Picnic revenue report

City Manager Bruce Rogers has the revenue report from the 2018 El Dorado Springs Picnic, but is still waiting on the expense figures which always trickle in. The Picnic Carnival netted the city $17,900 before expenses. Picnic booth space brought in $8,392. Picnic banners contributed $7,620. A Picnic golf tournament raised $2,700 for next year’s

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Public invited

Lions to host ice cream social The Lions Club of El Dorado Springs will host an Ice Cream and Information Social in the Lions Club Building on Thursday, Aug. 9. This event, open to the public, will showcase what Lions Clubs International (LCI) stand for in general, how Local Lions Clubs benefit their communities, and

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The Rock Wall

On her way to the office from somewhere Monday, Kimball encountered major activity at the school construction site. She had her cell phone with her which she purchased specifically to take pictures. I would have felt under gunned with it, but she put it to good use taking photos of the crew installing the huge

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Do homework before stocking up during back-to-school tax holiday

Parents spend billions of dollars a year on their back-to-school and college shopping. In anticipation of the back-to-school crunch, Missouri offers a “sales tax holiday,” or tax-free weekend, on qualified school supply purchases each August. In 2018, the sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 am on Friday, August 3, and runs through Sunday, August 5.

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Providing information

FATIGUE IV Q:  I am tired all of the time.  Why? A:  I am continuing my series on medical problems that cause fatigue. Today, I will discuss two more medical causes of fatigue and things to look for. The first is anemia. Anemia is a low level of red blood cells, which carry oxygen throughout

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Hwy. 32/Cedar Creek bridge replacement

A project to replace the deteriorating bridge on Hwy. 32 over Cedar Creek west of Stockton will be the focus of a public meeting on Thursday, Aug. 2, the Missouri Department of Transportation said. The come-and-go style meeting will be held 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 2, in the Stockton Elementary School cafeteria,

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Shed burns to ground

About 4:15 a.m. Wednesday July 25, the El Dorado Springs Volunteer Fire Department was called to East Joe Davis were a vacant shed was fully engulfed. The structure was a total loss.

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Love note from Jeff City

Greetings, My Fellow Missourians I have spent the last several days attending my third Southern Legislative Conference (SLC) which was hosted by Missouri this year in St. Louis.  The 72nd Annual Meeting of the SLC joined together more than 1,300 legislators, staff, and guests from 15 Southern states to discuss regional and national policy issues.

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