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This column is provided to our readers free of charge to announce upcoming events that are free to the public. Publication of the same announcement will be limited to two insertions.   * * * Robertson Family Reunion, American Legion Hall, Saturday, October 6, doors open at 10 a.m., dinner served at 1 p.m.  Meat,…

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The Snoop 10.4.2012

I don’t mean to be sounding poetic, or anything like that. I’ll leave that to Baxter Black and Angelou. But now that October has arrived, have you ever thought about what a special month it is? October fits in between summer and winter.  It’s that time of year when you may use the furnace and…

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Ava Bears Enjoy 35-0 SCA Win Over Houston at Homecoming

The Ava Bears scored 35 points in the first half here last Friday night to lead Houston 35-0 at halftime, and that was  pretty much the story of the game. The second half of the game would be played under a running clock and the Bears would use a lot of young players who don’t…

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Thru a father's eyes…. Colorado Elk Hunt

By Jerry Henning I watched my 15 year-old son Isaac slipping thru a strip of Colorado aspen timber, trying to get a shot with his bow and arrow at a bull elk chasing seven cows around a nearly dry water hole. At about 70 yards away, I began to think maybe he could get close…

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Volleyball Girls Beat Salem, Fall To Cabool, Liberty

The Ava Lady VolleyBears took a big SCA win from Salem on the home floor on Thursday night, Sept. 20, but let a Cabool match slip away in three games on Sept. 25. Ava defeated Salem 25-18, 28-26 behind strong serving of Destiny Sparnicht who was 12-for-12 and Darian Bushong, 10-for-10. Cori Dry hit 9-of-10…

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Flash Flood Catches Ava Man Off Guard

Emergency Responders Perform Successful Rescue Donald Lamb, 25, of Ava, said he did not intentionally drive into the flooded Cowskin Creek last Thursday morning. When he approached the low-water slab on Highway Y west of Ava before daybreak, he had no idea the creek was flooded. Lamb told emergency responders that he came over the…

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Ava Man Dies in Roll-Over Crash Sunday Morning

An Ava man died in an early morning crash Sunday when the pickup he was driving overturned, partially ejecting the driver. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Coleman W. Miles, 24, was driving a 1990 GMC Sierra on County Road 404, five miles west of Ava when the 1:10 a.m. accident occurred. Tpr. Justin Piccinino…

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County Commission Update –– UTVs, ATVs On County Roads May Need Special Permit

During the Thursday, Sept. 20, meeting of the Douglas County Commissioners, the commissioners opened bids submitted for District Two and the proposed purchase of replacement dump trucks for the area. The three bids received were as follows:  1995 Freightliner Class XL, $20,000, Roger Hinrich;  1984 Kenworth, $17,000, Bob Southards;  and 1989 Peterbuilt, $12,000 Bob Southards. …

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Charles Roger Anderson, 67

Charles R. Anderson, 67 years, 9 months, and 11 days old, passed to heaven on Sept.24, 2012, at Cox Medical Center South. Charles was born Dec. 13, 1944 in Washington, Pa., to Floyd and Gladys (Chase) Anderson. He retired from the U.S. Navy in 1989 with 30 years of service.  He had recently worked at…

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Mary Ruth Jones, 93

Mary Ruth Jones was born on Dec. 27, 1918, in the town of Shamrock, Texas, one of the six children of Jim Guy and Grace Errington Jones, and departed this life at Heart of the Ozarks Health Care in Ava on Sept. 22, 2012, at the age of 93 years, 8 months and 25 days.…

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