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Avon's 1st and 2nd grade flag football had an enjoyable season competing in Yankton on Monday and Tuesday nights. They finished with a record of 3-3, which is great for how young they are! Looking forward to watching them improve each year!
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What really happens in the soil when it is tilled or overgrazed? Jennifer Fischer demonstrated to the students of Avon and Bon Homme as well as neighbors and friends thepowerofsymbioticrelationships and the consequences in the amazing life underground. The interactive exercise included Jasmine Ruelas Hertz portrayedaBigBluestemplant as she shared sugar (candy) with other 'plants'[students] as they offered her nutrients in exchange for the candy. The importance of diversity was emphasized as each of the different 'plants' [students] provided moresucculentnutrients to Jasmine. As Jasmine was encircled with willing diverse plants [students], mycorrhizal fungi, depicted with yarn, crisscrossedtheneighborhood sharing nutrients with all the plants [students]. Then along came Declan Miner, depicting tillage equipment, and shattered the beneficial bacterial andfungalmutuallybeneficial neighborhood connections!
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The Sweet Clover 4-H club met on October 6, at 6 p.m. The Brandt family hosted.
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The Post Prom Committee and Avon/Dante Pink Ladies presented a check to Rick and Mary Hurd during Friday's football game from proceeds raised from pink shirt sales and the Avon/Dante Pink Ladies who made a matching donation to the cause. Mary and Rick have two daughters, Elizabeth (Matt) Edney and Sara (Brian) Hammell and seven grandchildren.
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The Awana Clubs at First Baptist Church will again be having their Trick or Treat So Others Can Eat event this year on Wednesday, October 30. Between the times of 6:30 pm and 8:00 pm they will be going through the streets of Avon collecting items to be taken to the Bon Homme Food Pantry in Tyndall. Items that are currently in greater need are: cereal (hot or cold), personal care items (toothpaste and brushes, shampoo), taco fixings, canned fruits and vegetables, canned meats, pasta and sauces, paper products, and ketchup. If you have items you would like the children to pick up, please have a light on at your door and they will stop. If you will not be home and would like to donate you may leave your items in the entry of First Baptist Church anytime on October 30. The Food Pantry has been amazed and appreciative of the generosity of the people of Avon in response to this event. Thank you for your participation.
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