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Gardening Charlotte

Daffodils or Jonquils If there’s a flower that heralds spring to me, it’s yellow daffodils. I learned to refer to these flowers with long noses as daffodils from my Illinois neighbor. Mrs. Futrell had a small white farmhouse with a white picket fence lined with the small, early yellow flowers growing under old-fashioned lilac bushes.

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New books at Cedar County Library

Red Alert by James Patterson – When a fundraiser involving New York’s wealthy elite is targeted by a fatal blast, detective Zack Jordan and Kylie MacDonald discover a link between the bombing and the murder of a high-profile woman filmmaker before realizing that the bombers may be among the A-list guests they were hired to

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CCAD meets in new building

The Cedar County Ambulance District board met in the new building at 319 Englewood, Stockton, at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 15. Roll call Present: John Wilson – Chairman, Nadine Sinclair, Keith Kasco – Sec/Tres,Rusty NorvalandEvelyn Boyle, Absent – District 4 seat open. Agenda Approval: A motion was made by Sinclair to approve the agenda, seconded

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A Miracle in California

by Gary Vickers On March 1, 2018, four Viet Nam Veterans who served together in 1968-69 with the 1st Cav Division met in California. Three of these vets, Jim Compton of Ventura, CA, Leonard Bertuli of Mark, IL, and Gary Vickers of Harwood, had been reunited six years ago and have had reunions in Branson

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Get to know the Cedar County Museum and Historical Society

The Cedar County Historical Society has been in existence for over 47 years. Through the years Society membership has grown and declined with the times. We are currently beginning to grow again and are restructuring, so you may have noticed some changes. You will not be able to reach us at the old CCHS website

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Gardening Charlotte

Amaryllis in Bloom Spring may be taking its sweet time arriving but my Amaryllis bulbs are nicely filling in the gap. After a two to three month rest period and repotting them in new soil, the bulbs will grow a stalk or two, sometimes an inch a day apart, until flowers appear on top. If

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TOPS Chapter #9319 morning meeting

50 YEARS IN TOPS – Juda Fugate-Wosoba was presented a certificate and a 50-year pin to celebrate her 50 years as a TOPS member and a charter member of the TOPS Chapter in El Dorado Springs.  Presenting the certificate and pin was co-leader Linda Hall. TOPS Chapter 9319 El Dorado Springs met in the Methodist

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Twentieth Century Club meets

The Twentieth Century Club met March 12 with Sherry Wiseman serving as hostess with Sandi Eaves as co-hostess. Our February meeting was cancelled due to bad weather. The meeting was called to order by President Sandi Eaves. Pauline Simone, secretary, read the minutes from our last meeting, which was approved. The yearbook committee passed around

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Koca hurt in wreck

Michael L. Koca, 52, El Dorado Springs, suffered injuries reported as serious when the unit he was towing was struck by a 2015 GMC 3500 pickup driven by Lyman E. Williams, 34, Moundville at 9:10 a.m. Tuesday, April 10, on Hwy. HH three miles west of El Dorado Springs. Both vehicles were southbound according to

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APRIL 10 CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

APRIL 10 CONSTRUCTION UPDATE – Poles for awning on south end of gym installed. Block work continues for locker rooms and classrooms on east side of existing gym. Elevator construction continues on north end of the El Dorado Springs High School. Drone photo by Brent Hillman.

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