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The Walker Alumni Reunion for 2020 is canceled due to the Corid-19 Virus. However, plans have been started for the reunion to be held in 2021 the first Saturday in June. Please remember, we continue to donate a $1,000 scholarship each year to a deserving senior and donations would be appreciated.

Green Lawn Cemetery Memorial Day Services – will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 25, at the Green Lawn Cemetery in Schell City, Mo. Everyone welcome. Please bring you lawn chairs.

Due to COVID-19, the 30th annual Citizens Memorial Health Care Foundation Medical Excellence Golf Classic scheduled for Saturday, June 6, has been moved to Saturday, Aug. 29. The classic is an 18-hole, four-person scramble at Silo Ridge Golf and Country Club, Bolivar. All monies raised goes to the Medical Excellence Scholarship, which provides financial assistance

The El Dorado Springs Class of 1958 has rescheduled their 80th birthday party for 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept 5, 2020, at the Civic Center. The party was originally planned for Saturday, May 23. Please call Earline Allison at 876-6449 for more information.

The El Dorado Springs Fire Department is holding a benefit auction for the Caplinger Mills Fire Department at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 6, at the old Shopko building. The department will also sell hamburgers. Included in their fundraising efforts is a raffle for a Ruger American Go Wild 6.5 Creedmore w/Vortex 3-9×40 scope from

American Bass Anglers Division 126 will hold a qualifying tournament Sunday, May 17 on Stockton Lake, launching out of Old State Park. Registration and weigh-in procedures will be modified to conform to state and local guide-lines. Registration will begin at 5:30 at Old State Park Ramp. Mandatory briefing will be done on the water prior

– Reserves of blood products are at less than one day levels – Most mobile blood drives cancelled for May, although a few remain – Blood center seeking locations in area for emergency drives Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO), the sole supplier of blood and plasma to patients at more than 40 area

El Dorado Springs R-2 Schools The El Dorado Springs R-II Board will meet in open session at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 14, in the HS upper gym to allow social distancing., In New Business the board will consider moving PDC excess funds to transportation, consider bids for sewer project and review the preliminary 20-21 budget.

There will be a meeting held at the Union Point Cemetery Saturday, May 9, beginning at 10 a.m.

Drivers can expect one-lane traffic during daytime hours and occasional traffic delays when a project to resurface several state routes in Benton, Cedar, St. Clair and Vernon counties starts the week of May 4, the Missouri Department of Transportation said. Drivers can expect flaggers directing them through the work zones. Crews and equipment will be