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Avon School District will have a new superintendent, Paul Kuhlman, starting July 1st for the 2024-2025 school year. After 32 years of teaching in Avon, Paul has decided to make the transition from teaching to a school administrator.

Rodd Holman is being honored as this month’s Veteran of the Month. Holman is a Veteran of the Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan, the War on Terror, and Operation Enduring Freedom. Holman entered the Navy on May 17th of 1986 and served until October 1st of 2006.

Thank you everyone who attended the Library Open house on Wed. February 7th. I would like to personally thank Evelyn Conn and Janet Evans who volunteered their time to help with clean up of the building after construction and helped to organize and clean various items from the former library.

10 Years Ago – 2014 The Andes Central elementary student council made a donation of $250 each to the Lake Andes Health Care Center residents, Dakota Senior Meals Program and the Fort Randall Pink Ladies.

The fifth week has concluded, and only four weeks remain in the 99th Legislative Session. In the Senate, we have passed monumental wins that are tough on crime, fair on justice, and add protections for victims. Senate Bill 9 is a bill that I brought forward very early in the session.

After spirited and emotional debate in the House State Affairs Committee, resolution HCR 6008 was passed out of committee. This resolution opposes an initiated measure to place the right to an abortion in the constitution of South Dakota.

I confess that occasionally even doctors get squeamish. Or perhaps more honestly, this doctor does. My personal list has gotten pretty short, but one of the things that still makes me squirm is something I nevertheless frequently recommend to my patients.