El Dorado Springs Cemetery Donations For 2020

$500 – Propetural Care Pray and Lynn family. $125 – Peggy-Tim Carter. $100 – Kirk Sibley, Forrest Troyer, Mildred Hines, Lawrence Hicks family, Lorene Kennon, John Foust, Clayton Arnolds, Eldon-Carolyn Steward. $75 – James-Judy Brackenridge. $60 – Gerry Neeley Gipson. $50 – Ruby Fields, Pauline Hlavacek, Eric-Kelly McPeak, Brent-Jennifer Bland, Leona Bland, J.D. Helm, Randy-Kathy

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Care Connection is bringing its Five Wishes presentation to Facebook Live

Folks who are interested in learning more about advanced healthcare directives may join Care Connection for Aging Services for a free Facebook Live session. The session, which begins at 1 p.m. June 17, will focus on the “Five Wishes” advanced healthcare directive. The Five Wishes document would be considered a legal document once it’s signed

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Gary L. Badger

Gary L. Badger, 71, of Walker, passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2020, Funeral services for Gary Badger were held on Saturday, May 30, 2020, at 2 p.m. at the El Dorado Springs Church of God (Holiness) with Pastor Joe Trussell officiating.  Burial followed in Mt. Vernon Cemetery under the direction of Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home.

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MOMMA FALCON

This falcon parent was banded as a chick in Omaha, Neb. Some adult falcons return to the city where they were banded as chicks, while some become parents in cities throughout the Midwest. This female is now raising young at a nest at the Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLC office building in Kansas City. Photos

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The Lady, the Bass and the Memory

It was one of the most beautiful smallmouth i ever saw… a deep chocolate brown, with a bulging belly full of eggs, and a length of 23 inches. I know it was bigger than six-pounds but no one ever weighed it that I know of. The photo of that enormous smallmouth is old, and it

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News from Harwood and Schell City

By Helen Ellerman Bob and Cheryl Ellerman of Edwards spent Thursday, May 21, in the home of Jewell and Helen Ellerman. They all went to Brush Creek Cemetery near Black Jack, Mt. Vernon, near Walker and the City Cemetery in El Dorado Springs. They all ate dinner at Madalyn’s Kitchen, south of Schell City. They

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Fire report for week of May 24

On Monday, May 25, at 5:08 a.m., the Fire Department was dispatched to a burning debris fire next to a structure on E. Fields St. The blaze was quickly extinguished before any damage was sustained by the structure. Trucks 4, 4 and 5 and 13 firefighters responded. On Thursday, May 28, at 10:17 p.m., the

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STUDENT OF THE MONTH

Brayden Housh has been named the Student of the Month by Community National Bank in El Dorado Springs. Eighteen-year-old Brayden is the son of Mike and Cammie Housh. He is a three-time DECA State qualified; FCA Captain in 2019 and 2020; NHS Treasurer in 2019 and 2020; 2018 All Conference DB/K and 2019 all Area

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