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AvonAmericanLegionAuxiliaryUnit150willmeetTuesday, September 19th, at 7 p.m. at the Avon Public Library. Hostess is Peggy Eggers.
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Local champions of the Pitch, Hit & Run contest were: Beau Tolsma, Colt Wolf, Devonne Sesler, Daxton Fathke, Cowan Wolf and Haven Haenfler The following three were localchampionsandselected to participate in the Team championshipseitherinKansas City or St. Louis: Haven Haenfler, Whitley Wolf and Rilyn Thury.
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The Avon Swim team held a Football Tailgate supper Friday, September 8th from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. before the Avon vs. Gayville -Volin home football game. They served walking tacos, homemade desserts and drinks. It was a free-will donation. Coach Becky Haenfler and the swim team parents appreciate Bryce Voigt for donating the chips for the walking tacos. It was a very successful fundraiser, the team raised almost half of their goal. The teams next fundraiser will be coming up yet this month; they will be selling cookie dough.
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The Avon Junior High Volleyball A team participated in the Great Plains Conference tournament on September 9th. The Great Plains Conference is made up of 12 teams including Burke, Tripp-Delmont/Armour, Scotland, Gayville-Volin, Centerville, Alcester-Hudson, Corsica-Stickney, Andes Central/Dakota Christian, Avon, Colome, Freeman Academy/Marion and Marty. The tournament began with pool play. Avon won all three matches during this part of the tournament.
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Read moreAvon Pirates met up with Alcester/Hudson September 7th where they suffered the tough loss 2-3.
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On July 4, 1939 Lou Gehrig said these famous words at Yankee Stadium, “For the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break that I got. Yet today I considermyself theluckiestmanonthefaceof theearth.” The bad break he was referring to was the diagnosis of a condition that would become synonymous with him - a neuromuscular condition called Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). ALS is a disease which causes motor nerves in the brain and spinal cord to break down. This reduces the nerves ability to control muscle function leading the muscle to weaken, twitch, and waste away. As the disease progresses it slowly impairs the person’s ability to walk, talk, swallow, and breathe.
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