Looking Backward 12.18.2014
25 Years Ago December 14, 1989 Snowfall in the Ava area was light last Thursday night, but the frozen precipitation made blacktopped surfaces very slippery. Two local performers of traditional arts have been recognized by the University of Missouri and the Missouri Arts Council. Robert Holt and Edna Mae Davis are among 21 artists…
Read MoreWhat About This…? 12.18.2014
By Wayne William Cipriano We called it the TASTE TEST OF CHAMPIONS. Do you remember a 1960s television western about a fellow who called himself and acted the part of a Paladin? Richard Boone played a sophisticated bon vivant who occasionally left the bustling metropolis of San Francisco in the 1890s to make a living…
Read MoreCity Awarded Clean Audit, With Warning –Make Changes Or Difficulties Predicted
Read the entire audit statement provided in the meeting here: City of Ava Audit Report Statement By Sue Curry Jones With the absence of Mayor Eddie Maggard, Burrely Loftin, president of the Board of Aldermen, presided over city council meeting last week and convened the meeting, which was held on Thursday, Dec. 11, at 6…
Read MoreDouglas/Ozark Counties RTA Met Tuesday, Nov. 18
The Douglas and Ozark Counties Retired Teachers and Other School Personnel met Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at Autumn’s Café in Ava. Those in attendance were Ruth Evans, Virginia Parsley, Betty Moore, Julane Williams, Barbara Groover, Regina Robertson, Norma Stillings, Marie Bristol, Carolyn Wallace, and Kay Transano. Marie Bristol called the meeting to order. Norma Stillings…
Read MoreACA Open Enrollment Under Way Across MO
By: Mona Shand ST. LOUIS, Mo. – When it comes to open enrollment for health-insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act, experts say in many ways, the second time is the charm. With the kinks worked out of the federal “Healthcare.gov” website and more options to choose from, Ryan Barker, vice president of health policy…
Read MoreNew App Could Be Life-Saver for Babies with Heart Defects
By: Mona Shand KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For babies born with certain heart defects, every second and every detail can be critical, and now a new app is helping families collect and instantly send potentially life-saving information to doctors. Each year, 3,000 babies in the U.S. are born with a single ventricle heart defect, which…
Read MoreSingleton Christmas
December 6, 2014 finds the children of Clarence and Doris Spurlock Singleton celebrating their annual Christmas in the home of Evelyn Singleton Cantwell. Siblings started arriving on Thursday and Friday. By noon Saturday all had arrived and looking forward to John’s fried fish and hush puppies (actually) his wife Marty, makes the most wonderful hush…
Read MoreCalendar of Events
Calendar Of Events 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. * * * The Christmas program at Mt. Olive Church will be on December 13, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. Pastor Jerry…
Read MoreSkyline School legal
LEGAL NOTICE Skyline R-II School has two (three year term) board member positions open. Election opening filing date is December 16, 2014 at 8:00 a.m. through January 20, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. Regular office hours are from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The school will be closed December 22 through January 2 for Christmas break.…
Read MoreLocal Kids ‘Shop With a Cop’
The ‘Shop With a Cop’ program was able to help 39 kids of the local community this year through grants from Walmart and White River Valley Electric Co-Op. Officers shopping with the kids are, from left, top row: Missouri Highway Patrol Tpr. Justin Piccinino, Sheriff’s Deputy Dakota Mings, Deputy Gabe Stroud and Sheriff Chris Degase. Row…
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