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Jefferson City Event Offers Help for Growing Fruits and Vegetables in the Winter
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Learn to grow produce in winter Feb. 11-12 at the Midwest Winter Production Conference at Lincoln University’s Carver Farm in Jefferson City. Robert Balek, University of Missouri Extension horticulture specialist, and Shon Bishop, Lincoln University farm outreach worker, give the basics of high tunnels. They talk about site selection, equipment, costs…
Read MoreDrury Accounting Students to Provide Free Income Tax Preparation Assistance
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Jan. 7, 2019 — Drury University students again will provide free tax preparation through an IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site. The annual tax preparation service is open to the public and is designed to benefit low-income taxpayers while giving business students hands-on experience working with clients. The Drury tax service primarily…
Read MoreUsing Prescribed Fire as a Management Tool
By Clint Dalbom, Conservation Project Coordinator, Missouri State University Humans seem to have a natural attraction to fire. People can sit around a camp fire and stare into the flames for hours watching the fire leap and dance, while enjoying the fire’s warm glow. Our ancestors probably spent many hours doing just that on long,…
Read MoreMU’s Art on the Move Program Comes to Nixa
NIXA, Mo. – The University of Missouri School of Visual Studies’ Art on the Move outreach program presents an art exhibition in Nixa featuring graphic novel and children’s book illustrations by Samantha Edwards, an MU alumna and Kansas City native. The exhibition is available for viewing from 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12,…
Read MoreForging the Future by Practicing the Past
by Michael Boyink Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO has one. The Historic Village at Faust Park in Chesterton, MO has one. The Coal Miner’s Museum in Novinger, MO has one. And the Pioneer Heritage Homestead in Doniphan, MO has one. What is it? A blacksmith shop. These history-oriented attractions often include a blacksmith shop,…
Read MoreCity Council to Reconsider Discharge of Weapons Ordinance
By Michael Boyink At next week’s meeting of the Ava Board of Aldermen, the council will reconsider the recent changes they made to the city’s Discharge of Weapon ordinance. The Council revised the ordinance at the December 11th City Council meeting. Their intent was to add bows and crossbows to the list of weapons that…
Read MoreWhat Made the News in the Douglas County Herald in 2018
January 4: 18 year old Skyla S. Boyd from Ava was seriously injured on New Year’s Day in a wreck in Douglas County, on Highway 76 near the Taney County line. The Ava School Board held a closed session to vote on transportation. The vote was split 5/2 in favor of drafting a transportation contract…
Read MoreAs Fate Would Have It
Ava Comes Up Short in 73rd Annual Blue & Gold Tournament, Moves On with 6-4 Season Record SPRINGFIELD – The Ava Bears hit the road right after Christmas Day with a big hiccup and break in the team’s winning streak. The Bears were on-a-roll with a 4W streak after reclaiming victory over the Seymour Tigers…
Read MoreNew Year, New Oath
Douglas County Officials Sworn-In Elected officials were sworn-in to office Monday, Dec. 31, at the Douglas County Courthouse. In a brief ceremony inside courtroom one, hands were raised as Douglas County Clerk Karry Davis performed the ceremony, followed by her own oath affirmed by Associate Circuit Judge Elizabeth Bock. Serving in 2019 is Presiding Commissioner…
Read More2018 Storm Events Made Their Mark in Ava
Photo by Chris Wade This image of the thunderstorm was taken just before the force of the storm hit the Ava Country Club on Friday, August 10. Destructive winds hit the Ava Country Club on August 10, 2018, totaling multiple cars and causing extensive damage to the area.
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