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The South Dakota High School Activities Association (SDHSAA) Academic Achievement Team Award recognizes athletic teams and fine arts groups for their academic excellence. This award was first established during the 1996-1997 school year.

The Avon 10U team took the championship in playoff action Monday, July 1, in Platte. The team defeated Wagner 3-2 and Platte 4-3 to claim the win. Congratulations!!!!

The Charles-Mix County Lake Restoration Organization held their annual RibFest this past Thursday, July 4th in Lake Andes at the Charles Mix 4-H grounds. The event was moved there this year due to rain. This year’s event had 19 cooking contestants vying for the grand prize of $2500.

Knotheads welcomed a new coffee/specialty drink shop at their location in Pickstown on Friday, June 20th. Sips In Bloom opened its doors at 7 a.m. that morning and has been in business ever since. Nikki Fathke is the sole owner and operator of the drink shop.

Doctors are taught medical terms and jargon in medical school like a secret code. Many medical terms are rooted in Greek and Latin.

Charles Mix County 4-H Horse Show was held Tuesday, June 25th at the 7-N Arena in Springfield. The judge for the show was Kayla McMackin from Worthing. Charles Mix had five participants.

The Friedensberg Bible Church was established in 1874, making this the 150th year that the church has been spreading the word of God and Jesus’ teachings. What began as a Mennonite Church and named Friedensberg Mennonite Church of Avon finally became an independent bible church in 2010.

High atop a bluff along busy Cliff Avenue in northern Sioux Falls stands the Pioneer Memorial, a tall quartzite obelisk built to honor the area’s first homesteaders. Visit today and you can see more than a century and a half of progress in every direction.

There are so many questions. Is it safe? Does pot smoking lead to the use of hard drugs? What is the risk of pot smoking during pregnancy? Does marijuana have medical value in treating disease? Does smoking pot relieve the side effects of cancer treatment?