Area Baseball Team Wins 13U AA State Championship
Southwest Elite, coached by Kevin Richards, Oran Boyd and Bryant Smith, recently participated in the USSSA State Games in Joplin, Mo., June 15-18. The boys went 7-0 against teams from all over the state of Missouri, winning the state championship Sunday night. Southwest Elite only allowed 29 hits in 7 games for a .199 batting…
Read MoreAva R-I Approves Roofing Project, Gym Bleachers and Cost of Living Increase
By Sue Curry Jones The Ava R-I Board of Education voted on a number of employee job responsibilities and sponsorships during the closed session segment of the Thursday, June 15 meeting. In open session, the board took action on 15 separate items, with each one pertaining to the upcoming fall term. A budget for the…
Read MoreCaroline’s Bakery and Dry Goods Opens In Mansfield
In our fast paced society and ever changing digital world, it seems difficult to keep up with the latest. It used to be we tried to keep up with the Joneses, or that neighborhood family who always seemed to have it all together. Today, life seems much more complicated. Many relish the chance to once…
Read More‘Let Me See What Spring is Like on Jupiter and Mars’
Billionaire technocrat Elon Musk is determined to colonize Mars and is asking Earthlings to join the “big move,” according to the Association of Mature American Citizens. In fact, says AMAC, he estimates that the one-way ticket to the Red Planet on one of his spaceships will cost you about $200,000. One can only wonder how…
Read MoreAfrican Children’s Choir Coming to Salem July 7
Music for Life The African Children’s Choir will be at Salem’s First Baptist Church at 7 p.m. on July 7. The First Baptist Church is located at 201 N. MacArthur Avenue. The African Children’s Choir melts the hearts of audiences with their charming smiles, beautiful voices and lively African songs and dances. The program features…
Read MoreSave the Date to Watch the Solar Eclipse
By University Communications MSU holds viewing event Aug. 21 Aug. 21, 2017 – this is the day when the skies across North America will darken in the afternoon as the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. This Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017 will be the first total solar eclipse in the continental United…
Read MoreMissouri State University Releases Spring 2017 Graduation List
SPRINGFIELD (June 19, 2017) – Missouri State University conferred 2,651 degrees to students at its 2017 spring commencement May 19 at JQH Arena. A total of 1,995 bachelor’s degrees, 554 master’s degrees, 93 doctorate degrees and nine specialist degrees were conferred. From Ava, the following students received degrees during the May 19 commencement ceremony: Abigail…
Read MoreStop The Hate Speech and Fix Our Problems
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Hate speech doesn’t work for any person or group in America. The result is always hurt. The shooting of Majority Whip Steve Scalise at a baseball practice is further proof. Here are some of the comments and other rhetoric that Sean Hannity recently remarked about on an evening broadcast and his…
Read MoreMissouri S&T Awards Degrees
ROLLA, Mo. (June 20, 2017) – Nearly 600 candidates received degrees during Commencement ceremonies held Saturday, May 13, at Missouri University of Science and Technology. The university awards bachelor of science, bachelor of arts, master of science and doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees. From Ava, Kody Joe Kutz received a bachelor of science degree in…
Read MoreMissouri S&T Announces Spring 2017 Honor List
ROLLA, Mo. (June 20, 2017) – Missouri University of Science and Technology announces the names of students who made the honor list for the Spring 2017 semester. John Thomas Rueschmann, of Ava, Mo. achieved the honor. Rueschmann is a senior, with a major in mechanical engineering. To be included on the honor list, students must…
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