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El Dorado Springs R-2 Schools Board of Education Meeting No. 379 June 24, MS/HS Library Media Center 7 p.m. Open Session • Call to Order and Approval of Consent Agenda • Meeting Agenda • Approve Minutes: Meeting #378 June 10, 2021 • Approval of Bill Payment, Transfers • Transfer F1 to F4 (Up to 7%

The El Dorado Springs Picnic Committee is still accepting applications for booth space at the 140th Annual El Dorado Springs Picnic. Applications can be picked up at city hall, or call Judi at 417-876-2691 or send us a message on the picnic facebook page.

On Tuesday, June 15, at 11:47 p.m. the Fire Department was dispatched to the airport to set up a landing zone but was cancelled in route. Two trucks and six firefighters responded. On Wednesday, June 16, at 10:09 p.m. the fire chief was dispatched to a large reported fire south of town. No fire was

Reported cases since beginning of COVID-19 pandemic (1208) Active COVID-19 cases (7) Total # of cases requiring hospitalization Current # of hospitalized cases # of deaths (21 confirmed PCR, 6 by antigen-updated 6/1/21) Total Cedar County Test Count (total of negative line list + # positive cases) Negative Cedar County Test Count (20504 reported to

Exciting things are happening with the 2021 El Dorado Springs Talent Show! We will be conducting live auditions this Thursday, June 24 and next Monday June 28. Video auditions will also be accepted until July 2. Send videos to: ELDOPICNICTALENTSHOW@GMAIL.COM All performances auditions (live & video) should be approximately 3 minutes. For more information contact

Sam’s Scavenger Scrimmage will be Saturday, July 24 at 12 noon beginning at the Sunderwirth Bandstand. Each team must provide their own digital camera or cell phone to record pictures of the clues that they are provided. Each team will consist of three to five (3 – 5) members and they must stay together during

The El Dorado Springs Picnic Committee is sponsoring as entertainment fundraiser on Saturday, June 26 at the Gene Pray Memorial Golf Course. Tee times are 8am and 1pm (3 flights) with a full 40 teams. This is a 3 person scramble, $150 per team. Free drawings & lunch is provided. Sign up at the golf

The picnic committee and Fun Time Shows, Inc will be offering 3 nights of carnival wrist bands for the 140th Annual El Dorado Springs Picnic. Wrist band tickets for each night may be purchased for $23 in advance from city hall during regular business hours (8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) beginning Monday, July 19 until Thursday, July

Frogs and Turtles need to be returned to their home habitat following the contests. Do not leave them in the park or other unfamiliar places; they need to be taken back where you picked them up so they can find food. Frogs also breathe through their skin so they need to be kept wet. Thank

About 2 a.m. Monday, June 21, in the height of the high winds and electrical storm, the electricity went off for about an hour to houses along and north of the Cedar/St. Clair County line about six miles east of El Dorado Springs. The cause was apparently a lightning strike that started a fire that