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Pirate Homecoming week is September 6 - September 10th. This Years theme is "Fast Foods." The Coronation ceremony will be held in the gymnasium. Grades 7-12 Skit Contest is at 8:30 a.m. main gym, open to public. The parade will begin Friday, September 10, at 1:30 p.m. Alternative route (if applicable) will be published in next week's edition. Any float entries and Alumni classes going through the parade should register as soon as possible. Please call 605-286-3291 ext. 114 with your entry. Entries will line up in front of Avon School and surrounding streets by 1:00 p.m. Entry numbers will be distributed by school personnel. Avon Pirates will play the Alcester-Hudson Cubs at 7:00 p.m. There will be a tail gate supper at the field prior to the game until kick-off.
Read moreWe will be starting the Bible study, "God of Covenant", Genesis 12-50 by Jen Wilkin the second week in September. Everyone is welcome! We will be meeting at First Baptist Church in Avon with meetings in the mornings at 8:30 a.m. or afternoons at 4:15 p.m. For more information please contact Marsha at 605-286-3205.
Read moreOn Saturday, August 21, Clayton Wittmeier, along with Bob and Debbie Ruppelt traveled to Watertown and spent the evening with Karen and Larry Johnson. On Sunday, they all attended a Gelling family gathering at Scott and Mari Perrenoud's lake home near Spicer, MN. Others in attendance were Donna and Joe Larsen of Crooks, Willma Wissink of Canton and Tiena Zondervan of Willmar, MN. Several nieces and nephews of Clayton (and cousins of his daughters) were also there to celebrate and catch up on the family. Relatives came from Oregon, Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota.
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Karyn Konfrst, age 78 of Yankton, passed away Thursday, August 26, 2021 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls.
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This summer I attended the celebration of life service for Dr. Rick Holm, the original Prairie Doc who founded this newspaper column, a radio show and a television show now entering its twentieth season. He died from pancreatic cancer in March of 2020 during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic and thus there was no public service at the time.
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There was a time, about fifty-some years ago, when I was a fair hand with a fly rod. Today my tremor makes it all but impossible to tie on different presentations. My balance (peripheral neuropathy) presents a further problem.
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