News from Harwood and Schell City

by Helen Ellerman Madalyn’s Kitchen, south of Schell City, will be closed Saturday, March 30 and Sunday, march 31. She will reopen at her regular time on Monday, April 1. Jon and Judith Caudle Sr., of Harwood, are happy to have daughter and family, Karen, Paul and David Lim home from Korea. When they leave

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BULLDOG SCHOLAR BOWL TEAM TAKES 4TH

BULLDOG SCHOLAR BOWL TEAM TAKES 4TH – A Scholar Bowl team from El Dorado Springs competed in the Branson Freshmen/Sophomore Tournament on March 21. The team consisting of freshman James King and sophomores Wraith Leyva, Megan Griffin, Tevis Edmiston and Lydia Eason finished the night with a record of 3-1.  Out of 14 teams at

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Twentieth Century Club news

by Lana Sue Jones Our March 11 meeting was hosted by Sandi Eaves and co-hosted by Georgia Detwiler. The meeting was called to order by president Jean Wernel. The treasurers report was the only one given. Evelyn Boyle provided the opinion. Her concern was about people in the medical field that are not good with

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Missouri youth make moves in game of leadership

Leadership and independence were the name of the game for two Cedar County youth, Avery Schiereck (Missouri 4-H Council Representative), wearing light colored slacks, and Macy Stauffer, to her left, who attended Missouri’s 4-H Teen Conference at MU last weekend. Both attended the statewide 4-H function for leadership development, Teen Conference.  They joined 255 youth

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NEVC attends state leadership conference

NEVC FCCLA GOES TO STATE – Pictured left to right front row – Ashley Hilvert, Hannah Rogers and Elisa Duras; Second Row – Nikol Konkus, Brooklyn Sanderson, Alexis Amick, Alexus George and Crae Hutchison; Third Row – Kylie Alexander and Charity Middleton; Back Row – Abbey Sumptner.  Students from Northeast Vernon County attended the annual

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VFW honors Patriot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy winners

The local VFW honored their Patriot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy Winners at the Post Home on Monday, March 25. This year’s Patriot’s Pen essay was titled “Why I honor the American Flag” and the Voice of Democracy essay was titled “Why My Vote Matters.” Patriot’s Pen writers were from the 6 – 8th grades

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Sympathy to Helen Nixon, Bob Suster

by Marge Zink and Julia Snethen Rockville United Methodist Church Sunday service was conducted by Larry Sorrells titled “Deal or No Deal” taken from Jeremiah 31:31-34; you are always welcome to join us at worship Sunday at 9 a.m. Mt. Zion Home Bible study was held in the Tom and Beverly Pelkey home held at

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The Rock Wall

I’ll pass along a request from Adrian: Hi! I’ve been thinking a lot about stories lately and what makes a good one. I know real life stories I enjoy often have a good character that usually is quirky or stories of relatives that I never got to meet. I remember Grandpa telling stories of getting

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Community rescues two lost youngsters

We would like to express our immense gratitude to God for preserving the lives of our two precious sons, Tristan (6) and Phillip (3), last evening/night (Sunday)! Yesterday I was cleaning the house and the boys desperately wanted to go outside because it was such a nice day. So in the afternoon I put their

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Apply for 2019 Lillian Sunderwirth Scholarship

Applications will soon be available for the 2019 Lillian Sunderwirth Memorial Scholarship.  These scholarshipsare open to all students and returning college students attending or having obtained admission to an accredited two-year or four-year college or trade school.  This does include those seeking masters degrees. The recipients of these scholarships must be from the El Dorado

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