Skakal reunion Sunday

The annual Skakal family reunion will be held on Sunday, June 11, at 12:30.  Carry in dinner at Mark and Jennifer Koca’s residence.

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Prayer for Scott Jones and family

by Marge Zink and Julia Snethen Morning message at the Rockville United Methodist Church by Pastor Nick Van Dam sermon was titled “Drunk with the Spirit” taken from Acts 2:1-13, join us each Sunday at 9 a.m. for worship. Mt. Zion Home Bible Study held Tuesday 7 p.m. in Tom and Beverly Pelkey home had

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Savvy Senior®

How to spot and fix medical billing mistakes Dear Savvy Senior After a recent hospital stay, I have a stack of confusing medical bills at home I need to decipher. I’ve heard these bills frequently contain mistakes. How do I spot them to ensure I’m not paying more than I need to be? Cautious Carol

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Gardening Charlotte

June Gardening Chores Behind in gardening chores? So am I. It’s been such a wet spring, it’s hard to get anything in the ground, let alone much mowed. The plants sure have taken advantage of all of the moisture. And just think, June is traditionally our wettest month of the year. Since our spring season

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Charles and Neoma Foreman to celebrate 60th wedding anniversary

Charles and Neoma Foreman invite family and friends to help them celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with “A Picnic in the Park” and Walker Community Building on June 24 from 5-7 p.m. Your presence is the only present required, but a card especially with a memory enclosed would be appreciated.

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TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)

TOPS Chapter 319 El Dorado Springs (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) met in the Church of Christ Meeting Room on Thursday, June 1.Co-Leader Linda H opened the meeting in the absence of Robbie whose husband had a doctor’s appointment. Kay led us in singing “Hand In Hand.” We said our TOPS & KOPS pledges. Linda led

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The Rock Wall

Hope you had an enjoyable Memorial weekend. We did. Friday Kimball and Davis couldn’t get away so I went to the cemetery and decorated graves planning to go back Sunday or Monday with Davis and Kimball. Sunday was crunched for time. On Monday, Davis had the croup so Kimball and I went to Brasher Cemetery

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Arkansas man pleads guilty to bomb threats at Cedar County Courthouse

Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Arkansas man has pleaded guilty in federal court to making bomb threats to the Cedar County Courthouse in an effort to cancel his own court hearing that he feared would send him to jail. Phillip Ray Robison Jr., 36, of

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Remembering the fallen

LOCAL VFW CONDUCTS MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY – VFW Auxiliary President Linda McCormick participated in the ceremony during the annual Memorial Day event  at the City Cemetery in El Dorado Springs on  Monday, May 29, honoring those who died serving in the armed forces.   Originally called Decoration Day, the name Memorial Day was first used

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