Harold Hamlin Moore Jr.

Harold Hamlin Moore Jr., 69, El Dorado Springs, passed away Feb. 3, 2017, in Marshfield. Harold was born Jan. 3, 1948, in Springfield, the son of Harold Sr. and Marcella (DeCamp) Moore, the oldest of three children. He graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1966. After high school he attended Southwest Missouri State College where

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Cards of Thanks

We would like to thank everyone for the cards sent to us for our 50th anniversary. Sam and Margie Barger Thank you for all the beautiful birthday cards I received for my 98th birthday. It was a very good day. It is nice to have so many friends. With love to all. Faye Palmer Class

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Concealed Carry law per the Cedar County prosecutor

Cedar County Prosecutor Ty Gaither spent four days over the weekend researching Missouri’s Concealed Carry and Constitutional Carry Statutes. After about four revisions, he says these are his conclusions boiled down from five pages of legal jargon. The bottom line: The prosecutor advises that you get your Missouri Concealed Carry permit. Without that permit it

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Search for Missouri Century Farms continues

If your farm has been in your family since Dec. 31, 1917, you can apply to have it recognized as a Missouri Century Farm. To qualify, farms must meet the following guidelines. The same family must have owned the farm for 100 consecutive years. The line of ownership from the original settler or buyer may

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BEEF PRODUCERS ATTEND CONVENTION

BEEF PRODUCERS ATTEND CONVENTION – The Missouri Cattle Industry Convention and Trade Show was held Jan. 7-8, at Tan-Tar-A Resort. Three officers of the Cedar County Cattleman’s Association attended the conference. Clay Doeden, vice president, Tom Bryant, state director and Megan Richner, secretary. Cedar County was selected as the Top County for Beef Promotion during

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NIGHT OF THE BIG CAT Cont. from Last Week

I stood up and looked at my stinging, bleeding hands, and wet trousers and as I did, I heard the most horrible scream up on the ridge behind me, something awful and hideous and blood-chillin’-horrible in the gathering darkness. The cat was following me and he wanted me to know it. I was gosh-awful scared,

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1,000 POINTS

1,000 POINTS – Elijah Buttorff, son of Nathan and Dana Buttorff, hit the 1,000 mark while playing the Hume Hornets, Tuesday night, Jan. 31. The 6’ 8” junior has played with the El Dorado Christian Buffalos for three seasons.  Throughout Elijah’s high school career, ECH Head Coach Travis Cole has named Elijah Player of the

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Bulldog wrestlers compete well

In our home tournament, we wrestled Hollister to start off. We wrestled pretty good against them. We were open in the lighter weights where they were full so we spotted quite a few points right there. We lost a couple of key match-ups against kids that we had beaten the weekend before. That kinda cost

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KARATE KIDS RECEIVE AWARDS

KARATE KIDS RECEIVE AWARDS – On Jan. 28 students representing Van Dyk’s Karate travelled to Tulsa, OK, to compete in the Oklahoma Karate Association Season opener. Yet again it was a very successful event with hundreds of competitors from all over the Midwest region.  Mason Gardner competed in the 10-11 Youth Intermediate Division and placed

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PAIGE BOWLS THEM OVER

PAIGE BOWLS THEM OVER – Paige Esry was the best ball handler in the Lady Bulldogs Thursday night game against the Warsaw Wildcats. She repeatedly drew fouls and converted every one into points except one making her the leading scorer. Coupled with some deadly 3 point shooting from Anyssa Salazar and solid play from the

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