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Paving the Way — George Garten, on right, President of the El Dorado Leadership Class 2008, and other members of the class, presents a check in the amount of  $19,842 to Grady Tracy, center, Administrator of Development at Champagnolle Landing, on Friday to help with the cost of a new parking lot to expand parking at Champagnolle Landing.  Garten, stated that the Leadership Class made a decision to use their fund raising (Motorcycle Poker Run and Donkey Basketball) efforts to benefit the Senior Citizens of Union County and committed to provide the funds for additional parking at Champagnolle Landing.

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Senior Tea — The first annual Seasoned Senior Tea was hosted by Mary Ezell Wallace (kneeling second from the right, first row) at the Wallace Estate, located at 3701 Calion Road in El Dorado on Thursday afternoon. The Tea purpose was for seniors to gather, share stories, laugh, and enjoy delicious Seasoned Tea. The Wallaces are 1 year new to the community by way of California where they lived the past 30 years. Mary Wallace is originally from El Dorado.

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Students of Linda Roper’s Deep Aqua class kick their legs high in the air while doing water aerobics in the Health Works Fitness Center pool on Thursday morning. The class is open to anyone who wishes to join, and meets Monday-Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 in the pool at Health Works.

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Kindergarten students from Megan Dame’s class had the opportunity to tour the science projects of the kindergartner – 4th grade Hugh Goodwin Elementary students, Thursday, at the TAC House in El Dorado. The top 3 winners from the 3rd and 4th grades go on to compete for the regional title at the campus of SAU in Magnolia, Arkansas.

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Four Six Rendering

Top left photo, Local Author and Entrepreneur, Richard Mason, speaks to the El Dorado Rotary Club about his passion to save the former Four Six building located next to the new Multipurpose Conference Center. Top right photo, Mason presents to the crowd, a rendering of ‘The Four Six Public Market’. The bottom photo is a view of the Four Six building and the construction of the new Conference Center, from the top of BancorpSouth building.