Laura Ingalls Wilder Program Coming to Library
Marie Bristol will present “150 Years of Laura Ingalls Wilder” on Thursday, Aug. 24, at the Douglas County Public Library. The program will be held at 7 p.m. Laura Ingalls Wilder is well-known for her Little House on the Prairie series of books released from 1932 to 1943 about her childhood in a settler and…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor
Dear Editor: Thank you for your editorial in the July 13 issue of the Herald. I felt a sense of support to learn that Gov. Greitens has proclaimed July Arachnoiditis Awareness Month. I have had a gradual onset of this condition since a spinal surgery 15 years ago and am now diagnosed with adhesive arachnoiditis.…
Read More“Kidz Choir” Being Organized Locally
The Joyful Noise Kidz Choir is being organized locally, and will eventually be available to give performances for the community. The choir, involving children from grades 1-8, is being developed by a group of women from all over the Ava community and surrounding area “to offer songs to joyfully and beautifully bless our community as…
Read More2017 Football Season Opens Friday Night at Marshfield
The Ava Bears will open the 2017 varsity football season this Friday night in non-conference play at Marshfield. Game time is 7 o’clock. The first home game for the Football Bears will be next Friday night, Aug. 25, when the Bears host Forsyth. Ava’s football coaching staff, shown above with the team, includes (at left)…
Read MoreExpect Things To Go Dark Here Monday
It’s going to go dark here around noon Monday. No, the electric department is not planning a power outage. It’s much bigger than that! For the first time since 1869 a total solar eclipse will occur across Missouri. And while the area of the total eclipse crosses the state’s mid-line, from northwest to southeast, this…
Read MoreMax and Mona Decker Receive Award of Appreciation
Max and Mona Decker recently received an award presented by Irv Reynolds, commander of the Douglas County Veterans Memorial Association. The award was presented at halftime break at the Thursday Night Music which is held at the Douglas County Veterans Facility. The award was to show the appreciation of the veterans and the community to…
Read MoreSkyline VFD Picnic
Annual Meeting Of Ava Rural Fire Dept. Will Be Friday Night
The annual business meeting of the Ava Rural Fire Department will be held this Friday, Aug. 18, at the Mt. Zion Station. The meeting will begin at 6 o’clock, with a hamburger and hot dog dinner following the business meeting. If you are not a member of the Ava Rural Fire Department you will be…
Read MoreAmbulance District Will Open Bids Today For Building Addition
The Ava Area Ambulance District will open bids for the second time today on a proposed building addition at the ambulance station. Potential bidders have been notified that today’s bid opening has been moved up to 1 p.m., from the previously scheduled 3 p.m. time slot. The original bid opening was held on June 29.…
Read More“Canoeing With The Cree”
WALL Hunter Creek No. 61 If you ever want to go back in time for a nifty little adventure, be sure and pick up an excellent book authored by Eric Sevareid. Sevareid, a long-time journalist and newscaster for CBS and of Swedish stock, is the author of a journal and notes that he kept on…
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