Local News
PV schools get package deal
When the Pauls Valley school district hired six new instructors for the current academic year, the new staff included the tandem teaching team of Jake and Ashley Deviney.
Jake is teaching sixth grade science at Lee Elementary School and one seventh grade science class at the junior high school. In addition, he helps coach football and wrestling at the junior high and high school levels.
Jake’s wife, Ashley, began teaching this year on the south side of town as a third grade teacher at Jackson Elementary School.
Though the two instructors relocated here after first-year teaching jobs in Texas, they are not new to Garvin County.
“My father, Dean, is from Wynnewood and my mother, Karrie, is from Pauls Valley. I was born and raised in Pauls Valley and graduated here in 2004 before attending ECU,” Ashley said.
“I was born in Maysville and went to school there from kindergarten through 12th grade,” Jake said. “My dad, Roy, and mom, Rhonda, are both from Maysville. I graduated in 2003 and went to both ECU and ORU.”
Ashley and Jake share a common excitement when it comes to the teaching profession.
From a very early age she knew she wanted to be a teacher and Ashley says she is thrilled every time she helps a student learn something new.
Jake echoed a similar comment saying, “I love it when kids finally grasp a new concept. You have said it to them several times, then suddenly you see it click.”
The couple’s favorite pastimes include going out for a weekly “date night” and taking part in their church fellowship group, “Saturday Night Live.”
- Local News
-
-
Pugs and Cream
-
County 911 is now online
The switch was turned on and tests calls made as Wednesday became day number one for Garvin County’s brand new enhanced 911 emergency telephone system.
-
Holiday hunt for drunk drivers
It’s won’t be a holiday this weekend for law enforcement, which includes Pauls Valley’s police department already on the hunt as part of a national campaign focused on finding drunk drivers.
The campaign for the Labor Day weekend is called “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest.” -
Meet the Panthers
-
Rhodes: I’m right for the job
Larry Rhodes is following his dream of running to be the sheriff in Garvin County.
-
Garvin County harvest update
When it comes to measuring how successful a harvest is going, there have been far worse yield years than 2010.
-
Help still sought
Garvin County authorities are still seeking help from the public in their effort to identify one of two suspects in a recent burglary attempt.
-
A Rose is a Rose
-
Liquor vote to come in November
An already hotly contested liquor by the drink issue will be decided just a bit sooner than expected after all three Garvin County commissioners voted Monday to turn down an offer by supporters to pay for the costs of an election.
-
Health challenge set for Round 2
Round two is this week for the start of a fun kind of health program designed to help Pauls Valley residents lose some weight together.
It's called the Measure Up with Main Street Pauls Valley Health and Fitness Challenge. - More Local News Headlines
-
