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Governor Kristi Noem signed Executive Order 2021-13, which extends the timeframe that hay haulers may move hay to 2 hours before sunrise and 2 hours after sunset.

The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) Commission held their September meeting at Rapid City’s Outdoor Campus West. The commission finalized proposals which will now be up for public comment.

In response to the severe drought conditions in the West and Great Plains, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced its plans to help cover the cost of transporting feed for livestock that rely on grazing.

No one is really sure who released the first pheasants in South Dakota, but the city of Redfield certainly has to be given credit for the first successful release. That was in 1908.

On September 22, the third grade class put their science skills to the test. They did an experiment on animal adaptations. The lesson for this experiment was about how plants have specific abilities to adapt to what is around them. Animals also have different body parts to aid in this adaptation.

Motivation can sometimes push students to work beyond their norm. The Summer Reading Program offered (for the fourth year in a row) the incentive of a Sioux Falls trip to Barnes & Noble if they read eight books and filled out a sheet for the Summer Reading Program.

Following a year of COVID affected events, musicians from around the state are anticipating All-State Choir in Rapid City. For Autumn Schultz’s ninth consecutive year of directing the Avon Choir, four students have been selected for that honor!

Haden Riley Cahoy was born on August 6, 2003, to Kris and Mark Cahoy. He is the oldest child with two siblings, Erica and Mya. Haden’s favorite and best subjects in school are history and English because he likes to read and write. His school activities include drama, cross country, and track.

In the past few weeks Mrs. Benita Kuhlman’s first grade class has been very busy. They have learned all about owls, made owl pictures, did an experiment about owls, and even made owl cupcakes. The first graders learned that there are over two hundred kinds of owls.

Everybody loves to get what they want! The head cook, Angie Ferwerda, and the other cooks at Avon High School make that happen. They allow the seniors every year to pick a meal for one day of the school year.