TOPS MO #9319 El Dorado Springs morning group

Morning group TOPS Chapter 9319 El Dorado Springs met in the Methodist Church on Thursday, June 7,  for their weekly weigh-in and meeting. Leader Sheryl Ann Walker called the meeting to order. Carol led us in singing “To TOPS Club We Will Go.” We said our pledges. Marilyn led us in a series of stretching

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Gardening Charlotte

Fighting Japanese Beetles I was meandering through my garden at sunset when I spotted the beautiful iridescent green spots on a milkweed. Juvenile Japanese beetles, starting to hatch from last year’s buried grubs. For the next six weeks, it will be a battle between these wily bugs and me. The 3/8th of an inch hard

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Havard and Eichelberger to wed

Polly (Ketterman) Eichelberger of Kingsville and Duane Havard of Erie, PA, are pleased to announce their upcoming wedding. Polly, formerly of El Dorado Springs, and Duane, formerly of Moravia, IA, will be married at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 23, 2018, in the First Baptist Church, 400 SE 14th St., Oak Grove. Reception to follow at

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Sympathy to Larry Thomas family

by Marge Zink and Julia Snethen Sunday morning message at the Rockville United Methodist Church was ‘Homily’ by Leland Browning. Mt. Zion Home Bible study met Tuesday 7 p.m. in the Tom and Beverly Pelkey home, with nine in attendance. Mt. Zion Club will met June 20, at 11 am at Landmark café, Lowery City,

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News from Harwood and Shcell City

y Helen Ellerman The Reedy family, who grew up in the Harwood area, held a Reedy family reunion at the Walker Christian Church Saturday, June 9. It was all cousins there except for Jewell (Reedy) Ellerman, who is the only one living out of 18 children of the late Samuel and Letha Reedy. Jewell is

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Five Loaves ‘Tasty But Cheap’

A free life skills seminar hosted by the Dederick Christian Church and will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 19. This will be an evening to share information and to learn while having fun. The theme for the evening will be “Tasty But Cheap” and will feature inexpensive foods. Presenters have been challenged to

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66th Welch/Gerster reunion held

The reunion was held in the El Dorado Springs Civic Center. This is the 63rd reunion held in the El Dorado Springs Park and now the Civic Center. Everyone introduced themselves and how they were kin to the Welchs and Gersters. The group was called together by Nancy Bailey and Sharon Barger, remembering the loved

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CLASS OF 63 GATHERS

CLASS OF 63 GATHERS – The 1963 El Dorado Springs 55th HS class reunion was celebrated at the home of Roy and Elva Weber on Saturday, June 9, with a plethora of food including barbecued ribs and delicious brownies. Those attending were Roy Weber and Bob Eaves, recorder of the Class of 1963. Due to

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The Rock Wall

I talked to Monday to Wyatt Graves about his part in the East-West All Star game over the weekend and wrote an article based on our conversation. Then, I received an email from his mom, Jodi, in much more detail and mentioning the entire family. I told her that her version was much more complete

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City makes money on substation fire

During the Monday, June 4, meeting of the El Dorado Springs City Council the council approved a certificate of completion for the rebuilding of the Electric Substation. The insurance proceeds were $1,132,750 and the cost of the project was $926,000 leaving the city with a gain of approximately  $206,000. City Manager Bruce Rogers mentioned that

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