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. launches Fund-A-Bus Shoe Drive
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,
State to donate bridge for crossing
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 gets Halloween survival tips
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
Spooktacular costume winners
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
He’s here
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
Gardening Charlotte
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
Pursuit ends after vehicle turns down dead-end road
Two people have been charged after a vehicle pursuit with Vernon County deputies ended Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 17. According to the Vernon County Sheriff’s office, Deputies were notified that a red Dodge passenger vehicle had just fled from Nevada Police when a deputy spotted the vehicle near 1550 and Panama Road. The license plates on
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BARIATRIC SURGERY Q: I can’t seem to lose weight. Do you think bariatric surgery could be the answer? A: Bariatric surgery is to help you lose weight. Usually, you need to be significantly overweight and have tried everything else to lose weight. There are three types of surgery. A gastric sleeve surgery is done through
Arkansas man sentenced for bomb threats at Cedar County Courthouse
Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Arkansas man was sentenced in federal court Oct, 18 for making bomb threats to the Cedar County Courthouse in an effort to cancel his own court hearing that he feared would send him to jail. Phillip Ray Robison Jr., 36,
