Dora pastor leads wounded veterans in getting a real ‘Ozarks experience’


A group of 11 wounded veterans were brought to the Ozarks by the Roever Evangelistic Association to float the Current River on a trip organized and led by Don Hamby, pastor of Family Life Church in Dora.

A group of wounded veterans from as far away as Alaska and North Carolina got a taste of Ozarks hospitality a few weeks ago as they floated 28 miles on the Current Riv

The results of Donna Walker’s lifetime love of fabrics is now on display at the Historium


Ozark County native Donna Walker, a 90-something “fabric hound,” pieced her first hand-sewn quilt when she was 10 years old in 1937. Here, she holds a hand-pieced and hand-sewn Dresden plate quilt, one of many handmade quilts in her collection. This one, a family heirloom, is not included in the Historium display.

Donna Walker is a self-proclaimed “fabric hound.” When the Ava resident gathered a sampling of her personal collection of quilts to share with the Ozark County Histori

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