“The Band Plays On”

 It’s Picnic Time Again    You can feel the excitement in the air as everyone makes preparations for this next week. Band members got some new music last weekend to try out for the Picnic, and we hope you like it as much as we did. If you have ever seen the movie “The Great

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KBRPC to host Coffee

The Kaysinger River Basin Planning Commission (KBRPC) executive director, Elizabeth Van Winkle, was at the Monday, July 18, Cedar County Commission meeting to invite the commissioners (and the public) to Coffee with Kaysinger at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, in El Dorado Springs City Hall. The topic will be current projects and things KBRPC can

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Cottey names Judge Bickel as newest trustee

Cottey College is pleased to announce the appointment of the Honorable James R. Bickel as the newest member of the Cottey College Board of Trustees. His seven-year term began on July 1. Judge Bickel has been the Presiding Judge of the 28th Judicial Circuit of Missouri since 2001. He will retire from the bench at

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SANTA PAULA BULLDOGS WIN 3RD TOURNAMENT

Santa Paula Bulldogs defeated Nixa Red Eagles, Lebanon Smoking Aces and a combined team from Camendton, Lebanon and Hermitage called The Chain Gang.  Their record is currently 12 and 6.  The Bulldogs overcame a four to nothing deficit with 7 runs in the top of the 5th to take the tournament. Special thanks to Santa

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Two Lucas Oil Speedway competitors disqualified for infractions on June 30

Lucas Oil Speedway and USRA Officials have disqualified two competitors following failed post-race inspections at the USRA Modified sanctioned event at Lucas Oil Speedway on June 30. Tire samples collected from the No. 8F driven by Johnny Fennewald and the No. 99T driven by Eric Turner and tested by an independent laboratory did not meet

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RESERVE CHAMPION STEER – shown by Jadyn Lower in the 2016 Land O Lakes Youth Fair was purchased premium only by St. Clair County Bank for $500.

Bates, St. Clair and Henry Counties – Drivers can expect one-lane traffic and occasional traffic delays when a project to resurface and add two-foot shoulders to a 25-mile stretch of Missouri Route 52 begins the week of Aug. 1, the Missouri Department of Transportation said. Contractor crews will resurface Hwy. 52 between Bates County Route

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Land-O-Lakes Youth Fair 2016

GRAND CHAMPION HEIFER – shown by Kaylee Lower at the 2016 Land O Lakes Youth Fair garnered the top premium only bid of $525 from St. Clair County Bank. RESERVE CHAMPION HEIFER – in the Land O Lakes Youth Fair was exhibited by Jadyn Lower. GRAND CHAMPION GOAT – exhibited by Abigail Lame got the

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Where the news is all good

The trails are cleaned off and well marked, the cabins neatly arranged and the food plots so green and full of crops that deer and turkey are easy to see. Rabbits are everywhere and there are dozens of species of birds, nesting throughout. The gravel swimming beach is shaded and the swimming-hole inviting. Kayaks and

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State record Dwarf Hack Berry honored

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) presented a State Champion Tree award to Tan-Tar-A Resort in Camden County for the largest known dwarf hackberry tree in the state. “The dwarf hackberry tree at Tan-Tar-A just happened to catch my eye as I was leaving the complex for lunch during the Missouri Natural Resources Conference,” said

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MDC’s Bushwhacker Lake switches to managed deer hunts

Application period for area’s six managed hunts begins July 1. Increasing hunter satisfaction at Bushwhacker Lake Conservation Area is the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) goal of this year’s deer-hunting changes at the 4,790-acre area in southwest Missouri. Beginning this fall, deer hunting at Bushwhacker will change from archery and alternative methods during those respective

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