ELDO TRACK STARS TO COMPETE – Six El Dorado Springs tracksters have advanced to the state track meet this weekend at Lincoln University in Jefferson City. The young ladies and their events are (from left) Emily Carver – 4×4; Taylor Alumbaugh – 4×4, high jump, 200 and 400; Kate Sibley – 4×4 and 4×8; Hannah Bruggeman – 4×8; Rachel Bush – 4×4 and 4×8; and Elizabeth Clark – 4×8. Many of the events will have preliminary competitions on Friday, May 18. The 4×8 will not. The finals will be held Saturday, May 19. The team and their coaches, Brian Goatley and Josh Smith, will head to Jefferson City on Thursday.
Bank depository bids, school lunch prices, financing for the new track – the El Dorado Springs R-II had a dozen or more items to cover in their Thursday, May 10, regular meeting.
All board members were present: Jay Farris, Benny Brower, Scott
The U.S. Postal Service announced a new strategy (Wednesday, May 9) that could keep the nation’s smallest Post Offices open for business, while providing a framework to achieve significant cost savings as part of the plan to return the organization to financial stability.
The El Dorado Springs Virginia Ryan Strain Municipal swimming pool will open Saturday, May 26. Pool hours will be 1 to 5 p.m. daily. Pool fees are $2 for children 5 and under and $2.50 for all others. Remember, rafts, innertubes and beachballs are not permitted
ELDO STATE FFA DEGREE RECIPIENTS – are (from left) Ashley Thompson, Courtney Hooper, Kody Skakal, Ginelle Esry, Jaynee Beaty
The Cedar County Ambulance District Board will hold its regular meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 21, in the El Dorado Springs City Hall.
The tentative agenda includes Public Forum, Monthly Reports, 2011 Audit update, Fuel Bids, Stockton expansion, Board email,
Between the hours of 1:15 a.m. and 4 a.m. on Saturday, May 12, a pedestrian, James E. Besaw, 22, of Rogers, AR, was struck by an unknown vehicle on 1400 Road, one mile west of Nevada, in Vernon County. The Vernon County Coroner’s Office pronounced Besaw
Vernon/St. Clair/Cedar Counties – Three state highways in Vernon, Cedar and St. Clair counties will be sealed with a mixture of rock and oil during the weeks of May 21 and May 28, the Missouri Department of Transportation said.
The first in a series of bridge rehabilitation projects is scheduled to begin Monday, May 21, at Truman Lake on St. Clair County Hwy. E at Roscoe, the Missouri Department of Transportation said.
Hwy. E will be closed at Truman Lake
Attend on Wednesday, May 23, noon to 1 p.m. to learn how to select the right plants to create beautiful hanging baskets, pots and window boxes. Master Gardener Karen Polon will teach the class which will be at the Nevada Library, 218 W. Walnut.
The Cedar County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees is scheduled to meet at 11:30 a.m. Monday, May 21, in the hospital classroom.
In new business, the board will received the FY 2012 audit report from Clifton, Larson, Allen LLP; review the financial
Submitted by Linda Duerkop
The Cedar County Oats Support Committee met April 19 at the Korth Senior Center in Stockton. The meeting was called to order by our chairperson, Mary Webb, and the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was said.
Youth from across the nation will gather in Branson August 5-8 to attend FilmFest 4-H, a youth-oriented national film festival. This will mark the second year for FilmFest 4-H, which is the only event of its kind on a national level.
Festivalgoers
The Lions Club ask for your help to support our local students who will be part of the Missouri All Star Lions Band. Bring your lawn chairs and or blankets and enjoy an evening of entertainment at the Lions Club Park starting at 5:30 p.m. on
The El Dorado Springs Senior Center will draw for a Cub Cadet riding lawn mower at noon Saturday, May 12, at the 54 Cruisers Car Show in downtown El Dorado Springs.
The mower will be on display and tickets will be sold
by Paula Newman
As many of you know, Brian Collins, local veterinarian, has recently returned home after he spent several months with the Minnesota and Mississippi Agri-Business Development Team in Zabul Province, Afghanistan. He is back in full swing at the veterinary
Paula Gray, nutrition education assistant with the Vernon County Extension Center, will test pressure canner gauges in the office and answer canning questions from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 18.
Only the lids of the
El Dorado Springs businesses man Nick Woody is challenging other businesses and individuals to participate in Older Americans Month by sponsoring meals for Senior Citizens at the Senior Center.
