This weekend our world tuned into a "Winter Wonderland!" We have been so lucky to not be included in any of the winter storm watches. However, it seems like our luck has run out! We have received about six inches of light fluffy white snow with temperatures remaining below zero for nearly a week. Predictions are for more snow coming, and some already has, as this weekend I think we received another six inches and believe me the drifts are getting deeper as are the piles of snow that have been removed from other areas. So far, we have lucked out as far as strong winds are concerned but if the wind decides to blow before some of this snow melts we are going to have a big problem. If this continues, our winter wonderland will turn into Winter — I wonder where our land has gone. It makes one wonder, "How many more weeks until spring. Wonder what the groundhog said? Ray and Mona Rozeboom, Hills, who winter in California, were walking when they were hit by a car last Sunday. Both were hospitalized and remain patients there. We wish them a speedy recovery. Les and Linda Hengeveld and Mildred Keunen were Sunday dinner guests at the Bill and Bertha Bosch home in Steen.Lori Scholten, who had undergone surgery last week, was able to return to her home on Saturday.Dries and Laura May Bosch, Myra Doyle, Sioux Falls, and Tom and Amy Bosch, Sioux Falls, enjoyed a 1:30 p.m. luncheon at Spezia’s in Sioux Falls on Friday. Our deepest sympathy goes out to Ann and Glen Boeve at the sudden passing of her mother, Eleanor Vandekop of Rock Rapids, Iowa. Funeral services were Tuesday afternoon at United Methodist Church in Rock Rapids. Sunday afternoon visitors in the Winnie Scholten home were Martha and Roy Joengetzes of Edgerton. There was no school in Hills-Beaver Creek schools on Monday due to the inclement weather. Emma Bosch, 8-year-old daughter of Tom and Amy Bosch of Sioux Falls, was an overnight guest in the home of her grandparents, Dries and Laura May Bosch, Friday night. Saturday morning she served them their breakfast which included pancakes! Her parents were Sunday afternoon visitors in the Bosch home. Their daughter, Emma, returned home with them. Saturday evening supper guests in the Melba Boeve home were her son Brian and family, Sara, Melissa and Daniel, from Sioux Falls, in honor of Brian’s birthday. Steen Senior Citizens cancelled their February meeting, which would have been on Monday, due to the inclement weather. Hills-Beaver Creek schools had planned a late start on Monday but due to the weather conditions decided to dismiss school.Andy and Bertha Fikse, Edgerton, Bob and Arla Feikema, Luverne, and Mildred Paulsen, Steen, were Saturday evening dinner guests in the home of Gerrit and MaryAnn Van Aartsen home near Luverne. This past week we have been hearing much about political caucuses. Many names have been placed on ballots at or for political rallies of would-be candidates for governmental positions including president. It seems to me a bit early to be getting so involved as election is not until November. I am sure it is so the general public will get to recognize the names of their favorite candidate and vote for them. However, it seems to me that there is more important issues to be considered. Political economists have designated the following current concerns of life as the greatest fallacies of the 20th century. They are: oThat international friendship can be carried through gifts rather than through genuine common principles and purposes. oThat the moral character of a nation, as a whole, can be better than the moral character of its citizens as individuals. oThat anybody’s opinion as to how to run the country is as good as anybody else’s. oThat government can give things to the people without first taking them away from the people. oThat if we keep experimenting long enough we will find a substitute for an honest day’s work. oThat shorter hours and less work will produce a higher standard of living. oThat somewhere and somehow there simply must be a substitute for honest money. oThat somewhere in the depths of scientific socialism there must be a substitute for the love of one’s neighbor. oThat stealing is not stealing when the majority of the voters vote in favor of it. oThat personnel economic security, guaranteed by the government is possible without the loss of personal liberty. There are many things for all of us to think about before we go to vote in November. We must remember the freedom we have all become so accustomed to is not free. It costs all of us something. Let’s take some time to think about what we are doing to keep this nation free.
