Ambulance Board meeting minutes

Date: 2-19-2018 Cedar County Ambulance District, PO Box 669, Stockton, MO 65785 Location: Stockton Ambulance Barn Meeting called to order at 6:31 Roll call Present: John Wilson Chairman Nadine Sinclair Keith Kasco Sec/Tres. Rusty Norval Absent Evelyn Boyle Kenny Turner vice chairman Agenda Approval: A motion was made by Sinclair to approve the agenda, seconded

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Another school shooting

Editor: Once again we have a school shooting that makes every one of us shudder. Then, as always, we start hearing about more gun control. How can we think gun control will solve this horrific problem? Every one of these school shootings have broken several laws. The problem starts with the person, shooter, someone missed

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Journalist Protection Act

Editor: Presidents have had to battle the press ever since America’s founding. Yet, Rep. Eric Swalwell wants to make it a crime to “intimidate” journalists. Poor snowflakes! The president is picking on them. It’s true that President Trump unleashes on the mudstream media by way of Twitter. However, the mudstream media attempts to sway the

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New books at Cedar County Library

City of Endless Night by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child – Heading an investigation into the murder of a wealthy tech billionaire’s daughter, Lieutenant CDS Vincent D’Agosta teams up with FBI Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast, only to uncover the work of a serial killer whose agenda threatens an entire city. House of Secrets by V.C.

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Area private pesticide applicator trainings set

Ag producers who apply restricted-use pesticides must be certified as a private applicator.  Certification is good for five years and then producers must re-certify by attending a certification training.  Several have been held in the area. Those remaining are as listed below: Feb. 27 at 2 p.m.  Call 417-646-2419 to register. 1st Baptist Church, 555

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Love note from Jeff City

Greetings, My Fellow Missourians On my way to the Capitol Monday, I drove the “Discover More on Route 54” Highway. I made some stops in Hermitage. Driving south of Hwy. 254, two new construction projects are well underway: the new Hickory County Health Department facility and the Pitts Family Complex which is home to the

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Shelter Insurance® Foundation and Travis Farran sponsor local high school scholarship

This spring, the Shelter Insurance Foundation will award a $2000 scholarship to a graduate of El Dorado Springs RII High School. Shelter Agent Travis Farran sponsors and partially funds this scholarship. A committee of local high school officials and community leaders will select the local recipient. The committee will consider each applicant’s scholastic achievements, educational

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McCaskill: Anthem’s Modified ER Policy ‘isn’t going to cut it’

U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today released the following statement after an announcement from Anthem Blue Cross that it will make modest changes to its emergency room policy after first announcing it would no longer cover emergency room costs for Missourians if the care is deemed non-emergent: “For families in Missouri who are being asked to

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