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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,

A special Board of Education meeting will be held Thursday, Aug. 11, in the High School Library With tours of the campus to begin as soon as the executive session ends, probably about 6:15 p.m. The meeting will convene at 7 p.m. Old Business – Presentations from energy contracting firms. New Business – Set Tuition

University of Missouri Extension in Cedar County will host a seed saver workshop which will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, in the Cedar County Library (717 East St, Stockton). The instructor for the class will be Robert Balek, Jasper County MU Extension Regional Horticulture Specialist. The class will educate participants on how to:

The Kids Scavenger Hunts went well during the month of July at the Cedar County Library, El Dorado Springs John D. Smith Branch. Overall 21 entries were received with a book prize given each week by Friends of the Library, Inc. The last week was the hardest with one of the clues being hidden on

Fidelity Communications launched a new blazing fast Internet package for its customers in El Dorado Springs on Aug. 1. Everything about this package is faster. At 250 Mbps, download speeds are double the top current offering of 125 Mbps. And for customers seeking better upload speeds, the new package offers 10 Mbps upload speed –

The El Dorado Springs R-2 Board of Education will host a second meeting regarding facilities needs and possible bond issue election. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, in the MS/HS Library. All district patrons are invited to attend.

Story Time for August will be Aug. 19 at 10 a.m. Beginning in September, the Story Time will be moved to the second Friday of each month.

This is gentle reminder that school will start in a few weeks, and eighth grade students as well as seniors have new immunization requirements before they will be able to pick up their schedules at the El Dorado Springs Schools. Eighth graders will be required to have a meningococcal and Tdap shot, and seniors will