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First Weekend Harvest Tops 91,000 Deer

Douglas County checks 1,000 deer on opening weekend. JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports that hunters checked 91,460 deer during the opening weekend of the 2014 November Portion of Firearms Deer Season this past weekend. Top harvest counties for the opening weekend were Franklin with 1,839 deer checked, Howell with 1,793,…

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Ava FFA Members Attend National Convention

FFA attended the National FFA Convention in Louisville, Ky., on Oct 29-31. The top 13 fundraisers qualified to go. Those attending were, from left, front row: Wes Davis (advisor), Kayla Cornett, Troy Herrell, Elizabeth Tucker, Hailey Herrell, Mark Blakey, Molly Henderson, and Brent Lakey (advisor). Back row, from left: Kevin Wedemeyer, Weston Stillings, Trevor McChesney,…

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Eastern Douglas County Fire Dept. Holds Annual Chili Supper, Auction

The Eastern Douglas County Volunteer Fire Department held it’s annual chili supper and benefit auction on Saturday, Nov. 8, and it was a rousing success! Enough money was raised to begin the project of a much needed well. A good time was definitely had by all with standing room only and many folks having to…

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Community Service Award Presented To Local Resident

Ed Purvis, CEO of Emerson Climate Technologies, was in Ava on Nov. 6 to present the Thomas E. Bettcher Community Service Award to Nancy Crain, an employee at Ava. For the past decade Crain has prepared care packages for servicemen overseas and supported fundraisers for the Wounded Warrior Project and Ozarks Honor Flight. The Bettcher…

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Ava 7th, 8th Grade Girls Open Basketball Season at Mtn. Grove Tourney

The Ava 7th and 8th grade girls opened the 2014-15 basketball season in tournament play at Mtn. Grove. The 8th grade Lady Bears won their first round defeating Mtn Grove 41 to 15. The Lady Bears would then take on the number one seed Mtn. View Lady Eagles. Ava fell short giving the Eagles a…

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Ava Middle School Bears Open 2014-15 Basketball Season In Cabool Tournament

The Ava Middle School Bears opened the 2014 basketball season in tournament play last week at Cabool. Ava’s 7th grade team finished second in their division. The Bears opened play on Monday, Nov. 10, with a 47-24 win over Mountain Grove. Ava led 20-11 at halftime and led 37-17 after three quarters of play. Nate…

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Fall Art Show Judge’s Choice Winner

Ava Art Guild Judge’s Choice winner in the Fall Art Show is Thomas Holt, for his acrylic entry, “Sunshine on Old Friends.”  Rita Fancher (left), show director, is presenting Holt his cash prize.

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SCA Coaches Name All-Conference Athletes

Coaches of the South Central Association met last week and named all-conference teams in football, softball and volleyball. In addition, coaches of the Southwest Cross Country Coaches Association have named all-Southwest District Cross Country teams in classes 1-4. The Southwest District includes all of southwest Missouri south of U.S. 50 and east to include Eminence,…

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Davis Bowls Perfect Game

Jeff Davis bowled his first 300 game at the Carl Richards open in Joplin on Oct. 19. Witnesses were Randy Heriford, Cody Heriford, Adam Heriford, Jesse Groth, Bill Philpott, Bob Turcott, Jeff Fleetwood, Joel Garner and Brian Drake, of Mtn. Home, Ark.  

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Douglas/Ozark Counties RTA Meeting at Gainesville October 21, 2014

The Douglas and Ozark Counties Retired Teachers and Other School Personnel had the October meeting and ate lunch at the Gainesville Senior Center, Tuesday, October 21. Those in attendance that day were Ruth Evans, Ida Mae Huse, Yolanda Dolecki, Judy Turner, Marie Bristol, Norma Stillings, Jenny Billings, Sue Robirds, Julane Williams, and Betty Moore. Marie…

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