News from Harwood and Schell City

Madalyn’s Kitchen, south of Schell City, is open her regular time. She is closed on Wednesdays. She will be closed on Mother’s Day, May 9. Bob and Cheryl Ellerman of Edwards were a Sunday dinner guest in the home of Jewell and Helen Ellerman. Madalyn Crocker of Harwood and her brother, Tony VanDyne of El

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TOPS: Tips to help reach your goal

TOPS Chapter 9319 El Dorado Springs met in the Bethel Free Will Baptist Church, 1300 S. Summer St, El Dorado Springs on Thursday, April 29, for their weekly weigh-in and meeting. Linda Hall, Leader called the meeting to order. Carol led us in singing “When Your Smiling” We said our TOPS and KOPS pledges. Linda

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NEW FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER JOINS CCMH MEDICAL MALL STAFF

Dena Splitter, FNP recently joined the professional staff at the Cedar County Memorial Hospital Medical Mall Clinic at 1317 S. Highway 32 in El Dorado Springs, Missouri. She was born in Nevada and graduated from Hume High School. She later became an EMT and spent from 1991-1997 working for the Vernon County Ambulance District. For

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Free Herb Classes

A cooking with herbs class is scheduled for May 11 and May 13, 2021 from, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. at Nature Made Garden Herb Shop 200 W. Hwy54 Suite 3. Remember Mothers’ Day with a gift certificate for the Herb Shop and Yoga. Call Angela Kenney at 417-876-7507.

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Quite the performance

HOT RODS AND BRIGHT FUTURES MAKE A SATURDAY AT FUGATE MOTORS – Between 75 and 100 people visited Fugate Motors Saturday for their annual Hot Rod Performance Day. For the past few years the day has raised money for Bright Futures. Bright Futures of El Dorado Springs wants to thank Fugate Motors and their patrons.

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The Rock Wall

We’re sorry to learn of the death of Cheryl Carpenter. I didn’t even know she was sick. Back when she was still Cheryl Graves she worked with us in the Sun office She moved to Joplin and got a job at the newspaper there. They wouldn’t let her do the job she had handled so

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Pandemic has exposed disparities among young children and their families

New data released today shows that Missouri ranked as a near top state for babies; however, it still has room to grow. The State of Babies Yearbook: 2021, released today by national early childhood development nonprofit ZERO TO THREE, comes at a critical time in our nation’s response to the ongoing public health crisis and

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Clean-Up El Do a Success!

There were over 60 community-spirited volunteers assembled at the El Dorado Springs Chamber of Commerce office this past Saturday for the sixth annual “Clean Up El Do” day. The “Spring City Clean Team” volunteers worked approximately 200 “man-hours” to better El Dorado Springs, many properties were impacted along with miles of streets, ditches and sidewalks

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Cedar Co. COVID-19 stats for April 26

Reported cases since beginning of COVID-19 pandemic (1135) Active COVID-19 cases (4) Total # of cases requiring hospitalization Current # of hospitalized cases # of deaths (19 confirmed PCR, 6 by antigen-updated 4/13/21) Total Cedar County Test Count (total of negative line list + # positive cases) Negative Cedar County Test Count (17974  on  4/21/21)

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Happy 100th

IT’S PARTY TIME – Wilma McKinley is celebrating her 100th Birthday on May 9, 2021.She and her family would like to invite you to celebrate this milestone. Finger food and cake will be served. Please join us at Wilma’s home, 212 Maple Dr.between 1 and 4 p.m. Looking forward to seeing you. Please no gifts.

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