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Ava and Douglas County
 Calendar of Events
 2008

January

 

 

 

             February

  • 7th-Ava Art Guild weather permitting there will be a workshop on color mixing.

  • 7th -Board of Directors meeting at 6 pm (note new time)

  • 9th -Chamber of Commerce Banquet at 6 PM at the middle school cafeteria

  •  12th- Luncheon at Lions club hosted by Photo Shoot and Fenders Body Shop at 12:00 PM. Canceled due to Weather rescheduled  February 19th at 12 Noon

March
  • March 5th The Ava Lions club is hosting life line screening .  Pre-registration is required. Call 1-800-643-6075

  • March 6th- Ava Art Guild meeting will be painting landscapes.

  • 11th- Luncheon   hosted by the VFW at the VFW at 12:00 PM

April
  • 3rd- Ava Art Guild, David Simpson will cover word burning

  • 8th-  Luncheon hosted by White River Valley Electric At the Ava Super 8 Motel

  • Ava Growers Market - Every Saturday (thru September), 7:00 AM on Ava City Square

May
  • 1st - Ava Art Guild we will have an opportunity to learn figure  drawing with Mary Hamilton.

  • May 3rd - Ava Saddle Club Spring Fun Show 1PM

  • May 3rd - Trinity Lutheran Annual Pancake Breakfast 7AM - 10:30 AM

  • May 10th - Honeybees 7 AM to 11 AM Pancake breakfast at Full Gospel Church

  • May 13th -  Luncheon hosted by Ava Area Chamber of Commerce Business Appreciation Luncheon on the Ava Square at 12:00 PM

  • 23rd - Russell Cellular Grand Opening BBQ 11AM to 1PM

  • 26th - Memorial Day Service at 11 AM Ava Cemetery.

  • 31st - Ava Water Park Opens. See below for schedule.

 

 

 

 

 

 

                       June

  • 3rd - 7th Spring Art Show, Ava Art Gallery

  •  5th - Ava Art Guild will be a work shop on paper mache' mask

  • 5th - Douglas County Library, David Tower from

  • 7th- Castlewood shows an Entertainment with a "Magic Bungaloo.: 10:00AM

  • 7th - Walk for Life at the City Park Registration begins at 8:20 am

  • 10th - Luncheon hosted by Highway Nazarene Church at the Church 12:00 PM

  • 11th - 14th Missouri Fox Trotting Horse - Three Year Old Futurity and Spring Show

  • 12th - 14th City-Wide Yard Sale sponsored by the Ava Chamber of Commerce please drop off information at Chamber office

  • 13th & 14th Relay for Life Cure for Cancer Drive, Gainesville High School Football Field. Starts at dusk ends next morning. Contact Carla Stenger for more info at Carla.stenger@cancer.org 

  • 14th - Ava Honeybee Singers USO  Canteen production at Ava Victory Academy 7 pm.

  • 14th - Flag Day Ceremony, Ava Square, time  TBA.

  • 15th - Ava Honeybee Singers USO Canteen production at Ava Victory Academy 2 pm.

  • 20th & 21st - Ava Saddle Club SCHSA Show 7:30 PM

  • 26th- Douglas County Library Judith Wynhausen in Mother Goose Goes Buggy at 10:00 AM

  • 27th - Heart of the Ozarks Cookout and Fireworks Display - Chamber Dunking Booth

  • June 28th - SCHSA Horse show Douglas County Fox Trotting Horse Breeders Club at the Saddle Club Grounds for further information click on the link.

 

July
  • 4th- Squires Firework Display

  • 7th - 12th Ava Art Guild Annual Photography Show

  •  8th-  Luncheon hosted by Douglas County Community Foundation of the Ozarks at the Lions Club

  • 10th-11th-12th  Douglas County Fair, Douglas County Fairgrounds - Chamber BBQ Booth

  • NEW CARNIVAL COMING FOR 2008!!!

  • 15th Douglas County Library River Stillwood and stories from the homestead at 7:00PM

  • 19th - Ava Saddle Club Mo Family Rodeo 7:00 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

August
  • * 5th - Douglas County Library hosts Wilma Fish and Her antique Instruments & Apple head dolls at 7:00 PM

  • * 7th– Grant Writing class sponsored by AACC 10 AM at Super 8

  • * 7th - Ava Art Guild meeting will be painting landscapes.

  • * 11th - Open house at all Ava R-1 Schools form 5:00—7:00 PM

  • * 12th - Chamber Luncheon, hosted by Great Southern bank at the Lions Club at 12:00 PM

  • * 13th - School starts for Ava R-1 School District

  • * 14th - Ava Area Chamber of Commerce board of Directors Meeting.

  • * 16th - Ava Saddle Club Tri County Youth Show 1:00 PM

  • * 23rd - Ava Saddle Club Versatility Show 3:00 PM

  • * 30th—September 6th - Missouri Foxtrotting Horse Show.

 

 

 

 

September
  •  4th - 5th Trinity Lutheran Church Yard Sale. Hours: Thurs. 7AM-4 PM, Fri. 7AM - 3 PM

  • 9th Douglas County Library Michael & Diane Peebles and the Fireside String Folk Music at 7:00 PM

  • 9th- Luncheon at Lions Club hosted by Centurytel

  • Ava Saddle Club 9th Annual Buckle Show 1:00 PM

  • Aug 31st - Sept 6th - Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Show   World Championship

 

October  

  • 4th - St Jude's Benefit Trail Ride & Action 10:00 AM

  • 4th & 5th - Pioneer Descendents Gathering

  • 14th- Luncheon hosted American Cancer Society

  • 19th Glade Top Trail Flaming Fall Revue Festival

  • Ava Art Guild Art Show

  • 25th -"Journey To Financial Freedom Seminar " at Ava Victory Academy (Check back for more details)

  •  29th Douglas County Library RLP Puppets "Fun in The Pumpkin Batch"

 

 

November
  • 6th - Douglas County Library Dwayne & Barbara Smith with songs and comic stories from the Ozarks British Isles at 7:00 PM 

  • 11th- Luncheon hosted by Missouri Ozark Community Health

  • 16th-  Ministerial Alliance Thanksgiving Service

  • Ava Creative Hand Crafters at Lions Club

 

December
  • 9th- Luncheon hosted by Thomas & Company CPA at Lions Club

  • 12th- Friday Night Christmas Frolic

  • 13th- Christmas Parade Theme - Storybook Christmas

 

 

 The Ava Victory Academy Calendar of Events.

 Ava R-1 Public Schools Calendar of Events.

Douglas County Fox Trotting Horse Breeders Association Calendar of Events

 

Douglas County Historical Society & Museum meets on the 3rd Monday each month. 

Ava Growers Market - Every Saturday (thru September), 7:00 AM on Ava City Square.

Kiwanis Club of Ava meets every Thursday 12:00PM at Highway House Cafe.

Every Saturday at 6:30 p.m., VFW Post 5993 hosts charity bingo at 402 W. Washington.