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Andes Central FFA traveled to Huron for an Animal Judging CDE event.

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.

By Alyssa Mathis The Wagner High School National Honor Society (NHS) held their annual new member induction ceremony on Tuesday, March 19th in the Wagner Community School theater. The ceremony began with the welcome given by senior member and NHS President, Jennifer Barnett.

One of this week’s featured WCS seniors is Bain Kuhlman. He is the son of Jeff and Rhonda Kuhlman. During his high school years at Wagner Community School, Bain has been involved in several extra-curricular activities including chorus (four years), FFA (three years) and football (four years).

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.

Congratulations to all Bon Homme Youth wrestlers on a successful season!!

Back in December, when I gave my annual Budget Address to the state legislature, I told them that we had to remember our core function as the state governments. I told them that we needed to prioritize people, not projects.

During our most recent family movie night, we watched one of my favorites: Encanto. At one point in the movie, a character who has been gifted supernatural strength confesses that she fears she will crumble under the weight of all that is expected from her.