Hartville Nativity Lighting and Vespers Service
At 6:00 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, a 66-year-old tradition will continue in Hartville, Missouri. In 1952, Harold Pool decided Hartville needed a Nativity Scene. The Hartville Garden Club bought the supplies and paint for the project. Mr. Pool used his wife’s kitchen table to cut the nativity figures out on. Some of the figures…
Read MoreMissouri Weekly Fuel Update and Outlook
MISSOURI, Nov. 26 – Gasoline prices in Missouri have fallen 9.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.17/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. This compares with the national average that has fallen 7.8 cents per gallon versus last week to $2.53/g, according to GasBuddy. Average gasoline prices…
Read MoreCity Council Hires New Police Officer
The Ava Board of Aldermen held a closed session meeting Tuesday, Nov. 27. During the session, council voted to hire Noah Reese, of Marshfield, Mo. as a new officer for the Ava Police Department. Reese is a graduate of the law enforcement academy at Drury University, and has attended OTC where his course of study…
Read MoreA Small Medium @ Large
“In other words, the real problem is not exterior. The real problem is interior. The real problem is how to get people to internally transform, from egocentric to socio-centric to world-centric consciousness, which is the only stance that can grasp the global dimensions of the problem in the first place, and thus the only stance…
Read MoreFarm Labor Workshops Tell Complexity of Hiring, Firing
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Major farm management decisions concern capital and labor. Too little attention goes to the labor side of farming, says agricultural economist Joe Horner. To help decision-makers, he plans three University of Missouri Extension workshops across Missouri. Farm labor management isn’t like the old days, when a farmer could hire neighbor boys to…
Read MoreEcho Bluff State Park Hosts Salem High School Chamber Choir, Tree Lighting Dec. 8
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, NOV. 26, 2018 – Come to Echo Bluff State Park to hear the Salem High School Chamber Choir as they help the park sing in the holiday season from 8 to 9 p.m. Sat., Dec. 8. Festivities begin with the lighting of the Christmas tree in the Betty Lea Lodge. Following the…
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Douglas Co. Veterans Memorial Association Honored for Hosting The Wall That Heals
Mayor David Norman, right, is shown above presenting Commander Bernie Holstine with one of two proclamations given to the DCVMA for The Wall That Heals. One proclamation was from the City of Ava and acknowledged Sept. 22 as The Wall That Heals Day in Ava. The second proclamation, which was also presented by Mayor Norman,…
Read MoreDCVMA Hosts Appreciation Dinner Nov. 20 By Larry Morrison
Tuesday, Nov. 20 was a day of dual purpose for the Douglas County Veterans Memorial Association (DCVMA). It was the date of the monthly meeting, but in order to update members on events of the year and The Wall That Heals, Commander Bernie Holstine waived the standard business agenda and the evening program went straight…
Read MoreAva Christmas Frolic and Parade Dec. 7-8
The Christmas season is upon us with a host of local activities to choose from this year –– tree lightings, candlelight tours, vesper services, and local church events and traditions. The long list of local Christmas holiday activities and events is full and varied –– there are many options to choose from. In Ava,…
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