Regional Fellowship of Christian Athletes Announces Recipients of the 2019 Coach Award and Athletes of the Year
Ava’s Janell Embry is recognized as FCA Coach of the Year The South-Central MO Fellowship of Christian Athletes Board of Directors recently announced the 2019 Christian Athletes and Coach of the Year during the organization’s annual banquet held in Branson. This year, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) held their award banquet on Thursday April…
Read MoreNathan Boone Homestead State Historic Site Hosts Kids on Frontier Day May 18
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, MAY 2, 2019 – Nathan Boone Homestead State Historic Site invites the public to attend the free program “Kids on the Frontier” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m, Saturday, May 18 as part of National Kids in Parks Day. Join period-dressed interpreters as you learn about the life of children growing up…
Read MoreCelebrating 60 Years
Members of the Ava High School graduating class of 1959 gathered together to reminisce in recognition of their 60-year class reunion on Saturday, May 4. Members of the group shown above, first row, from l to r, are Sharon (Pettit) Irwin, Kitty (Gardner) Mackey, Mary Jo (Lakey) Gaston, Lula Mae (Frye) Denney; second row, Paul…
Read MoreScholarship Winner
Submitted Photo The Ava Lions recently awarded Ava High Schooler Bryce Mings with a $500 scholarship. Pictured is (left to right) Richard Sturgeon, Dr. Theresa Nash, Dick Salgado, Bryce Mings, Sheila Wiley, Bob Sorenson, Bob Sellers, and Rosanna Proctor.
Read MoreD-Day Squadron Announces Kick-Off for North Atlantic Crossing
OXFORD, Conn. – April 22nd, 2019 – The D-Day Squadron, part of the Tunison Foundation, announced the starting point for the Squadron’s journey to Europe over the original “Blue Spruce” route to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Invasion of Normandy. Aircraft will depart from Waterbury-Oxford Airport in Oxford Connecticut on May 19th 2019, but…
Read MoreJudy Streight Inducted Into Ava Alumni Hall of Fame
Honor presented during Alumni Banquet Held on Saturday. The 2019 Ava High School Alumni Banquet was held Saturday, May 4 in the high school gymnasium. During this year’s banquet, several classes celebrated reunions, and many groups took the opportunity to meet earlier in the day for fellowship and reminiscing. A special highlight of the evening…
Read MoreSpecial Senior Sections Honoring 2019 Graduates Start This Week in Herald
The first of a two-part series highlighting Ava High School graduates begins this week in Section A, on pages 5-8. This pull out section showcases each graduating senior, along with congratulatory ads from parents and friends. Next week, an additional pull-out section will highlight graduation, special award presentations, and other notable events. …
Read MoreWhat About This? By Wayne William Cipriano
Hearing how some smaller school districts, where school administrators, faculty, and staff and their families comprise a large, actively voting political bloc, have adopted the Four-Day School Week Plan, I have given a lot of thought to improving upon that idea. I’ve come up with an even better one, which I call the Cipriano No-Day…
Read MoreLooking Backward
25 years ago An eerie feeling came over the Ozarks just before noon Tuesday as the sun was swallowed up by the moon, in a rarely-seen annular eclipse. As the moon moved in front of the sun at about 11:45 a.m., everything took on a darkened look, and the temperature mysteriously dropped several degrees as…
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