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American Heart Association’s Nation of Lifesavers initiative calls on individuals: “You are the first responder until help arrives”
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On Thursday, January 22nd, the One Act group went to Mitchell to perform their play called And. This play is about how everyone has life problems going on at the same time that we might not know about. The main problem in this play is about a young girl who was assaulted.
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Avon High School Drama Club competed in the Region IV competition on January 22nd in Mitchell. They received 2nd place, which advanced them to the State One Act Festival. Superior Individual ActorAwardswereearnedbyJakeNamminga,LexiVanderlei,Anna Lupi, Ella Hamilton, Kate Swier, and Abby Gretschmann.
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Week 3 of the 2026 Legislature I talked to one of the LRC bill writers this week. He said that he expected about 700+/- bills to be “dropped”. Our committee meetings are full every day of people to testify for or against a particular bill, and questions and discussions have been really thorough.
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You may see or hear of the few occurrences that happen in Pierre that discredit our political process and take away from the real work we are doing. I chose to serve with respect. Politics can get ugly and not all opinions are the same. All our 35 districts are different makeups, different constituents; our opinions will be different. This is why we have a legislature, to serve the best interest of our district. Thank you for trusting me to serve you. I value your input and how bills will impact you so continue to reach out. Days do get busy and hectic; at one point I had 176 unread text messages…I’m all caught up now.
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Recently my family had an unexpected (and unwanted) visitor in our house; the flu. For so many of us, this time of year is filled with sickness of all kinds. A piece of advice you commonly hear when you’re sick is, “go get some rest”. This bit of advice, connects well to the idea of listening to your body.
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Difficulty sleeping is an common concern we hear about in primary care. Many of us will have trouble sleeping on occasion, but when that is a persistent pattern causing distress or functional impairment, we call it insomnia. Insomnia can mean difficulty falling asleep, difficulty maintaining sleep, or waking early unable to fall back asleep.
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