What About This? By Wayne William Cipriano
By Wayne William Cipriano If your political predispositions prevent you from agreeing with the following, I don’t much care. In the case of the Impeachment of the President of the United States, it is true that the House of Representatives went too fast, did not prepare their case “properly,’” and in our system of Federal…
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MDC, CFM Recognizes Deer Hunters, Processors, and Sponsors for Sharing
This season’s donations of 348,535 pounds take overall total to more than 4.3 million pounds. JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the Conservation Federation of Missouri (CFM) appreciate the thousands of Missouri deer hunters who donated 348,535 pounds of venison to the state’s Share the Harvest program this past deer season,…
Read MoreCounting Eggs: Liberty Rebounds, Snaps Ava Win-Streak
By Jason Hoekema / jason@douglascountyherald.com Borrowing the colloquial phrase “Don’t count your eggs before they hatch,” fit well with the Ava Bears’, 58-55, loss against the Liberty-Mountain View Eagles this past Friday. One could look back to February 1st when the Bears topped the Eagles, 53-49, at the Mountain Grove tournament and say, “we can…
Read MoreLooking Backwards
25 Years Ago The 21st annual statewide tornado drill will be held next Tuesday, A shooting in Ava that left two people dead and another man injured, has been ruled a murder-suicide. Gary Emrick of Ava opened a limousine service to serve the Ava area. David and Jacinda Walker are proud to announce the birth…
Read MorePreschool and Kindergarten Screening at Skyline School
Skyline R-II School will be holding Preschool screenings on Wednesday, April 1st, and, if neces-sary, April 2nd. If you are interested in sending your child to Preschool during the fall, please plan about an hour in your day to bring him/her to school. Or, if your child will be attending Kindergarten this fall and…
Read MoreThe Snoop
The Douglas County Herald is frequently the recipient of anonymous letters. These letters may express a grievance against a public official, an annoying neighbor problem, an opinion about a county or city action, or a complaint against a school administrator or teacher –– letters tackle a host of topics. Most generally, the anonymous write-ups…
Read MoreThe Willow and the Oak
By Timber Jones My life has been built on hard times. I am all too familiar with the deep woods of life. Rock bottom is a whole lot further down than some folks think, but for me it was so low that no one could or wanted to reach down to help me anymore. There…
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