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Congratulations to the Avon Oral Interp Team on their success at the State Oral Interpretation Festival in Huron. Of the seven events, the Avon District qualified six events for the State Festival. The following students received gold medals for receiving a superior rating during the competition. The Avon Team also was awarded a Class B Team Excellence Award for their success at the event.
Read moreAs a family physician living on the upper Great Plains, I have many patients of Norwegian and German descent. Thus, I am familiar with some diseases that are prone to affect people of northern European ancestry. One such example is Dupuytren’s contracture.
Read moreLast week’s column brought you up to a point where I took an early morning stand on the southeast corner of a meadow in Wyoming’s Shoshoni National Forest. I would sit there for the day as it was a likely spot to encounter the cow elk I was hunting. I was ably guided by Joe Hargrave of Dubois. He’s the best. Joe’s Aready Ridge Ranch can be contacted at info@saidcreekoutfitters.com.
Read moreIn January 2021, the South Dakota State University (SDSU) Extension small ruminant team, in collaboration with colleagues throughout the United States, kicked off a survey inviting sheep and goat producers to share their interests and needs to help direct future Extension programming. After receiving significant responses nationwide, the SDSU Extension small ruminant team would like to invite producers, allied members and academia to join them for an online discussion as they continue to the results.
Read moreThe first Wednesday in December turned out to be December first and the Wagner Rotary Club was called to order by President Bryan Slaba. Rotarian Gerrit Juffer had brought his wife as a guest and Marty Overweg who happened to be his program for the day.
Read moreSometimes the hardest part of a journey in life is taking that first step: deciding to actually do something! That would have to be the hardest decision that all of the Wagner Oral Interpretation students would have to make... It’s taking that first step, deciding that, “Yes, I am going to go out for Oral Interp.” This tiny decision is the first step to unlocking so many doors for these students. You see, when these kids take on such a major task in choosing to be in Oral Interp, they are knocking through barriers that many other kids, as well as adults, may never be able to conquer. They are taking on public speaking and doing it in the best way possible; through Oral Interpretation.
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