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Month: May 2018
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Avon Intermediate School West named STEM school
The Indiana Department of Education announced that Avon Intermediate School West (AIS-West) was approved to receive science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) certification. AIS-West will be one of 60 STEM Certified Schools in Indiana and […]
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Women’s shelter to offer tour
Sheltering Wings, a safe haven for women and children impacted by domestic violence, is offering tours of its Danville shelter to sponsors to show how their support is helping. The shelter recently upgraded its kitchen […]
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‘Time to invest in our children’
Early in our marriage duct tape was the universal fix-it. Thankfully, we moved on to more permanent solutions for home repair, investing in the right fixes that lasted. Unfortunately, nearly a decade after the failed […]
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‘Keep up the great work!’
I would like to add my voice of thanks to you for your ICON publication’s 10th anniversary. I so appreciate your positive approach to community news. I’m one of those who read it from cover […]
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‘Children benefit from smaller class sizes’
As a local Pediatrician and Internist (adult specialist), I am honored to care for our local youth and their parents. A main focus of the child and adolescent visits is school performance because development in […]
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Happy 10th
Just wanted you to know that we wish you all a Happy 10th Anniversary, and really do appreciate the effort put into making the ICON a newspaper with good news! It is such a relief […]
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Avon referendum: ‘need or greed’
The Avon Community School Corporation wants to impose a property tax of up to $0.3536 on each $100 of assessed valuation in addition to all other property taxes imposed by the school for the next […]
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Referendum supporters: ‘what they don’t tell’
The Vote Yes 4 Avon Schools supporters are telling only part of the story. The referendum is requesting a $.3536 increase in property taxes to raise $9.5 million for the General Fund. The General Fund […]
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Two Avon juniors win scholarship essay contest
Two Avon High School students recently vied for and received the American Legion, Department of Indiana, Americanism and Government State Award. Rebecca Fales and Thomas Krienke, Jr., both juniors, each won a plaque and a […]