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A well-deserved honor was recently bestowed upon Avon School District principal, Lindsey Fathke as she was named Region 3 Principal of the Year. Lindsey is in her third year as school principal for the Pirates.
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Read moreWith their second tournament in the same week, the BHSA girls participated in the Winnebago Lady Indian Invite on January 3 finishing in fourth place out 40 teams. Peyton Hellmann won the 140-pound championship, with Hadlee Kracht finishing third at 130, Jasmine Ruelas-Hertz-115 and Hope Kemnitz-170 both placing fourth, and Ashley Tolsma-155 finishing sixth.
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With all nine wrestlers placing, the Bon Homme/ Scotland/Avon girls won the Floyd Farrand Girls Invitational at Sioux Falls Lincoln on December 30. There were 24teamsparticipating. Peyton Hellmann-145andAshleyTolsma- 152 won their weight classes, Britney Rueb-126 and Hope Kemnitz-185 finished second, Hadlee Kracht-132 was third, Jasmine Ruelas-Hertz-114 was fourth, Sydney Johnson-100 and Bailey Kemnitz-138 were fifth, and Harper Kracht-120 placed seventh.
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Avon hosted the Wagner Raiders on Friday night, January 3rd. At the end of the first quarter the Pirates were tied 11-11. Wagner came back strong in the beginning of the second quarter but Avon wasn't done yet, and came back to cut the deficit leaving them down only 2 points to end the first half. In the third quarter, both teams scored 16 points giving Wagner the lead 45-43. Wagner came back in the fourth to outscore Avon and gave the Pirates the loss 52-66.
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Gerald “Jerry” Barnett was a man of service both professionally and personally. Jerry was well known to go above and beyond what his job description called for. He was known to often have to omit or fudge hours on his time card because he would go well over the allotted 40 hours a week in his role as a Charles Mix County probation officer. Jerry took his role as a probation officer very seriously and would do all that he could to help his probationers succeed, using any available resources and being willing to try different approaches to find what would best help his probationers. He often worked tirelessly and went above and beyond what his role as probation officer called for, in an effort to help his parolees and the people in his life.
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Ardis Faye Gingery, 73, died December 7 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Wagner. At her side at the time of death was her loving companion, Mike Econome of Wyoming. Mike described Ardis as “the most beautiful soul he ever met.”
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