R-II School keeps five-day school week

During a discussion of the 2023 -2024 calendar, at the February school board meeting a motion was made to adopt a five day calendar for the next school year. The motioned passed 4-3. Superintendent Oates gave a building and construction update and informed the board that for the restroom/concession stand, he was working with the

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Taking The Throne

COURT WARMING ROYALTY – Wriley Taylor and Kaden Burley graced the El Dorado Springs Gym as the King and Queen of the 2023 Court Warming on Feb. 10.

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The Rock Wall

All week I’ve asked Kimball what I should talk to you about this week. I figured you’d be tired of shot down UFOs. But they just keep coming. There have been four since Feb. 4. Somebody keeps sending cannon fodder. I heard a reporter ask an Air Force general if there are more objects in

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Step up to the plate

Editor: No matter our age, zip code or color of our skin we all want our loved ones to live a full and happy life. So why are we encouraging mass shootings in the USA? We are #1 in mass shootings in the world and we have 5 times the number of mass shootings as

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United Seniors of El Dorado Springs, Inc. needs your help

We are a State chartered charitable 501©3 dating from the construction of the Senior Center some 31 years ago when local citizens, business owners and tradesmen build that building completely with volunteer funds. United Seniors owns and manages the building everyone calls the Senior Center. The building is leased to Care Connection to furnish the

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Tips to avoid being scammed by a “bait-and-switch” Facebook post

Believe it or not, you can’t believe everything you read on Facebook. That’s particularly true when it comes to a new phishing scam that has recently popped up in various groups throughout the St. Louis region. The ruse starts with a gut-wrenching post about an injured or lost pet or possibly a missing person placed

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CCMH INTRODUCES ETHAN KNOWLTON, DPM PROVIDING PODIATRY SERVICES

Ethan Knowlton, DPM has recently joined the Cedar County Memorial staff providing Podiatry care through the hospital’s Specialty Clinic. He is a native of the Midwest, having grown up in the Chicago suburb of Glen Ellyn. IL. He stayed close to home for his undergraduate studies receiving a B.S. in Biology, then went on to

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We are starting to see more legislation move through the process. This includes Senate Bills 4, 42 & 89, which has been passed by the Missouri Senate and sent to the Missouri FCCLA Job Shadow Day at the Capitol – Charity Middleton, FCCLA State President 2022-2023 (Vernon Co). Missouri House of Representatives for similar consideration.

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Care Connection offers women’s course on bladder, bowel health

Bladder health is more than a topic for late-night TV commercials. It’s an important issue that affects more than 40 percent of older women. While it’s not likely to come up in dinner conversation, bladder health does take center stage in one of Care Connection’s popular online Zoom classes. “Mind over Matter,” a free online

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