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Ava and Plainview School lunch menu

Key: (A)        = Smart Choice entrée item (16 grams of fat or less) (B)        = Homemade fresh in the Opaa Kitchen (C)        = Whole Grain item (D)         = Fresh Missouri Product (E)        = Made with peanuts   Ava Elementary School Breakfast Menu   Monday, August 27: 1. French Toast Sticks (C), Fresh Fruit 2. General…

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Community Events

This column is for fundraisers, benefits, or community functions for which a fee or membership dues are collected. Items will be printed in this column twice for a single fee of $5 for 20 words or less. ****** Squires Volunteer Fire Dept. annual membership drive, fish fry and pig roast, Saturday, August 25, 2012, 5:00…

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Calendar of Events

This column is provided to our readers free of charge to announce upcoming events that are free to the public. Publication of the same announcement will be limited to two insertions. * * * The Fourth Sunday Singing will be held at Breedon, August 26 at 2:00 p.m.                                          48-1t * * * Haden, Kay, Sellers…

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Starworkers

Starworkers had their August meeting the 14th in the Lindberg country home. Stanley Goodrich was hostess. The meeting was called to order by President Sharon Loesch. We said the Pledge of Allegiance and Club Collect. A devotional, “So Little Time” was given by Elnora Christenson. Roll Call was “Something We Grew In Our Garden This…

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Highway 76 Bridge Opens

The Bryant Creek Bridge on Highway 76 east of Ava was opened to traffic Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 14. This route has been closed to traffic all summer after the old bridge was removed for replacement in June. Although the bridge was opened to traffic late Tuesday, workers and equipment were still on site Wednesday morning…

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Coonts Reunion Held Aug. 11 at Ava Lions Club

The annual Coonts family reunion was held Aug. 11, at the Ava Lions club building. Those attending from out of state were: Cathy Craig and Pat Engright of Stockton, Ill.; Connie, Cara, and Aislynne Downs of Lanark, Ill.; and Jim Coonts of Bettendorf, Iowa. Attending from Missouri were: Lena Mary Coonts Gerdts and Jed L.…

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Douglas Co. Democrats Will Meet August 21

The Douglas County Democrats will meet Aug. 21 at Krazy Daze restaurant (next to Pizza Hut). The group will eat at 5 p.m. then start the meeting at 5:30. At 6 p.m. the reorganization meeting will be held. Everyone is urged to come to this meeting as officers will be elected. All committeemen and committeewomen…

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Douglas County Sees Rise In Percentage of College Graduates

By Bill Bishop and Roberto Gallardo Douglas County has experienced a brain gain in the last 40 years, joining the rest of the country in what has been a massive increase in the number of adults who have earned college degrees. In 1970, 3.1 percent of those over 25 years of age had college degrees…

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Letter to the Editor – Traffic Lights

Dear Editor: I know that I may be a little slow in my thinking sometimes and I’m asking for help on this one. Can anyone explain to me why MoDOT spent over a quarter of a million dollars for a traffic light at the junction of Highways 5 and 14 in Ava, Missouri? To me,…

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Ava Lions Celebrate 75th Anniversary

The Ava Lions Club celebrated its 75th anniversary Monday evening with a banquet and musical entertainment. Some 70 people attended the event which began at 5 p.m. when Lion President John Weisbrod rang the bell to call the meeting to order. Following a brief welcome by the president, all stood and said the Pledge of…

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