Would you believe we lucked out on our weather one more time! All day Saturday we kept hearing the weatherman predicting freezing drizzle turning to snow late Saturday evening. Usually I don’t pay too much attention to the forecast but I had to be in Luverne early Sunday morning for church and hearing that forecast did not make for a good night’s sleep. I never did hear why we were so fortunate, but I was very happy when I looked out of the window Sunday morning and saw that we had not received any of what had been predicted. I could tell by the cars going by that the roads were in good driving conditions and that made my day!To tell the truth, I am a bit tired of snow, ice and even freezing drizzle and I have been looking for a sign of spring. I was thinking about the robins coming back and the buds coming out on the trees. When none of that was happening I realized there was a sign of spring right beneath my feet. While feeding the chickens, I had to walk through many mud puddles which brought back many memories of my childhood as I used to love to run through the puddles to see the water splash and of course, my mother didn’t think much of that idea at all! However, I am still looking for the real signs of spring. You all know that old saying, "Never give up!"Congratulations to Art and Henrietta Boeve on the arrival of twin grandchildren on Feb. 20, born to their daughter, Michelle and husband Gregg Van Wyhe, at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. They named the baby boy, Rex Arthur, and the baby girl, Regan Marie. They join one brother, Riley, at home, who is five years old. They returned home from Sioux Valley Hospital on Sunday afternoon. The Bosch family gathered together Wednesday evening at Magnolia Steak House in Luverne to celebrate Dries Bosch’s birthday. Those attending were Dries and Laura May Bosch, Dick and Gert Hup, Hills, Cornie and Darleen Bosch, and Betty Boeve, all from Luverne. The Hills-Beaver Creek Parish Partners will sponsor the Burger King Whopper feed from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, at Hills High School Commons in Hills. The H-BC basketball team will play the Red Rock Central team that evening. Pastor Dan and Karen Ramaker left Tuesday afternoon for a trip to Orlando, Fla. Their children met them in Kansas City where they flew together to Orlando. They will enjoy a short cruise while there. They plan to return home on Friday, Feb. 17. Dries and Laura May Bosch helped their granddaughter, Isabel Bosch, daughter of Tom and Amy Bosch, celebrate her birthday at the Sioux Falls Christian School where she is a student. The school was celebrating birthdays that day with a dinner in honor of recent birthdays. Needless to say, it was enjoyed by both Isabel and her grandparents. Melba Boeve left on Monday, Feb. 9, with the Prairie Coach tour from Dell Rapids, S.D. They toured Oklahoma City, Okla., Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Galveston, Austin and Waco, Texas. She returned home on Friday, Feb. 20. Sunday afternoon visitors in the Henrietta Huenink home were Pete and Judy Boeve, Sioux Falls, and Norma Van Wyhe, Lester, Iowa. The World Day of Prayer service will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 5, at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne. The theme for this year is "In Faith, Women Shape the Future."Sunday afternoon visitors in the Dries and Laura May Bosch home were their son, Paul, and wife, Diane, from Brandon, S.D.An open house bridal shower will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 6, in honor of Julie Aguilera, bride to be of Jason Bonnema at Steen Reformed Church in Steen. Everyone is welcome. Joyce Aykens, Worthington, spent the weekend at the home of her mother, Jo Aykens. Sunday afternoon they visited at the Paul and Carole Aykens home in Orange City, Iowa. A bridal shower in honor of Tara Boeve was Sunday afternoon at the Ron Venenga home in Little Rock, Iowa. Tara will become the bride of Derek Venenga in the near future. The grandparents are Wayne and Jennie Van Wyhe, Lester, and Art and Henrietta Boeve, Steen. George Washington’s birthday was Feb. 22. We hear so little about the founders of our nation and so much criticism about things this nation was founded upon, that I decided to use an article titled "We Call Him Father" to help us remember what he stood for. It was written by William A. Peterson. We need to renew our thinking in our world today!"We called him father.He was the architect of a new nation. He was a builder, whose hammer was a sword and whose timber were liberty and justice. He bequeathed freedom to live and speak and grow under the Stars and Stripes. He was a man of character ‘who labored to keep alive in his heart the celestial fire called conscience.’He was an idealist who spoke with eloquent action, not words!He was the first signer of the Constitution of the United States of America. We are the guardians of his ideals of liberty, and justice for all. It is our mighty task today to keep the torch of Washington aflame!"As we keep abreast of what is happening in our world today, let us remember what it cost the builders of this nation that has served us so well all of these years. It is our duty to preserve it for all of the generations to come.
