July 15, 2026
The dates for the El Dorado Springs City resident leaf pick up will be the weeks of Nov. 5-9, Nov. 26-30 and Dec. 17-21. Place your bags of leaves out the night before or by 4 a.m. the same day as your regular trash pickup. Residents are allowed up to 8 bags, boxes or trash
G.F.W.C. Generation III is now accepting candidates for this year’s Little Mr. and Miss Santa Contest. All interested Kindergarten or First Grade students please submit two photos with name, grade, parents, address/email, and contact number by Monday, Oct. 22. Photos can be dropped off at the Opera House Theater. Contact Shelly Barger @ 417-876-1819.
Although Christmas is still two months away, please plan to help those in our community whose holidays may not be so bright. Now is the time to start taking advantage of sales to pick up donation items. The Christmas Basket Project will take food and gift donations Saturday, Nov. 17, and Monday, Nov. 26. These
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 –
by Gary Vickers Gary and Shirley Vickers hosted the 46th year of apple butter at the Vickers’ Farm. Brothers, Stanley and Bradley Vickers, and their families and friends all worked and contributed to get it done. The three brothers, sons of the late Gaylord and Nadene Vickers, have kept the tradition alive and growing all
The El Dorado Springs Christmas Basket project is a program that provides food baskets for families and gifts for children age 16 and younger who live in the El Dorado Springs School District and are in need of holiday assistance. Beginning Oct. 24, applications for Christmas Baskets will be available at the Division of Social
Editor: After watching the “Democrat Dog and Pony Show” that made up the confirmation process for judge Brett Kavanaugh, it should be very plain to everyone with an ounce of brains or commons sense that the coming mid-term elections are the most important elections in our lifetime. This is not about one party being superior
Editor: An initiative called “Clean Missouri* will be on the November ballot. It’s promoted as ethics reform that will “clean up Jefferson City,” but that’s just the front… In reality, Clean Missouri is a far-left push to redistrict the state, leaving the process to our state auditor. That means a political office will
Greetings, My Fellow Missourians It is with a very sad heart I reflect upon last week’s tragedy in El Dorado Springs with the loss of El Dorado Springs Volunteer Fireman Russell Hayes. He accepted the noble call in 1976 to serve as a volunteer fireman, committing 42 years to preserving the safety and quality of
