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Avon Pirates hosted Freeman High School Friday night where the boys struggled as they took the loss 26-36.
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Avon's 1st and 2nd grade flag football had an enjoyable season competing in Yankton on Monday and Tuesday nights. They finished with a record of 3-3, which is great for how young they are! Looking forward to watching them improve each year!
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What really happens in the soil when it is tilled or overgrazed? Jennifer Fischer demonstrated to the students of Avon and Bon Homme as well as neighbors and friends thepowerofsymbioticrelationships and the consequences in the amazing life underground. The interactive exercise included Jasmine Ruelas Hertz portrayedaBigBluestemplant as she shared sugar (candy) with other 'plants'[students] as they offered her nutrients in exchange for the candy. The importance of diversity was emphasized as each of the different 'plants' [students] provided moresucculentnutrients to Jasmine. As Jasmine was encircled with willing diverse plants [students], mycorrhizal fungi, depicted with yarn, crisscrossedtheneighborhood sharing nutrients with all the plants [students]. Then along came Declan Miner, depicting tillage equipment, and shattered the beneficial bacterial andfungalmutuallybeneficial neighborhood connections!
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The Sweet Clover 4-H club met on October 6, at 6 p.m. The Brandt family hosted.
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The Post Prom Committee and Avon/Dante Pink Ladies presented a check to Rick and Mary Hurd during Friday's football game from proceeds raised from pink shirt sales and the Avon/Dante Pink Ladies who made a matching donation to the cause. Mary and Rick have two daughters, Elizabeth (Matt) Edney and Sara (Brian) Hammell and seven grandchildren.
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