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FIREFIGHTERS HONORED – Members of the El Dorado Springs Volunteer Fire Department were honored at a banquet on Saturday, Feb 1, in the Civic Center. The banquet was attended by the fire fighters and their families as well as the State Fire Marshall Tim Bean. Recognized for their years of service were: Tavis Burchett –

Tops Chapter 9319 El Dorado Springs (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) met in the United Methodist Church, 201 E Broadway Thursday, Jan. 30, for their weekly weigh-in and meeting. Susan led us roll call, 28 members weighed in today and we had a net gain of 5.2 lbs. Best loser of the week was Melissa with

GO CHIEFS – Sean Cook and his 130 lb. eight month old Great Dane, Cosmo, showed their support for the Kansas City Chiefs at the grass roots level with this emblem Sean painted at the entrance to the mobile home park on East Fields. You may still be able to see it and a twin

Dog’s Nation has been providing a monthly Public Service Announcement for this newpaper. Last month we focused on the challenges of the holidays for families with a member diagnosed on the autism spectrum. This month’s PSA will explain further why families with children on the spectrum face environmental dangers. The story we share with you

Please remove this email account cedar@sos.mo.gov from future correspondences.  This account is provided by the state and is limited on storage space.  It is no longer checked daily due to its limited use.  If you are sending to the county clerk, please send to clerk@cedarcountymo.gov and if you sending to the commissioners, please send to

 Drivers can expect one-lane traffic during daytime hours and occasional traffic delays when a project to resurface several state routes in Benton, Cedar, St. Clair and Vernon counties starts the week of Feb. 3, the Missouri Department of Transportation said. Drivers can expect flaggers directing them through the work zones. Crews and equipment will be

SIZING UP A DEPUTY – Photo is of Vernon County Deputy Zesar Huerta getting sized for his new vest.

LIVING WATERS RANCH 2020 OFF TO A GREAT START – The volunteers from Living Waters Ranch, Gene Holtgrewe, Jay Binyon, and Joyce Brown, were happy to usher in the new year with the first of 12 monthly Special Touch Day Camps for adults with developmental delays or disabilities and their staff/caregivers. These Day Camps are

COLD WEATHER GEAR…DELIVERED – Each December Cedar County Memorial Hospital conducts a drive to collect coats, gloves, socks, and other requested articles of clothing to benefit schools in Cedar County. Recently our CEO, Jana Witt welcomed El Dorado Springs R-2 Elementary School Counselor Kaitlyn Norman when she dropped by to pick up donations to keep

Submitted by Lana Sue Jones The first meeting of our new year, 2020, was held on Jan. 13 with Georgia Detwiler serving as hostess and Luella Phipps co-hostess. The meeting was called to order by President Jean Wernel. The November meeting was cancelled due to bad weather and then our December meeting was our Christmas