El Dorado Springs Community Foundation offers grant funds for community projects

Applications are now being accepted for the Annual El Dorado Springs Community Foundation Grants.  Grant applications should include the following: • Name of organization applicant and contact person, address and telephone number. • Brief description of project. • Goals – what is desired accomplishment? • Objectives – how will goals be accomplished? • Budget –

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Don’t know how to say how much I love you

HEIDI AND TONY HOU TO RETIRE – After 29 years as proprietors of their restaurant, the El Dorado Café, on Hwy. 54 in El Dorado Springs, the couple is ready to retire and travel, especially to see their two sons, James and Justin, and  their five grandchildren – one in Colorado and four in Texas.

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MoCHIP free child ID Event Oct. 5

The Clintonville Lodge 482 A.F.& A.M. will host a free MoCHIP – child identification and protection program from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, in the R-II School Elementary Cafeteria. With more than 240,000 children processed through the MoCHIP Child ID program in 13 years, MoCHIP is helping to protect our community. The

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Masonic Ceremony planned for Ed Morlan

The public is invited to a memorial Masonic Ceremony for the late Ed Morlan at 5:30 p.m. at the Clintonville Lodge, 117 N. Main in El Dorado Springs on Thursday, Oct. 10. Past Grand Master Ron Jones from Odessa, MO will be the officiant.

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$16 per 100 lbs.

It’s Black Walnut time The annual Black Walnut Harvest is upon us with hulling stations officially opening up across the Midwest on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Hammons Products Company’s network of hullers will pay a higher opening price than last year: $16 per 100 pounds after hulling ($15 for locations East of the Mississippi River) to

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Dean ‘Leon’ Dwerlkotte

Dean “Leon” Dwerlkotte. 65. passed away in his home surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday. Sept. 24, 2019. Dean “Leon” was born June 24, 1954. in Marysville, KS, the youngest of six children born to Sylvis and Nadine (Oswalt) Dwerlkotte. Leon attended St. Gregory’s Parochial School in Marysville. His parents divorced when he was

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Square Dance Friday night

On Friday, Oct. 4, Mo-Kan Square Dancers will host a square dance with Jay Wright calling. This will be held from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the Home Ec Building at the Vernon County Fairgrounds, Nevada. Admission is $5 for adult dancers and $3 for youth dancers All area dancers and interested persons are invited

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BBB tells you what you need to know about payday loans

When cash runs short and bills are looming, some consumers look to payday loans, but they need to understand the risks before borrowing. If not approached with caution, these loans can snowball into a significant debt obligation of their own, with high interest rates and high-pressure collection tactics. Payday loans, as the name suggests, involve

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54 CRUISERS DONATE

54 CRUISERS DONATE – The Route 54 Cruisers Car Club has donated $600 to the El Dorado Springs Christmas Community Baskets that will help the less fortunate in the El Dorado Springs community have food for their Christmas Diner and toys for their children. The Cruisers would like to challenge other clubs, civic organizations and

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Love note from Jeff City

Greetings, My Fellow Missourians Saturday I attended the Memorial Service of Dr. Charles Bourland. I was honored to be asked by his family to present the eulogy. Charles was a graduate of Osceola High School and an active member of the F.F.A. He attended the University of Missouri and there he earned his Doctorate. He

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