Community

The Cedar County back-to-school fair was held Aug. 12, at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center in El Dorado Springs. This year, 132 children were served. The day began with lunch then haircuts, vision screening and hearing testing were offered. Sponsors and vendors were in attendance offering families invaluable information on community resources. In

September is National Suicide Prevention and Awareness month and Cedar County Memorial Hospital Senior Life Solutions program is working to raise awareness.  According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, an average of 129 deaths by suicide occur per day and there are an estimated 1,400,000 suicide attempts per year. Talk of suicide should never

The Union Hall 4-H Club met on Wednesday, Sept 11, at the Land O Lakes fairgrounds. Meeting was called to order by President Avery Schiereck. The Secretary report was read by Macy Stauffer. Marshall Stauffer gave the treasures report. The checking account balance is $718.15. July, August and September birthdays were recognized. New 0fficers for

Adrian Long Gilfoil and Robert Cain Gilfoil of Baton Rouge, LA, announce the birth of their son, Snider Cain, born at 12 noon Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, in Baton Rouge Women’s Hospital. He joins his older brother, Robert Van. Grandparents are Wyly and Jennifer Gilfoil of Lake Providence, LA, and Kenny and Kimball Long of

Tri County Quilt Club met at 7 p.m. Sept. 9, at the Rockville United Methodist Church. Meeting was called to order by President Madline Woodfin, with 14 ladies present to enjoy an evening of quilt talk, learning new things and celebrating September birthdays of Donna Engelman and Marcelle Marquardt. Ladies had been busy sewing; Show

MFA WALKER BOOKKEEPER HONORED – Betsy Foreman, bookkeeper at MFA in Walker received recognition as a 2019 MFA Values Champion for Region 5 at MFA’s annual sales kickoff held in Columbia Aug. 13-15 FROM MFA CEO Ernie Verslues. MFA values Honesty and Integrity, Team Spirit, Accountability, Innovation and Technology, Customer Partnering and Stewardship. Her nominator

The Municipal Band Manager submitted the 2019 picture of Band members and accidentally forgot to mention that the picture was taken by Brent Hillsman. I would like to correct that mistake and express my appreciation to Brent for taking care of this annual photography project for many years. He gets everything set up, works with

El Dorado Springs R-2 Schools Board of Education Meeting No. 347, Sept 12,  MS/HS Library  Media Center At time of posting of agenda no Closed Session Business was necessary The Board may consider business in closed session relating to: • Litigation pursuant to 610.021(1) • Real Estate pursuant to 610.021 (2) • Personnel pursuant to

Thank you to all for the many happy birthday and well wishes, for all that came to share cake and memories at my birthday party. Thank you to all my kids for planning and arranging for my party; it was beyond wonderful. I enjoyed it so much. You all made my 80th birthday a really

The American Quarter Horse Association presented the Top Ranching Heritage Bred Horse Award at the 2019 National Little Britches Rodeo Association Finals held at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, OK. The Top RHB Horse Award recognizes top Ranching Heritage-bred horses competing at major competitions across the country. Both the horse owner and breeder each