City council votes to begin funding for pool

The El Dorado Springs City Council met in regular session on Monday, Dec 5. All council members were present: Glenda Baker, Jim Luster, Gabby Kinnett, Nathan Murrell and Mayor Cory Gayman along with City Manager Bruce Rogers and City Clerk Kandi Baldwin. There were five people in attendance, but none of them commented during the

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Progress Club annual Christmas flower sale

The Progress Club will sell their Christmas flowers for cemetery and home décor at Shirley’s Beauty Shop on Hwy. 54. Friday, Dec. 16 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Saturday, De. 17, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. $5 and up. Help us help you.

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Santa’s helpers

ANOTHER CHRISTMAS TRADITION – Emory Loane and Bentley Stoll were crowned Miss and Mr. Santa before the Christmas Parade on Saturday, Dec. 10. They were accompanied by Miss Merry Christmas 2022 1st runner-up Wriley Taylor.

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Board votes to allow school personnel to carry fire arms

In a vote of 6 – 1, the El Dorado Springs R-II School passed a policy that authorizes the use of school protection officers at their meeting Thursday, Dec. 9. The policy is as follows: The Superintendent or designee is responsible for developing an Emergency Preparedness Plan. This plan will be developed with input from

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El Dorado Springs Community Foundation sponsors mass daffodil planting

El Dorado Springs Community Foundation will beautify El Dorado Springs with a mass planting of 1,000 daffodil bulbs to bloom in spring 2023 to commemorate the spirit of philanthropy across the region. The Daffodil Project is a joint effort between the El Dorado Springs Community Foundation and the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, celebrating its

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The Rock Wall

What do you want for your birthday? What do you want for Christmas? Two questions I heard a lot when I was a kid and after I got over that. With a Dec. 14 birthday, I heard lot, “Since it is so close to Christmas, we’ll just get you one present for both.” It ceased

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CCMH INTRODUCES NEW LABORATORY SUPERVISOR/TECH CONSULTANT

Cedar County Memorial Hospital is happy to announce the hiring of new Laboratory Supervisor/Tech Consultant – Katie Pruitt. She comes to CCMH with a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Pitt State and also attended Missouri State University’s – Pre-med Program. She and husband Eric are parents to three year old Lorinda who is the

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Weather and how it makes you feel

by Rylie Wendt, 8 Weather is seasonal and has a feeling to it. Not just human feeling, but feeling in the air. You know that kind of feeling when the breeze hits your face just right and you take a deep breath and it smells so good, or when you step outside and it’s so

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