Spring officially arrived on Saturday. Most of us have become over anxious for its coming this year. I know that many have been outside walking around their homes and gardens to see if any of the perennials have been brave enough to peek out of the cold, dark ground to see if the sun is shining and time for them to get up! The month of March got its name from a Roman war god. The Anglo-Saxons called March "Hyd-Month" or loud or stormy month. Both are appropriate, even today. However, when March arrives, the days begin to get longer rapidly. The Vernal Equinox falls on March 21 so this month is part winter and part spring. Tradition said the last three days of March were borrowed from April and so are always stormy. I am not sure if March came in like a lion or a lamb. But I do know it was accompanied by a gusty wind as she has been with us frequently for some time. Regardless if it came in like a lion or a lamb, spring will soon be here so get out your lawnmower and get it ready to go as there are many other jobs awaiting us such as raking the dead leaves that are still blowing around and picking up many other things that you wonder how they ever got to where they were. Enjoy your last few days of peace and quiet as soon the outdoors will be calling us to come. Come to think of it that is what we have been waiting for this entire month. Jeff Aukes, son of Orrin and Bernice Aukes, whose birthday was on Tuesday, celebrated it in the home of his parents Sunday afternoon. Those coming to help him celebrate were Orlie and Linda Aukes and son, Bryan, Larchwood, Iowa, and Dan and friend Amy Fogama, Lisa Telford and daughter, Taylor, Jeff’s friend, Shelia Saulzski, all from Sioux Falls, Mary and Clair Crawford and sons, Isaac and Lance, Beaver Creek, Tim Jungers, Luverne, and Sophie Jungers, Worthington.Ellsworth will once again be giving the "Living Last Supper" on the following dates: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 10. If you have never attended this, it is well worth your while.Mildred Paulsen attended the Maplewood Apartments board meeting of the Lakeview United Methodist Health Care Center on Monday at Fairmont. The KELO "Almost Stars" will come to H-BC at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 29, in the Hills High School gym. A soup and dessert supper will be from 5 to 7 p.m. prior to the game in the high school lunch room. (Freewill donations accepted.) All proceeds go to the junior parents after prom committee. The H-BC junior-senior prom is Friday, April 23. Dries and Laura May Bosch enjoyed a morning brunch with Laura May’s family Sunday morning. Those who were there were her sisters and sister-in-law, Myra Doyle, Sioux Falls, Margaret and Harold Schlimgen, Luverne, and Kay Cox, Adrian. Anita Bosh, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, came Sunday afternoon to spend her spring break visiting her parents, Art and Henrietta Boeve, and other family members including her sister, Michelle and Gregg VanWyhe and their family including their new twin babies. Lori Scholten celebrated her birthday with a Sunday dinner in her home for her family which included her parents, Kenny and Marleen Thompson of Sioux Falls.Among those from the Steen area who attended the play presented by the Green Earth Players at the Palace Theatre in Luverne on Saturday evening were Melba Boeve, Art and Henrietta Boeve, Harvey and Etta DeJongh, Pastor Dan and Karen Ramaker, Anna Elbers and Betty Boeve. Melvin and JoAnn Paulsen attended on Friday evening. The Inspiration Hills Annual Auxiliary meeting and Silent Auction is Thursday, March 25, with the Silent Auction conducted in the afternoon. Lately, it seems to me that all we have in our lives is money and more money. Everyone is trying to make more money or to get a job that pays more and I got to thinking, why is money so important to all of us. Yes, I know we have to have money to live but if all we had was money and nothing available to buy, we could become very hungry as we certainly cannot eat it. The late George Horace Lorimer, who for years served as editor of the now called "Saturday Evening Post," wrote these words: "It’s a good thing to have money, and the things money can buy, but it is good, too, to check up once in awhile and make sure we haven’t lost the things money cannot buy." The things money cannot buy would make a long list. Here are some of them.Money cannot buy real friendship; it must be earned. Money cannot buy a clear conscience; square dealing is the price tag.Money cannot buy the glow of good health; right living is the secret.Money cannot buy happiness; happiness is a mental attitude; and one can be as happy in a cottage as in a mansion.Money cannot buy sunshine, singing birds, and the music of the wind in the trees; these are as free as the air we breathe.Money cannot buy inward peace; peace is the result of a constructive philosophy of life. Money cannot buy character; character is what we are when we are alone with ourselves in the dark. There are many more things that could be added to this list but I will let you make your own list. You will agree that among the things money cannot buy are some of the most valuable treasures life has to offer. It is a good thing to check up now and then to be sure we’re not missing these things!
