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Just how much technology will fish & game departments tolerate?
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Monday, July 5 Avon’s 18U Softball Team traveled to Tabor for the Little Missouri Valley League Tournament. Avon was the #5 seed and drew #4 Tabor in the opening round. Avon had a difficult time against Tabor’s pitching as they failed to reach base in the contest. Tabor was held to 2 runs in the bottom of the first but scored 11 in the second. Kinley Doom pitched for Avon, taking the loss.
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June 8 - Avon teeners lost to Wagner at home. Leading hitters were Tyler Tjeerdsma and Landon Mudder each with 2 singles; Paxton Bierema, Jaydon Driesen, and Aziah Meyer with one hit each. Tyler T. did the pitching.
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My daughter recently brought home a monarch caterpillar. We cared for it in a container making sure it had a supply of fresh milkweed leaves and kept its cage clean. It seemed perfectly content to munch on leaves all day. After a few days it hung upside-down from the lid of the cage and we waited for it to form a chrysalis, and eventually convert to a butterfly.
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Funeral mass was held Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at the Assumption Catholic Church in Dante. Burial was in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Dante, with military honors. Visitation was Tuesday at the Peters Funeral Home in Wagner. Rosary/wake services were Tuesday evening, at the church in Dante.
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Ronald J. Loneman, 61, died at Douglas County Memorial Hospital on Monday, July 5, 2021. Funeral service was July 12 at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Armour. Visitation was July 11 at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Armour with a prayer service. Arrangements by Koehn Bros. Funeral Home in Armour.
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