Hunting season is in full swing! Deer hunting with a bow and arrow has been open for a week but this week it opened for those of you that enjoy hunting with your guns. They say the deer are very plentiful this year and love to jump out in front of your car. Consequently, we should be very careful when driving down the road, especially at night. The deer hunting season is the hunting season that is always open at my house! Every time there is a change in the season I am hunting for something. In the fall when the weather cools down I think I need my winter coat. So I have to stop and think where did I store that for the summer. Or it could be I need warmer blankets for the bed and I could go on and on as I am always looking for something it seems. Consequently, hunting season is always open at my house. I hope the deer hunters have better luck than I have. Pete and Judy Boeve, Sioux Falls, and Norma VanWyhe, Lester, Iowa, were Sunday afternoon callers in the Henrietta Huenink home. The Inspiration Hills harvest supper will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16. A quartet from George, Iowa, will provide the entertainment for the evening. The Hills-Beaver Creek FFA is having their annual fruit sale through Friday, Nov. 12. If you wish to purchase fruit and have not been contacted, call the H-BC school.Carla and Joel Overlander, daughter Krista and Joel’s father, Ron Overlander from Benson, came Friday to visit in the home of Joel’s mother, Melba Boeve. They came Friday so they could hunt deer as they’ve done for several years. They had their limit by Saturday and returned home that evening. Thursday, Nov. 11, will be observed as Veterans Day. The Hills-Beaver Creek schools will dismiss early that day. Parent-teacher conferences will be from noon until 7:30 p.m. that day.Our deepest sympathy goes out to Shirley Hoogeveen on the death of her sister Bette Faber who passed away on Sunday, Oct. 30, in Michigan. The Hills Christian School will hold their annual fall sale on Friday, Nov. 12. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the sale beginning at 7:30 p.m. I haven’t heard of any special programs of special recognition for Veterans Day on Thursday, Nov. 11. I am a firm believer if our veterans had not given their all, our nation would not be enjoying the freedoms we have to enjoy today. We often take our patriotism for granted. We talk about patriotism and that is as far as we go. When I found this article dealing with patriotism, I thought it would be an appropriate time to use it as many of us could be more patriotic, I think. It is titled, "What Do You Mean Patriotism?" and was adopted from The Echo. In these days when the casualties of war are sharing hospital wards with those of another culture, there is a great deal of talk about patriotism. This word is used haphazardly by many, cautiously by others, derisively by a few, until the serious-minded person wonders what it really means. If you have the feeling, you know that down inside of you patriotism is a very real thing inexpressible. It’s that way with most of us and always has been. In order that we have a way to tell the world how we feel about democracy, people a long time ago began to employ symbols of things that can be expressed and seen — which represent our feelings of patriotism. With us Americans, the foremost of these symbols from the first has been our flag. Another well-known symbol of our belief in America is pride. We are proud to be Americans. Yet how could we do more harm for our country than by letting our pride blind us to our faults, our intolerance, or to our shortsightedness at times. So you ask, "What do you mean — "patriotism?" and the answer is "Patriotism is not a thing to be defined — it is a thing to be lived." Only those whose lives are devoted to making this nation worthy of the praise and glory heaped on the orations can ever know the true meaning of patriotism."
