June 26, 2026
FANCY NANCY PARTIES A HIT – The Friends of the Library Fancy Nancy Tea Parties were wonderful again this year. Every beautiful chair was filled both Saturdays. Shannon Mays joined the girls at the Fancy Nancy Tea Party the first week. She led the parade around the library then read a couple of Fancy Nancy
14 Fall Garden Chores Welcome, fall, a season when gardeners try to get a head start on next year. The following are my top 14 fall garden chores, in no particular order: 1. Get plants ready to bring inside. Trim off extra growth to reshape your plants into a manageable inside size. Spray with dishwashing
Tri-County Quilt Club met Monday, Sept. 12, at the Rockville United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall for their regular meeting. Evonne Anderson conducted the meeting of 15 ladies present. Business was conducted, Marge Zink gave the secretary report. Show and tell was by Madline Woodfin, Mary Mc Loud, Vicki Galubski, Ava Cortinger, Lena Gayman, Jeanie Breckenridge,
TOPS Chapter 319 El Dorado Springs (Take Off pounds Sensibly) met in the Church Of Christ meeting room on Thursday, Sept. 15. Tickets have been printed for the Baked Potato Luncheon which will be held on Thursday, Sept. 29, in the Community Center Banquet Room, 135 W. Spring St. We will serve from 11 a.m.
WHITESELL RE-ELECTED – Denny Whitesell was re-elected to the board of directors for United Producers Inc. effective June 22. As a director, he will represent the members of District 2, southern Missouri, for a three-year term on the board of directors. Elected during UPI’s district delegate meeting, he will help govern the largest livestock marketing
Article from The Wall Street Journal One school tries to educate freshmen, not bow to their anxieties For a change, we come not to bury a college president but to praise him. His name is Robert Zimmer, and nearby the University of Chicago president defends the educational and societal virtues of free speech on college
Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Halfwayman was sentenced in federal court Sept. 12 for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Greene, Polk, Christian, Jasper, Laclede and Webster counties and for illegally possessing firearms. Joseph R. Allen, 42, of Halfway, was sentenced by U.S.
Applications are due for the annual El Dorado Springs Community Foundation Grants. Grant applications should include the following: • Name of organization applicant and contact person, address and telephone number. • Brief description of project. • Goals – what is desired accomplishment? • Objectives – how will goals be accomplished? • Budget – cost of
Submitted by Phyllis Stewart Without question the largest construction project in the history of Bates County that was funded with private capital was the digging of the “Big Ditch” during the period 1907-1909. With good farm land selling for $35 to $60 per acre a corporation was formed with a goal in mind to drain
We want to thank all of our friends who helped us in Don’s passing with visits, calls, food, flowers, stamps and the many cards and those attending his service and especially all the prayers. The family of Don Bybee Thank you for your participation in the 2016 9th Annual Collins Pie Festival. Your contribution was
