New people who have recently moved into Hills are Amy and Eric Gaugler, who purchased the Margaret Bakker home on Central Ave. They moved here from Elgin, N.D. Eric is employed at John Deere in Luverne and Amy is looking for employment. Eric’s brother, Jesse and Karen, live in the former Renae Erickson home just north of Jacobson Park. Also occupying the home recently vacated by Darla and Brian Kraayenhof are Adam Huisman and Dana Sells who were married May 24 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Brian works as an electrician out of Sioux Falls. Dana works at Tuff Home. Purchasing the Ella Juffer home earlier were Valerie (Roozenboom) and Cory Meinerts. Ella has taken up residency in Tuff Apartments. Valerie is employed at Makin’ Waves in Hills and Cory works for Sandbulte Construction.Carmine Immediato, who has purchased the Frank and Berdella DeBoer home, works as a carpenter out of a Sioux Falls company. Carl and Meredith Cherland left Saturday after spending three days visiting his aunt, Evangeline Opheim. They had spent the school year in Athens, Ga., where she had a teaching assignment and were headed for their home in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Dick and Luella Lewallen, Wessington Springs, S.D., were overnight guests Saturday in the home of Dana and Kay Dahlquist. They were on their way home from Indiana and stopped here and also got acquainted with their new great-grandchild, Avery, son of Adam and Laurie Dahlquist. Kris Schlueter, son of Gerry and Sue Schlueter, was in the area last week and stopped on Wednesday to have supper with his grandmother, Luella Schlueter. Dewayne and Margo Edwards and Myrtle Edwards, Forestburg, S.D., spent Memorial Day in the home of Harriet Skattum. Paul Theis, who had been visiting his mother, Marcella Theis, left for his home in Washington, D.C. Later he will be on an assignment for the State Department in Romania. Pete Hoff spent Saturday and Sunday attending the Brandon Valley Girls’ Invitational Fastpitch tournament in which he had five granddaughters playing. Kelli Hoff’s team placed third; Jessie Lunstra and Heidi Hoff’s team placed second; Angie Hoff’s team took second place and Rachel Hoff was on the winning team taking first place. The five girls are very sports minded. Robert and Twila Kirsch helped their granddaughter, Jessica Lentz, Windom, celebrate her eighth birthday Saturday. The Britze Studio’s performance of the night was given at Washington Pavilion. Ashley DeWit of Sioux Falls performed in the ballet, pointe IV, jazz and also a final senior solo. She is the daughter of Ron and Lexi DeWit. Attending were her family, Tom VanWyhe and Cliff and Vi VanWyhe.
