January 22, 2025
WE HAVE COME BACK – Vann Bighorse of the Osage Nation, director of the Wah-Zha-Zhi Cultural Center, stands on the WaKonTa Prairie north of El Dorado Springs at the opening of Prairie Days on Saturday, Sept. 17. He offered a prayer, spoken in Osage, asking for a blessing on the prairie and the day. Bighorse
Hungry for some fried squirrel? The city may have an extra one they don’t need. About 3 p.m. Tuesday the electricity here at the office suddenly went off. I called the Utility Department to tell them. Had to pull the number out of my memory bank because I couldn’t have seen the phone book while
JONES TO REPRESENT EL DORADO SPRINGS – Brianna Jones will represent our community as Miss El Dorado Springs at the 56th Annual Stockton Black Walnut Festival. The Queen contest begins at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, on the main stage in the park. Brianna, a 17 year-old high school senior, is the daughter of
Registration is open for the 2016 Great Central U. S. “ShakeOut” earthquake drill on Oct. 20. More than 450,000 Missourians are already registered to participate in the annual drill, which teaches people how to protect themselves in an earthquake. More than two million people are signed up in 14 central U.S. states that could be
We need YOU to help clean up our community. This Saturday is the fall “Clean-Up ElDo” campaign. Organize your own Clean Team. Gather friends and family or groups from your office, church, organization or club to participate. Teams will be assigned a unit (you may be able to pick one you want) to help clean
DAWSON AND DAWSON, AGAIN – Jake Dawson has joined the law practice of his father, Mike Dawson, at 207 South Main Street in El Dorado Springs. Jake, a graduate of Osceola High School, received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from UCM. He taught school for six years, two in El Dorado Spring as a Special
The St. Clair County Sheriff’s office will join with other law enforcement agencies Sept. 18-24 for an aggressive Child Passenger Safety Week law enforcement campaign to crack down on Missouri’s child safety seat law violators and to reduce highway fatalities and injuries to children. Missouri law requires all children under the age of eight to
Submitted by Phyllis Stewart After everything was signed by landowners and with approval from the court, the project was being built, tools moved in and people hired. Mr. McWilliams was the builder of the boats that housed the workers and a kitchen was on board to feed the workers. The houseboats were built at Athol
On behalf of the Discover More on Route 54 committee, I would like to thank each and every one of you for your kind assistance and generosity in promoting the 2nd Annual 100-Mile Yard Sale during Labor Day weekend. We had a very successful event with buyers and sellers all pleased with the turnout, huge
Cedar County Memorial Hospital (CCMH) is conducting a Community Health Needs Assessment. This assessment, which is a requirement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will provide information that will be used to assess and improve local access and delivery of health-related services. The assessment process includes a community survey for completion by area
