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Hoopcoming 2012 Will Be Friday at Ava High School
Ava High School’s 2012 Hoopcoming will be held this Friday night, Feb. 3. In preparation for the big night, king and queen candidates have been named and the theme for the week has been set. This year’s Hoopcoming theme will be “Monopoly”, and each day has a different emphasis keeping with the theme. Hoopcoming queen…
Read MoreBears Lose to Conway In Tournament Championship
Beat Cabool in SCA Action Tuesday The Ava Bears defeated Stoutland in the semifinals of the Conway Tournament last Thursday night but lost to Conway in the championship game on Saturday night. Tuesday night the Bears traveled to Cabool for a South Central Association contest and came away with a 56-43 win over the Bulldogs.…
Read MoreLady Bears Fall to West Plains; Beat Mtn. Grove at Home Monday
After advancing to the finals of the Reeds Spring tournament last week, the Ava Lady Bears made a dismal showing on Friday night, losing to West Plains in the championship game, 46-24. Ava struggled offensively all night, with credit going to a strong West Plains defense. The Ava girls trailed 11-1 after one period and…
Read MoreOld Squires Store Burns; Reward Offered In Fires
Fire of an undetermined origin destroyed the old Squires Store building south of Ava last Sunday night, adding to the concern of folks in that area. The Squires community has seen an outbreak of fires in recent weeks, and no one is believing it is coincidence. For that reason, a reward of up to $5,000…
Read MoreCounty Adopts Budget of $3.5 Million; Suspends Funding for Extension Office
The Douglas County Commission approved a budget on Jan. 12 that calls for total expenditures of $3,546,000 and revenues this year of $3,095.424. A fund balance at the end of 2011 of $622,858, however, gives the county total funds available of $3,718.282, and an anticipated ending balance of $171,500. One of the most noticeable cuts…
Read MoreHouse Fires Keep Firemen On the Go
The Ava City Fire Department was dispatched early Wednesday morning to a structure fire east of the downtown that resulted in major damage to the frame home. The fire, in the 700 block of NE 2nd Ave., was noticed by a passer-by and the fire department was called just before 4 a.m. The first units…
Read MoreEmergency Response Team Preparing For Spring Storms
The Douglas/Ozark Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) conducted a full scale exercise last Saturday at the Ava/Douglas County Training Center in Ava, under the direction of Steven Little, CERT trainer. Little was assisted by associate instructors Joe Bricker and Billie Sue Yost. The search and rescue teams conducted searches of an unoccupied, but debris-filled residence, finding victims and successfully…
Read MoreAva Lady Bears Are 3-0 In SCA
Payton Lakey had 22 points and 10 rebounds and Jorie Garrett had 18 points and 13 rebounds here last Thursday night, and the Ava Lady Bears defeated the girls of Mtn. View-Liberty, 53-36. With the SCA win the Ava girls improved their record to 3-0 in league play and 10-4 overall. The Lady Eagles dropped…
Read MoreLocal Woman Is Recovering After Being Pinned In Wreck For Over an Hour Last Wednesday Night
An area teenager is recovering at home this week after a harrowing ordeal last Wednesday night. Shady D. Flippo, 19, of Seymour, crashed the 1995 Jeep Cherokee she was driving on Highway 14, west of Ava, and was pinned underneath the vehicle for over an hour. Rescue workers from Ava Rural, Goodhope and Ava City…
Read MoreAdams Will Play In Biggest Game Of His Career Saturday
Dillon Adams has achieved some of the highest honors of high school football during this past season. He received First Team All-State, First Team All-Conference, and Second Team All-District. Yet, Adams recently received another honor that is bigger than all of these awards. The 6-foot-4, 255 lbs. Adams has been selected from a field of…
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