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2022 is here and that means a new legislative session is upon us! I am Representative Caleb Finck, I live and farm near Tripp, and I will be again writing a weekly column to keep you up to date on important legislative items. Our first week of the new session will be filled with information gathering and speeches. On Tuesday, January 11th we will hear the State of the State address from Governor Noem. Wednesday, January 12th, we will listen in on the State of the Judiciary delivered by the Chief Justice. Finally, Thursday, January 13th we will hear the State of the Tribes Address from one of our Tribal Chairmen.
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On January 5th, I joined several state and local officials for a deployment ceremony honoring the 235th Military Policy Company. The unit from the South Dakota National Guard is heading to Guantanamo Bay for a challenging operational mission.
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Once upon a time many backyards, both town and country, held a dog house. During this time, my 1st grade reader featured Dick and Jane who lived on Pleasant Street with their mom, dad, Spot, and Puff. Spot was a dog who lived in the afore-mentioned dog house, and Puff was the family cat. There was zero inflation, typical families had one vehicle, homes had one bathroom, and single-parent families were nonexistent to my knowledge. Moms were stay-at-home moms, and dads walked in the back door sometime around 6:00 P.M. from their day’s work at the office or factory.
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Imagine a condition with symptoms that present differently in each person who has it and no currently approved lab test can definitively confirm the diagnosis. Imagine that the symptoms can flare up and then mysteriously disappear, including fatigue, low grade fevers, joint pain, and mouth sores. All these symptoms overlap with multiple other conditions further complicating a diagnosis. Imagine that the best available method for diagnosing this ailment is a manual checklist of eleven criteria and if the patient suffers from at least four, they receive a diagnosis on a scale of definite, probable, or possible.
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The Avon Community welcomes a new State Registered Daycare Center to it's residents. Pirate Prep, LLC opened it's door on January 3 .
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Avon School welcomes Jordan Kortan as their new Business Manager.
Read moreMark, Julie, Abby and Simon Freier of Pickstown were supper guests on Saturday night in the home of their parents and grandparents, Larry and Sharon Kozel. They celebrated a belated Christmas.
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