Community

Shelter Insurance® Foundation and Travis Farran to sponsor local high school scholarship

This spring, the Shelter Insurance Foundation will award a $2,000 scholarship to a graduate of El Dorado Springs RII High School. Shelter Agent Travis Farran sponsors and partially funds this scholarship. A committee of local high school officials and community leaders will select the local recipient. The committee will consider each applicant’s scholastic achievements, educational

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Rodger Culbertson retires

Rodger Culbertson, Line Superintendent for Sac Osage Electric Cooperative, has retired after 42 years. He began working as a tree trimmer on the brush crew and ended his career in the highest operation management position in the cooperative. After his hard work, dedication and knowledge he was promoted to Line Superintendent in 2011. He has

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Nahwana Maslen retires

There’s always a smile on her face and a laugh after she speaks. Nahwana Maslen retired from Sac Osage Electric Cooperative Jan. 5 with over 42 dedicated years of service. She retired as Accounting Clerk for the cooperative after working her way up to that position. She was an outstanding employee and the type of

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TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)

TOPS Chapter 319 El Dorado Springs met in the Church of Christ Meeting room on Thursday, Feb. 9. Kay led us in singing “Write It Down”. Robbie led us in roll call.  We had 30 members weigh in today. Kathy was our best loser of the week with a loss of 4.0 lbs. Marilyn caught

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Give your Valentine’s Day flowers some TLC

Valentine’s Day flowers, like love, can stand the test of time if given a little TLC. Call it flor-amore. Your flowers will last longer if kept watered and fed, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. Trinklein’s tips and homemade preservative recipe provide an extended warranty of sorts to make certain flowers last up

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Gardening Charlotte

Baked Chicken Rice Of all of the recipes from my childhood, this Baked Chicken Rice recipe is the most memory-evoking. It was our family go-to recipe when we needed a meal for a couple of days. Mom would ask me to make it when she was tired or when we needed to stretch a meal

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Kameron Williams severely injured

Kameron Williams, 19, Butler, was severely injured in a one-car accident at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, On Hwy. D north of Butler, according to the report by Troooper H. R. Stevens. He is the son of Danny Williams, Neosho, and Heather Hartegan, Butler. He suffered damaging injuries to his neck and spine where a

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Providing information

SPECIALISTS Q: I am concerned because I have several specialists that I see, and they all have different opinions. What am I supposed to think? A: I have been in El Dorado for 34 years practicing medicine, and boy, how things have changed. My first 10 years of practice, we did surgery every morning for

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Missouri Earthquake Awareness Month

Gov. Eric R. Greitens has proclaimed February as Earthquake Awareness Month in Missouri, in recognition of the earthquake hazard posed by the New Madrid Seismic Zone, the most active seismic area east of the Rocky Mountains. The NMSZ, centered in southeast Missouri, experiences about 200 tiny earthquakes a year, measurable by seismograph but not felt

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ElDo woman among five arrested in Nevada

Five people have been arrested after a search warrant was served on a Nevada home Wednesday evening. According to Vernon County Sheriff’s office officials, Detectives obtained leads on the location of a wanted person for a recent burglary that occurred last week in Vernon County. Sheriff Jason Mosher said warrants had been issued for Amanda

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