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by Helen Ellerman Madalyn’s Kitchen, south of Schell City, will have her Christmas buffet on Thursday, Dec. 20, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is just like the Sunday buffet but she has different kinds of meat. She will close at 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 24, and she will be closed all day

Answering Questions Poinsettia Pointers “My poinsettia from last year pulled through but the leaves are still green. What did I do wrong?” – Nancy Hi Nancy,  without seeing your poinsettia my guess is it didn’t get enough darkness for 4-6 weeks earlier this fall. To get a poinsettia to re-bloom, keep it watered through winter

Mark your calendars for our 45th reunion on July 20, 2019. Time: TBA. Send address changes and updates to: Debra Roe, 1004 E. Patricia, El Dorado Springs, MO 64744; email: debrasmithroe1428@gmail.com; phone/text: 417/876-7426 or facebook: Class of 1974, El Dorado Springs, MO.

During this Holiday Season and with cold temperature months ahead, Cedar County Memorial Hospital is accepting donations to help students in our Cedar County schools with needed clothing items. Those items of need include socks, underclothing and sweats (these are especially needed) as well as hats and gloves and jackets and coats (sizes 6-10 please).

State Budget Director Dan Haug announced today net general revenue collections for November 2018 decreased 9.1 percent compared to those for November 2017, from $743.8 million last year to $676.5 million this year. Net general revenue collections for 2018 fiscal year-to-date decreased 4.9 percent compared to November 2017, from $3.62 billion last year to $3.44

Soon, we’ll celebrate Christmas. It’s cold enough already. I saw on TV Monday morning that most of November was below average. Back when I hunted deer, often the weather was so warm during season that we couldn’t let deer hang and age. We had to work them up quickly before the flies carried them off.

Gas price changes a mystery On Friday, the Sun contacted Karl Allison, long time gas station owner, to ask him the reason for the fluctuation in gas prices. Karl said, “They are going down. Crude oil is $50 a barrel now. I don’t have the slightest idea. Cost on regular right now is $1.83 something.

Owner Lisa Gardner, of the Stockton Sears store, said, “We are actually closing. We just started liquidation. We will be gone by Jan. 4.” “As far as the bankruptcy itself, it doesn’t affect us necessarily. There is some cross over as far as inventory.

Merick Ireland, manager of the Sears Hometown Store in Nevada, told the Sun on Friday, “We are a completely different company than Sears Holdings. So we are not going anywhere.” He could not comment on any other Sears store in the area. He said, “If they are a Sears Hometown or an outlet store, they