The Hills-Beaver Creek class of 1983 had their class reunion over the weekend. The group had a reception at Beaver Creek Lodge on Friday night. Their banquet was Saturday night at the Downtown Holiday Inn in Sioux Falls. Tom Bosch is the manager of the Inn. Sunday noon they enjoyed a potluck dinner at Jacobson Park in Hills along with their parents and their children. There were 60 in attendance at the park and out of 33 graduates, 25 were present. Coming from the greatest distance were Brad Tatge, San Diego, Calif., Dana VanMaanen Vink, Tulare, Calif., and Tom Loftus from Georgia.Ray Roning, James Roning, Dennis Roning, Herb and Pearl Sundem and Tanya and Zack Johnson, Jasper, attended the outdoor wedding of Kyle Schubert and Brooke Anderson Saturday evening at the Dennis Anderson farm near Valley Springs.Wendell and Kathryn Erickson attended the 50th wedding anniversary party for Kathryn’s brother and wife, Dr. Ernest and Ina Thorsgard, at Thief River Falls on Saturday, June 28. Arnold and June Thorin and Jerry and Diane Thorin, all of Sioux Falls, went to Austin to attend the 50th wedding anniversary of their sister, Mickie (Maxine) and Chuck Hanson, on July 6. All their children were home so they had a good visit with their family.Wednesday, Floyd and Mary Kraetsch, Luverne, were supper guests in the home of Robert and Twila Kirsch. Chuck and Rheta DeBoer joined a group of friends from Sioux Falls at a brunch on Saturday morning. Wendell and Kathryn Erickson were invited to the 50th anniversary of the Vo-Tech Adult Farm Management Program at Breezy Point, north of Brainerd, on July 6. They stayed Sunday and Monday night in the home of Wendell’s sister, Mildred Strang, at Remer, visiting her family. Sunday dinner guests in the home of Bob and Twila Kirsch were Cindy Lentz, Windom, and Ted Pholman, Lakefield. Lexia DeWit, Sioux Falls, hosted a personal family shower Sunday afternoon in her home for Amber VanWyhe, bride-to-be of Travis Arends. The climax of the day was a family picnic at Terrace Park in the evening. Attending were Steve and Marilyn VanWyhe, Amber and Justin, Steen; Travis Arends, Hardwick; Heather VanWyhe, Bloomington; Teri VanWyhe and Matt Mercer, Omaha, Neb.; Trisa Boyenga, Ames, Iowa; Ron, Lexia, Lindsey and Ashley VanWyhe, Sioux Falls; and Cliff and Vi VanWyhe.
