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Check-in services that can help seniors stay put Dear Savvy Senior Are there any services you know of that check in on elderly seniors who live alone. I worry about my 84-year-old father falling or having a medical emergency, and not being able to get to the phone to call for help. And he won’t

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50+: Can these be the best years of your life?

“You can be one of those people who live in the past and relive the glory days, but I’m living the best days of my life now,” said Bill, a police chief, father of four children and grandfather of two grandchildren. Bill isn’t living without obstacles. He has experienced a number of orthopedic injuries and

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Cedar County Historical Society meets

by Connie Maupin The Cedar County Historical Society held their monthly meeting Nov 27 in the museum in Stockton. Those in attendance were President Judy Nichols; Vice President Judith Cain; Secretary Connie Maupin; Treasurer Shirley Potts; and members – Luella Phipps, Kenneth Potts, Joe B. Phillips, Bob Phillips, Chris Barber and visitor, Ellis Benham. Bob

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Gardening Charlotte

Invasion of the Asian Ladybug You’ve seen them, haven’t you, sitting on a windowsill, lurking in a corner, maybe even walking across a piece of furniture? This could be the title of one of those B-rated horror movies if it didn’t involve something as cute as a little red ladybug, something most people associate in

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News from Harwood and Schell City

by Helen Ellerman Madalyn’s Kitchen, south of Schell City, will be closed after breakfast on Friday, Dec. 8. She will serve the meal for the Duke Mason show at El Dorado Springs. She will close at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 14, so she can attend the Elementary Christmas program at the Schell City School.

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Kleenex box for a bed

Marilyn Entrikin said she was in St. Luke’s Hospital for a week. She is home now. She is weak and gets tired easily. Marilyn, we will be thinking of you always. Our cat, Whitey, decided yesterday she was going to sit in the Kleenex box on the coffee table. After struggling, she flattens the box.

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Twilight Gardeners Garden Club meets

Twilight Gardeners Garden Club met in the home of Jeana Oschsner on Nov. 21. President Ursula Fuller called the meeting to order with the Club Collect. Roll Call (what birds do you hope to attract in your garden) Doug Abbas, Jennifer Bland, Donna Cooper, Ursula Fuller, Rama Hart, Jeana Oschner, Sharon Lansing, Carolyn West, Ramona

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TOPS morning Chapter 9319

TOPS Chapter 9319 El Dorado Springs (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) met in the Church of Christ Meeting Room on Thursday, Nov. 30. Leader Sheryl Walker opened the meeting and Kay S. led us in singing “Our TOPS”. We said our pledges and Sheryl led us in roll call. Twenty-eight weighed in today and the chapter

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Just in time for Christmas

Music in the Park finally arrives in El Dorado Springs As of Tuesday, Nov. 28, the El Dorado Springs Park will be filled with the joyful tunes of the Christmas season from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Hours might be extended through the Holidays. Phase I of the system, made possible by a $5,000 grant

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Brighten Christmas for a child

GIVE NOW – For 11 years the Toys- For-Tots  toy drive at Fugate Motors in El Dorado Springs has been providing Christmas cheer for underprivileged  kids in our community.   The Toys-For-Tots collection and distribution is done in conjunction with the El Dorado Springs Food Baskets program. Each year hundreds of toys are donated.  

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