Community

GRANDPA’S NEIGHBORS

GRANDPA’S NEIGHBORS – Sunday was a special day. We began services by singing our opening chorus, We Worship and Adore You. Then Carl give us a test from the Book of Matthew on the genealogy of Christ, before going to our classes. After Sunday School we sang, Happy Birthday, to both Shawn Bray whose birthday

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TNT KARATE TOURNAMENT

TNT KARATE TOURNAMENT – On Saturday, Aug. 13, students from Van Dyk’s Karate representing the SWAT Karate Team traveled to Oklahoma City, OK, to compete in the TNT Blowout Karate Tournament. Mason Gardner and teammate Hunter Malensek both competed in the Youth 10-11 Novice Division. They compete hard against some good and talented competition. Mason

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PULLING FOR ELDO

PULLING FOR ELDO – Some 1,000 attended the Missouri State Truck and Tractor Pull Association event Saturday evening at the Land-O-Lakes Fairgrounds.  The pulls were supposed to start at 7 p.m. but it took the track tractors furnished by J Beaty Farm Equipment, Crownpower, Heartland Equipment, S&H Farm Supply, Trash Dumpsters WCA and Legacy Farm

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Thank yous

We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation for the many prayers, acts of kindness, donations and all the acts of service from the community, our many friends and family. You have lessened the load at a very stressful time in our lives. May you all be blessed. Candy Woody and family Many

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TOPS hears about Zapping Stress

TOPS Chapter 319 El Dorado Springs (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) met in the Church Of Christ meeting room on Thursday, Aug. 25. Susan had the program today. She spoke on Zapping Stress. Her program was taken from the TOPS program book. Stress is a large factor in all our lives. Stress can cause a lot

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Gardening to distraction

Cleaning House Of all of the bee calls I had this year, this one in Licking was the most intriguing. It was an old house that needed to be demolished. Workers did not want to approach the two-story building until the current residents, a colony of honeybees, had been removed. When David Draker, Rolla, and

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HOW SWEET IT IS

HOW SWEET IT IS – Johnny Joe Barger, El Dorado Springs, says he has only been gardening for 74 years. This year he put out 25 hills of sweet potatoes. He hasn’t dug the rest of them yet, but this one appeared to be the biggest. It had these two sweet taters in it –

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Citizens detain suspect

  Two people have been arrested after breaking into a concession stand at the Champion Diamonds Baseball Fields just outside of Nevada Sunday afternoon. According to Sheriff’s Office officials, a deputy was dispatched to the baseball fields after two citizens reported the trespassing and burglary. The deputy arrived on scene to find one suspect, who

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Cycles hit deer

Jeffery D. Robison, 23, El Dorado Springs, was taken by Barton County Ambulance to Nevada Regional Hospital with injuries reported as moderate after his southbound 2004 Aprilia Motorcycle struck a deer in Hwy. A four miles southwest of Milford at 3:10 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 21. According to the report by Cpl. J. E. Wilde, Robison

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The Band Plays On

The Band Plays On Last Three Concerts for The Summer of 2016! The weather cooled down last weekend and it was much cooler at the summer concerts which was much appreciated. We have come to the last weekend of August, which means Summer Band is soon to be over for 2016. Students have returned to

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