May 4, 2024
Caroline: Little House Revisited by Sarah Miller – Authorized by the Little House estate, a retelling of the early pioneering journey of the Ingalls family is told from the perspective of a pregnant Caroline, who in the frigid winter of 1870 leaves the safety of Wisconsin for a life of hazards and promises in unsettled
The chill in the air and the falling leaves mean winter weather will be here soon. To prepare, the Missouri Department of Transportation is stocking salt and preparing equipment to be ready when winter weather is here. To test our crews’ readiness, MoDOT will hold a statewide drill on Thursday, Nov. 2. The drill tests
My heartfelt thanks to all that helped me celebrate my 90th birthday, Oct. 4. To the ones that came to the assembly at 1 p.m. and the ones that came at 6 p.m. and the singing group that came at 5 p.m. and sang for an hour, to the many that wished me happy birthday
Voting boxes are at Woods Supermarket or Evans Drug. Help your favorite Little Mr or Miss by casting a penny a vote ($1.00/100 votes). Sponsored by GFWC Generation III, proceeds go to local community projects. Coley Heuser – daughter of Josh & Laurie Heuser Nova Perkins -daughter of Arthur & Valerie Perkins Kyla Wood –
OATS, Inc., a Missouri-based non-profit company, is conducting a Fund-A-Bus shoe drive, which will run through the end of this year to raise money for a new bus. OATS will earn money based on the total weight of shoes collected, and hopes to collect more than 2,500 pair of shoes. OATS has partnered with Funds2Orgs,
You’ve heard: We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. Well, MoDOT will give you the bridge. The Route D bridge over Center Creek between Webb City and Oronogo will be replaced with a new bridge in 2019. The current “through truss bridge” is being offered for free to interested state or local entities
TOPS Chapter 9319 El Dorado Springs met in the Church of Christ Meeting Room on Thursday, Oct. 26. Leader Sheryl Walker opened the meeting and Kay S. led us in singing “Twinkle, Twinkle Little TOPS”. Twenty-seven weighed in today and the chapter had a 15 lb. net loss. Sandi was the week’s best loser with
8-12 WINNERS – were (from left) Matthew Sparza, Piper Spencer and Khloe Daniels. The judges awarded first to Piper. Paula Newman emceed the event. 4-7 WINNERS – were (from left) Crista Colvard, Herley Mathis and Breanna Miller who the judges awarded first place. 0-3 WINNER – was (on right) Kinlee Spencer. The No. 2 winner
Robert Van Gilfoil was born at 6:16 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, in Baton Rouge Women’s Hospital to Cain and Adrian Gilfoil of Baton Rouge, LA. He weighed 6 lbs. and was 19 inches long. His grandparents are Wyly and Jennifer Gilfoil of Lake Providence, LA, and Kenneth W. and Kimball S. Long of El Dorado
November Gardening Chores I survived moving all of my potted plants inside but just barely. Had to escort the usual hijackers back outside – praying mantis, lizards, several garden spiders and one baby mouse. Now that we are all settled inside, I am still moving potted plants around to give them optimum light conditions. My
