June 26, 2026
EASTERN STAR INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS – El Dorado Springs Chapter # 148 Order of the Eastern Star began their new year with an open installation of officers on Saturday, Nov. 5. The installing officers were: Installing Matron – Retha Squires, Installing Patron – C.L. Squires, Installing Marshal – Wanda Reno, Installing Chaplain – Alberta Hays,
Bug-Busting Mums Do you have a mum in your garden? Have you looked at it closely? Go ahead, take a peek. I will wait. What did you see? OK, so the flowers are starting to fade on one side. And yes, most of us need to water our mums more than we do. See anything
TOPS Chapter 319 El Dorado Springs met in the Church Of Christ meeting room on Thursday, Nov. 3. Linda H opened the meeting and Kay led us in singing “Hooray”. We said our pledges and Linda led us in roll call. Chris was the week’s best loser with a loss of 4.2 lbs. Twenty-two members
by Dora Jean McKinley Tex McKinley and Dora Jean saw Ashley Entrikin on Four-State Horses on channel 7. Way to go Ashley, we’re proud of you. We can’t find a pecan anywhere this year. I don’t think the squirrels did either. The retired state employees had a reunion at Marmaduke Park Saturday. A good crown.
The family of Cheryl Berry wishes to express a very heartfelt thank you to everyone for their love and support through our time of need. Thank you to Victorious Living Church for the service and meal and to Fairview Church for the food. Cheryl Berry family Thank you to everyone that made my Retirement Open
Something Kimball did not consider when she picked our wedding day – Halloween 1975 – how hard it would be to find an anniversary card. I mentioned that to Debbie Floyd who was just shopping for Halloween cards. She agreed. Then I found it: two ghoulish looking characters, a heart between them and the words:
A rash of intentionally set fires in Cedar, St. Clair and Vernon counties had local residents talking in September. It also had the Missouri Fire Marshall investigating. Now, according to Cedar County Sheriff Leon Dwerlkotte, two have been arrested and charged and four more individuals are on the run according to court documents obtained by
HELPING WITH THE GHOSTS AND GOBLINS- The local VFW Post 257 continued its long-standing tradition of helping children have a safe Halloween. This year, Monday, Oct. 31, they were visited by 728 people, served 560 hotdogs, popped 40 lbs. of popcorn and scooped 120 lbs. of ice for sno cones. They also tagged children’s costume
Pretty much the conference includes what we do now. One of the schools, Butler, doesn’t have cross country. A few of the schools have wrestling, a few of them don’t. I thnk most of them do, actually. Q. Will there be academic conference activities? Definitely. We’re not pinned down on those exactly. We got through
On Tuesday, the Sun interviewed Supt. Mark Koca about the no tax increase bond issue which will be on the Nov. 8 ballot. Q. What is a no tax increase bond issue? Basically, it’s a fancy way of saying it would extend the current body issue at its current level. Q. How many years? It
