When October arrived, it not only brought us a holiday but it also brought us our beautiful weather. The weather has been most unusual all year. I find I am still waiting for summer! Now autumn has arrived and it is our most beautiful time of the year. I hope these words written by (I think) Patricia Stringer will help you to enjoy October. It is a very good description of the fall we have here, and I quote:"Along the roof the wood smoke blows. The trees are flushing in the lane. The last rose at the cottage pane lingers over her goodbye beneath a gray and grieving sky.I’ll not lament it or complain, but welcome winter once again and learn to love from day to day all nature’s moods, both grim and gray. And then if skies be gold or gray — I’ll be contented, come what may!" Congratulations to Travis Broesder and Melinda Feucht who were crowned king and queen for the Hills-Beaver Creek School homecoming on Friday, Oct. 1. Those attending the Dutch Psalm and Hymn Sing at Tuff Home in Hills on Tuesday were Bill and Bertha Bosch, Mildred Keunen, Jo Aykens and Milton Bonnema. Congratulations to Lyle and Dorothy Bos who will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, at Steen Reformed Church. It is an open house and all of their friends and relatives are most welcome. Melba Boeve and a friend left on Sept. 15 for a tour of Bangkok and Thailand. One week was spent in each place. One of the many experiences they enjoyed was a ride on the elephant through the jungle. They returned home on Oct. 1. She spent the weekend at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, John and Julie Springman, near the Cities before returning to her home. Paul Aykens from Orange City, Iowa, visited in the home of his mother, Jo Aykens, on Friday. One of our former Steen residents, Darlene Bosch, underwent knee replacement surgery at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls on Monday. We wish her a speedy recovery. There will be a soup supper from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27, at Steen Reformed Church. There will be a freewill offering which goes toward the building fund.Sunday afternoon guests in the Orrin and Bernice Aukes home were their son Orlie Aukes, his sons Brian and Dan and his friend from Hills and Lisa Telford and her daughter Taylor from Sioux Falls. Do you ever have a day when you plan to get lots of things done that you have been wanting to do for a long time. However, it just doesn’t happen as there were so many interruptions as well as other things that needed to be done. This happens to me quite often which leaves me feeling upset and also disgusted with myself. When I ran across this article titled, "Daily Inventory," I thought this must be for me. It was taken from the magazine, Meditation. It will give us all something to think about."For your daily inventory, when evening comes, go off into a quiet place and review your day. Have you been kind and thoughtful or mean and thoughtless? Have you kept an even temper, or have you lost your temper when things have gone wrong?Have you been pleasant or grouchy?Have you inspired those whom you have met or have you depressed and discouraged them?Have you done something creative and worthwhile, or have you wasted the day with petty things?Have you been fair and square in what you have done?Have you increased the happiness moments in the lives of others or have you a thought only of yourself?Have you enlarged your horizon expanding your personality?Have you grown larger or have you shrunk smaller?What we do day by day determines what we become. Hour by hour we build our lives for better or worse. A daily inventory will help to keep us on the right track, headed toward your highest ideals."I hope these words will help us all to stay on the right track and by so doing our days will become much more productive and we will be better persons and hopefully accomplish many more things we would like to do!
