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Abraham Lincoln never stepped foot in present-day South Dakota. Perhaps the closest he ever came was a trip to Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1859 to examine some land for a friend and deliver a speech. In fact, the 16th president rarely comes to mind when thinking about South Dakota history. After all, we became a state 24 years after Lincoln’s death. But you don’t have to look far to find ties and tributes to Abraham Lincoln in South Dakota.
Read moreConrad and Erma Meyer were visitors on Saturday in the home of her brother, Ron and Carla Jelsma of Armour.
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Reese Powers (Charles Mix County) received the Touchstone Energy Scholarship for November 8, and Katie Gretschmann (Bon Homme) received the Touchstone Energy Scholarship for January 27.
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a novel detailing a dystopian society that is forbidden from reading books. In his research, Bradbury found that 451 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which these “illegal” books burn, inspiring him to create Guy Montag, his book-burning protagonist turned book reading hero. With this loss of knowledge comes questions about the morality of our society. The Avon High School junior class has been reading the novel as well as participating in moral dilemma discussions twice a week.
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Last week the Avon drama department went to Rapid City with their play The Empty Chair for the State One-Act Play Festival. They left on Wednesday with a farewell tunnel around 3:00 and went to Rapid City in a five-hour road trip. The department stayed in the La Quinta Inn with a water park. The competition took place in the Rapid City Central High School.
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