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Editor: I have been employed in the healthcare system for nearly 40 years. There have been many changes in that length of time, and no one person is to blame. As a society, we have come from being those who pay for services rendered, to expecting much for nothing. Many folks expect goods and services/use

Editor: Cedar County residents already pay 0.1528 per $100 of annual assessed valuation for the county hospital and they’re trying again to increase it by 300% to 0.6112. There are a few things I’d like to correct/clarify. The hospital’s made numerous statements like, “Built in 1960, El Dorado Springs’ Cedar County Memorial Hospital has never

On 03/06/20, The Sun Newspaper provided a copy of this letter to the editor to Cedar County Memorial Hospital for clarification of facts. That clarification from Cedar County Memorial Hospital is provided in the following bullet points. • In her letter, Ms. Malone comments that, “they’ve [Cedar County Memorial Hospital] already been getting increases all

Editor: El Dorado Christian School is in need of score boards for their gymnasium. Fundraising is in progress to purchase these in memory of Travis Bryson, who passed away Nov. 9, as a result of a collision with a deer. Travis was a teacher and athletic director at ECS and so much more. Besides being

The judge is still considering arguments on the constitutionality of SB391 on CAFOs which would limit our county commissioners ability to address local health concerns and protect Stockton Lake, which provides Springfield’s City water supply. Your calls saying SB 391 is unconstitutional are still very important. Please call the Governor 573/751-3222, or your district State

Editor: We have known that Pipestone Systems, a CAFO corporation incorporated in Pipestone, MN, is targeting Missouri to build more hog CAFOs, because the concentration of hogs in Minnesota and Iowa created many livestock disease problems. They said publicly that they are targeting Missouri because we have clean water without animal diseases. They are attempting

Care Connection for Aging Services will close its central office in Warrensburg and all 21 West Central Missouri senior centers to the public beginning Monday through March 31. The area agency on aging will continue to have staff at central office and most centers to answer telephones and to prepare and deliver meals to the

Care Connection for Aging Services is celebrating Social Work Month in March by spotlighting the Care Management Program in Cedar County. Cedar County Care Manager Katie Hunter works from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, sharing her time between the El Dorado Springs Senior Center and Korth Center in Stockton. She’s available by

Clintonville Lodge 482 will hold a Fish Fry fundraiser for scholarship and other charities from 4-7 p.m., (if fish holds out) Saturday, June 20, at Sac Osage Electric, E. 54 in El Dorado Springs. Donations at the door.