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SIMON SAYS

Posted May 16, 2013 at 11:11 am

Jan Simon, executive director of Missouri Community Betterment (MCB), was the guest speaker at the monthly El Dorado Springs Chamber of Commerce meeting on Thursday, May 9. To accommodate the larger crowd, the meeting was held in the City Hall banquet room. Simon encouraged the business leaders of El Dorado Springs to get involved with Community Betterment and to utilize MCB programs as well as participate in the yearly awards competition.

    Liberal man indicted for child porn

    Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Liberal man was indicted by a federal grand jury May 8 for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet.

    Timothy Curless, 52, of Liberal, was charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Springfield. Today’s indictment replaces a federal criminal complaint that was filed against Curless on April 22, 2013.

    Today’s indictment alleges that Curless received and distributed child pornography over the Internet between Nov. 4, 2012, and April 19,

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    Business Spotlight

    SKATE TOWN – Who doesn’t have fond memories of their youth, strapping on a pair of roller skates and blazing around that track? Yes, even the Chamber of Commerce Executive Director laced-em-up when he was a young lad. At that time the skating rink was downtown. Now the place to skate in El Dorado Springs is Skate Town at 3220 South Highway 32, at the city limits. About three years ago Chamber of Commerce members Dwayne and Barbara Wallen traded one set of

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    HONOR GRAD

    Victor Pierce, who attended El Dorado Springs schools through the third grade, has graduated from Missouri State University (Springfield) with honors in Computer Animation. Victor was salutatorian of his high school class. He is the son of Ivan and Maria Pierce of El Paso, TX, and grandson of Ivan and Gail Pierce of El Dorado Springs.

    Victor is going to Vancouver B.C. for advanced education in Computer Animation.

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    54 Cruisers car show winners

    THE 20 YEAR CRUISE – A beautiful, sunny Saturday in downtown El Dorado Springs, provided the backdrop for the Route 54 Cruisers 20th Car Show. There were 79 cars entered in the judging competition with Terry Hahnfield’s 1939 Chevy Coupe taking the Best of Show Honors.

    Class 1 – Antique Vehicles (1948-Earlier)

    Winners – 1. Howard Gillis, 1946 Chevy Pickup; 2. Eugene Story – Model “T” Touring; 3. Ron Peters, 1930 Model “A”.

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    THE MOREL OF THE STORY

    Larger than average morel mushrooms have been popping up lately, lately being the operative word. The season should be over now, but the coveted fungus is still available – wherever you find them.

    Adam Howell brought in a couple of big ones, the largest being over 7 inches tall. He believes that the alternating cold and hot weather is responsible for the size and the lateness of the season.

    Pvt. Howell completes basic

    Army Pvt. Tanner C. J. Howell has graduated from One Station Unit Training (OSUT) at Fort Leonard Wood, Waynesville, which included basic military training and advanced individual training (AIT).

    During basic military training, the trainee received instruction in drill and ceremony, weapons qualification, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid and Army doctrine, history, principles and traditions.

    During AIT, the soldier completed the military police specialist course to acquire skills to provide combat area support, conduct battlefield circulation control, area security, prisoner of war

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    Jones, Newman to wed

    Gary and Debra Jones, of El Dorado Springs, are proud to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Kyra Jones, to Dakota Newman, son of Larry and Sherrie Newman of Stockton.

    Kyra is a 2007 graduate of El Dorado Springs High School and a 2011 graduate of the NRTC PN program. Kyra is currently employed with Phoenix Home Care.

    Dakota, who attended school in Stockton, is currently employed with the Cedar Count Sheriff’s office.

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    Luther, Fast 50th wedding anniversary

    Their daughters, Pam, Angie and Jan, invite you to join them to celebrate Jim and Ruby Fast's 50th wedding anniversary from 2-4 p.m., Saturday, June 8, at the Sac Osage Community room, Hwy. 54, two miles east of El Dorado Springs.

    Family and friends will make our celebration complete.

    No gifts please.
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    GOLD DIGGERS

    The morning sun splashed across the golden walls of Wayside Inn Museum’s lobby for the first Preserve Our Past Society (POPS) breakfast of the year. Guests were in agreement that the newly painted lobby walls were fresh and elegant – the kind of “face-lift” the old hotel lobby needed. The breakfast was moved from the dining room because of renovation efforts. The display items in the lobby are now housed in the dining room so that the lobby floor can be leveled later this month.

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