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Easy Parenting Changes to Benefit Both You and Your Child
HOUSTON – Generation X’ers are the generation of the “latchkey kids.” The term latchkey kid is a child who returns from school to an empty home because their parent(s) are away at work or because they are living in a single parent home. Latchkey kids surged from the 1970’s to the early 1990’s as a…
Read MoreRoute T in Douglas County Reduced for Bridge Maintenance
Route T in Douglas County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge maintenance. This bridge is located over Little Beaver Creek between County Road T-561 and County Road T-541A. Weather permitting, work will take place Monday, June 19 through Thursday, June 22 from 7 a.m. to 5…
Read MoreApplicant Briefings begin Monday, June 19, for local governments, nonprofits included in federal disaster declaration
Local governments and eligible agencies in 46 counties included in federal Public Assistance disaster declaration strongly encouraged to attend the meetings, which discuss application process and FEMA program rules JEFFERSON CITY – The State Emergency Management Agency will conduct Applicant Briefings for local government and nonprofit agencies in 46 counties applying for federal assistance…
Read MoreThe Snoop- June 15, 2017
No More Snow “Due to a chemical ‘telekinetic’ mind problem, snow will no longer fall on the planet. The water in cold clouds won’t be made into snowflakes any more. “A mind around the planet, that helped make snow, has been damaged. It took a long time for the snow mind to be on the…
Read More3rd-6th Grade Triathilon
Third through 6th grade students are training for the summer school triathlon with swimming skills classes on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Teaching swimming skills are Asst. Supt. Mike Henry and Coach Ann Leonard. This week they also had a guest teacher. Highway Patrolman Jason Philpott spent his day off biking and swimming with our students.
Read MoreSchool Board Hires Personnel
Last Thursday, Ava R-I School Board members held a closed session meeting with Bart Ellison, Vernon Johnson, Mark Henry, Michael Stewart, Kenny Fleetwood and Lowell Strong in attendance. The meeting was held June 8 at 8:00 a.m. According to the report received from the administration office, the board voted unanimously to hire Rick Supancic as…
Read MoreLooking Backward 6.15.2017
25 Years Ago June 11, 1992 The 1992 Poke Salat Days event competed with the weather last weekend, but even with rain most of the day on Saturday, most of the events went off as scheduled. TIP, the Duke University Talent Identification Program, sponsored a recognition ceremony to honor some of Missouri’s most talented…
Read MoreRaymond “Ray” Virgil Robertson
Raymond Virgil Robertson departed this world from complications due to exposure to Agent Orange surrounded by his loved ones on Sunday June, June 11, 2017, at the age of 74 years and 5 days. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Father’s day Sunday at First Baptist Church in Cairo. Funeral services…
Read More‘Good Save’ at Brookview Apartments
In the fire service it’s called a “good save” when a fire is extinguished with limited damage. The Ava Volunteer Fire Department made a good save at the Brookview Apartments on East Washington Avenue Monday morning. The fire department was notified of a fire in a clothes dryer at the apartment complex around 8 a.m.…
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