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Following a year of COVID affected events, musicians from around the state are anticipating All-State Choir in Rapid City. For Autumn Schultz’s ninth consecutive year of directing the Avon Choir, four students have been selected for that honor!
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With the season past the midpoint, the last two weeks have revealed a turning point for the Pirates. On September 17, they defeated the Burke Cougars with a score of 58-36; however, during the game, Avon sophomore Noah Watchorn suffered a broken leg, and sophomore Caleb Wallinga tore his calf.
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On September 25, the Avon cross country team ran at Platte for their sixth meet of the season. The course that Platte set up for the runners was at Lake Platte Golf Club which was tucked into a little valley making the course full of hills. The team had eight runners at the meet with none of them placing top twenty. The varsity girls placed top thirty, the junior varsity boys placed top thirty and the varsity boys placed top sixty.
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Motivation can sometimes push students to work beyond their norm. The Summer Reading Program offered (for the fourth year in a row) the incentive of a Sioux Falls trip to Barnes & Noble if they read eight books and filled out a sheet for the Summer Reading Program. They also had to fill out graphic organizers and do projects for each book.
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On September 22, the third grade class put their science skills to the test. They did an experiment on animal adaptations. The lesson for this experiment was about how plants have specific abilities to adapt to what is around them. Animals also have different body parts to aid in this adaptation.
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No one is really sure who released the first pheasants in South Dakota, but the city of Redfield certainly has to be given credit for the first successful release. That was in 1908. A Sturgis newspaper account notes that around 1900 the first birds were put out in Meade County, and nothing further was written about that particular release.
Read moreIn response to the severe drought conditions in the West and Great Plains, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced its plans to help cover the cost of transporting feed for livestock that rely on grazing. USDA is updating the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP) to immediately cover feed transportation costs for drought impacted ranchers. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will provide more details and tools to help ranchers get ready to apply at their local USDA Service Center later this month at fsa.usda.gov/ elap.
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