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John Afalla Fathke, son of Jed and Maureen Fathke, and brother of Jack Fathke, was born on August 30, 2006. John enjoys hunting, fishing, roping, and boating during his free time. His favorite subject would have to be English because it comes easily to him.

Avon’s City Council recently appointed a new alderman, Paul Thury, to fill a vacancy on the council. This is Paul’s first time serving on the city council. As his current position is an appointee, Paul will serve on the council until this coming spring’s election.

children! This same act prohibited “filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal or vegetable” material in food products. Admittedly, this applied only to items transported from out of state. If your groceries came from your own state, you were on your own.

Although a snowy, white Christmas just wasn't in the cards for Lake Andes this year, many families in the community did their part in spreading holiday cheer by decorating their homes with lights, inflatable decorations, and other lawn ornaments.

At the December 19th meeting of the Wagner American Legion there was quite a sight to behold. Displayed on one of the large tables in the front of the meeting hall was a M2 HB Browning 50 caliber machine gun metal replica.

When many people hear the term plastic surgery images of Hollywood stars trying to fight back the effects of aging come to mind. It is easy to assume that plastic surgeons just deal in vanity. However, that would minimize everything that these talented surgeons accomplish with their scalpels.

Members of the Avon High School Choir loaded a bus to go see the movie “Wicked” at the Mitchell movie theater on November 25th. It is a musical film with songs by Stephen Schwartz. They went to see the first installment of a two-part film adaptation of the stage musical “Wicked”.

The Avon Choir Department were busy bees on Wednesday, December 18th, making the rounds spreading Christmas cheer through music all around town. At 9 a.m. the 8th grade loaded a bus and made their way to three daycares in town.