A huge thank you to Lake Andes Coop Elevator, Charles Mix Farm Bureau Insurance, and Farm Bureau Financial Service/Pat Westendorf for the donations to purchase a grain bin Rescue Auger.
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1st through 6th grade students at Andes Central participated in the school's annual Spelling Bee on Tuesday, February 8th , 2022. The spelling bee consisted of two parts: a written test of 35 words and an oral contest. Medals were awarded to the first three places in each grade level. The first and second place winners will attend the Missouri Valley Regional Spelling Bee which will be held in Gregory, SD on February 23rd.
Read moreThe Wagner Chamber of Commerce held their monthly meeting on Monday, Feb. 7 at the Wagner Theater meeting room and the topic of discussion involved what the future could hold for the senior class students. The central focus of the meeting included a basic explanation of the Build Dakota Scholarship program and the opportunities it presents for students and for local businesses and the community as a whole. The Build Dakota Scholarship represents a “full ride scholarship”, which provides all of a students tuition, books, tools and fees to attend a technical college in South Dakota. This special scholarship brings a business partner and student together and encourages the student to return to the community after technical college training is completed.
Read moreConrad and Erma Meyer were visitors on Saturday in the home of her brother, Ron and Carla Jelsma of Armour.
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Reese Powers (Charles Mix County) received the Touchstone Energy Scholarship for November 8, and Katie Gretschmann (Bon Homme) received the Touchstone Energy Scholarship for January 27.
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Last week the Avon drama department went to Rapid City with their play The Empty Chair for the State One-Act Play Festival. They left on Wednesday with a farewell tunnel around 3:00 and went to Rapid City in a five-hour road trip. The department stayed in the La Quinta Inn with a water park. The competition took place in the Rapid City Central High School.
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Vocal Director Autumn Schultz has been teaching her fourth grade elementary students how to play the ukuleles this school year. She recently decided to have them play the National Anthem at the home double header basketball game on February 1 when the Pirates took on the Menno Wolves. The third graders did the singing while the fourth grade got to show their talents and skills on playing the ukuleles.
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a novel detailing a dystopian society that is forbidden from reading books. In his research, Bradbury found that 451 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which these “illegal” books burn, inspiring him to create Guy Montag, his book-burning protagonist turned book reading hero. With this loss of knowledge comes questions about the morality of our society. The Avon High School junior class has been reading the novel as well as participating in moral dilemma discussions twice a week.
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