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About 80 people gathered in the Avon City Park on August 6th for the summer reading finale put on by the Avon Public Library. The afternoon started with 16 children meeting at the school to build 2-liter pop bottle rockets with Paul Kuhlman, assisted by Loretta Knodel, Rilyn Thury, and Hoyt Brandt. Next,theOutdoorCampusfromSiouxFallsputonan hour long presentation entitled, “Mammals of South Dakota.” Presenters had pelts on hand for about 20 mammals that live in our state ranging from small to large including mink, skunk, badger, raccoon, fox, wolf, and mountain lion. They discussed each animal’s diet, characteristics, and unique traits. Participantsthengotachancetoinvestigatethepelts and skulls. Next came the excitement of launching the rockets built earlier in the afternoon. Onlookers were surprised to see these simple rockets shoot up over the height of the trees in the park. The rocket that went the highest was named SAM and was built by Zane Rush and Cameron Ramirez. Prizes were presented for finishing Summer Reading Scavenger Hunts and to adults in appreciation of their support for the program. Everyone enjoyed supper served by library board members. The night was wrapped up by everyone having a chance to visit 3 activity/craft stations and making S’Mores.
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Joe Stedronsky has been a part of the Wagner community for the past 96 years. He was born in 1928 at the hospital in Wagner. Joe was the oldest of four children born to Ed and Helen Stedronsky. He was joined by younger siblings, Vernon, Rose Marie and Francis. Joe grew up in town and his dad worked at and was co-owner of the Stedronsky Bros Company which was a hardware, plumbing and heating store at the time. When asked what Joe wanted to be when he grew up during his younger years, he said he always wanted to be a pilot. He was always had a fascination and liking of air planes.
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When seven-year-old, Ellie Leines, a second grader at Wagner Community School heard that the Needy Nook in Marty was in need of food donations, she felt sad. Ellie was sad that some people might not have any food, and she wanted to be able to help them. Ellie’s mom had shared with Ellie that she saw on Facebook that the Needy Nook’s pantry was essentially empty. Ellie with the help of her mom, Lucy, and grandma, Rose, organized a food drive to stock the shelves of the Needy Nook. The event was held at Stems and Cells on August 1st from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m.
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Wagner Community School officially changed its booster club fundraising program on August 1st for the 2024-2025 school year. What used to be individual booster clubs raising funds has since become the W Club which encompasses all of the WCS fundraising organizations. The purpose of the W Club is to organize donations given from the community to school sponsored events. The goal of this new program is to eliminate fundraising that the individual booster clubs were doing that involved selling items to the people in the Wagner community.
Read moreLSS OARN, the Older Adult Resource Network serving Douglas and Charles Mix counties, is pleased to announce Jacqueline Johnson as the new OARN Program Coordinator.
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Come on out to the County Fair August 8th and 9th. On the 8th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. will be food trucks and a community BBQ at 5:00 p.m. with a watermelon eating contest, the beef show and sheep show are held that day, with shows starting at noon. On the 9th from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. a community breakfast will be held, the swine, dairy, goat, poultry, rabbit and companion animal shows are held the 9th starting at 8 a.m. You can beat the heat by taking a break in the A/C to check out all the display exhibits! Come on out to see the hard work for the Charles Mix 4-H members!
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