April 24, 2024
Larry Leon Floyd, 68, El Dorado Springs, passed away Feb. 27, 2018. Services were held on Monday, March 5, in Bland-Hackleman Chapel. Burial followed in El Dorado Springs City Cemetery under the direction of Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home. Memorial donations may be made to help the family with expenses and left at the funeral home. Online
Opal “Pauline” Lowe, 85, passed away after a long and hard battle of 21 years. She was a tough fighter to the end. Pauline was born in Dederick on March 31, 1932, to Charles and Iva (Whitesell) Vickers. On Aug. 9, 1948, she married the love of her life, Dale Lowe. At that time they
The admonition for gardeners to plant their potatoes on St. Patrick’s Day is probably good advice for some parts of our country, but not for Missouri, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. “It is a few weeks too early,” he said. Wait to plant potatoes until soil temperatures warm to above 45 degrees
NEED A BIGGER STATION WAGON? – Opossums (commonly called possums) are breeding now. After about two weeks of gestation, we get…baby possums. The Didelphis virginiana, or the Virginia opossum, is the only marsupial found in Missouri. These furbearers grow to 2-3 feet in length (including their 9-15 inch-long tails). They prefer wooded areas near streams
Protecting the safety of our drinking water is important, but difficult, because of the fractured geology and cave structure underlying the Ozarks according to Bob Schultheis, a natural resource engineering specialist with University of Missouri Extension. “Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services testing results show that, depending on the county, one-third to one-half of
LETTERED – After their awards banquet Monday evening, members of the El Dorado Springs LadyBulldogs basketball team who have a varsity letter posed for a photo. They are (from left) Paige Esry, Payton Babcock, Jace Cundiff, Taylor York, Taylor Robison, Kelsey Thomas, Keili Tough, Alexis Tough and Amy Ford. Not Pictured: Brittany Stevens and Kraysen
FIRST TEAM – ECS Seventh grader, #21, Olivia Bryson won 1st Team All Conference and 1st Team All Tournament. ALL EVERYTHING – ECS Freshman, Lexie Buttorff, #42, was named 1st Team All Conference and 1st Team All Tournament at the MOKAN Basketball Conference tournament held Feb. 6 – 9. ECH AWARD WINNERS – The Lady
March 13 program at Springfield Nature Center offers tips for hooking this popular fish. In Missouri, crappie fishing is an activity that’s as near and dear to many anglers as any other outdoors pastime. Angler surveys show crappie are among the most fished-for sportfish in the state. People can learn more about how to hook
I don’t know how many times I have written that Missouri Department of Conservation game wardens are the friends of no one they choose to visit. When they come with hat in hand and ask, all friendly like, if they can come into your home for a visit, don’t be fooled. They are there to
Success depends a lot on weather conditions, primarily water temperature and flow. Missouri’s annual spring paddlefish snagging season is a popular pastime for thousands of snaggers. According to the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), the state’s major paddlefish snagging waters include Lake of the Ozarks, Truman Lake, and Table Rock Lake. The paddlefish snagging season
