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With another political election in the books, (We think!?) the senior government class has been arranging an election themselves. Seniors were randomly grouped into three different political parties: Republican, Democrat, and Constitutional. Each party has a presidential candidate that was randomly picked to be the “face” of their party.
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Brad Poppe, head coach of girls basketball, has set a goal with his 21 players this year to qualify for the girls basketball state tournament. “To do that,” he said, “is to get better each day!” Poppe believes that the girls basketball team’s strengths are the height, length, and speed of girls on the team. He also believes their weakness may be consistency.
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Throughout the course of this presidential election season, the Avon 7th graders held their own election. The class was divided into two groups, boys and girls, to debate against each other’s opinions. Miss Piggy (girls) and Yoshi (boys) were the representatives for the parties. Instead of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, the seventh graders split into Girl Power and Boy Power to avoid any controversy stemming from the current presidential election in our country.
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Mrs. Ethel Cooper, Ms. Mataya Larsgaard and Mrs. Raja Brandt directed the elementaryoperetta Bring on the Snow! on December 1 in the main gym. Preschool sang “I’m a LittleSanta,”"Ring the Bells,” and We Wish You a Merry Christmas.” Fifth grade band performed “Merrily We Roll Along,” “Good King Wenceslas,” and “Jolly Old St. Nicholas.” Kindergarten did “Blitzen Boogie,” and firstand second grade sang “Someone’s in the Chimney,” and “Merry Christmas to You from the Red, White, and Blue.” The show ended with third through sixth grade singing “Bring on the Snow!” “Ready, Set, Snow,” “Over the River,” “Game Show Music,” “HOT Chocolate!” “Angels in the Snow,” “Blizzard on the Way!” and “Bring on the Snow!”
Read moreWith the upcoming cheerleading season coming to a start we have eight fun and caring girls on the basketball cheer team. We have seniors Allyson Hamilton and Keely Bares, junior Reese Powers, sophomores Kimmy Tolsma and Sarah Swier, and freshman McKenna Kocmich cheering on our boys basketball team this year.
Read moreJust a week before Thanksgiving on Monday, November 16, the Bon Homme-Scotland-Avon wrestling season kicked off. There are about 40 athletes out and two of them are from Avon, Brady Bierema and Tyler Tjeerdsma.
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Because I care and write about our great outdoors, I’m interested in the world around us. As global warming/climate change was a part of the Democrat party’s platform, we’re now going to hear a lot about it. After reading Michael Shellenberger’s Apocalypse Never, I feel that some of the hype needs to be set straight.
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