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On Friday, Sept. 1, the Mo-Kan Square Dancers will hold a dance with Jay Wright calling from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the Home Ec Building on the Vernon County Fairgrounds, Nevada.  Admission is $5 for adult dancers and $3 for youth dancers. All area dancers and interested persons are invited.  For more information, call

The annual Julian-Sumner family reunion is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 10, in the meeting room of the El Dorado Springs Civic Center. Please bring your favorite covered dish. There will be prizes given for the best covered dish, as well as others. Lunch will be at 12:30. Coffee and soft drinks will be provided. See

Booth space is now available for the Schell City Fall Festival scheduled for Sept. 8 and 9, in Schell City.  Please contact Dottie Haddix at 417.432.3133 or Jeanne Hoagland at 417.391.6433 for further information and to reserve your space for this year’s Festival. Space is limited.

The Board will met at 10 a.m. on Aug. 25 in the classroom at Cedar County Memorial Hospital, to approve the tax rate.

The Fair Haven Park Board will host a breakfast smorgasbord from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26. The AYCE (all you care to eat) menu will be pancakes, biscuits, sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, sausage and coffee or tea. Adults – $6 donation, children – 4-10 -$4 donation. Kids under 4 – eat free. All

The Cedar County Historical Society will present a program, “Prohibition in Cedar County,” about 1920 thru 1933, Cedar County court cases involving the ban on production, importation, transportation and sale of alcohol in the United States. There was more illegal activity in Cedar and surrounding counties during that time than you would have guessed. Leslie

Five Loaves, a free life skills seminar hosted by the Dederick Christian Church, will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29. This will be an evening to share information and to learn while having fun.  The theme for the evening is Quick Meals and will feature quick food for the family meals during this busy

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds hunters that migratory bird season starts Sept. 1 with the opening day for dove, snipe and rail, followed by teal hunting starting Sept. 9, and woodcock Oct. 15. Mourning doves, Eurasian collared doves and white-winged doves may be taken from Sept. 1 through Nov. 29 from one half

The Board of Directors of Cedar County Memorial Hospital will begin a meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 21, in the classroom at Cedar County Memorial Hospital,1401 S. Park St. in El Dorado Springs.

The Cedar County Ambulance District board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 21 in the Stockton Ambulance Barn. Unfinished Business: CCMH Ambulance Service Proposal New Business: Closed session per RSMo 610.021 (11) Written Specifications for Competitive Bids.