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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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The Avon School District will welcome a new K- 5th grade special education teacher for the 2024-2025 school year, Ashley Cihak. Ashley has been teaching for the past 14 years. Her entire teaching career until this year has been with the Wagner Community School District. Six of her last 14 years were in Elementary Special Education, with the last eight years teaching second grade.
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Years ago, I lost a dear friend of mine to suicide, and it was fundamentally life changing for me. After that incident, I remember thinking, “I should have done something. I should have said something.” I replayed every interaction I had with them over and over again.
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True food allergic reactions cause anaphylaxis. Eating even a tiny bit of the allergenic food causes the patient to quickly develop symptoms that can include shortness of breath, hives, vomiting, diarrhea, throat swelling, passing out, and at times it can be fatal. The patient makes IgE allergy antibody to the food. The cause of the reactions can be determinedbythehistoryandconfirmedbyallergy skin or blood testing.
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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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As of 2022, the Charles-Mix County Fair Board has reorganized in order to bring back the Charles-Mix County Fair that was always held in conjunction with the Charles-Mix County 4-H Achievement Days. The first Charles-Mix County Fair since its dissipation was held last year in 2023. The board organized a quilt display and a sausage gravy and biscuits breakfast during the 4-H achievement days. This year the board has expanded the community events at the fair boasting events both Thursday and Friday during the 4-H Achievement Days. Thursday morning at 9 a.m. Joey Koupal will provide a horseshoe and trimming clinic to all wishing to attend. Thursday will also feature a BBQ, an all-age watermelon feed, and live music that will run in conjunction with viewing the 4-H exhibits. On Friday morning the fair board will have a free-will donation breakfast of sausage biscuits and gravy. Members of the Charles-Mix County Fair Board include Alice Koupal, President; Mike Dangel, Vice-President; Jason Gant, Secretary/Treasurer; Bev Steinmark, Josh Bultje, Colin Soukup, Jo Cee Johnston, Lesley Rygaard, and Rhonda Pederson.
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