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During the Easter season, we spend time with our families, we celebrate with our friends and neighbors, and we are thankful for our many blessings. It’s a time when people come together to help one another; to love one another.

Johnny Nash may have started his song with “I can see clearly now, the rain has gone,” but what about someone with cataracts. They cannot easily see “all the obstacles in their way”, and there are not “dark clouds that make you blind” like in the song, but cataracts do cause vision clouding.

10 Years Ago - April 3, 2013 Avon Science Fair students 'Clean House' at Region Meet. A large crowd gathered as over 100 kids participated in the annual Easter Egg Hunt. A card shower was held for Harold and Arlis Tjeerdsma's 50th wedding anniversary.

Avonhadeightarchersthatattended the2023StateNASPTournamentatthe Black Hills State University in Spearfish. The tournament is sponsored by the South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks. The archers competed against 18 other schools within the state. Categories included were: Bullseye and 3D Animal Targets.

Avon School District4-1 will hold a School Board Election April 11th at the AvonCommunityFireHall. Ifthepollscannotbeopened because of bad weather, the election may be postponed one week. The election polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

If you have pain on the bottom of your foot at the heel, especially when you take your first steps of the day, you likely have plantar fasciitis.

President Reagan once quipped that, “Democrats believe every day is April 15,” and the Biden administration’s reckless tax-and-spend agenda proves that the Gipper’s words still ring true today.

As the 2023 legislative session comes to a close, I want to take a moment to look back at what the legislature and I were able to accomplish working together for the people of South Dakota. We advanced the American Dream. We provided opportunities for families to grow even stronger.