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Douglas County Fair Is Part of Fall Festival Next Weekend
Event Includes Demolition Derby, Glade Top Trail If you thought you missed the Douglas County Fair this year, don’t despair. It’s coming up next week. The Douglas County Fair and Fall Harvest Festival is a week away and counting. This year’s fair, with a Fall Harvest theme, has built in a little something for everyone.…
Read MoreAva Takes 1st Place X 2 at Willard Cross Country Meet
Both the boys and girls varsity team’s from Ava High School placed first in the small school division at the Willard Highline meet on Thursday, Oct. 3. The top 15 medaled with Caleb Stillings placing fourth overall in a time of 17:46 and Jordan Dimirsky placing 15th in a time of 18:55. They were the…
Read MoreCHART Group Hosts Program Here On Substance Abuse
Douglas County Community Health Assistance Resources Team (C.H.A.R.T.) and InterAgency Council hosted an informative program in Ava last Friday morning on substance abuse. About 50 people, including school administrators and county officials, but mostly just citizens of the community, attended the program that was held in the fellowship hall of the First Southern Baptist Church.…
Read MoreLady Bears Win SCA Games Over Houston, Willow Springs; Lose to Mansfield at Home
The Ava Lady Bears picked up SCA wins on the softball field this week over Houston and Willow Springs. On Tuesday afternoon, the Lady Bears were no-hit by Mansfield on the home field, with the Lady Lions taking the non-conference contest 15-0. Mansfield pitcher Kailey Morris was just one walk away from a perfect game.…
Read MoreWorld War II Veterans Gathering In Ozark Co. For Reunion of 416th Bomb Group Today
By Sue Ann Jones A World War II combat unit – at least what’s left of it after 70 years – made its way to Ozark County Wednesday from all around the country, a band of brothers and their families gathering yet again to honor a kinship forged in battle. Eight surviving veterans from the…
Read MoreMU Extension Brings ‘Food Power Young Adventure’ to Ava Elementary School
Students at Ava Elementary School experienced Food Power Young Adventure, a performance that uses puppetry and music to teach the importance of healthy eating, food safety, and physical activity. The Food Power Young Adventure traveling puppet program, which was held here on Sept. 19, offers three performance options. Healthily Ever After: Nursery rhyme characters provide…
Read MoreBears Hand Salem 44-7 Loss In SCA Football Action Here
Coming off a crushing 47-13 SCA loss to the Liberty Eagles at Mtn. View a week earlier, no one was sure how the Ava Bears would perform on Sept. 27 going up against the tough Salem Tigers. The Bears settled that question early, however, on Friday night, scoring three touchdowns in the second quarter and…
Read MoreStrong Work Ethic, Commitment and, a few innocent pranks along the way.
By Sue Curry Jones Having worked his way through college, Cody Whitaker is thankful to be teaching at Ava High School, where he serves as an educator in English III and I. He admits it is not only great to be employed in Ava and teaching at his alma mater, but it is most notable…
Read MoreMaking Math Enjoyable – Teaching Kids Confidence
By Sue Curry Jones Rhonda Little grew up in Douglas County on a dairy farm, and today, while teaching seventh-grade math at Ava, she is grateful and delighted to live in the farmhouse where she grew up, and to work the same dairy her parents nurtured and cultivated in her childhood. And, with a laugh,…
Read MoreLocal Resident Volunteers Time – For The Love of Dogs
By Sue Curry Jones Vanessa Johnson, of Ava, serves as a volunteer to the City of Ava Pound Shelter, and in many cases, when an abused and abandoned dog needs help, Vanessa gets the call. For Albie, the dog in this incident, the story has a wonderful ending, and as it should be, justice prevailed…
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