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The Avon School Board will be holding an election to select two of the five candidates running for a three-year term on the board. The election will be held on April 9th from 7:00 a.m. until7:00p.m. Thepollingplace oftheAvonSchoolDistrictwill beheldattheAvonCommunity Fire Hall. The five candidates runningforthetwoopenschool board positions are Bridgette Muller, Matthew Grant, Joe Paulsen, Annie Thury, and Craig Vanderlei. Let us meet the candidates and see where each stand on issues facing the Avon School District. With the Avon School District and its students being the heart of the community, it is important to get to know a little bit about the candidates,whattheystandfor, the issues they feel are important, and what they see in terms of the future for the school.
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The 5th and 6th graders put on a book parade and Presidential Wax Museum March 19th from 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Wagner Community School Auxiliary gym. The 5th graders did a book parade. Each student read a book and then was asked to highlight certain parts of the story and create a book ball. At the event, the students shared what book they read and talked about different aspects of the book. The 6th graders put on a Presidential Wax Museum where each student did a presentation on an individual United State’s President. Their presentations included facts about each president, pictures, etc. all neatly put together on a large poster board. Again, people could stop at each student’s table and ask questions or engage with the students about their chosen president.
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Andes Central FFA traveled to Redfield on March 1st for the first Career Development Event (CDE) competition of the season. At this competition the Horse Judging team made up of Riata Bultje, Marin Bultje and Callie Bergin finished third as a team and qualified for the state CDE competition. It was an excellent first competition for the team followed by a 4th place team finish in the next competition at Bridgewater-Emery on March 11th. Here is a little bit more about the three members of the Horse Judging team and what their event all entails.
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Avon High School held their 2024 Prom Saturday March 23rd. Theme was Night at the Luau.
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When you think of South Dakota, you might think about rolling fields of corn and soybeans and hills full of cattle, the Black Hills, or Mount Rushmore. You probably don’t think of the Chinese Communist Party. And that’s a good thing – we don’t want evil foreign governments for our neighbors. We don’t want nations that hate us to be part of our way of life.
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Well, doc,” the patient was telling me, “I get winded so easily now. I can hardly go to the mailbox without stopping to catch my breath. It did not used to be that way. Do you think something is wrong?”
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