Rock Wall

The Schell City Fall Festival is this weekend. Schell City is celebrating 154 years. I don’t know long the festival has been going, but I’ve been to a lot of them. And next weekend we have the Walker Fun Days. I glad these communities feel the need to come together and celebrate the fact that

We have an office cat. Teddy, as he is known, became ours when he dashed across Main Street right into Davis’s arms He likes to warm himself on my computer keyboard, sometimes adding to whatever I might be writing. I’ve had to start this one three times. Next month is very busy. September brings us

Good grief. That was a fast week! And now school is starting and football will start.  I’ve followed this pattern for over40 years. Students will be able to develop their ability to converse with other human beings now with the school’s new phone policy. Most people around here do know how to converse with people,

Please take a look at Melanie Chance’s “Between the Covers” her book club column she just started. It is on Page 10. The pool closes on Aug 10 and school starts the next week. You could smell it in the air. (really) We had lunch from the Ozark Bistro on Saturday. So very good. They

We are very please to introduce a new feature in the Sun – “Creepin’  It Local” by Ryan Snow” with Integrity Pest Solutions. Ryan was on our Spring City TV show last week and there was a lot of positive response. His column will include seasonal pest control advice, behind-the-scenes pest related knowledge, community focused

This year’s Picnic was just a little bit different for me. I didn’t get out as much and there were so many people who were willing to help me get the job done. Gwen and Elliott handled the morning games and everybody else was happy to send me photos of other events. Davis and I

It is time. Food is such a staple of the Picnic that I checked with Judi Baldwin (Ms Picnic) to fine out some of the eats that will be available. This is not all of them. So, two BBQ trucks – Yellow Jacket and Phat Daddy, Flounder’s, Bee’s Kitchen, Bowl Behavior, 4 States Tacos, and 

I never thought I would ever see someone pass up something for free. Three of our four fireworks winners didn’t get their free fireworks at B and D for the fourth of July. We picked the winners on July 1 and only one winner picked up their prize. They are here at my office, if

I really enjoyed the Saturday matinee for the Lighthouse Childrens Theatre’s the Addams Family. The group had moved the performance to the stage in the El Dorado Springs Middle School Gym, where the acoustics are still horrible. The young actors performed admirably. In my opinion especially Williams Baldwin Rotert as Gomez Addams. His delivery was

Elliot Carpenter is back with us this summer. He was here four years ago helping us learn how to do all kinds of cool stuff.  He has a bigger assignment this year. We want you to know that if your walking around town and it is 90 degrees or above, we have bottled water in