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ANDES CENTRAL FFA AT THE STATE FAIR
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Local Lake Andes man, Harold Miller turned 93 years old this past Saturday September 9th. There was a birthday party held in his honor on September 9th at the Inside Scoop. This year also happens to be the 25-year anniversary since Harold coached a Midgets team to a second-place finish in the Little Missouri Valley League. The birthday party was open to the community and the past players from the Midgets baseball team and their families were all invited. There were about 55 party goers in attendance for Harold’s big day. Jason Laska was the only member of the Midget’s team to come out to celebrate.
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The 2023 Andes Central/ Dakota Christian Lady Thunder volleyball team is coached by head coach, Chris Derry, and assistant coaches Josie DeHaan, and Lisa Foley. Coach Derry has been coaching for 20 years and this will be his 5th year coaching volleyball. The Thunder return six seniors to the roster Onaka Doren, Aubrey Gray, Claire Johnson, Bria Severson, Abigail Svatos and Hannah Tronvold. Juniors include Josie Brouwer, Mahpiya Irving, Syrianna Never Miss A Shot and Gabriella Olson. Katelyn Davorak, Rory Kiyukan, Halle Olson, Cambria Ronfeldt and Gracie Ronfeldt are the sophomores on the team. Finally, there are 10 incoming freshmen Kylie Archambeau, Callie Bergin, Marin Bultje, Felicity Davis, Audrey DeHaan, Madeline Derry, Adara Hopkins, Madelyn Janis, Cheyenne Siems and Madeline Waetermans.
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Tuesday, September 5th Andes Central Dakota Christian Thunder Cross Country team traveled to Scotland to compete in their meet. Eilie DeHaan 19th place In varsity race (5,000 M). 25:05.31. Middle school girls (2,000 M): Out of 40 entries Makayla Jones placed 13th (10:12.49), Carmela Gravatt and Kora Backes were 20th and 21st with times of 10:28.61 and 10:30.44 respectively. On the boys side, there were 31 competitors. Renner DeHaan and Tristan Backes were 15th and 16th with times of 9:25.97 and 9:26.8 respectively. James Derry finished 20th with a time of 9:38.3.
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The Siouxland Women’s Magazine is a monthly publication that features local human-interest articles and storiesfeaturingbeauty,family and fashion. The September 2023issuefeaturesaninterview with local Avon artist, Johnny Swatek. He is the September issue’s featured artist. The interview includes twelve questions rangingfromcreativeinfluences andpaintinghabitstofamous people he would like to have dinner with and things on his bucket list. The article also displays several beautiful paintings created by Johnny. One of the most interesting questions asked of Johnny was how he would want to be remembered. Swatek’s response was, “More than anything else, I’d like to be remembered as the painter who never stopped learning, who constantly strived to be better and who always gave my clients the memories they were hoping for”.
Read moreFall is the polishing time. Why? Your guess is as good as mine. For some reason, the spirit that guides us made our experiences in fall the peak of the year’s efforts.
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