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The Waves honor Coach Juffer on her retirement and finish off their season with high individual standings at the James River Valley Swim League Competition in Platte.
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Wagner’s 12u boys baseball team traveled to Groton, July 11-13 for the 12u Bravo Division of the VFW State Baseball Tournament. The boys went 2-2 in Pool Play, beating Hamlin/Lake Norden (9-2), and Salem (32-0). The boys lost two tight games versus Groton (4-6) and Parkston 2 (8-10). Wagner was the highest 2-2 team coming out of pool play, allowing the least runs over four games, and earned the 7th seed in the 8-team bracket, out of 15 teams competing.
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Junior high/high school football players from Wagner, AC/DC, Armour, Avon, Menno, Platte Geddes, Corsica and Yankton spent two days last week learning and perfecting skills.
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After nearly twenty years of parish ministry, I entered the world of health care, which, I learned, abounds in acronyms. My first clue was in chaplaincy training, known as “CPE” (Clinical Pastoral Education), the required education for most hospital and hospice chaplains. CNA, SoB (Shortness of Breath), PRN, HoH (Hard of Hearing), and a myriad of other acronyms are now part of my own vernacular. QoL (Quality of Life) is the ‘big’ one in hospice, sometimes called “comfort care.” When quantity of life becomes diminished, it’s all about quality.
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The Summer Reading Program blazed ahead last Monday with a fiery-fun visit from another group of Hometown Heroes — the firefighters! Avon’s own Reece Powers joined us to read a thrilling fire-themed book and talk with the kids about the brave work firefighters do to keep our community safe.
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Each year Mrs. Loretta Knodel reads Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House series to the 3rd graders at Avon Elementary School. Five of the 9 books take place just a little over 2 hours away from Avon inDeSmet,SouthDakota.This summer Mrs. Knodel invited the 3rd and 4th graders along with their families to join her inDeSmet,SDtohelpbringthe series to life. Those gathering for the learning experience ranged in age from 5 months old to grandparents.
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