A one day sponsorship is $6.41; a one week is $32 and a
Partridge Productions LLC plans a Cancer Relief Barrel Race and Car Show on Saturday, May 19, at the Vernon County Fairgrounds in Nevada. This public event will begin with a sign up at 10 a.m. The barrel race, which has $500 added prize money, is sanctioned
The Nevada Vernon County Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce an award given to Greg and Melissa Hoffman from the Missouri State Society Daughters of the American Revolution for the Historic Preservation of the Carnegie Building.
Greg Hoffman and his wife,
On Thursday, April 19, Gov. Jay Nixon joined senior executives from Westinghouse Electric Company, the global leader in nuclear energy technology; Ameren Missouri; and all of Missouri’s electric energy providers to announce that Westinghouse has chosen Missouri as the location to develop and manufacture a new
- Pictured is 10-year-old Madison Jones, Osceola, striding to the finish line during the Girls on the Run 5K, which was held Saturday, May 5, on the Katy Trail in Clinton. Madison’s finish time of 27:49 earned
– On Monday, May 7, Garrett Mays signed a letter of intent to play baseball for the Crowder College Rough Riders. Present for the ceremony were his mother, Tammy, and father, Jarrod, along with (back
– In the losing effort against the Stockton Tigers last Tuesday evening at home, the Bulldog showed some solid plays like this put – out at first.
– The Bulldog third baseman just happened to be standing on the wrong side of the bag when he caught the throw to attempt to put out the Stockton runner stealing the base.
– The Tiger base runner just got back on first before the ball arrived from the pitcher.
WAITING FOR THE PARTY – Tumbling students line up for a group shot before they and their families finish the evening with pizza, cake and punch.
(Front row, from left) Adrianna Young, Kamdon Julian, Avery Floyd,
On Saturday, May 5, the El Dorado Springs track team traveled to Lamar for the Class 2 District 5 Track Meet. Athletes had to place in the top four of each event to move on to the Sectional track meet which will begin at 11 a.m.
by Coach Geoff Stewart
On Wednesday, four El Dorado Springs Bulldogs traveled to the Bill and Payne Stewart Golf Course in Springfield for the Class 2 Section 3 Tournament. Andrew Whitlock, Frank Gonzalez, Austin Hunter and Nick Allison all competed for a
The Northeast Vernon County Knight will hold their spring sports banquet beginning at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, in the NEVC High School gym. The event will honor HS basketball, baseball, cheer/dance, softball and athletes of the year.
The Booster Club will
- Two ladies from Northeast Vernon County School have been chosen as All Conference for Softball. Ryann Ford (right), a Junior, was chosen for positions catcher and utility. Ryann is the daughter of Linda Scotten
Good Day,
This week provided me an opportunity to do what I believe to be one of the most important tasks I do as your representative – I
This week the General Assembly sent several good pieces of legislation to the governor for his approval, including a measure that would help our active U.S. military personnel and their families and a bill called the “Justice Reinvestment Act.” House
by Michael A. Aun
The story of Mothers Day is a long one. It is neither a recent phenomenon as many people believe it to be nor is it the creation of card and gift marketers syndicate as assumed by cynics of
by Daniel Friedmann
It’s not the end of the world that fascinates engineering physicist Daniel Friedmann, it’s the beginning.
Forget the Mayan Long Calendar, Friedmann has come up with a formula that converts “Bible time” to years as
Sunscreen labels can be confusing and at times misleading. That’s why dermatologists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center applaud the upcoming U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) label changes that help consumers understand exactly what they’re buying.
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I have the pleasure of covering the El Dorado Springs City Council meetings for the El Dorado Springs Sun. I say pleasure because it is compared to the mad house Kenny faces at Cedar County Ambulance Board meetings.
At the El Dorado
“How You Can Build a Low Cost Business Website,” will be offered from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday, May 7, at the Barton County Extension Center, 801 E. 12th, Lamar.
“Every business needs a website to be fully visible to potential
Good Day,
This week, the U.S. House passed a bill I sponsored to help small and rural businesses obtain loans and create jobs. H.R. 3336, the Small Business
This week, the Missouri Senate was filled with long hours and late nights as my colleagues and I debated and passed 13 budget bills that make up the state’s projected $24 billion operating budget. Early Wednesday morning, the Senate approved
This has been a hectic, but interesting last few weeks. The end of session always seems to speed up the process of getting bills heard in committee and passed out to the House floor for presentation. House
