Gardening to distraction

Answering Emails: Saving rain water Delighted so many of you are interested in saving rain water for your gardens. The following are some of your comments and questions. Please share what you decide to do. “….I can’t wait to try this in my garden but I don’t want to spend a lot… I don’t have

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John William Read

John William Read, 69, Kimberling City, formerly of El Dorado Springs, passed away Thursday, June 9, 2016, in Springfield. Memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Monday, June 13 in Sheldon Funeral Home, El Dorado Springs. Family will receive friends from 1-2 p.m. Monday, June 13, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, family

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Stacy – Schwalm engaged

Mrs. Jodie Stacy and the late Mark Stacy of El Dorado Springs are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter, Brooke Renee, to Jonathon Michael Schwalm, son of Jay and Karen Schwalm of El Dorado Springs. Ms. Stacy is a graduate of the El Dorado Springs High School and of Crowder College. She is

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News from Harwood and area

Connie Locke visited her father, Ben Locke, at Nevada this past week. The Reedy family, who grew up in the Harwood area, will have a family reunion at the Stockton Nursing Home on Saturday, June 11, at noon. Betty Reedy Pearcy is a resident there. There are two other family members of the Reedy children

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LCT LIGHT AND SOUND

A $20,000 grant from the Coover Regional Grantmaking Program through the Community Foundation of the Ozarks in partnership with the Commerce Trust Company has enabled the Lighthouse Children’s Theatre of El Dorado Springs to purchase quality sound and lighting equipment to use with their productions. Up until now, the LCT had borrowed the equipment they

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Summer colds, never any fun

by Dora Jean McKinley Marilyn Entrikin has been under the weather with a summer cold. She’s better now. She hasn’t been out much. Steve Entrikin went to Poland for two months with Rose and her sister on a cruise. Tex McKinley has seen E.J. Wingate this week. They are busy on a project. Dora Jean

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Class of 1969 to gather

The EHS Class of 1969 will hold a birthday bash at 6 p.m. beginning June 11 at the Optimist Building. Food, drink and fun provided. Classmates, spouses and guests welcome. For more information, call James Brackenridge at 876-2579.

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Skakal Reunion June 12

The annual Skakal Family Reunion will be celebrated with a carry in dinner at noon  Sunday, June 12, in the home of Mark and Jennifer Koca south of El Dorado Springs.

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Welch-Gerster reunion

The Welch-Gerster reunion will be held starting at 12:30 Sunday, June 12, in the ElDo Civic Center. Lunch will be served at 1 p.m.

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Gardening to distraction

Reserving Water Bed rest. Doctor’s orders, after planting in the rain last week. I count on cloudy, soon to be rain-filled days. It helps to get new plants successfully settled. I even have a raincoat that hangs in the garage for those special days. I am a big fan of the power of rain water.

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