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On Friday, Nov. 5, Mo-Kan Square Dancers will a host a Red, White and Blue dance with Jay Wright as caller. This will be held in the Home Ec Building/Dining Hall at the Vernon County Fairgrounds, Nevada. Admission is $5 per dancer and all dancers and interested persons are welcome. For more information call the

The 2021-2022 Seedling Order Form for the George O. White State Forest Nursery is now available online at mdc.mo.gov/seedlings, or by contacting the State Forest Nursery at 573-674-3229.  Place orders now through April 15, 2022.  You may order online, by mail or by fax.  The Vernon County Extension Office has a limited supply of order

On Sept. 17, 2021, officers responded to 215 West Hightower concerning a check the well-being. Upon arrival officers located Johnnie D. Billings, 56, of El Dorado Springs, deceased inside the home. The investigation revealed the theft of a black 2006 Harley-Davidson Sportster motorcycle. Investigators for the Missouri State Highway Patrol are assisting in the investigation.

The Clintonville Lodge #482 will have a fish fry in the Sac Osage Conference Room from 4 – 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 23. The event is a fundraiser for the El Dorado Springs School Scholarship fund.

The El Dorado Springs Lion’s Club well has a breakfast buffet from 7 a.m to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, at 1109 S. Jackson. Tickets are $5 (ages five and under are free). Proceeds go to benefit local Lion’s projects.

Although Christmas is still 2 months away, please plan to help those in our community whose holidays may not be so bright.  Now is the time to start taking advantage of sales to pick up gift items. The project will not be collecting food donations this year.  Please make a monetary donation in place of

Hickory Grove Missionary Baptist Church and their pastor, Brother Dillon Legan, located at 22496 E. 480th Rd,., Humansville, will host the Cedar County Fifth Sunday services for October. The schedule is as follows: Friday night, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m., the devotional will be given by Brother Colton Collins and the sermon by Brother Hayden

The Tri-County Baptist Group will hold its regular Fifth Sunday service on Sunday, Oct. 31, at True Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Springfield. After Sunday School at 10 a.m., the morning sermon will be preached at 11 a.m. by Brother Doyle Mayfield. After lunch on the grounds and a business meeting, the afternoon sermon will

A revival in Lowry City at 406 W. 4th Street began on Monday, Oct.18 and will continue through Oct. 29. Services begin at 7:30 each p.m. evening St.  Clair County Missionaries Bro. David Loane and Bro Bobby Budd will preach. Everyone welcome. For more information call 417/ 276-3258.

“Field to Freezer” event will show steps to transform harvested deer into packaged venison. Once a hunter has bagged a deer, the work is only half over. How to field dress it, skin it, process the meat and store it for future tasty meals are skills hunters need to know. Hunters who are interested in