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Team Champs! (use team picture for this and also maybe the coaches on the podium... may want to crop it...FYI: Avon 1st, Platte 2nd, Wagner 3rd on the podium) For the fourth year in a row, theAvonSwimTeamcaptured first place in team points at the Championship Swim Meet. 57 Avon swimmers competed in Platte on July 17 and 18. Not only did Avon win team points, but they brought home many high point trophies and other outstanding awards.
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Avon School will be opening on August 14, 2024. Any new students and preschool enrollmentapplicationsshouldregisterassoonaspossible. PleasecontactJulieMudder at the business office at 605-286-3291 x 114.
Read moreThe Chamber BBQ will feature 2 pork loin sandwiches, potato salad, chips, chocolate chip cookie and lemonade.
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LOCAL RIDERS HAVE GREAT PERFORMANCE AT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL RODEO FINALS
Read moreDwight Wood Post #132 of Springfield is holding their third annual golf tournament on Saturday, August 10 at the Springfield Golf Course. This fun event is one of the ways that the Post uses to raise funds so that they can support various local projects like Boys State, Americanism programs in the local schools, flag disposals and other ways that emphasize their support of Americanism.
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Colonel Robert Monfore better known as “The Colonel’s” militaryservicespanned throughthreewarsWWII,Korea and Vietnam. The Colonel enlisted in the Army 12 days before his 18th birthday on September 26, 1946. The Korean War began on June 25,1950 and ended on July 27, 1953. It isbecauseoftheupcomingday of July 27th also known as Korean WarArmisticeDaywhich celebrates the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement in1953,endingtheKoreanWar that observe this day through the account of what one local family like many others sacrificed and experienced during the Korean War. The Colonel and his daughter, Mary Hurd, were able to visit Korea as part of a special invitation for a Korean War Veteran’s Tour by the Republic of Korea’s government.Samsungandthe RepublicofKoreapartneredto make the Korean War Veteran’s Tours reasonably priced for a Veteran and one person toaccompanythemonthetrip. HereisTheColonelandMary’s story and experience as told throughMary’sdailyemailsto home and memories from this once in a lifetime experience.
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