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Youth ages 5-19 that are interested in poultry and/or rabbits are invited to join Fur & Feather Classes at the 4-H Center in Tyndall! We plan to hold monthly classes to help 4-H youth with their small animal projects. We will have lots of fun as we learn about the selection, care, breeding and exhibition of rabbits and poultry.
Read moreBlizzards, tornadoes, and floods are a few of the natural hazards that strike this part of the country. Events like this have the potential of causing thousands of dollars annually in damage to property. To lessen the impact of these disasters in the future, Bon Homme County is beginning the process of updating its current Disaster Mitigation Plan.
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AHS Drama Club traveled to Mitchell on Tuesday, January 26th where they competed in the Regional One Act Competition. We were able to secure 2nd place, which means we advanced to the State One-Act Festival. They performed on Saturday, February 6th in Brookings (results were not available at time of publication.) Actors who do an outstanding job are given a Superior Actor Medal. In order to earn this medal, an actor has to be deemed superior by at least 2 out of 3 judges. Avon had 4 actors receive this medal at the regional contest. Noah Watchorn and Rachael DeJong were nominated by all three judges, while Caleb Wallinga and Haleigh Tjeerdsma were nominated by two judges. Other actors nominated by one judge, but not receiving awards included Haley Gillette, Kley Heumiller and Kiara Driesen.
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No South Dakotan alive today shook the hand of our first governor, Arthur Mellette, or stood with Valentine McGillycuddy atop Black Elk Peak. But we can still gain insight into the men and women who helped shape our state through the people who study and portray them today as historical re-enactors.
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Allow me to throw a little history at you today. It’s about what was unquestionably the greatest hunt ever in the history of the Dakota Territory. I’m neither a historian nor an authority on Sioux Indian culture, but I do have a personal copy of James McLaughlin’s My Friend the Indian that was given to me by my grandmother in 1954. From that volume I’ll paraphrase McLaughlin’s account of the buffalo hunt on the Standing Rock reservation.
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