October 26, 2026
On Friday, Nov. 4, the cross country team headed to Jefferson City to scout out the State cross country course, held at Oak Hills Golf Course to get one last practice in before the races on Saturday. On Saturday, they started racing off in the morning with the 3 and 4A schools. Then they moved
Thank you so much for all of your support as we headed to the state cross country meet a few days ago. Tyler Goatley finished 4th in the state. It was a great race between the top 5 and on any given day, any one of them could have won. If you haven’t already heard,
1st TEAM – ECS junior, Mindy Harper, was awarded 1st Team All State at the 2016 Missouri Christian School Athletic Association State Volleyball Tournament. The awards were presented at Ozark Christian College in Joplin on Oct. 22. 2ND TEAM – Jordanne Steuck, #23, an eighth grader at El Dorado Christian School, was awarded 2nd Team
VOLLEYDOG AWARDS – On Monday, Nov. 8, the El Dorado Springs Volleydogs held their awards banquet in the El Dorado Springs Optimist Club building. After a sumptuous, carry-in dinner with a near-capacity crowd of parents and well-wishers, the coaches handed out the awards the players had earned during the season. Varsity plaque winners were (from
by Larry Dablemont, outdoor writer, photographer What a strange October… the largest mast crop I have ever seen and the latest fall colors I can remember. Mast, for those of you who do not know, is a woodland term for a “variety of nuts.” So that means it can be used in place of “politicians.”
With Veteran’s Day and our Christmas Parade coming up your local VFW Auxiliary #257 would like to remind all of you of some proper etiquette for our Flag (Old Glory). The flag is very much a part of our daily lives. We should always respect it because it represents everything we are as Americans –
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports that Mark McArtor of Camdenton became the most recent record-breaking angler in Missouri when he caught a hybrid striped bass on the Lake of the Ozarks. The new “alternative method” record hybrid striped bass caught by McArtor on Oct. 31 weighed 9-pounds, 1-ounce with a length of 27
First and 2nd place were close at the American Bass Anglers November tournament on Stockton Lake. Kansas angler, Eric Craft, took 1st place with a 5-fish limit that weighed 13.98 lbs, anchored with a 5.85 lb big bass of the tournament. Second place, Mike Dill weighed in 13.83 lbs. his big fish was 4.49 lbs.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announced that hunters checked 3,698 turkeys during Missouri’s fall firearms turkey season, Oct. 1-31. Last year’s fall firearms turkey harvest total was 6,158. Top harvest counties for the 2016 fall firearms turkey season were Greene with 128, Franklin with 96, and Wayne with 92. MDC’s turkey biologist says this
Garegiving tips for long-distance caregivers Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend any long-distance caregiving tips that can help me help my elderly father who lives in another state? He has physically declined over the past year, but is determined to stay living in his own house. Worried Daughter Dear Worried, Providing care and support for
