LOCAL COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY CONTAGIOUS VIRUSES
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When someone thinks of homesteading, they visualize a simpler time with no technology, traveling using horses and wagons and living off the land. Homesteading originated from the Homestead Act of 1862, when the government enticed people to move west by giving them the right to claim 162 acres of land. Homesteading once again became mainstream in the 1990s asthegogreenmovementgained momentum interweaving with homesteading to create a new type of homesteading with a goal of self-sufficiency, resourcefulness and eating less processed foods. Who would have thought that homesteading would once again be a lifestyle trend. In our area, nestled six miles directly north of the Avon City limits on 406th Avenue is one version of a modern homestead, Tiny Acres Homestead.
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From the Files of the Lake Andes Wave
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After 74 years of service to the Wagner Community Memorial Hospital – Avera, the hospital auxiliary will be dissolving as of February 26th at their final meeting. The Wagner Hospital Auxiliary was first established in January of 1951 with the only requirements for membership being paying yearly dues and having an interest in the hospital. The Tyndall Hospital Auxiliary helped the Wagner chapter establish their Constitution and By-laws, which included their mission statement. The mission of the auxiliary is to “be a united endeavor of the members to establish and promote the interests and general welfare of the Wagner Community Memorial Hospital.” The Wagner Hospital Auxiliary is one of only seven hospital auxiliaries left in South Dakota, the other units are Burke, Rapid City, Huron, Redfield, Mobridge and Aberdeen.
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