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Avon volleyball seniors and their parents were recognized during their game on Friday night, October 25th. Senior members of the Avon Pirates volleyball team are Macy Voigt, Kaeli Wallinga, Karlie DeVries, Kinley Doom and Lila Vanderlei.

The month of October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. According to Cancer.org, in 2024, there will be an estimated 310,720 new cases of invasive breast cancer in women and 2,790 new cases in men. Breast cancer is the most common cancer found in American women after nonmelanoma skin cancer.

What do warts, pap smears, cervical cancer, head and neck cancer, and a vaccine all have in common? Three letters: HPV Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common virus that can cause growths on skin and mucous membranes.

When I first met Adam Grimm earlier this summer, he was a two-time winner of the Federal Duck Stamp Contest. Since then, he’s made it three, winning the 2024 contest with an amazing acrylic painting of spectacled eiders.

Early on Saturday, October 19, the Wagner Oral Interp team loaded up and headed to Brandon Valley to compete in the BV Speaking Lynx Tournament. This competition included over 330 participants, from schools that are in Class AA, A, and B. Wagner brought our 6 competitors, ready for the challenge!

Wagner competed in the Bon Homme competition on Friday, October 25! All students performed well and came away with some awards, highlighted by Presley Slaba, scoring a Superior Plus in Storytelling, the only competitor that day to do so in that category!

Wagner Oral Interp was split on Thursday, October 17, as half the team traveled to Region Cross Country and the other half competed in the Lennox Oral Interp Invitational! Macee Stimpson, Samuel Kafka, and Portlyn Jones all competed in Lennox.