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With the school year coming to an end, students anticipated the arrival of elephants, acrobats and clowns! The Shrine Circus could be found at the World’s Only Corn Palace Monday through Wednesday, April 25-27.
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Book-It winners (not in order of picture) are Brynn Baade, Dayton Brandt, Gideon Den Herder, Daniel Eben, Addisyn Fathke, Haven Haenfler, Gabe Johnson, Mason Johnson, Oaklie Petrik, Josie Schloss, Lucy Schloss, Beckett Schultz, Stetson Van Duysen, Tyson Voigt, Cowan Wolf, Brynlee Odens, Oakleigh Van Duysen, Bronc Cihak, Dawson Ratzlaff, Dax Fathke, Hudson Sees, Isaac Wynia, Reed DeJong, Stella Ratzlaff, Rex Baade, Haley Brandt, and Kaylee DeJong, Keira Fathke, Shaeleigh Grant, Emersyn Haenfler, Cameron Remirez, Nicholas Schryvers, Remington Van Duysen, Greger Voigt, Colt Wolf, Whitley Wolf, Connor DenHerder.
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On April 1, the first graders and Mrs. Kuhlman started incubating their chicks, no “fooling!” Mrs. Benita Kuhlamn said, “We put them in on April Fools day and 28 chicks hatched on Earth Day!” They received their eggs from Michael and Amanda Ratzlaff. Zoey Sassaman said, “We learned that the chicks are very delicate, and we also learned the life cycle of a chicken!”
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Paden Long was born on March 13, 2003, to Lance and Stacey Long. He has two siblings, Hanah Long (older) and Conor Long (younger).
Read moreReece Loewe is currently a senior at Avon High School with plans to attend South Dakota State University in the upcoming fall. In January, Loewe applied for the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Scholarship. The opportunity was offered to her by Ms. Saddi Wynia, the school guidance counselor. Essentially, the scholarship requires applicants to type a timed essay. The topic of the essay is unknown to the applicant until it is time to apply. Loewe had two hours to complete the essay and it needed to be a minimum of 500 words.
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When I was in high school, I played a lot of golf at Lake Region Golf Course, a pretty nine-hole course near Lake Poinsett. It featured few water hazards and no sand traps, but there was a barber pole on the long par-5 fifth hole. Golfers had to stay to the left as they navigated the dogleg right, otherwise it was a penalty. I always thought was a quirky feature. Then a few years ago we did a story on some of South Dakota’s most unusual golf courses, and I discovered far more idiosyncrasies on the links all over the state.
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