Pancake and Sausage Benefit Breakfast

The Nine Wonders Optimist Club and Shelter Insurance Travis Farran will present a pancake and sausage benefit breakfast for the El Dorado Springs Middle School Band and a 50/50 raffle from 7:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday, May 19, in the High School cafeteria: $5 admission, three years and younger eat free.

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CBCO Blood Drive May 24

The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks will conduct a blood drive from 1:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 24, in the Church of Christ in El Dorado Springs. There is a Code Red Alert to Type O negative blood. Each donation will be awarded LifePoints as a part of CBCO’s donor rewards program.  LifePoints

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Please watch out for MoDOT crews

Missouri Department of Transportation crews will soon begin mowing roadsides across the state. “Our mowing focuses on visibility and safety,” said MoDOT State Maintenance Engineer Becky Allmeroth. “Motorists will see tractor mowers near the shoulder of interstates and other busy roadways. Please watch out for our crews, slow down and don’t drive distracted.” Major and

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BBB gets complaints about alarm systems

The sign in front of your residence touting your home security system might help ward off would-be criminals, but it also could serve as a magnet for unscrupulous salespeople. A door-to-door sales person, noticing this sign, might stop by to warn you that your alarm system needs updates or that it’s defective and needs to

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Honest labeling of fake meat may soon be required in Missouri

by Eric Bohl Farm Bureau Missouri may soon become the first state in the nation to require food marketed as “meat” to be harvested from an actual animal. This seemingly obvious definition has actually become quite blurred in recent years. Innovations in food science have led to new products that imitate meat but come from

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Square dance this Friday

On Friday, May 18, the Mo-Kan Square Dancers are holding a dance with Jay Wright calling. The dance will be held from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in  the Home Ec Building at the Vernon County Fairgrounds, Nevada. Admission is $5 per adult dancer and $3 per youth dancer. All square dancers and interested persons are

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Breakfast smorgasbord at Fair Haven

Fair Haven Park will host a breakfast smorgasbord with pancakes, biscuits, sausage gravey, scrambled eggs, sausage, coffee or tea from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday, May 19. All you care to eat. Adults – $6 donation, children 4-10 – $4, under 4 eat free. All donations used for upkeep of Fair Haven Park located eight

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Hartzler statement on B-21 basing

Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (MO-04) released the following statement in response to the Air Force’s announcement of their plans to base the B-21 Raider at Whiteman Air Force Base. “I am pleased and proud that today the Air Force officially announced their decision to base the B-21 Raider at Whiteman Air Force Base.  The Whiteman community,

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Hospital hires new doctor

The Cedar County Memorial Hospital board of Trustees met in special session on Friday, May 11.Trustees in attendance via conference call were Judy Renn, Carla Griffin and Marvin Manring. Trustees John Walker, Julia Phillips and Jana Witt hospital CEO, Carla Gilbert and Terri Heitz were present. After returning from executive session the board announced the

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