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All Avon Chamber of Commerce members or anyone else interested in promoting the businesses in the Avon area are invited to attend the first meeting of 2021 on February 8, 2021 at 7 p.m., in the City Office. Any ideas for promoting the Chamber would be appreciated. We will be social distancing as best as we can and also request that those attending would wear face masks.
Read moreTom and Jo Reiff of Parkston were visitors and dinner guests on Friday in the home of his mother, Ethel Reiff. Other visitors during the week were Ethel’s grandchildren and great-grandchildren: Amy, Emma and Lydia Yost of Parkston and Lance, Amanda, Avery and Alivia Beeson and Ethel’s brother, Ronald Mount.
Read moreSDATAT is offering one $1000 and one $500 scholarship to two senior high school students who reside in South Dakota, are currently attending a South Dakota public, private, or parochialhigh school or a home school program and live in a small town or township that is a current member of SDATAT. Graduates of the class of 2021 are eligible to apply for this scholarship. The student must use the scholarship for a college, university, or vocational school which has a physical presence in South Dakota.
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Congratulations to Carmindy Ferwerda for being a chosen recipient of the Security State Bank Junior Herdsman project. As a chosen participant, Carmindy will receive five bred heifers to start her own cattle herd. Security State Bank began the Junior Herdsman project in 2013 and has since awarded over 40 recipients with more than 200 bred heifers. The projectis away to encourage young people to become involved in agriculture and provide an opportunity for them to create their own herd.
Read moreThe Planning & Zoning Commission of Bon Homme County met January 28th in regular session at 9:00 a.m. with Kokes, Brandt, Rothschadl, Talsma and Pechous present. Also, present was Mary Jo Bauder, Richard Kloucek, Frank Kloucek, Robert Jerke, Brian McGinnis and Eric Elsberry Adm.
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Tuesday, January 26, Avon High School drama club went to Mitchell Area Community Theatre to participate in the regional One-Act Play competition. Avon drama club got second place in their district, advancing them to the state competition on February 6 in Brookings, South Dakota.
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According to the American Legion Auxiliary, Girls State is an opportunity for girls across all fifty states to focus on citizenship, leadership, love for God and country. May 31- June 5 marks the 75th anniversary of Girls State. Back in 1947 there were only 117 girls that attended; it has since topped over 400 girls per year. This year it is in Vermillion at the University of South Dakota.
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