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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. * * * Ava Saddle Club regular monthly meeting will be held Monday, January 4th at 6:30 p.m. at the Ava Pizza Hut. 15-1t
Read MoreNotes From Hunter Creek 12.24.2015
An Outdoors Christmas During Christmas school break there is usually a two-week vacation from school. This provided our family with an excellent time to load-up the van or suburban and visit family and camp and hike. Although raised in the Ozarks by my grandparents around Calhoun Mo., I was born in Baltimore and had several…
Read MoreLooking Backward 12.24.2015
25 Years Ago December 20, 1990 Some two dozen FBI agents called off their search last Friday for the body of a Kansas City woman believed to be buried on an Ozark County farm near Thornfield. Acting on information offered by a prison inmate, FBI agents served a search warrant on the 120 acre…
Read MoreProsecuting Attorney Cites Law Day Case
During December Circuit Court Law Day, the following defendant was sentenced to the Missouri Department of Corrections: Cassondra S. Lamb, 39, of Ava, received a seven-year sentence for Possession of Methamphetamine. Lamb will be eligible for parole after one year upon completion of the Long Term Drug Treatment Program offered by the Department of Corrections.…
Read MoreWhat About This…? 12.24.2015
By Wayne William Cipriano So, what do you think, are we alone in the Universe? There is a book titled A Universe From Nothing: Why There is Something Rather Than Nothing by an astronomer/astrophysicist named Lawrence Krauss. Old Larry was trying to explain several “simple” concepts in the most rudimentary terms possible. I stuck with…
Read MoreFighting for the U.S. Cattle Producer
A Dilatory Congress and Indifferent Executive Branch Strip Citizens of their Right to Know the Origins of their Food BILLINGS, Mont. –– Although their deadline for completing and passing the nation’s fiscal year 2016 spending bill expired 79 days ago, today both houses of Congress cheered as the President signed their $1.1 trillion measure, which…
Read MoreSpurlock, Aborn Support Bus Route Owners –– Five Board Members Vote No
By Sue Curry Jones The Ava R-I School Board met on Monday, Dec. 21, and the room was dominated by concerned citizens who came to support the contracted bus route owners who presently serve Douglas County students. And, with only three seats available at 6:20 p.m., many attendees were standing, as most of the chairs…
Read MoreAva Community Visits Veterans For Christmas
Marilyn Alms and Sandra Walker of Daughters of the American Revolution suggested we, VFW Auxiliary Post 5993 and the Legion Hall Post 112, all come together alongside them and celebrate Christmas with our veterans. We had a Christmas gatherings at the Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare Center, Ava Place and Red Bud with veterans and…
Read MoreHomemade Products To Help Save Money
By: Mindy Johnson The stockings were all hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Nick soon would be there…. Can you believe it’s already Christmas time? I for one, am ready. It’s the first time in a long time that I’m not in a sheer panic over the last minute gifts…
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. * * * Saturday Night Singing at Happy Home Church, December 26 at 7 p.m. Come join us for a good…
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