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Meter Funding Exceeds Expectations; Council Approves Annual Appointments
By Sue Curry Jones The Ava Board of Aldermen met on Tuesday, April 12, with council members Stan Lovan, Leon Harris, Burrely Loftin and Keith Jones in attendance. Mayor David Norman presided. Updating on city financials, Peggy Porter, administrative director, noted fund balances remain steady with a balance of nearly $1.9 million, but several large…
Read MoreDozen Arrested on Drug Charges, Parole Violations During Past Week
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Department arrested 11 people at residences in Ava on Wednesday, March 23, and Sunday, March 27, with another arrest on Monday bringing the total to an even dozen. A search warrant was served at a residence at 511 NW 12th Ave., across from Dollar General in Ava on Wednesday, March 23.…
Read MoreVoters Will Cast Ballots On Tuesday, April 5
Voters will go to the polls next Tuesday to elect school board members in the county and to decide an important tax levy increase proposal for the Skyline R-2 School District. In the Ava R-1 School District, five candidates are seeking election to two regular three-year terms on the board. Candidates are Lowell Strong, Troy…
Read MoreSwofford Scores 1,000th Career Point; Named to All-District Basketball Team
Last Wednesday night ended a successful high school basketball career of Ava High School senior Jacey Swofford. The Ava Lady Bears closed out the 2015-16 basketball season in the semifinals of the district basketball tournament, but not before Swofford made her mark as a four-year letterman at Ava High School. On Senior Night, when the…
Read MoreMore Beams Put In Place For New Rome Bridge
Three more huge beams were hoisted into place Monday afternoon as work on the new bridge across Beaver Creek at Rome moves toward completion. Giant cranes, one on each end, lifted the beams into place while workers made sure they were positioned correctly on the support pillars. The second of three beams is being lifted…
Read MoreBears’ Basketball Season Ends In District Tournament Tuesday Night
The Ava Bears saw the 2015-16 basketball season come to a close Tuesday night in the first round of district play at Mtn. Grove. The Bears entered the post-season tournament as the No. 6 seed and fell to Liberty of Mtn. View, 73-47. This was the second time the Bears had faced Liberty this month,…
Read MoreOvernight Snowfall Tuesday Night
Those who got up early Wednesday morning saw that the Ava are received a light accumulation of snow overnight. Heavy snow began falling after 11 p.m. Tuesday, but with the ground still warm from several days of springlike temperatures and the air temperature remaining above freezing, the snow did not last long. This picture taken…
Read MoreLocal Resident Offers Comfort to Children
Marilyn Sickler, a Douglas County resident who lives on A Highway, recently undertook a special project to help others, but the task had to be something she could do while sitting, as she is recovering from hip replacement surgery. Marilyn, above, is pictured with 180 bags, and each one is filled with a soft plush…
Read MoreFire Friday Night Destroys Finish Shop of Lakey’s Custom Cabinets
“Tell the people we’re still open for business,” was the word from Gary Lakey Monday after a building occupied by the finish shop of Lakey’s Custom Cabinets was destroyed by fire Friday night. The metal building located on the Sentinel property in the Industrial Park in north Ava was used for finishing cabinets and for…
Read MoreMotorists Injured in Crash at Hwy. 5 & 14 Intersection in Ava Sunday Afternoon
Three people were transported by ambulance from the scene of a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Highways 5 and 14 in Ava last Sunday afternoon. Ava Police reported that the crash occurred at 4:50 p.m. when one car made a left turn into the path of an oncoming vehicle on Highway 5. Cpl. David…
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