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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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AVON POWER LIFTERS PARTICIPATE IN SALEM MEET
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10 Years Ago - Jan. 16, 2013 Services were held for Mildred Ishmael of Springfield on January 14.
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 Sious Falls, and Jr High and High School students from area schools. We welcome any new members who would love to joinusinsongandlookingforwardtoseeingallthereturningmembers. ThisyearsCantatawillbe'Echoesof Easter' arranged by Cliff Duran, Cap Kirkland & Phil Nitz. The first practice is scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 29th at 2 pm. Practices will be located at the First Baptist Church in Avon.
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2022 Bon Homme County Farmer of the Year Award Tyler and Brittany Van Winkle
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On January 10 the Freshmen class of 2026 participated in the annual Avera CPR training, which is a requirement in order to graduate from Avon High School. CPR is an essential skill to learn before you enter the real world. During the session, the students learned hands only CPR, as well as how to perform the abdominal thrust. One student, Jacob Ratzlaff, says his favorite part of learning how to perform CPR was obtaining the knowledge of how to save someone's life. Jacob also states that learning how to perform CPR on a baby or infant child applies in his own life, since he has four younger siblings in his family. We also interviewed Al’shamon Meyers and he said his favorite part of CPR training, was getting the compression beat on track to keep the dummy alive.
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