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I am planning to go to Kentucky for a couple weeks in July. I am doing a volunteer mission trip with the Christian Appalachian Project (CAP). People from many denominations will be volunteering there. They do a variety of programs including home repair, early childhood education, hunger relief, and elderly services. I will be working in the kitchen, cooking three meals a day, and delivering bag lunches at noon to the construction crews. I will also be visiting older people in their homes, encouraging them, and also telling them of my faith in Christ. This area is one of the poorest in the United States. I have invited members of my church to donate SCHOOL SUPPLIES and/or SHOES for me to hand out there. I would also like to ask you to consider helping in that way also. Just give me a call and I can meet you in Avon (286-3404). A couple high school girls are getting some forms filled out to go out there with me. I feel this will be a wonderful experience for us and will open our eyes to help us realize how blessed we are.
Read moreThe LifeServe Blood Center blood drive held in Avon on Thursday, May 27, had a fantastic turn-out! 24 donors registered and 25 units of life saving blood was donated. Thank you to everyone that came out to help boost the LOCAL blood supply! The units donated at the blood drive can help save up to 75 lives! A special thanks to Dave and Sandy Brandt and Zion Lutheran Church for sponsoring and hosting the blood drive.
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Bob Hanson knew all about Yankton’s history. Fortunately, he was also a mason, so whenever he came to inspect the nearly 150-year-old bricks of the Pennington House — the home of Dakota Territory Gov. John Pennington and today the publishing headquarters for South Dakota Magazine — he always had a story.
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I was sitting in my beach chair on vacation soaking up the sun when I overheard the couple next to me sounding concerned. They were throwing out lots of big medical terms but were very confused and said that they did not understand anything that they read on this MRI report. I turned to them, apologized for eavesdropping, and introduced myself as a physician. I offered to “translate” what the radiologist report said, and they gladly accepted.
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As I much enjoy experiencing my 80th year, I think it only natural to ask myself, “If I had it to do over again, is there anything I would have done differently?”
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Avon Teeners picked up their 1st victory of the season beating Gayville 15 to 7 in Avon on Monday May 31st. Tyler Tjeerdsma went the distance on the hill, pitching seven innings and striking out five. Leading hitters were Landon Mudder with a single and a double, Tyler T. with two singles, Devon Rucktaeschel with a single, Trevor Eggers with a double, Gunnar Voigt with a single, Aziah Meyer with a double and a single, and Jaydon Driesen with a double.
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Friday, June 4th, Lake Andes held their annual Fish Day's Queen and Lil' Miss Fishy Contest. The 2021 Fish days queen was Kea'Ona Doren, First runner up was Emma Hofer-Stotz and Lil' Miss Fishy went to Addisyn Deurmier. More photos from the contest on page 5. Photos by Darci Bultje
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