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This is the weekend

There are plenty of family events to occupy your time this Sasturday, Oct. 15, in El Dorado Springs. This will be the 12th year for the Spring City Reviltaztion Group Chili Cookoff. Cookers and other vendors will be set up on West Spring. Cooking starts at 9 a.m. and the public tasting is at 11:30.

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Benched

SITTING PRETTY – Peggy Snodgrass, co-executive director of the El Dorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, Bruce Hooper of Show Me Country Metals and Executive Director Jackson Tough sit on one of the new benches long Highway 54. The seven benches are part of the Highway 54: Sidewalk to the Future project. Each bench represents a

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Ladies Night at POPS

The Preserve Our Past (POPS) holiday dinner will be Thursday, Nov. 10. Leave the guys at home, come out and support the museum while you enjoy appetizers, a four course meal and entertainment. The cost of the meal is $30. Seating is limited so please reserve your spot early. For reservations or information, call Georgia

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Last year’s winners

ARE YOU READY TO BROWN, CHOP AND DICE? –  The 2015 Chili Cook-off winners challenge all “old pros” and beginning chili cookers to try their hands at this year’s Chili Cook-off and the chance to win one of seven awards: 1st, 2nd or 3rd place as decided by the judges, the People’s Choice award decided

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Chamber of Commerce sets parade theme, dates

The annual El Dorado Springs Chamber of Commerce Christmas Lighting Ceremony will be in the El Dorado Springs Park starting at 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21. The Christmas Lighting Ceremony is a Chamber of Commerce tradition that spans many years, bringing joy to children of all ages. As dusk settles upon western Missouri the darkness

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ElDo man charged for shooting

Richard E. Sailers, 53, of El Dorado Springs, is charged with shooting Steven Whitesell in his back yard on Thursday, Sept. 29. He is being held in the Cedar County Jail on $50,000 cash only bond. In his probable cause statement, Timothy Findley wrote: I, Timothy Findley, knowing that false statements on this form are

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Park tossed into ‘deplorable’ basket

During the Public Forum at the El Dorado Springs City Council meeting, Monday, Oct. 3, Roberto Valle of Lockwood, in the company of Sherry Morlan, complained that the Park looked just terrible, deplorable and was nothing like the Park he visited as a child with his grandparents. Valle said he spends $35,000 a year on

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Night to remember

BULLDOG ROYALTY CROWNED – Two popular Bulldog athletes were named the 2016 Homecoming royalty in front of a near capacity crowd Friday night in Bulldog Stadium just before the Football Bulldogs took the field to face the visiting East Newton Patriots. Softball pitcher Senior Tailor Hutsell was crowned Homecoming Queen. Football standout Senior Dayton Austin

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Second biggest weekend in El Dorado Springs coming up

Thursday, Oct. 13: If you missed your chance to buy tickets to “Murder at the Opera House,” an inter-active Comedy Dinner Theater, you’re still in luck. The event, which will be held at the Opera house Arts Council Art Building at 101 N. Main, has a few tickets left. Call Frank Lambrecht at 876-7399 –

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Chili Cook-off tickets go on sale

Chili Cook-off ticket will go on sale on Thursday, Oct. 6, at the El Dorado Springs Sun office and at State Farm Insurance. Tickets are $5 for a bowl, a spoon and a drink and the right to vote for your favorite chili. Tickets are $6 the day of the  chili cook-off.

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