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TOPS plans holiday meeting dates

Tops Chapter 9319 El Dorado Springs (Take Of Pounds Sensibly) met in the Bethel Free Will Church, 1300 S Summer St El Dorado Springs, on Thursday, Oct. 22, for their weekly weigh-in and meeting. Carol led us in singing “Eating Fewer Calories.” We said our TOPS and KOPS Pledges. Susan called the meeting to order.

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Osage River 4-H Report

The Osage River 4-H Club met October 17th at 11:00. The meeting was called to order by Makayla Pennington. Judd Lawson led the pledge to the American flag and Alexus Evans led the pledge to the 4-H flag. The treasurer’s report was approved. The club voted to have members bring their favorite finger foods to

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Fire report for week of Oct. 11

On Sunday, Oct. 11, at 2:15 p.m. the Fire Department was dispatched to a residence on S. Hwy. 32 for a lift assist for the CMH ambulance crew. Eight firefighters responded. On Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 2:50 p.m. the Fire Department was dispatched on a mutual aid brush fire for Caplinger Mills Fire Department. Trucks

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Cedar County COVID-19 stats for Oct. 19

Reported cases since beginning of COVID-19 pandemic (266) Active COVID-19 cases (17) Total # of cases requiring hospitalization (14) Current # of hospitalized cases (?) # of deaths (3) Total Cedar County Test Count (total of negative line list + # positive cases) Negative Cedar County Test Count (4058) Positive Cedar County Test Count (266)

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Stork Report

Kayla and Daniel Jones, Sheldon, are proud to announce the birth of a daughter, Lillian Grace Jones. She weighed 8 lbs. 12 oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long.

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Making Vickers apple butter once again

by Gary Vickers This year’s apple butter at The Vickers Farm was a little different but still a good time. We had fewer folks and that is what we planned. We worked all the apples outside on four different peeling tables. That helped keep folks spread out a little and keep the kitchen open for

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TOPS researches eating healthy while traveling

Tops Chapter 9319 El Dorado Springs met in the Bethel Free Will Church, 1300 S Summer St El Dorado Springs on Thursday, Oct. 15, for their weekly weigh-in and meeting. Carol led us in singing “At My Goal Weight”. We said our TOPS and KOPS Pledges. Susan called the meeting to order. ARD review: Everyone

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Cedar County Library gets grant

Cedar County Library is pleased to announce that they are one of the recipients of this grant. We will be using this grant at both branches to double our bandwidth, extend our wifi to the parking lot, and purchase some in building laptops for students to use for distance learning and patrons to use for

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Sheriff James McCrary

Today I attended the parole hearing for Brent Debler in Jefferson City, to speak in opposition to his release. Debler was convicted of murder in the death of Cedar County Sheriff CA Larew in 1987. I want to thank Dade County Sheriff Max Huffman for also attending the hearing and for his support.

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Buddy King improving

On Thursday, the Sun called Sherre King for permission to publish this facebook post. She just wanted to add that the prayers are working and he is improving. She said it’s o good to be at our local hospital so she can go home at night and get some good sleep. Buddy stays in the

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