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Gardening Charlotte

Rain Barrel Residents My rain barrels are as much of a “must have” for my gardening as my favorite gardening gloves and pick ax. I have several, all connected to my rain gutters. A good rain shower easily refills them and the overflow continues down gutters into my back wildlife pond. I have spotted turkey,

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Beydlers hold reunion

The 62nd annual Beydler reunion was held June 25 in the Sac Osage Electric community room. A carry in lunch began at 12:30 p.m. with Randy Beydler asking the blessing. The oldest there was Virginia Beydler – 95 years old – and the youngest Landry Rodney – 1 year 10 months, daughter of Breann Thomas

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90’s club

(To put someone on the list, please give us his or her name, hometown, birth date and phone number.) Audrey Rhoad, El Dorado Springs, Sept. 5, 1914 Ruth Roberts, El Dorado Springs, Sept. 11, 1915 Kathern Grubb, El Dorado Springs, Dec. 27, 1915 Josephine Steward Johnson, El Dorado Springs, April 13, 1916 Eunice Smith, Centralia,

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“The Band Plays On”

Polka Night This Coming Saturday for Municipal Band This Saturday evening the El Dorado Springs Municipal Band will play a program of polkas for Polka Night. We’d love to have a crowd like last weekend – and some folks to get up and dance! We have several polkas we love to play, including a relatively

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CMH breaks ground on new Stockton facility

Last Wednesday afternoon, Citizens Memorial Healthcare Foundation broke ground on a new longterm care facility in Stockton next door to the Stockton Family Medical Center at 1521 Third Street. Some 100 people gathered there for the event. They heard Donald J. Babb, CEO/Executive Director of CMH, talk about this latest project.  They also heard a

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Citizens Memorial Hospital named 2017 ‘Most Wired’

Citizens Memorial Hospital has been recognized for the 13th consecutive year as a “Most Wired” hospital according to results of the 19th Annual Health Care’s Most Wired® survey, released today by the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Annual Forum. CMH is one of two hospitals in southwest Missouri to be named to the Most Wired hospital

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TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)

TOPS Chapter 319 El Dorado Springs (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) met in the Church of Christ Meeting Room on Thursday, July 6. Robbie led us in Roll Call. Judy K was the week’s best loser with a loss of 3.0 lbs. Marilyn presented the awards for the month of June. We had a net loss

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Gardening Charlotte

July Gardening Chores Heat. It’s what drives every gardener this month, whether it’s making sure the garden gets an inch of moisture a week to stay cool or mulch to remain cool. Among the other chores for July, besides enjoying picking berries: 1. Deadhead flowering plants. Removing spent blooms will help keep plants healthy and

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Bedside Ultrasound coming to CCMH

With the purchase of a SonoSite MicroMaxx portable ultrasound system, patients at Cedar County Memorial Hospital (CCMH) will soon see improvements in patient care. CCMH thanks the CCMH Auxiliary for its donation of $12,000 toward the purchase of this equipment. The use of portable ultrasound technology is known to increase patient satisfaction by promoting convenience

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