April 24, 2024
The Schell City Fall Festival is scheduled for Sept. 7 and 8. The Schell City Community Betterment Committee is now offering booth space for the event. If you are interested in renting a booth, please contact Dottie Haddix at 417/432-3133 or Sharon Goodman at 876-7222. For a non-electric space is $15, space with electric is
Severe drought conditions through much of the state have prompted the Missouri Department of Transportation to offer a special overwidth hauling permit to help farmers and ranchers move hay as needed. Loads must be of legal height, length and weight. Permits can be requested via phone and will, in most cases, be issued within minutes
I do not want to see the MDC abolished; I want the greed removed, and I want to see it become an agency of conservation and preservation which it started out to be, concerned about protecting our wild game and fish. I also want innocent people who suffer from a few thugs in the ranks
We will have our VB and SB scrimmages on Thursday, Aug 16. VB will start at 5:30 and end at 6:15. Softball will start at 6:30.
The softball jamboree will be at Sherwood on Saturday Aug. 18. The schedule for the day has not been set. We will host the Volleyball Jamboree here at ElDo on Aug. 23. Here is the schedule: 5:00-ElDo vs Catholic 5:45-Catholic vs Pierce City 6:30-Pleasant Hope vs Pierce City 7:15-Catholic vs Pleasant Hope 8:00-ElDo vs Pierce
Thursday evening El Dorado Springs Karate Club held a surprise Belt Grading and all students that tested passed for their next Belt Rank. Hadlee Varner passed from White to Yellow Belt. Addison Taylor has passed from Orange to Green Belt. Jacey Swopes passed from Blue-Advanced Belt to Purple Belt. Hunter Malensek has passed from Brown
Karate students representing El Dorado Springs Karate Club travelled and competed at Karate Events this past weekend. These competitors represented not just themselves and their Club but also their community. We are so very proud of them. Their continued dedication and hard work is delivering great rewards in the way of tournament awards, but more
On Friday two more Team VDK Elite members, their families and coach travelled to Des Moines, Iowa to competed in the AAU Jr. Olympics. Elite Members Jacey Swopes and Hunter Malensek has been training very hard and competing against the best traditional karate competitors in the nation this year as they have been competing on
GRAIN BIN CAN KILL IN 90 SECONDS – Twenty six victims died in grain bins in 2010, a record. The University of Missouri Extension Fire and Rescue Training Institute (MU FRTI) will showcase grain bin safety at the Missouri State Fair from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, at the Mathewson Exhibition Center
At the annual University of Missouri Board of Curators Development Session, the board expressed appreciation for the growth and improvement made at the UM System and the four universities over the past academic year. In a show of support and confidence in the current leadership, the curators voted unanimously to extend System President Mun Choi’s
