectional Qualifying Athletes loaded the bus at 6:45 am to head to Odessa for the Class 3 Section 4 Sectional Track Meet. At stake, were tickets to move on to the Class 3 State Track and Field Championships, which would be held in Jefferson City on Friday,

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For the Birds

Years ago I spoke to the Audubon Society Chapter at Pittsburg Kansas, and enjoyed getting to spend some time with folks who truly love all aspects of nature, especially birds. I think my talk went over really well except for my woodpecker recipes. On a more serious side, I myself have had a great fascination

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Fishing Report

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm We had heavy thunder all night but only got an inch to an inch and a half of rain. The river is running bank full. Boats can use the launching ramp. Fishermen (and women) are catching flathead and blue cats on rod and reel. They are catching

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Golf Bulldogs finish at State

On May 16-17, your hometown Golf Bulldogs set out on a mission at the state tournament as a team for the first time in over 20 years in Columbia, Missouri. Seniors: Devun Salazar, Auston Smith, Jaren Meisenheimer and sophomore Rees McCullough all qualified for the state tournament and allowed El Dorado to compete for a

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TEACHERS RECOGNIZED

The El Dorado Springs R-2 School District recognized Teachers and Support Staff of the Year on Friday afternoon. Pictured are (from left): Sharon Young, Support Staff of the Year; Beau Swopes, High School Teacher of the Year; Jenny Ring, Middle School Teacher of the Year; and Brooke Miller, Elementary Teacher of the Year.

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Robert Allison to be honored by Appleton City VFW May 30

by Julia Snethen and Marge Zink Sunday morning worship service at the Rockville United Methodist Church was conducted by Pastor Linda Wansing entitled “Are you Blessed? Do you Bless?” from II Corinthians 9: 6-15. You are welcome to join to join us for worship Sunday at 9 a.m. Bible study Tuesday 9 a.m. Mt. Zion

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R-II SCHOOL HIRES SPECIAL ED DIRECTOR

The El Dorado Springs School Board has voted to hire Dana Abercrombie as special education director for the 2022-2023 school year. Beginning in 2002, Ms. Abercrombie worked for four years in the special education department as a paraprofessional, and has continued her employment for the R-2 district as a special education teacher since 2007. While

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The Rock Wall

I was looking through previous issues of the Rock Wall when I ran across the one where I told Mark Koca, then superintendent at Humansville, about the upcoming vacancy in our leadership position and told him he should throw his hat in the ring. He said he might do that. I wrote then that when

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CCMH announces next CEO

TERRY NICHOLS TO BEGIN MAY 23 – Cedar County Memorial Hospital Board of Directors is excited to announce Terry Nichols has accepted the position as CCMH’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective May 23, 2022. “We had an extremely difficult decision to make due to the number of highly-qualified candidates we interviewed,” said Marvin Manring, CCMH

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