Due to the rain-out of the Sioux Falls Municipal Band Concert at the Multi-Cultural Festival at Falls Park Saturday noon, Ray and Lois Nelson were able to attend the Nordland Fest at the Elmen Center and also watched the Thunderbird Air Show later in the afternoon.Martha Aukes, formerly of Steen, and her daughter Barbara Pates, both of North Dakota, were Saturday evening visitors in the home of Cliff and Vi VanWyhe.Susan (Nierson) and Kevin Olson, Aaron and Kallie, rural Madison, Minn., were in the area over the weekend to attend the concert of the Agape Singers of the Dawson area at the Christ Church in Sioux Falls. Their daughter was a participant in the concert. They were guests Sunday of her aunt, Shirley Olson, who also attended the concert on Saturday night. Wendell and Kathryn Erickson attended the Center for Western Study at The Oaks in Sioux Falls Tuesday night. This was a tribute to all veterans and especially those who were in training at the radio school in Sioux Falls. Marie Walraven and Luella Schlueter attended the all school reunion of the high school Saturday night in Marion, S.D., from which Luella had graduated. Bob and Twila Kirsch visited in the Lentz home in Windom and brought Riley to Hills to spend a week here. They also visited in the Luke and Deb Mathias home in Heron Lake on Sunday. Monday evening Wilmer and Betty Elbers attended the DeBoer reunion at the Pizza Ranch in Hull, Iowa. Wendell and Kathryn Erickson attended the Nordland Fest which was Friday and Saturday in Sioux Falls. Teri VanWyhe and Matt Mercer, Omaha, Neb., were at the Tom VanWyhe home in Sioux Falls and Cliff and Vi VanWyhe visited there Sunday afternoon. Sheldon and Ellie Sandager met Milton and Evelyn Anderson in Sioux Falls Sunday and enjoyed lunch together. Friday evening, Hills Stainless Steel, the Elbers, hosted the mid-season championship at the Rock Rapids Speedway. About 50 people were in attendance. A week ago, Dean and Peggy Goettsch attended the wedding of Amy Herman and Kurt Roloff at the Park Avenue Methodist Church in Minneapolis. On Sunday they helped with the reception in Sioux Falls. Sunday afternoon Wilmer and Betty Elbers visited in the home of Chuck and Nelmina Kroese at Hull, Iowa. Joel and Sandy Kroese, Atlanta, Ga., are spending a few days visiting in the area. Friday evening Mae Top and her sister-in-law, Henrietta Top of Luverne, attended the Relay for Life (cancer) all night walk at the Luverne City Park. They enjoyed supper and lots of entertainment afterward. After dark, more than 1,000 candles (luminaries) were lit on the road around the park. Mae was an overnight guest of Henrietta. They returned the next morning at the park for a 6:30 a.m. worship service and breakfast. Jim Sandager of West Des Moines, Iowa spent a couple of nights in the home of his parents, Vic and Fran Sandager.
