VERNON COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT

Jan 21 – Stealing at 1500 block E Quail Rd. Nevada Property damage at 17500 block S HH Hwy, El Dorado Springs Jan 23 – Theft and property damage at E Zodiac Rd, Sheldon Identity theft at 16000 bock E BB Hwy, Nevada Jan 25 – Stealing at 18700 block E 54 Hwy – Nevada

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UTILITY CUSTOMERS for DECEMBER

Kayla-Steven Woodruff – 110 W. Poplar Kayla Stafford – 209 W. Fields Jimmie-Valerie Ray – 1401 S. Main Robert-Patricia Bradley – 1304 S. Grand Nellie Troit – 115 Hickory Christopher Aguilar-Erin Wayman – 315 W. Marshall Elizabeth Sehr – 504 E. Fields Tr. G19 Phillip McGee – 202 W. Hospital Rd. Robert Estes – 1406

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Gladys Alean Wright

Gladys Alean Wright, 94, El Dorado Springs, passed away Feb. 1, 2017, in Dickinson, TX. She was born Feb. 22, 1922, in Cedar County, MO, to Art Hicks and Ruth Elizabeth (Pike) Hicks. She graduated from El Dorado Springs High School in 1941. Preceding Alean in death were her first husband, Lonnie Mast; her husband,

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Mary (Eaton) Carson

Mary Margaret (Eaton) Carson, 83, El Dorado Springs, passed away at Mercy Hospital in Joplin after battling health problems for several years. Before Mary’s passing she asked for the hospital chaplain, Marissa, and together Mary, Patricia and Chaplain Marissa prayed Psalms together. Mary was then at peace with the Lord. Patricia, Mary’s youngest daughter, was

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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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