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The first Rotary meeting of the year 2023 was held on Wednesday, January 11th. The first Wednesday of the year everyone was still digging out from a long blizzard which left us plenty of snow for the remainder of winter. President Rachel Woods called the meeting to order with a weak rap on the Rotary Bell mostly from not having much practice ringing the bell given our bad weather for the previous weeks.
Read moreThe Bon Homme Community Choir will be meeting soon to start preparing for the 2023 Easter Cantata. This is will the 84th year of gathering in the Lords name to tell the Easter Story through narration and song. The Cantata was first organized in 1939 by the Avon School Principal. We will be under the direction of the Avon Choir Director Autumn Schultz once again. The Community choir is made of many members from the surrounding towns, into Nebraska, as far as Sioux Falls, and Jr high and High School students from area schools. We welcome any new members who would love to join us in song and looking forward to seeing all the returning members. This years Cantata will be 'Echoes of Easter' arranged by Cliff Duran, Cap Kirkland & Phil Nitz. The first practice is scheduled for Sunday, January 29th at 2pm. Practices will be located at the First Baptist Church in Avon. With any questions you may have, call or text Mary Driesen at 605-661-1078.
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Meet the new hair stylist at Town and Country Beauty Salon, Lauren Bastemeyer. Lauren is not foreign to Wagner as she grew up here until middle school. Even after moving to Bon Homme she came back to spend many Summers with her grandparents, Jim and Pam Bastemeyer.
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RECENT WEATHER BRINGS THE BEAUTY OF HOAR FROST AND SOME COLD ICE FISHING CONDITIONS
Read moreDakota Dreams College and Beyond is a program from the SDDepartmentof Education. The Dakota Dreams Online Tutoring Program provides free online tutoring to K–12 students in South Dakota in the subjects of English/ Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. Parents can register students for virtual oneon- one tutoring sessions using a simple and secure online platform. Once registered, sessions can either be pre-scheduled or accessed on-demand. All sessions are taught by university students already accepted into the School of Education at Northern State University or Black Hills State University. If you need help registering yourself or if you are the parent/guardian of a child, you would like to register, the library can help you with registration. We have computers available for your child to use any time when the library is open.
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DeVonne “Kelly” Lee Kjellsen age 77 of Brookings, passed away January 1, 2023 at his home under hospice care.
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Brevin DeJong of Platte, son of Jeremiah and Jennifer DeJong is officially a National Guardsman. Brevin graduated from Basic Training October 6th and from AIT's last Wednesday, January4th. Brevin graduated with the honor of Iron Soldier for scoring 570 out of 600 for ACFT (Army Combat Fitness Test) and the title of Sharp Shooter for shooting 34 out of 40. Congratulations Brevin and thank you for your service. Courtesy Photos.
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When I was a young physician, we talked with almost religious zeal about the “Golden Hour.” Early on, this principally focused on the idea that within the first hour after an injury, a patient needed to receive definitive treatment in order to maximize the chances of survival, and recovery. We usually interpreted this to mean that the patient needed to be in the hands of the trauma surgeon before this hour was up. We took ATLS classes so we could make sure that the patient in our emergency room got the best treatment we non-surgeons could provide, until the surgeon could take over.
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