June 6, 2026
Benny and Linda (Snow) Bough will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Feb 18 in the lower level of the Stockton Community Building from 2 to 4 p.m. Omission of gifts is requested. Their children, Lisa Burkdoll and Steve Bough, will host the celebration and invite everyone to attend.
Caring for Gift Flowers If you received gift flowers such as cut roses recently, there are several things you can do to keep them beautiful: If they came in a vase, put them where you can enjoy them but keep them away from heat vents and sun. Don’t place them on top of TVs or
Citizens Memorial Hospital and Citizens Memorial Health Care Foundation (CMH) will host a special Spring Clinical Job Fair on Friday, March 2 from 1 – 7 p.m. at Bolivar Technical College, 1135 N. Oakland Ave, Bolivar. CMH is interviewing for the following positions including CNA, RMT, LPN, RN, Medical Assistant, Lab Assistant, EMT, Paramedic, Medical
Abner and Mary Lou Jones of El Dorado Springs will celebrate 65 years of marriage on Feb. 17, 2018. Abner and Mary Lou were married in Stockton in 1953 and remained in the area farming and raising their family. They have three children – Cathy (Jones) and Dave Ketterman of Nixa, Carla (Jones) and Doug
TOPS Chapter 9319 El Dorado Springs met in the Church Of Christ Meeting Room on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. Weigh in starts at 7:45 a.m. The meeting begins at 8:45 a.m.and is over by 10 a.m.. Leader Sheryl Ann Walker called the meeting to order and Kay led us in singing “Walkedy, Walk, Walk.” We
Ground Hog Day, Feb. 2, was cold with bright sun. I’ve never paid much attention to Ground Hog Day or its alleged weather forecasting use. As a big kid, I followed one up a tree once that my dog had treed. I thought I would kick him out to the dog. When I got on
VOICE OF DEMOCRACY STATE WINNER – (In photo from left) back – Dalton Eason, Amanda Eason and Steve Eason; front: Lydia Eason and Ruben Armenta, Missouri VFW State Commander. Local girl wins VFW Missouri Voice of Democracy Scholarship Lydia Eason, a freshman at El Dorado Springs High School, was named the VFW Department of Missouri’s
For more than 30 years, Ron Brown, El Dorado Springs, has donned the faux-fur brown suit, adjusted the ranger hat that says “Smokey,” and clearly communicated how to prevent wildfires. From children to senior citizens, thousands welcomed him as Smokey Bear. His El Dorado Springs community also knows him as a 49-year volunteer fire fighter.
The El Dorado Springs Chamber of Commerce has hired a new assistant director. Jennifer Saderstrom came to El Dorado Springs in the fall of 2014, with the hope of living the small town life. Jennifer and husband, Carl, could have chosen any community to live in. They chose El Dorado Springs and have a passion
Editor: My father, Paul Vaughn, begin the local radio station, KESM on Radio Lane. He also had a TV and radio repair shop on Main St. two doors from the Sun Newspaper when I was growing up. My family moved when I was 16 years of age in 1971. My father in that time frame
