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You’ve heard no doubt or maybe have seen and even been the proverbial hog so busy rooting for acorns that he or she never took time to look up “to whence my help cometh” or forbid the thought, give a moment of thankful contemplation for all the many blessings that have fallen your way. Well,

MISS MERRY CHRISTMAS CROWNED – Bailey Tyler, a Junior at the El Dorado Springs High School, was crowned the 63rd Miss Merry Christmas during the annual Christmas Lighting in the Park on Monday, Nov 21. She was crowned by the 2015 Miss Merry Christmas, Abigail Bateson. Bailey is the daughter of Chuck and Dawn Tyler.

During its Monday, Nov.21, meeting, the El Dorado Springs City Council voted to purchase the option for $1,000 on five acres in the east Industrial Park. The City purchased the option on the five acres so Mid Continent Equity Holding can apply for tax credits with the Missouri Housing and Development Commission to build a

LITTLE MR. AND MISS CANDIDATES – The Little Mr. and Miss Santa Candidates were introduced at the Christmas Lighting in the Park on Monday, Nov. 22.  Contestants are: Kaysen Strauch, daughter of Kurt and Amber Strauch; Lily Keith, daughter of Justin and Chelsea Jacobs; Nova Perkins, daughter of Arthur and Valerie Perkins; Lexy Zartman, daughter

During the Monday, Nov. 21, meeting of the Cedar County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees meeting, the board voted to pledge $1,000 to the Phase II Sidewalk Project. CEO Jana Witt explained the pledges are due before Dec, 28. The grant is an 80/20 grant with the twenty percent being paid equally by the city

MFA Oil Company, a farmer-owned cooperative, recently declared it will pay $11.8 million in cash to its members in exchange for doing business with the company. The announcement was made at the 87th Annual MFA Oil Delegate Meeting, which was held in Branson. on Nov. 15 and 16. Approximately 500 delegates, guests and employees of

Editor: I am thankful that the election is over and we can get on with our life as we want to live it. It should be clear to everyone that the American people are sick and tired of being treated as a nation of idiots that can be lied to over and over and expected

I want to thank friends and family who honored me with an afternoon of gospel and country music. This reminded me of times when musicians gathered in our home and we played some of this same music. I especially want to thank musicians Paula Newman, Ginelle Esry, Donna Elliott and Wanda Casey for entertaining us.

Missouri shoppers will find the price for most items used to prepare a traditional Thanksgiving Day meal slightly lower from 2015. Shoppers across the nation are finding a similar story, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) Thanksgiving Marketbasket Survey results released this week. For 31 years, the AFBF and Missouri Farm Bureau (MFB)