TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)

TOPS CHAPTER 319 El Dorado Springs (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) met in the Church Of Christ Meeting room on Thursday, July 14. Our leader, Robbie, opened the meeting. Kay led us in singing “Take Me Out Of The Bakery”. Measurements were taken today. If you did not get measured this week please see Kay or

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Former ElDo grad receives Excellence in Teaching Award

Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Naoma Nelsen was one of 20 professors from member colleges honored at the South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (SCICU) 11th Annual Excellence in Teaching Awards Dinner April 12. Each year, a member of the faculty from each SCICU institution is nominated for the teaching award according to rigorous SCICU

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Class of 1976 reunion

The EHS 1976 class reunion will be held at the old Carl’s Gun Shop upstairs in the banquet room this Saturday, July 23, beginning at 6:30.  Dinner will be served at 7:00 pm, class picture will be taken at 8:00 pm. Nick Sibleys Band will perform at 9:00 pm. The band performance is open to

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Flies seem to hide fly swatter

by Marge Zink and Julia Snethen Moring message at the Rockville United Methodist Church was by Pastor Nick Van Dam titled “High Priority” taken from Luke10:38-42. We invite you to join us at 9 a.m. for worship. Mt. Zion Home Bible study meets each Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Tom and Beverly Pelkey home

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Five Loaves for July

Dederick Christian Church would like to invite you to the July meeting of Five Loaves. Five Loaves, a free life skills seminar hosted by the Dederick Christian Church, will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 28. This will be an evening to share information and to learn while having fun. The theme for the

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61st annual Beydler reunion held

The 61st annual Beydler reunion was held on Sunday, June 26, 2016. There were 64 in attendance. The location has always been in Jerico Springs for the last 60 years because that is where the ancestors settled. The new location was changed to El Dorado Springs this year due to the community building in Jerico

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Ellison pleads guilty to murder of his grandparents

 A rural El Dorado Springs man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Vernon County Circuit Court to two counts of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree robbery. Logan Ellison was charged with the fatal shootings of his grandparents, Herman Ellison, 76, and Rosie Ellison, 77, on Oct. 9, 2014, in their rural home on E. Quantrill

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The Rock Wall

Davis is into dwarf hamsters. He thought his mom just had to have a couple, so he deposited a cage on her desk complete with exercise wheel, watering bottle and feed dish a few weeks ago. There’s not room for anything else on her desk, so the cage was soon on the John S. Smith

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Infant’s body recovered from pond near Lamar

On Monday, July 11, at the request of Barton County Sheriff Mitchell Shaw, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Barton County Deputies, responded to a rural area approximately three miles southeast of Lamar to a report of a body located in a farm pond. Current information is the body is of an unidentified infant female.

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Rules and Regulations for a safe Picnic

Released by Jarrod D. Schiereck Chief of Police Once more it is Picnic time again, in fact the 135th Annual Picnic. Each year we pause to remember day’s gone bye, renew old friendships, meet new friends, have some school class reunions and enjoy the carnival and entertainment in our City Park and our downtown area.

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