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Fair Haven Park will host a chili and soup supper from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19. Adults – $5 donation, children 5-12 – $3 donation, under 4 eats free. Chili, vegetable soup, hot dogs, coffee or tea, home made dessert. AUCTE (all you care to eat) Eight miles NE of Walker on Hwy.

Looking for an activity before Halloween where you can dress in costume and answer lots of questions? Come join other trivia lovers at the “Trivia Tricks and Treats” contest hosted by El Do Youth Inc. on Saturday, Oct. 19. Cost is $40 for a team of four or fewer.  Additional team members up to a

Cedar County Library in El Dorado Springs will have their book sale on Friday, Oct. 18,  from 9-5 and Saturday, Oct. 19 from 9-1.

On Friday, Oct. 4, Mo-Kan Square Dancers will host a square dance with Jay Wright calling. This will be held from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the Home Ec Building at the Vernon County Fairgrounds, Nevada. Admission is $5 for adult dancers and $3 for youth dancers All area dancers and interested persons are invited

The Retired & Senior Program (RSVP) will sponsor Coffee & Donuts with the Cops sessions in seven West Central Missouri senior centers in October to emphasize the importance of safe handling and use of prescription medications. The sessions will all take place at 9 a.m. in these Care Connection for Aging Services Senior Centers: •

Deer hunting and Halloween are popular events in Missouri in autumn and both topics serve as the basis for conservation-themed programs in October at the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Springfield Conservation Nature Center. Some nature center programs require registration in advance so it’s important for nature center guests to familiarize themselves with MDC’s event

Cedar County 4-H will host its first annual fundraiser dinner  from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the El Dorado Springs Middle/High School cafeteria. Tickets may be purchased from any Cedar County 4-H member, or at the Cedar County MU Extension Center. They are $7 in advance and $10 at the door.

Experts will teach trapping and fur handling skills The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the Missouri Trappers Association will co-host a free furbearer trapping clinic for beginners on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 19-20, at the Habitat Flats hunting lodge near Sumner. This clinic will teach newcomers to the fur trade the skills they need

All former employees of Nelly Don, Junior House and J.H. Collectibles are invited to a Dutch Treat breakfast at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the 54 Café in Nevada.

Cedar County Democratic Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, in the courthouse in Stockton. Darrell Martin, 296-3754.