Square dance halfway Friday

On Friday, Oct. 5, the Mo-Kan Square Dancers will have a square dance with Jay Wright calling. This is our halfway dance for our dance students. The dance will be held from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the Home Ec Building at the Vernon County Fairgrounds. Admission is $5 for adult dancers and $3 for

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Pot Heads are back

Editor: Well the Pot Heads are back at it again with their never ending attempt to legalize marijuana so they can legally stay high all the time. To get this across they put a tax on it and all the money goes to help the disadvantaged poor and our military veterans and some of the

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Looking for class mates

Editor: Does anyone know what happened to: Jerry Cross, Betty Cord Woodfil, Cathrine Eason Holt, Ruth Cecil, Billy Bush, Olive Melinda Holmes Duncan, Betty Perdue, Leona Jucker or Maxine Connor? These are just a few of the boys and girls in grade school with me at the Old North School in the late 30’s. If

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Oh, the hypocrisy!

Editor: Without going into too much detail, I am sure that many of us have been following Brett Kavanaugh’s he said/she said circus. Many on the left have already dubbed him guilty, even without due process of the law and lack of evidence. While the mudstream media and Democrats remain focused on the Kavanaugh drama,

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Now Hear This!

October is National Protect Your Hearing Month Experience Hearing Center, LLC invites you to coffee and doughnuts while Nationally Board Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist, Richard Leroux (la-roo) explains the causes of hearing loss and how to prevent it, Friday October 19 at 8:30 a.m. at the El Dorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, 1303 S. Missouri

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Give, but give wisely, when supporting breast cancer awareness

Breast Cancer Awareness Month brings with it a wave of appeals to donate to breast cancer charities. Consumers should research charities and cause-related products carefully before making a donation or buying a pink-ribbon product; some fraudulent charities try to cash in on the pink ribbon frenzy. According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 266,120

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Food for America was great experience

Food For America was held Friday Sept. 28. There were 16 El Dorado Springs FFA members to help with educating kids from all across town. We invited several preschools and the entire Elementary to come learn more about agriculture. Some of the members were teaching the kids about the differences between animals. Some of the

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DAR STARTS FISCAL YEAR

DAR STARTS FISCAL YEAR – The Elizabeth Carey chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Nevada held the first meeting of the new fiscal year on Sept. 11. This year’s new slate of officers were introduced by Regent Heather Brown. One new member, Wanda Burtoff, was also introduced and officially installed. Following a

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House passes FAA re-authorization containing Hartzler provision promoting drone security

Measure will allow federal agencies to protect nation against rogue drone attacks The House of Representatives passed the FAA Re-Authorization Act (H.R. 302) that contains Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler’s provision that provides federal agencies the authority to detect, track, alter control, and/or destroy UAVs that pose a reasonable threat to the safety and security of certain

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CEDAR COUNTY SHERIFF

9/24 • Received call of intoxicated female walking on highway in front of Woody’s in Stockton.  Family member picked her up. • Traffic stop on 32 Hwy and 700 Rd El Dorado.  Warning given. • Received call that a male and female were fighting at the Laundromat on RB Rd.  Female arrested for disorderly conduct.

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