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BENEFIT AUCTION For Caplinger Mills Fire Department

Saturday June 6, 2020 at 10:00 Drawing for Gun donated by Big Bear’s LLC -Jay Schwalm FURNITURE & HOUSEHOLD • Hide-a-bed couch • Quilt rack • Framed mirror • Kitchen table and chairs (w/2 leafs) •Recliner • Roll top desk • Piano • Lamps • 2-Apartment refrigerators • Kirby vacuum • Beveled glass lamps • Singer sewing

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New Pharmacy Intern at Evans

Ryan Pierre is a last year pharmacy student at the University of Kansas where he also obtained a minor in business. He will graduate in May 2021. Ryan was born and raised in Kansas City, KS. In high school Ryan worked as a delivery driver for a local family owned pharmacy. Working in the pharmacy and

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Care Connection for Aging Services seeks outstanding older adult

Care Connection for Aging Services is seeking nominations of people in your community who exemplify this year’s theme for national Older Americans Month, “Make Your Mark.” The theme is meant to encourage and celebrate countless contributions that older adults make to our communities. Their time, experience, and talents benefit family, peers, and neighbors every day.

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Thank You from CBCO Blood Drive

Thank you to all who came to donate blood at the El Dorado Springs Church of Christ on Thursday, May 21st. The folks at the Blood Drive had extended hours due to the blood shortage and our goal was to collect 45 units. Our community really turned out to support the blood shortage due to

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Fire report for week of May 17

On Wednesday, May 20, at 11:29 p.m., the Fired Department was dispatched to the El Dorado Springs Airport for a medical aircraft standby. The trucks were told to disregard in routs. Twelve firefighters and Trucks 2 and 4 were responding when cancelled. On Thursday, May 21, at 7:26 p.m., the Fire Department was dispatched to

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Caplinger Mills – then and now

The community of Caplinger originated as Sacville, Missouri in 1870 because of it’s location along the Sac River. Prior to any township, a grist mill site was purchased by John G. Williams in 1840 along the Sac River. In 1842 he sold the nearly completed mill to the three Caplinger brothers from Tennessee who put

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SCHELL CITY MEMORIAL DAY

Attendees gathered in Green Lawn Cemetery for Memorial Day Services. congregational music was lead by Julie Wilson. Special music provided by Living Faith Mennonite choir. Pastor Dan Gayman was the speaker. Photo by Jeanne Hoagland.

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Hope Center to open Thursday, June 18

HOPE CENTER DONATION – (From left) Chad Daniel, Hope Center Board President, Ken and Alice Hacker. Chad is receiving a $5,000 donation from Ken and Alice Hacker for the Hope Center. You may have heard the buzz about a new food pantry coming to town. Actually the Hope Center, as it is called, came from

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Care Connection offers free, online financial seminar tailored to women

Care Connection for Aging Services is offering its free money management seminar tailored to women on June 3-5 in an online format. “Money Management: What Every Woman Should Know,” will be offered on Zoom at 10:30 a.m. on June 3, 4 and 5. Each session will last 30 minutes. The easy-to-understand material will address women’s

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