Ava Team Takes 2nd Place
Looking Backward 6.8.2017
25 Years Ago June 4, 1992 A drivers education class will begin next Monday at Ava High School, with sign-up to be held at the first session. The Douglas County Museum held a ceremonial ribbon cutting on the steps of the Museum last Friday evening to mark the opening of the 100-year-old structure. …
Read MoreWhat About This . . .? 6.8.2017
By Wayne William Cipriano About this “Wall” that we’ve heard is going to be built across our southern border: I’m not going to talk about the easily defeated aspect of any non-monitored wall; about the cost of it, monitored or not, paid by Mexico (very doubtful) or by the United States of America (almost certainly);…
Read MoreSchool Board Holding Closed Session Today
On Tuesday, Superintendent Dr. Jason Dial announced the Ava R-I School Board will hold a closed session meeting this week. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. Thursday, June 8, and the agenda notice cites personnel as the reason for the session.
Read MoreLooking Backward 6.1.2017
Years Ago May 28, 1992 “This is hallowed ground,” the Rev. L.E. Reynolds said as he stood before the Veteran’s Memorial at the Ava Cemetery Monday morning and spoke to the small crowd that had gathered. The ceremony was conducted jointly by American Legion Post 112 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5993. The…
Read MoreWhat About This . . .? 6.1.2017
By Wayne William Cipriano Sherlock Holmes and his trusty sidekick, Dr. Watson, (O.G., V.C., B.M.F.) are camping. They sit around the fire remembering some of their more perplexing cases and drinking a fine claret. Before entering their tent to sleep, they raise a final glass and toast, in mock respect, their ever-present nemesis Professor Moriarty,…
Read MoreKC Post Office Identifies Mailing Issues; City Council Promotes Police Officer
By Sue Curry Jones This week, as the street renaming project gets underway, and numbered street signs are being swapped-out for customized names, Mayor David Norman reported to council Tuesday evening that the regional post office in Kansas City has deemed some of the new address names as incorrect for mailing purposes. Norman noted his…
Read MoreWhat About This . . .? 5.25.2017
By Wayne William Cipriano Make a list of those things that terrify us, that we see on the news every night –– fires, floods, SARS, global cooling, global warming, narco-terrorists, militias, AIDS, Bird Flu, PAII, carjacking, random killings, droughts, IRS, honey bees dying, killer bees increasing, obesity, gangs, kidnappings, school shoot-ings, bombers…. The danger is…
Read MoreLooking Backward 5.18.2017
25 Years Ago May 14, 1992 Commencement exercises for the Ava High School graduating class of 1992 will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon, marking the end of an era for some 89 seniors who will receive diplomas. Members of the Ava City Council and City Clerk Marilyn Alms met in the…
Read MoreWhat About This . . .? 5.18.2017
By Wayne William Cipriano There was a time, not too long ago (I still remember it) when people gave an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay. There was an honor about it. As time went by, starting with the more populous areas but slowly spreading to rural locales, workers became business people, abdicating…
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