STUDENT OF THE MONTH

Brayden Housh has been named the Student of the Month by Community National Bank in El Dorado Springs. Eighteen-year-old Brayden is the son of Mike and Cammie Housh. He is a three-time DECA State qualified; FCA Captain in 2019 and 2020; NHS Treasurer in 2019 and 2020; 2018 All Conference DB/K and 2019 all Area

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Ashcroft awards Grant to Cedar County Library

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft announced Cedar County Library has been awarded a Reading Challenge Software Grant of $720. Reading Challenge Software Grants help public libraries implement the reading challenge/tracker software solution of their choice to provide partial or full online summer reading programs in 2020, as well as other reading challenges throughout the

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NANNIE FUGATE CELEBRATES HER 95TH

Please send cards to Nannie Fugate to help her celebrate  her 95 birthday. Send them to Community Springs Health Care facility, 400 E. Hospital Rd. El Dorado Springs, MO 64744. Nannie’s birthday was May 31.

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Sympathy to Pastor Larry’s family

by Marge Zink and Julia Snethen Morning message at the Rockville United Methodist Church by Pastor Larry Sorrells was titled Why is Pentecost Important? You are always welcome to join us for worship Sundays at 9 a.m. Our sympathy to Pastor Larry Sorrells and family, his mother, Junita Sorrells, passed recently. Services were held in

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BENEFIT AUCTION For Caplinger Mills Fire Department

Saturday June 6, 2020 at 10:00 Drawing for Gun donated by Big Bear’s LLC -Jay Schwalm FURNITURE & HOUSEHOLD • Hide-a-bed couch • Quilt rack • Framed mirror • Kitchen table and chairs (w/2 leafs) •Recliner • Roll top desk • Piano • Lamps • 2-Apartment refrigerators • Kirby vacuum • Beveled glass lamps • Singer sewing

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New Pharmacy Intern at Evans

Ryan Pierre is a last year pharmacy student at the University of Kansas where he also obtained a minor in business. He will graduate in May 2021. Ryan was born and raised in Kansas City, KS. In high school Ryan worked as a delivery driver for a local family owned pharmacy. Working in the pharmacy and

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Governor Parson extends Phase 1 of “Show Me Strong Recovery” plan

During the COVID-19 briefing, Governor Mike Parson announced that Phase 1 of the state’s “Show Me Strong Recovery” Plan has been extended from Sunday, May 31, 2020, through Monday, June 15, 2020. “We are very pleased with how well Phase 1 has gone so far,” Governor Parson said. “Businesses, communities, and Missourians across the state

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You know when it’s time

NEARLY 15 YEARS OF SERVICE – The NEVC administrators, on behalf of the board, presented Jeanne Hoagland a plaque for her nearly 15 years of service on the board, the last six as president of the board. Pictured are (from left) Chris Hudson- High School Principal; Charles Naas – Superintendent; Jeanne; and Kendall Ogburn –

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Hospital Board hears virtual audit report

At the May 18 meeting of the Cedar County Hospital board of Trustees, Josh Wilks of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP resented the audit report for FY 2020. He reported that the hospital’s net position, the difference between its assets and liabilities, is $12.9 million, decreased by $800,945 in 2020. The operating loss has improved over the prior

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Still remembered

FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FLAGS – The El Dorado Springs City Cemetery usually hosts the VFW Memorial Day Ceremony,  but this year the area around the monument to veterans was empty. Plenty of headstones had been decorated. A few individuals were still in the process of honoring their loved ones. A healthy breeze kept the flags

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