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North Point Recreation Area held their North Pole at North Point event Friday and Saturday. Saturday Santa and Mrs. Claus paid a visit. They also had hayrides and many activities at each cabin including crafts, hot cider, letters to Santa and soldiers.

Santa made his stop at the Wagner Theater Sunday, December 19th. The Theatre had a free movie playing for the kids with popcorn and pop. The chamber turkey drawing was also announced and 18 lucky winners received turkeys.

The Wagner Rotary Club met on Wednesday, December 15th for its regular weekly meeting with no guests present and Pastor Laurie Kidd offering a prayer for the beautiful sunshiny day. She asked for help for all those who were not present due to illness.

Friday, December 17th, many community members lined main street to watch the Wagner Parade of Lights. It was sponsored by Custom Touch, Sip Homestead Farms, Buches, Commercial State Bank, Bouza Construction and Lumberyard.

This last Friday, Avon had reports of six or more inches in and around town. This weeks early warmer than normal temperatures will help melt most of it before temperatures drop again.

Friday, December 10th we had our first snowfall of the winter. Wagner City workers were up before the sun Monday morning to clear the city streets. Photo by Barb Pechous

Congratulations to the Avon Oral Interp Team on their success at the State Oral Interpretation Festival in Huron. Of the seven events, the Avon District qualified six events for the State Festival. The following students received gold medals for receiving a superior rating during the competition.

Congratulations to Tyler Tjeerdsma for winning the 126 pound class in the Top of the Rock Tournament in Dell Rapids. Courtesy Photo.

Above are the Avon high school wrestlers from the BHSA Wrestling team that competed at the first meet in Wagner on December 2: Brady Bierema, Alshamon Gunter and Tyler Tjeerdsma. Photo by Barb Pechous.