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The Cedar County Democratic Committee  will meet in the Courthouse in Stockton at 7 p.m. Tuesday , Aug. 16. The primary purpose of this meeting is for re-organization of 2016. New officers will be elected for a two-year term. All registered Democrats residing in Cedar County are encouraged to attend.   Darrell Martin, Secretary –

The Board of Directors of Cedar County Memorial Hospital will conduct a meeting beginning at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 15, in the classroom at Cedar County Memorial Hospital. The tentative agenda of this meeting includes: New Business:  Approval of Tax Rate plus the usual reports.

The Cedar County Ambulance District Board is scheduled to meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15, in the  Stockton Ambulance Barn. Unfinished Business will include Tower update, Inventory and Audit Update. New Business will include Certificate of Appreciation, Bookkeeper bids and District 1.

Descendants of David P. and Edith N. Taylor will meet Sunday Aug. 14, at the Lions Club building on South Jackson in El Dorado Springs for their annual reunion. The annual carry-in dinner  at 12:45 p.m. will be followed by a time of picture taking and visiting.

Activities sponsored by the Friends of the Library include Take and Make packets that will be in the library on the 10th of August and Story Time on Aug. 19 at 10 a.m. These projects are for children ages 2-12.

It is time for the fall start up for many activities at the Community Center. Our new tumbling classes begin on Sept. 6. To get signed up for tumbling call Samantha Dabbs at 417/955-5422. We start Pickleball again in September. We need more people for our Zumba classes on Tuesday and Wednesday evening. We would

Concord Missionary Baptist Church will hold its annual Homecoming Services on Sunday, Aug. 14. There will be Sunday School at 10 a.m. followed by the pastor, Brother Calvin Stoops, bringing the morning message. There will be a basket dinner at the noon hour. Services will resume in the afternoon with singing. Brother Ralph Benham will

War Room – Prayer is a Powerful Weapon – an engaging and thought-provoking Christian movie released in 2015, will be shown free of charge at Roscoe Christian Church, Roscoe. The movie will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21. War Room will be aired in the church sanctuary. Following that, finger food and desserts

The El Dorado Springs Sun has partnered with local merchants to provide some back to school help for students and parents in the El Dorado Springs area. Waiting for the lucky winners are two $50 gift certificates for back to school items from Shopko, $25 in after school snacks from Woods, two pre-packaged K-8 school

Beginning square dance lessons are being offered by the Mo-Kan Square Dancers starting Tuesday, Aug. 9, at 7 p.m. These will be held in the Home Ec Building at the Vernon County Fairgrounds in Nevada. Jay Wright is the instructor and the first lesson is free.  New dancers will be accepted on Aug. 9, 16,