Gardening Charlotte

Best place for native seedlings Ever been given a free redbud or dogwood during Earth Day or Arbor Day? Most likely those tree seedlings were purchased from this unique nursery. I am going out on a limb here, as they like to say, but there is no better place to get Missouri native tree and

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Mt. Zion Club to meet Sept. 20

by Marge Zink and Julia Snethen Morning message at the Rockville United Methodist Church was by Pastor Nick Van Dam entitled “Heat in the Wheat” taken from Matthew 3:11-12. Mt. Zion Home Bible study meets each Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Tom and Beverly Pelkey home to study the Bible. The Mt. Zion Club

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The Rock Wall

If we had this weather for the Picnic, the crowds and the receipts would likely have been bigger. But I’ve heard that if wishes were horses, beggars could ride. – You remember all those points the football team scored beating Stockton? The team could have used three of those in the Pembrooke Hill game two

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Warren Love apologizes for poor choice of words

State Rep. Warren Love issued the following statement regarding his recent Facebook post about the act of vandalism that took place at the Springfield National Cemetery: “I am deeply sorry for the extremely poor choice of words I used to convey my frustration with the act of vandalism that took place at the Springfield National

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Top Dogs and Top Pups

BULLDOGS CROWN HOMECOMING ROYALTY – On Friday evening in broad daylight (at 6:30 p.m.) the 2017 El Dorado Springs Homecoming Court king candidates and princes escorted the princesses and the queen candidates across the football field to the near side of the field in front of the packed football stadium. Then last year’s Homecoming King,

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Ambulance Board holds illegal meeting

Last Wednesday, the Cedar County Ambulance Board held a meeting without giving the El Dorado Springs Sun or the Cedar County Republican at least 24 hours advance notice of the meeting. In fact, the CCAD gave the two newspapers no notice of the meeting and as of presstime on Tuesday, Sept. 5, had not provided

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The light still shines

HEDRICK RETIRES FROM LIGHTOUSE CHILDRENS’ THEATRE CEO POSITION – Lynne Hedrick, founder and CEO of the Lighthouse Children’s Theatre in El Dorado Springs, has announced that she is retiring from the position after 10 years at the helm.   The torch is being passed to Jared Kouba, former Lighthouse Technical Director.   Kouba, a seasoned

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Mudstream Media at its best

Editor: The mudstream media was having a heyday talking about Melania Trump’s shoes while the Trumps were loading on a plane to Texas, at a time when Texas was being devastated by Hurricane Harvey. I guess they didn’t have anything better to do. I just feel this time could have been better used assisting the

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Providing information

BOILS Q: I keep getting boils and I never seem to get totally rid of them. What could I do? A: Boils are bacterial infections that form a pocket of pus. Most of the time, it needs to be opened so that the pus can drain out. You may need to put gauze in the

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The Very Ready Reading program to start at Library

The Cedar County Library is beginning a new reading program starting   10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 1, for the Stockton branch and  will continue each Monday through November. The program will start at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, for the El Dorado Springs branch and  will continue each Thursday (with the exception of Thanksgiving Day)

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