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Electronic Waste Collection Events Fall 2023

Bring your old computers, printers, and other electronics to the 2023 Fall E-Waste Collection events. The South Central Solid Waste District is pleased to offer these E-Waste Collection events free of charge to residents of Douglas, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Texas, Howell, and Wright counties. The E-Waste Collection events will be held from 10:00 a.m. to…

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Leonard Lee Hartley

Leonard Lee Hartley – age 82 of Jamesport, MO passed away Saturday afternoon, May 6, 2023, at Daviess County Nursing and Rehab in Gallatin, Missouri. Leonard was born on September 16th, 1940, the son of Floyd “Pete” and Geraldine (Haden) Hartley on the Hartley homestead in a log cabin on Big Beaver Creek, near Arno, MO.…

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Thomas Alan Bruss

Tom was born in Piscataway, New Jersey on February 21, 1953 to Martin Eastman and Margret Elsie (Lerch) Bruss. He was called Home on April 11, 2023 at age 70 years, 1 month, three weeks. As a boy, he was captivated by toy army men, tanks, and airplanes. He pieced together and painted toy models.…

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Teresa Lynn Vaverk

Teresa Lynn Vaverka, 59 years, 1 month, 1 day old, passed peacefully to Heaven on May 10, 2023 at her home with all her family by her side. Teresa was born April 9, 1964 in Mansfield, MO to Narvil and Beverly (Fletcher) Tetrick. She grew up in Ava and was a 1982 Ava High School…

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Traffic Stop Leads To Drugs, Child Porn Being Found

On May 5, 2023 at approximately 11:55 p.m., Deputy Aaron Box made a traffic stop on Highway 5 for failure to stop at a stop sign. During the traffic stop Deputy Box observed indicators that led him to believe, the driver Thomas Richardson age 31 of Ava, possessed illegal items within his vehicle, according to…

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Lady Bears Win District Title

    Jason Hoekema Freelance MANSFIELD – It took two days to get the Missouri State High School Activities Association Class 2 District 4 trophy back to Ava when weather halted play in the bottom of the third last Wednesday. The Lady Bears held a solid lead, but the final 13-3 victory over Willow Springs…

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Chamber Holds Banquet, Honors Sorensen

The Ava Area Chamber of Commerce recently held its annual Membership & Awards Banquet at the Ava Middle School cafeteria, with approximately 120 people in attendance. The room displayed colorful tables decorated and sponsored by local businesses and organizations. The American Legion Color Guard began the evening by presenting the American flag and leading the…

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Free Pesticide Training

Free Pesticide Applicator Training will be held March 10th from 10:00 am – 12:15 pm at the Ava General Baptist Activity Center, Ava, MO. The training provides certification to obtain a Restricted-Use Pesticide license for private agricultural producers and will also count for private pesticide applicator recertification requirements by the state. To attend the training,…

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Classroom to Completion

The Ava FFA teams competed in their first CDE (Career Development Event) contest of the year last week in Eldon. It was a very successful event for Ava R-1 students. Ava FFA had three teams place 1st and three students were first-place individuals in their contests. The Environmental and Natural Resources Career Development Event (CDE) provides competing…

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