VALUED SERVICE AT NEVC

VALUED SERVICE AT NEVC  – Sheryl Hallam has been with the district for 41 years as a business teacher. She has been teaching part-time for the past 10 years. Kathleen Day has been with the district for 13 years serving as the Art and Speech teacher and as the Yearbook Sponsor.  (From left) Sheryl Hallam,

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Conservation compliance change requires treating ephemeral gully erosion on highly erodible land

Missouri famers who participate in USDA programs will be required to provide additional control of ephemeral gully erosion on their highly erodible fields, State Conservationist J.R. Flores said. Ephemeral gullies are the smaller ditches in fields that farmers often smooth with a disc before planting crops. Flores, who heads the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service

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Fishing report for April 4

Taberville Report by Linda McAllister Dains Fish Farm Right now, I’m kinda getting’ mixed reports on white cats. I don’t know if the water has crested and started to go down and that had kinda shut them off down here. But the white cat fishing has been real good. I got a report that crappie

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TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)

TOPS Chapter 319 El Dorado Springs (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) met in the Church of Christ Meeting Room on Thursday, April 27. Robbie opened the meeting and Carol led us in singing “To TOPS Club We Will Go”. We said our TOPS & KOPS pledges. Marilyn led us in a series of exercises. Robbie led

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ElDo clean up day

BRUSH CREW  –  Jack Daniel, John Keaton and Frank Doty Jr. pulled brush from several large piles around town during the El Dorado Springs city-wide clean-up on Saturday April 29. DONATING LABOR – On Saturday, these volunteers from the Church of Christ took part in the El Dorado Springs city wide clean up effort.

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Gardening Charlotte

First Swarm Catch Most guides to swarm catching will say it’s best to catch bee swarms on warm sunny days so don’t do what I just did and end up catching the first swarm of this season in a gray, dreary day in the pouring rain. Bees swarm in spring for a variety of reasons

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Happy 90th birthday Wanda Rector

by Marge Zink and Julia Snethen Morning message at the Rockville United Methodist Church was by Pastor Nick Van Dam was titled “Easter Creations: Noah’s Graduation Day.” Mt. Zion Home Bible study held Tuesday 7 p.m. in Tom and Beverly Pelkey home each Tuesday, welcome to join us. Mt. Zion area is having lots of

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News from Harwood and area

By Helen Ellerman Madalyn’s Kitchen, south of Schell City, will be closed on Mother’s Day, May 14. She will be closed on Memorial Day weekend Saturday, May 27 thru Monday, May 29. She will reopen at her regular time on Tuesday, May 30. Church service was held Sunday, April 30, at the Harwood Baptist Church.

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The Rock Wall

For those of you who have never heard of Blackberry Winter, that’s what you’ve been enjoying the last few days. Why? Don’t know. That’s just what the old timers called the cold snap at this time of year when blackberries bloom. I know it kinda took the wind out of my sails for mowing the

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How to handle Old Glory

SHOW AND TELL ON FLAG ETIQUETTE – On Tuesday evening, four Girl Scout troops got a front row seat on how to respect and handle the nation’s flag courtesy of Donnie Allen (left) and Tim Bartkoski (right) of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 257. First the two showed the girls and their leaders how to

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