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Leva Loyd to celebrate 100 years

The children of Leva Koblitz Loyd would like to invite friends and family to celebrate her 100th birthday from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7 at 210 N. Osage Blvd., Nevada (white building behind Eddie’s Auto). This will be a come and go celebration. No gifts please, just the pleasure of your company is enough

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Volleyball District Champs

ANOTHER WIN FOR ELDO – The El Dorado Springs Volleydogs beat Lamar in three games on Monday, Oct. 25, to advance to the sectionals against Springfield Catholic at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28, at Springfield Catholic.

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In Any Season

PARK DRESSED FOR COOLER WEATHER – The El Dorado Springs Park is always appropriately dressed in seasonal attire. Photo by Gwen Nickerson

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Council reviews budget requests

At the Monday, Oct. 25, meeting of the El Dorado Springs City Council,   Roger and Janet Chadwick spoke about the city’s water during the public forum. They said they didn’t know anything about the boil water order. City Manager Bruce Rogers said that the message was sent on the city’s text caster service which

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Gusher

CITY FLUSHES HYDRANTS – The City of El Dorado Springs has been dealing with a boil water order ever since last week when random sampling of one of the city’s wells showed a elevated level of E-Coli. Hopeful it will all be over this Friday – maybe.

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CFO honors ElDo Community Foundation with Affiliate of the Year award

Contact: Aaron Scott, CFO, ascott@cfozarks.org or 417-864-6199; or Alice Wingo, awingo@cfozarks.org The Community Foundation of the Ozarks has selected the El Dorado Springs Community Foundation as an Affiliate of the Year, recognizing excellence in leadership among its 53-member affiliate network. The award comes with a $2,000 prize for the EDSCF’s community grantmaking endowment. In addition

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Coroner ‘has idea’ on ID of skeletal remains

Cedar County Coroner Nora Powell said she “has a pretty good idea” on the identity of the skeletal remains but won’t make any statement until the ID is confirmed. She said it is taking extra time because she is trying to save taxpayer dollars. She said a dental ID costs about $500. If she has

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Halloween at the VFW

The VFW Post 257 will again serve hotdogs, popcorn, sno’ cones and beverages for all the area shosts and goblins from 5-9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31, at the VFW Post. For those not familiar with the Post, it is located on the corner of Pine and 1st St. Hope to see you all there.

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Anglers of year for second time

ANGLERS OF THE YEAR – Bruce and Matthew Rogers of El Dorado Springs were named the angler team of the year at the Crappie Masters National Championship Trournament Sept. 25, at Lake D’Arbonne, LA. They also took sixth place by two pounds among 139 boats at the National Championship.

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Mask-up and go back to school

During the Thursday, Oct. 1, R-II School Board meeting, Superintendent Heath Oates gave an update on the school’s COVID status with the new “Test to Stay” protocol. The protocol allows students who would otherwise spend two weeks in quarantine, a chance to come back to school. The protocol is for students who are being quarantined

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