Summer arrived on Saturday! She was in a good mood and was on her best behavior. By Sunday she had a change of heart. We woke up to loud crashes of thunder, sprinkled with showers of rain. Some were heavy showers and in some places they received more than an inch of rain.That continued most of the morning before she was in a better mood. The rest of the day was mostly sunshine and, of course, the wind had to blow. I was so in hopes our weather pattern would settle down but it doesn’t seem that it will as showers are predicted off and on until Thursday. Everything soaked into the ground in the fields and gardens. The difficult part is you don’t know what kind of weather tomorrow will bring.All of nature seems to be a bit confused as the other day I heard a strange noise and looked up to see a large flock of geese flying north and really talking about it. Even they can get confused! The way it sounded they were scolding each other for not getting started earlier. But who knows!Sunday evening, June 29, the annual outdoor concert will be in Steen Community Park. It begins at 6:30 p.m. with the Praise Team "Fish Bowl" from Okoboji. There will be other groups entertaining. Among them are the Allen family from Michigan and the Fish Bowl Praise Team as well as others. Everyone is welcome to attend. Gertie Ann Van Batavia, Alexandria, was a caller in the Jo Aykens home on Thursday. She came to visit her mother, Alice Behr, who makes her home at Tuff Home in Hills. She also attended the funeral service for Edith Rozenboom on Thursday. Word was received here that Pete Boeve was seriously injured in an automobile accident eight miles south of Sioux Falls on Wednesday. He was hospitalized at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls and was able to return to his home on Sunday. His wife is the former Judy Bodewitz. Pete is a brother of Betty Elbers. Camping season has arrived. Those attending camp at Inspiration Hills this week were Leah Hup and Caleb Saarloos. Sunday afternoon visitors in the Arnold and Jane Bonnema home were their daughter, Gracia and Dennis Schrick, and son, Jeff, from George, Iowa, and also Arvin and Cena Mae Tilstra. Art and Henrietta Boeve and Melba Boeve attended the Gospel Quartet program at the park in Sioux Center, Iowa, Friday evening. The proceeds were designated to go to the Hope Haven Wheelchair program. Among others who attended from this area were Bill and Marlene DeYager and Harvey and Sally VanWyhe.Dries and Laura May Bosch attended the Relay for Life in Luverne City Park Friday evening. Dries participated in the event. Orrin and Bernice Aukes attended the Country Gospel and Blue Grass Concert at Elkton S.D., Saturday evening. A bridal shower in honor of Amber VanWyhe of Steen was at United Methodist Church in Luverne Saturday morning. Her parents are Steve and Marilyn VanWyhe. She will become the bride of Travis Arends in the near future. Dries and Laura May Bosch were Sunday afternoon callers in the home of Laura May’s sister, Margaret and Harold Schlimgen, in Luverne.June 27 to June 29 the youth from Steen Reformed Church will go on a mission trip to Minneapolis to serve as urban volunteers. Those participating in this program will be Clint Roozenboom, Dustin Bonnema, Lee Jackson, Jeremy Elbers, Jason Hup, Mike Bos, Kelly Mulder, Kari Rozenboom, Ashley Bosch, Jessie Leenderts, Jackie Esselink, Deidre VandenBussche, Cassie Tilstra, Mark Ramon and Cal Saarloos. Brian Dengler and Becky Mulder will accompany the group. Kyle Harsma, son of James and Julie Harsma, underwent appendectomy surgery on Wednesday at Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital in Rock Rapids. An open house bridal shower for Becca Groen, bride-to-be of Kevin VanBatavia, will be at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday in Steen Reformed Church.Funeral services for Dolly VanWyhe’s mother, Edith Rozenboom, was on Thursday. Our deepest sympathy goes out to the family.June was the month new brides wanted to be married in. Not so anymore. Everyone wants to get married in August. What does it matter? I think it is just what date fits their schedules the best. The weather should be reliable, not only for the wedding but for those attending as well. Most likely the weather can be depended upon to be beautiful, not only for the wedding day but also for all the wedding anniversaries in the years to come. Weddings are not the only events that we like to remember in days gone by as well as the many friends that we have known in our earlier years. However, we call them class reunions instead of anniversaries. They are gathered to remember the friends and things they have done together. They could also be family gatherings where they remember friends, school activities and relatives. No matter what they call the occasions, those attending are remembering the many exciting things they have shared. What is an anniversary?An anniversary is a memory … a wedding corsage pressed into a treasured scrapbook …. and a honeymoon. A hundred little private jokes that have more meaning with every anniversary. An anniversary is a dream … a whispered conversation over candlelight … the silent recollection of the dream two hearts had that day. A dream that has since changed many times, and yet remains the same.An anniversary is a promise … marking the beginning of another year of planning, sharing, and building another year of true happiness and fulfillment. Happy anniversaries, class reunions, family gatherings … a time for remembering
