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Most people have heard of the iconic Kevin Costner movie, “Dances with Wolves”. “Dances with Wolves” was a western adventure movie that was released over 30 years ago in 1990. The movie stars Kevin Costner as a Civil War soldier that develops a relationship with a band of Lakota Native Americans. After spending time with the Lakota, Costner’s character, Lieutenant Dunbar, decides to leave the life that he knows behind and travel with the Lakota. This iconic movie was originally set to be filmed in Kansas, but after the director and producers saw the buffalo at the Triple U Buffalo Ranch in central South Dakota, they changed the filming site.
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McKenna Kocmich placed 1st at the Burke/Platte-Geddes invite at Dakota Trails golf course last week with an 82! Congratulations Kenna! Courtesy Photo
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AVON PRESCHOOL PRESENT CIRCUS
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GOLD STANDARD PIRATES OF THE WEEK
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Explorers Credit Union of Yankton teamed up with the South Dakota Department of Labor to bring the Bite of Reality Simulationtothehighschool studentsofAvon.Theeventtook placeattheAvongymnasiumon Wednesday,May1,from10a.m. until 11:30 p.m. Avon Chamber of Commerce members, Deb Voigt and Nyla Raysby, scheduled 14 community volunteers to assist with the simulation.
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May Day has become a forgotten tradition. On this day neighbors may leave baskets of flowers on each others doorstep, a popular tradition in the 19th and 20th century. AmyBeesonandDixieJurrens withPiratePrepChildcareare helpingcarryonthistradition. They took the children around town to local businesses and houses to deliver May Day baskets to 37 people. Their act of kindnessbrightenedeveryones day! Courtesy photos.
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The Andes Central senior class decided to end their year with one final gift bestowed upon their fellow students and the school staff. Senior class members came to school early Thursday, May 2nd armed with trucks and trailers to block off as much of the student and staff parking lot as they possibly could. They then set up a tent in the middle of the lot and decided to cook themselves breakfast while watching both the students and staff struggle to figure out how to park as they normally would. The staff did return the favor to several seniors by plastic wrapping their vehicles making it impossible for them to open their doors until the wrap was removed.
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