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Gainesville High School FFA member Gracyn Blackburn sang the National Anthem in front of more than 6,500 members and guests at the 90th Missouri FFA Convention held April 19-20 in Columbia. Gracyn is the daughter of Walker and Beth Ann Blackburn. Jon Wilson is the Gainesville FFA adviser.
Gainesville High School health services students, from left, Payton Hubbard, Lisa Burke, Kellie Thomas, Shai Meek and Martha Wood, pictured with instructor Britni Davis, earned their Certified Nursing Assistant accreditation after passing the CNA exam Monday, April 30. “Most of these students are...
Gainesville student volunteers who helped with weigh-in at the recent Verne Cubbage Memorial Bass Tournament were, from left: Jaima DeVries, Javy Rosas, Will Uchtman, Eli Amyx and Blakely Morrison.
Mark Sanders of Ava won first place with an 18.4-pound catch in the 12th annual Verne Cubbage Bass Tournament March 31 out of Pontiac Cove Marina. Second place was won by Brad Welsh of Festus and Brandon Williams of Cape Girardeau with 17.4 pounds. Third place was won by Wyatt Grisham and Ray...
Airman First Class Rylen Wynn recently completed technical training at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, and now is based at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, where he serves as an F-16 crew chief, responsible for the complete maintenance on the entire aircraft, including launch...
Gainesville students Emilie McKinzie, left, and Natalie Kiger were named to the 2018 Summit Conference all-tournament softball team.
The Gainesville FFA chapter placed second in the parliamentary procedure leadership development event recently at the 90th Missouri FFA Convention. Team members are, front row from left: Jaima DeVries , Blakely Morrison, Hunter Webb and Madison Trivett. Back: Cole Hershberger, Will Uchtman and...
GHS FFA adviser Jon Wilson and Wyatt Wilson
Wyatt Wilson of Ava, received the second-place Missouri FFA Beef Production Placement Proficiency Award April 19 at the 90th Missouri FFA Convention.Wilson, a senior at Gainesville High School, is the son of Jon and April Wilson. He is a member of the Gainesville FFA Chapter. His chapter adviser...
Gainesville FFA officers and their adviser, Jon Wilson, attending Sunday service at Gainesville Church of Christ so they could surprise preacher Halbert Smith with the honorary American FFA Degree, the highest degree awarded by the national FFA. From left: Madison Trivitt, Blakely Morrison, Peyton Donley, Natlie Kiger, Halbert, Wyatt Wilson, Jaima DeVries, Will Uchtman and Hunter Webb.
Gainesville Church of Christ preacher Halbert Smith wasn’t surprised to see eight students wearing FFA jackets in his congregation Sunday. His wife, Vicki, has been helping train the Gainesville High School FFA parliamentary procedure team that will soon be participating in the upcoming state...
Masons Bobby Grisham, left, and Robbie Acklin, center, present checks to Dora faculty members Crystal Leroy, left, and Ginny Robinson, who oversee the snack pack program, and school counselor Amelia Menz, right.
Robert Burns Masonic Lodge in Gainesville has awarded another round of gifts to Dora and Gainesville schools through its Needy Child partnership with the Missouri Masonic Home. Gifts given to the Lodge for the program and funds raised through its sales of popcorn at school events are matched by the...
David Burks was the winner of the recent Care to Learn fundraiser raffle in which Nash & Sons donated the prize of winner’s choice of $500 cash or a LR Henry Golden Boy .22 rifle for the raffle. Burks chose the rifle. The raffle raised $1,276 for the Gainesville Care to Learn Chapter, which...