Steps to keep your feet looking and feeling their youngest

You exercise regularly, eat well, maintain an active lifestyle and take your medications as prescribed every day. You’re doing everything you can to age gracefully and beautifully, but are you overlooking an aspect of self-care that’s fundamental to overall good health … your feet? By the time you’re 50, your feet will have carried you

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Lots of life left in senior pets

Every day, in shelters all across the country, senior animals are passed over by prospective pet owners. Why? Some people are looking for the energy of a new puppy or feel older dogs offer families too little time. But the truth is, providing a new home for an older animal may bring you a level

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MO Hunting users must update app to Telecheck

Missouri deer and turkey hunters who use the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) MO Hunting free mobile app need to perform an update to Telecheck their harvests. The update will provide the most current regulation and data information. As with most app updates, users will receive messages to their mobile devices that an update is

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Only Two and a Half Million

I thought about this letter years ago, to Bass Pro Shops owner Johnny Morris. But knew if I sent it, the letter would be tossed in a waste can in the Bass Pro Shops office and never read. I believe by including it in whatever newspapers will print it, there may be a chance that

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Thank yous

El Dorado Christian School and PTO would like to express their deepest thanks to the following businesses and friends that helped us with our Buffalo Stand at the Picnic. Thank you to Sonic, Simone’s, Woods, Coca-Cola, and Sac Osage. Thank you Don Heiber for servicing our ice cream machine and Julie Jones for setting the

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Conservation agents work to stop wildlife trafficking

MDC asks for help to report poaching and wildlife trafficking. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are working together to stop wildlife trafficking. Wildlife trafficking consists of poaching or taking of a protected or managed species to sell for profit. This includes buying or selling living or dead

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Fishing report

Taberville Report By Linda McCallister Dains Fish Farm Last night I sold six dozen night crawlers to a couple. They were hoping to stock their freezer for the winter but they did not tell me where they were fishing. I assume they were fishing for catfish. And I just sold 1⁄4 lb. of minnows. I

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Oral history festival and one-room school reunion

Learn how to collect an oral history and see a demonstration with a former one-room school attendee starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17 inside Liberty School at the Gray-Campbell Farmstead, located inside Nathanael Greene Park, 2400 S. Scenic Ave., Springfield. The “Collecting Oral Histories” program has a $10 fee to cover the cost

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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 Sanctuary on Thursday, Aug. 18. Our leader, Robbie opened the meeting. Kay led us in singing “Snackity Snack”. We said our pledges and had roll call. Thirty members weighed in today. Susan was our week’s best loser with a

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MDC will offer free Prairie Day event Sept. 17

El Dorado Springs – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will host a free Prairie Day event 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, at Wah’Kon-Tah Prairie near El Dorado Springs. Tallgrass prairie is a diverse ecosystem of native grasses, wildflowers, upland streams, insects and wildlife. Prairie Day will offer wagon tours of

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