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Carter Fillaus of Avon has been named to the Southeast Technical College (Sioux Falls) President's List for the Fall 2020 Semester. Students earning this recognition must be seeking a degree and have a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher for the term.
Read moreFeeding South Dakota food distribution will be held Wednesday, December 30 at the Scotland Community Church at 8:45 a.m.; the Tyndall Fire Hall at 10:30 a.m. and at the Avon Fire Hall at 12 noon. The date has changed this month due to the Christmas holiday.
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The Avon Oral Interpretation Team was awarded one of the Class B Team Excellence Awards at the State Oral Interpretation Festival. Reese Powers and Makayla Kopp received a “Superior” rating and gold meal for their duet “Science: No Boys Allowed.” Sarah Swier received a “Superior” rating and gold medal for her Storytelling piece “Katie and Her Best Friend.” Reece Loewe also competed with the serious prose piece “Magic Shoes.” The highest award an individual at the State Festival can receive is a “Superior” rating and gold medal. The highest team award at the State Festival is the Team Excellence Award. Pictured are, from left: Sarah Swier, Reece Loewe, Makayla Kopp and Reese Powers. Courtesy Photo
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Around the third week in January, Haleigh Tjeerdsma, Haden Cahoy, Rachael DeJong, Kiara Driesen, Haley Gillette, Christian Doom, Noah Watchorn, Caleb Wallinga, and Erica Cahoy will perform at the Region One-Act Play competition in Mitchell, SD at the Pepsi-Cola theater.
Read moreAs the countdown to Christmas is getting shorter, the plans with families are started. Our usual Christmas tradition of getting all the siblings together and having a big supper. Then we sit down in the living room and open all of our presents on Christmas Eve. After all the presents are open, we do a white elephant gift exchange with just the siblings. The gift idea is based on the letter of the alphabet my dad puts on the cow tags. This year our letter is H.
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Aaden wakes up for school at 7:00 a.m. every morning. In school his favorite subject is science. He thinks school is okay, but it’s not his favorite. After school, he goes home and does one of his favorite hobbies, plays video games. Another one of Aaden’s favorite hobbies is playing sports; his favorite is soccer.
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