LAND O LAKE YOUTH FAIR ROYALTY

LAND O LAKE YOUTH FAIR ROYALTY – Interviews were held for the 2017 Land O Lakes Youth Fair Royalty on July 6 on the fairgrounds. The royalty court consists of three age divisions- Jr. Princess (8-10 years old), Princess (11-14 years old), Queen (15-21 years old). The candidates must submit an application to be considered

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Fishing report

Taberville Report by Linda McCallister Dains Fish Farm The big stories this week have been the heat and flatheads. They’ve caught them on trotlines, limblines and rod and reel. We’ve had couple trotlining in Montrose Lake.  They’ve caught a 30 and a 35 lb. flathead and one hook was broken and one straightened out. So

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Advice for a Lunker Seeker

In this very column I am fixin’ to tell all you fishermen how to catch a five-pound smallmouth and three or four seven-pound largemouth on the same fishing trip, so if that interests you, keep reading. This is prompted by a phone call I got last spring. A fellow from a group calling itself “the

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Ozark angler hooks state-record quillback

MDC congratulates Timothy Keene on breaking the pole-and-line state record by catching a 5-pound, 13-ounce quillback on Bull Shoals Lake. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports that Timothy Keene of Ozark became the most recent record-breaking angler in Missouri when he hooked a quillback on Bull Shoals Lake in Taney County using a rod

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MDC offers adult all-online hunter education course

Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) now offers an all-online hunter-education course for Missouri residents 16 years or older to provide a more flexible and convenient option to become hunter-education certified. The all-online course includes videos and animation to teach hunter safety, firearm safety, ethics, regulations, and wildlife management. “The way adults are learning is ever

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136th ANNUAL EL DORADO SPRINGS PICNIC July 20, 21, 22

WEDNESDAY – JULY 19 6:00 PM Picnic Set Up 8:00 PM Street Dance – County Liners THURSDAY – JULY 20 9:30 AM Frog Jumping Contest 10:30 AM Tennis Shoe Toss 11:30 AM Balloon Throw 1:00 PM Sidewalk Art – bring own chalk 6:00 PM Riley Taylor CARNIVAL OPENS 6:00 PM 7:00 PM El Dorado Springs

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MARRIAGES

Vaughn Leroy Musselman, 67, Jerico Springs, and Janice Elizabeth Williams, 62, Shelbyville, KY James Michael Bowen, 20, Stockton, and Taylor Irene Noot, 20, Stockton

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ST CLAIR COUNTY COMMISSION

The St. Clair County Commission met Monday, June 19, with Robert Salmon, presiding commissioner; Leroy Strope, north commissioner; Gerald Williams, south commissioner; Debbie Peden, county clerk and Marin McCaslin, administrative assistant present. The Commissioner and Road and Bridge Supervisor Cole Cochran discussed motor grader locations, brush cutter locations and mowing, road east of Hogles Creek

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CEDAR COUNTY COURT

The following felonies have been filed in Cedar County: Christopher Shone Hylton, El Dorado Springs, passing bad check  5/8 Jason Arnold, Jerico Springs, assault – 2nd deg – special victim, resisting/interfering with arrest for a felony, domestic assault  6/23 The following civil cases have been disposed in Cedar County: Blue Ridge Bank & Trust Co

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EL DORADO SPRINGS MUNICIPAL COURT

Court  Docket- June 13: Cole Cooper, fail to stop stop sign, $75.50 Steven Cox, dist of peace by fighting, $225.50 Thelma Ellifrits, dist of peace by fighting, $225.50 Tommy Hardy, fail to shoe proof of ins, $125.50 Jason Holloway, poss drug paraphernalia, $175.50 Thomas Holt, speeding 35/25, $49.50 Karen Janes, fail to stop stop sign,

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