After enjoying a week of beautiful weather and getting used to our sweaters and lighter jackets the weatherman decided that was enough of that! Sunday morning freezing drizzle and snow showers were predicted and of wind would blow. This became a reality Sunday afternoon and was predicted to continue into Monday with you guessed it, strong winds with six to eight inches of snow. We will soon know what else may be in store for us. Whatever it is, it can’t be that bad as we’ll be a whole month closer to spring!There was no school in the Hills-Beaver Creek Schools on Monday. The staff had an in-service meeting. They couldn’t have picked a better day as our weather was cold, snowing and the wind, of course, was blowing as usual. Steen Reformed Church cancelled their worship service Sunday evening because of the inclement weather. Winnie Scholten underwent surgery at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls on Thursday. She returned to her home on Friday. Laura May Bosch’s sister and husband, Ron and Alice Ehrisman retired. They were living in Wagner, SD. They have moved and are now residents of Dow Rummel Village in Sioux Falls. Lori Scholten underwent surgery on Tuesday at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls. Parent Teacher conferences for Hills-Beaver Creek Schools are Thursday, Feb. 12. The high school students will be dismissed at 11 a.m. and the elementary school at 11:30 a.m. Mildred Keunen and Jo Aykens were dinner guests Sunday at the home of Joyce Aykens in Worthington. Other guests were Paul and Carole Aykens and Susan Veldkamp and her daughter, Jadeyn, all of Orange City, Iowa. Judy and Pete Boeve, Sioux Falls, were Sunday visitors in the home of her mother, Henrietta Huenink. Paul Aukes, son of John Aukes, Hardwick, was a Thursday afternoon caller in the Orrin Aukes home. The family of the late Curtis Paulsen had their Paulsen family Christmas at the Daryl and Marie Paulsen home, which was part of the Paulsen homestead, on Jan. 17 and 18. From a distance came Gary and Carlotte Paulsen, Ogden, Iowa, and their children, Kevin and Jenny Paulsen and children, Matthew and Lindey, Kendal and Kim and children, Conner and Courtney, all of Ogden; Gary’s daughter, Kelly Fishback and family, Kylie and Dylon, Vermillion, S.D., Steven and Sherry Paulsen and family, Tyler, Tanner, Trevor and Tarra, Hills, and Clark and Suzanne Paulsen, Brandon, and Mildred Paulsen. There were 24 family members present for a 5 p.m. dinner and gifts. Those coming from a distance were overnight guests. Sunday morning they all enjoyed breakfast together before they left for their homes. Where does the time go? It seems to me that we just observed New Year’s. Now the holidays have all been observed and in a few days the entire month of January will be a thing of the past. Time seems to go faster all of the time. Time is one thing they have not been able to make a permanent change for. We can change our clocks but time never changes. Philosophers have explored space. They have not explored time. It is the unexplainable raw material of everything. With it, all is possible, without it, nothing. The supply of time is a daily miracle. You wake up in the morning … and your day is magically filled with 24 hours. It is the most precious possession. And no one ever receives either less or more than you receive. Moreover you cannot draw on the future. You can only waste the passing moment. You cannot waste tomorrow, it is kept for you. You cannot waste the next hour, it is kept for you. You have to live on this 24 hours of daily time. Out of it you have to spin health, pleasure, money, content, respect and the evolution of your immortal soul. Its right use, its most efficient use, its most effective use, is a matter of highest urgency. Everything depends on time.Commitment is a state achieved by having your yesterdays all filed away, your present in order and your tomorrow’s subject to instant revision.We all have the same amount of time to accomplish our goals. Good luck!
