DennisRuckerisbeinghonored as Lake Andes’ March Veteran of the Month. Not only is Rucker a Vietnam War Veteran, but he also served during Operation Desert Storm. Rucker enlisted in the Army on January 30, 1969 when he was 18 years old. Rucker was shipped to Fort Johnson, formerly known as (fka) Fort Polk, in Louisiana for basic training. As there were too many soldiers sent to that base, soldiers were dispersed to three different bases. Rucker was sent to Fort Jackson, in South Carolina. After completing basic training, he was then sent to Fort Moore, fka Fort Benning, in Georgia to complete his infantry training. Once infantry training was finished, Rucker volunteered for Airborne School, to become a paratrooper. When asked how many jumps he made during his time in the Army, Rucker said “one, the other 13 they had to push me out of the plane”.
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When businesses support working parents, they're not just boosting their bottom line – they're helping prevent child abuse and neglect. In South Dakota, 72.5% of all children under age six have all available parents in the workforce, making family-friendly workplace policies crucial for our state's families.
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Congratulations Wrestlers on a great performance at the State Tournament last week. For results see page 9.
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Braylon Fathke, a sophomore, is a guard on the AHS basketball team. He has been playing basketball for eight years. When Braylon has a game, it is tradition for him to eat a frostedhoneybunandsour gummy eggs. Braylon also listens to Again by Fetty Wap to hype him up. Braylon’s favorite part about being on the Avon Pirate basketball team is being able to have fun with his teammates.
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Gunnar Lee Voigt was born on March 24, 2007. Gunnar’s family members are Tiffany Voigt (Mom) and BradleyVoigt(Dad),Gunnar hastwobrothers,ViktorVoigt and Greger Voigt. His favorite hobbyisweightlifting. Gunnar's favorite subject in school is chemistry, and he said that the equations and science behind just make sense to him.
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Landon Glenn Mudder was born on September 7th, 2006 to Larry Mudder and Brenda Halverson. He has four sisters: Diandra, Karlin, Marissa and Madilyn. Landon’s hobbies include playing sports and hanging out with friends. His favoritesubjectisshopbecause he gets to build projects. A quoteLandonlivesbyis,“Keep up the good work” by Glenn Halverson. His biggest role model in his life is his father. Some advice Landon has for the underclassmen is to not overthink so much. Landon’s favorite memory and biggest accomplishment in his time at AHS is winning the Football 9B State Championship in 2023. Landon plans to attend Mitchell Technical College for Agronomy. He will miss hanging out with friends every day the most about AHS.
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The American Legion Auxiliary held their annual Americanism Essay and Poetry Contests this year. The Americanism Essay’s theme was “What America the Beautiful Means to Me” and the Americanism poetry contest was “Honor Our Heros”. Unfortunately, this year there were no poetry submissions, but we had an amazing year when it came to essay submissions with 48 entries. The Wagner American Legion is very proud of not only the students that wrote these amazing essays, but also the teachers and administrators that helped facilitate this contest. We are very proud and lucky to live in a community where patriotism is still valued by both our school and our community. There are five students’ whose essays have moved on from the local contest now to the District contest for judging. Our five first place winners were Portlyn Jones, Jaycee Martin, Lydia Yost, Hannah Holzbauer and Jackson Rolston. Congratulations to all and a special thank you to all the students that participated!
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