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

The El Dorado Springs High School Class of 1966 will hold its 50th class reunion on Friday, July 22, in the Spring City Venue (upstairs in Carl’s Gun Shop) beginning at 6 p.m. RSVP and $15 per person for dinner is due by Thursday, July 14. Call 417/296-2127 for more details.

The Picnic committee for 2016 is Mike Bush, Chairman, Judi Baldwin, Secretary, Debbie Floyd, Tania Molz, Joyce Cain, Stacy Fast, Ava Phipps, Brad True, Council representative and Bruce Rogers, City manager, ex officio. If you have any questions you may contact any member and they will try to help with any question you may have.

The Picnic committee is very happy to announce that CountyLiners will be the street dance band performing on July 20 after Picnic set up. The street dance will begin at approximately 8pm and will be located in the street directly across from the community center on Spring St.

Picnic set up will begin at 6pm on Wednesday, July 20. Trailers should plan on arriving early, preferable 30 minutes to an hour. Check in with committee members immediately upon arriving. Trailers will begin setting up on Main Street first. Set up will be planned and directed based on trailer hitch orientation. After trailers have

Judi, 417-876-2691, will begin accepting talent show registrations on July 5. No early registrations, however, she is available for any questions.

The 2016 baby contest will be held in the Opera House Theater. Registration will open at the bandstand in the park at 9am and will close at 9:55am. Participants will then meet at the Theater AFTER registering. The entry fee will be $5.00 (cash only). Age groups: 0-3 months, 4-7months, 8-11 months, 12-15 months, 16-19

All flowers, figurines or other items on the ground, not mounted on stones, need to be removed from the El Dorado Springs City Cemetery by Tuesday, July 5.

For the month of June only we will host our community meal Sunday, June 26 at the El Dorado Springs RII Elementary Cafeteria. The meal will start at 6 p.m., and everyone in the community is invited. We will have our regular transportation available as well. For Transportation you may call the church at 876-3543.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that the nomination period for farmers and ranchers to serve on local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees began Wednesday, June 15. To be eligible to serve on a FSA county committee, a person must participate or cooperate in an FSA administered program, be eligible to vote in