SCHIERECK WINS MFA $2,000 SCHOLARSHIP

Avery Schiereck, a senior at El Dorado Springs High School, will attend Missouri State University in Springfield Missouri this fall majoring Ag Business. She is the granddaughter of Donnie and Sharon Murray and Roger and Terry Schiereck. The scholarship is sponsored by Farmers Exchange, Lowry City.

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News from Harwood and Schell City

by Helen Ellerman Jewell and Helen Ellerman and friends, Mary Tomblinson and daughter, Veronica Baker, had dinner at Golden Coral in Springfield Saturday, May 8, for Mother’s Day. Madaalyn’s Kitchen, south of Schell City will be closed Saturday, May 29 through Monday, May 31, for Memorial Day holiday. She is open usually Monday and Tuesday,

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Welcome grands and great-grands

by Marge Zink and Julia Snethen, submitted by Beverly Pelkey The morning message at Rockville United Methodist Church was by Leland Browning titled “Pentecost” from Acts 2:1-19. You are always welcome to join us for Worship at 9 a.m. Sunday morning. Mt. Zion area has had plenty of rain this past week but the wheat,

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Help June Colemxan celebrate 91 years

Join us as we share a celebration with June Coleman to mark her 91st birthday from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 29, at Circle S Feed Company in El Dorado Springs. Naomi June Coleman, the fourth child of Melvin and Goldie Swopes, was born around 9 p.m. June 1, 1930. She was named Naomi,

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Ronald Lawrence Hoffman

Ronald Lawrence Hoffman, devoted husband, father, and grandfather, age 91, passed away while asleep on the evening ofWednesday, May 19, 2021. Ronald simply went to bed, pulled the covers up and went to sleep. Ronald, a resident of Alaska, was house sitting in Phoenix Arizona for his son and daughter in law. Ronald was born

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Robert C. “Bob” Burris

Services for Bob Burris will begin at 1 p.m., Saturday, May 22, at Sheldon Funeral Chapel, El Dorado Springs with burial at Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Parsons, KS.

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New jobs for chamber directors

It’s been almost nine years that Jackson Tough has served the El Dorado Springs Chamber of Commerce. He considers his time there as an honor and a privilege. Together with the help and support of our chamber members and community the chamber has done some pretty amazing things, he said Tough said,”We united to better

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Hospital Board begins with Bozarth self-introduction

The Cedar County Memorial board of Trustees met for their regular monthly meeting on Monday, May 17, 2021 with all trustees in attendance: President Michelle Leroux, David Bozarth, Marvin Manring, Judy Renn and Julia Philips. After the call ot order, approval of the agenda and approval of the minutes of the April meeting, Bozarth introduced

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Parson helps dedicate Patriot Parkway

GOVERNOR HELPS WAVE THE FLAGS – Missouri Governor Mike Parson was in town on Wednesday, May 12, for the dedication of the Patriot Parkway – The 48 American Flags now waving on Hwy 54. He praised El Dorado Springs for believing in freedom and the American Dream.

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Board to offer assistant superintendent to Dr. Tracy Barger

The El Dorado Springs R-2 Board of Education met in regular session on May 13, 2021. After approving the consent agenda and hearing the COVID-19 Status Update, the board looked at results from the ESSER funds survey sent to staff. The board then discussed some strategies to reduce annual, ongoing operating overhead for the district—paying

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