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Feeding South Dakota food distribution will be held Friday, Aug. 27 at the Scotland Community Church at 8:45 a.m.; the Tyndall Fire Hall at 10:30 a.m. and at the Avon Fire Hall at 12 noon.
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After almost thirty years in the meat locker business, owners Dave and Sandra Brandt are saying good-bye to their treasured small business. At the age of 74-years-old, Dave admits it is time to hang up his butchering duties and enjoy retirement. The many years of operating a family business has left him with a multitude of stories and memories that he was happy to share with the Avon Clarion and Pechous Publications.
Read moreThe LifeServe Blood Center blood drive held in Avon on Thursday, July 29, 2021, had a great turn-out! 16 donors registered and 15 units of life saving blood was donated. Thank you to everyone that came out to help boost the LOCAL blood supply! The units donated at the blood drive can help save up to 45 lives! There was a milestone donor who is listed below and a special thanks to Dave and Sandy Brandt and Zion Lutheran Church for sponsoring and hosting the blood drive.
Read moreJim and Myrna Eben of Grand Rapids, Michigan were visitors this past week in the home of his mother, Irene Eben. Dan and Ramona Bloodgood of Mitchell were also visitors this past week.
Read moreCody Chambliss was appointed as receiver for the PUC of Avon Farmers Coop Elevator at a special hearing Monday, July 26 at the Bon Homme County Courthouse at 12:30 p.m.
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A lot of things have changed in the past three decades at HSC, and Jerry Christjans, who goes by the nickname “Crush,” has been around for a lot of it. He loves HSC so much he’s worked there three different times. His first job at HSC was as a Mental Health Aide in 1989. These days Christjans is a Mental Health Security Officer.
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