SBA Announces FY 2017 State Trade Expansion Program (STEP)
Awards SBA Awards $18 Million to Expand Small Business Exporting WASHINGTON –– The U.S. Small Business Administration today announced that $18 million in funding has been awarded to 44 State international trade agencies through SBA’s competitive State Trade Expansion Program (STEP), to support export growth among U.S. small businesses. STEP is designed to increase both…
Read MoreInterim Leadership for Mercy Hospital Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Sept. 12, 2017) – Beginning today, an interim leadership team will begin working at Mercy Hospital Springfield. That team is supporting local leaders in their efforts to create and implement a plan of action for ensuring the highest levels of patient care and safety, as well as for the safety and wellbeing of…
Read MoreLooking Backward September 14, 2017
The Tigress, owned by Linda Shaddy and Laura Hudson of Tri-Mi Stables, Grovespring, and shown by Hudson, was named champion foal Monday afternoon in the opening show of the 1992 Show & Celebration. A photograph of James Hailey, one of the founders of Ava, was presented to the Douglas County Historical and Genealogical Society Sunday…
Read MoreCommunity Correspondent Connects Friends
Last week the Herald received a telephone call from Raymond Giannini, of Princeton, Kentucky (above left). Giannini and son Logan, right, were traveling to Ava for the annual Show and Celebration of the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association, and wanted to inquire about a dear friend, Miss Pinkie. Raymond said he had recently read…
Read MoreLegendary Fishermen Bill Dance, Jimmy Houston and Roland Martin Accept National Conservation Awards
Awards ceremony in conjunction with the grand opening of Bass Pro’s Wonders of Wildlife and Aquarium and Museum SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Sept. 11, 2017 –– Hall of Fame Professional Bass Anglers Bill Dance, Jimmy Houston and Roland Martin will receive the National Lewis and Clark Conservation Corps of Discovery Award at the Wonders of Wildlife Museum…
Read MoreA Different Kind of Fish Story
Traveling can be a lonesome experience as any business traveler will tell you and so the Charleroi Airport near Brussels has devised a way to cheer you up. They’ll rent you a goldfish to keep you company for only a little more than $4.00 a night, according to the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC].…
Read MoreNo Smoking
Here’s another reason to quit smoking. A driver in Southend, England blew the doors and roof off her car when her cigarette ignited an aerosol can of air freshener, says the Association of Mature American Citizens AMAC]. Luckily, she suffered only minor injuries.
Read MoreIrresistible!
Good news for all chocolate lovers. The Swiss have come up with a fourth kind of chocolate to rival the flavors found in white, dark and milk chocolate, reports the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC]. It’s called Ruby Chocolate and it is made from the Ruby cocoa bean. Ruby Chocolate “offers a totally new…
Read MoreAva City Council
By Sue Curry Jones The Ava Board of Aldermen voted to re-appoint Dale Duckworth and Jim Thurman to the Ava Housing Authority Board of Commissioners on Tuesday. Both appointments are four-year terms which conclude July 2021. According to Housing Authority documentation, Thurman presently serves as chairman of the board. The vote to reinstate Thurman and…
Read MoreWhat About This…? 9.7.2017
By Wayne William Cipriano Before, during and after Harvey devastated Texas, we were forced to visit Springfield for medical appointments. On the Friday before I was pretty happy that gasoline prices had dipped / remained below $2.00 per gallon. We saw lots of $1.99s, some less, and even one $1.96. And that was without using…
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