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Lady Bears Pick Up Two Wins This Week

The Ava Lady Bears picked up two more big wins this week, including another overtime win over Blue Eye on Thursday night and an SCA victory over Thayer Tuesday night. The Thayer game was originally scheduled for Monday, but due to a snow cancellation the varsity game was moved to Tuesday with the varsity boys’…

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Kalynn Miller Named To Dean's List at Evangel University

SPRINGFIELD – Kalynn Jo Miller, daughter of Larry and Marsha Miller of Ava, Mo.,            has been named to the Fall 2011 Dean’s List at Evangel University, Springfield, Mo. During the fall semester, Kalynn was a freshman with a major in biology and earned a 4.0 grade point average. Full-time students who have earned a grade…

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Fugitive From England Arrested In Ozark; Charged With Illegal Firearms

SPRINGFIELD ‑ Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a fugitive from England who was arrested in Ozark, was charged in federal court last Thursday with illegally possessing firearms. Edward John Maher, also known as Michael Maher, 56, of Ozark, was charged with being an illegal alien in possession…

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County Votes to Buy Dump Truck

The Douglas County Commission met in regular session last Thursday morning at the courthouse. Business items included signing court orders for the tax book and requisitions for the assessor and the janitor, as well as answering several calls pertaining to roads. District 1 Commissioner Richard Mitchell made a list of vehicles from the road shed…

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Bears Still Undefeated In SCA; Play at Houston Friday

The Ava Bears are on their way to an undefeated conference title if they can get past Houston this Friday night. The Bears played host to Willow Springs last Friday night and Thayer on Tuesday, claiming SCA wins on both accounts. On Friday night the Bears jumped out to a 14-5 lead in the first…

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Ava FFA Competes In Proficiencies & Degrees

Ava FFA recently competed in Area Proficiency Awards and reviewed applications for Area and State FFA Degrees. A proficiency award recognizes a member based on their SAE or Supervised Agriculture Experience Program and is broken into 45 different categories. At the area level, 1st 2nd and 3rd are recognized. If an application is selected as…

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Letter to the Editor – Ethel McCallie

Dear Editor: I recently read the story River Stillwood wrote about turning age 51.  So, I’m going to tell my story about turning 94 on Aug. 11, 2011, and how I thought about it.  This was just impossible, and as I kept thinking of it over and over and saying to myself, it just can’t…

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Looking Backward 2.16.2012

25 Years Ago February 12, 1987   Candidates in the 1986 Ava High School “Hoopcoming” coro­nation are: queen candidates Melissa Waters, Julie Markin and Becky French; and king candidates are Jeff Alcorn, Jason Norman and Bobby Oliver. Kenneth Borders, clerk at the Ava Post Office, was recently recognized by the U.S. Postal Service for having…

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Research: Improving Life with Parkinson's

Dr. Angela Ridgel, an assistant professor of exercise science/ physiology at Kent State University, is leading two new research projects to help individuals with Parkinson’s disease improve cognitive and motor function. Ridgel has been studying Parkinson’s disease for five years, and the two new research projects are bringing her closer to developing exercise therapy that…

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Quilt Guild Meets Feb. 9 At Ava General Baptist Church

The Piece & Friendship Quilt Guild met Thursday, Feb. 9, at the Ava General Baptist Church. With refreshments and treats supplied by members, social time started at 6:30.  The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m., with approximately 30 members and visitors in attendance. The meeting started with com­mittee reports.  Program committee head Pat…

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