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Care Connection for Aging Services is still accepting enrollment for its popular “A Matter of Balance” course that will begin online Friday, May 6. A Matter of Balance is specifically designed to reduce the fear of falling and improve activity levels among older adults. The program includes eight two-hour classes presented to a small group

The El Dorado Springs Optimist Club has scheduled a Three Person Scramble Golf Tournament for Saturday, May 14. Tee times are 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the Gene Pray Memorial Golf Course. Entry fee is $150 per team. For more information, contact James Brackenridge at 417-876-8776 or Drex Salazar at 417-876-4968.

Join Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site team members along with the Barton County Chamber of Commerce from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 7 to celebrate Harry S Truman’s 138th birthday. The event will include period re-enactors representing Truman’s life, goods and produce vendors, a talent show, a baby show, kids games

The City of Walker Board of Aldermen will meet for their regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Monday, April 25. The meeting will get underway at 7 p.m. in the Walker Community Building. Walker City Council meetings are open to the public.

Join Harry S Truman State Park team members at the Truman State Park Marina as the marina staff hosts its annual appreciation day from 3-8 p.m. Saturday, April 30. A potluck meal will be held for all slip holders at 3 p.m. From 4-8 p.m. a local band will perform for the public. There are

Join Prairie State Park team members for Nature Bingo at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 30. This interactive board game will focus on the Missouri’s natural flora and fauna. Birds, plants and fungi, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, fish and invertebrate animals are all part of this game. Participants can win prizes while learning about the wildlife

Pleasant Springs Cemetery Board will hold their annual meeting on Wednesday April 20, at 6 p.m., at Pleasant Springs Missionary Baptist Church, Oyer. The meeting is open to the public.

The Clintonville Cemetery meeting will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 28, at the home of Larry and Kathy Coale, 6480 S. Hwy. 32, El Dorado Springs.

The Easter Bunny lost Easter eggs on the trails at Crowder State Park. The public is invited to hike the trails at the park from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily during the month of April to locate these eggs and enter in a drawing enter for a hiking stick from the park’s souvenir collection.

Team members at Crowder State Park invite the public for a spring hike from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, April 15. Participants should meet at the campground amphitheater for a 5-mile guided hike on the Northwest Passage connector (White Connector 3) to reach South Thompson Trail. Participants will hike a short portion of South