Saturday. Aug. 16, Amar Daaseeren and his sister, Beyermaa, natives of Mongolia, visited briefly in the home of Luella Schlueter. Amar, 29, attends ESL classes in the Cities at which Bonnie Olson, daughter of Luella, teaches. He wants to become more fluent in speaking the American language. His sister, 29 ???, has been a student at Mankato University for the past couple of years, seeking a degree in business administration. Their father is an engineer. The youth in Mongolia are expected to get a high school education. They have a parliament form of government and their language is Mongolian.Mongolia is located south of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russia). China borders the country where lies the Gobi Desert. Amar said there are lots of animals in his country and some folks are nomads, herding their camels, goats and sheep, etc., from watering place to watering place.Amar asked Bonnie if she could locate a farm which they could visit to learn more of farming in our country. She thought of the Glen and Ann Boeve farm which is the "Rock County Farm of the Year." They were taken there and Glen showed his herds of cattle, the pigs, the feeders, buildings, silos and all. He was interested in alfalfa, to know if it is good feed for the animals and to know how it was stored. He hopes to take back to his country some of the things he learned. He was very impressed with the layout and the big machinery. We thank the Boeves for taking the time to show off their farm. Sam and Glenda McGaffe, Katie and Samantha, vacationed last week from Sunday to Wednesday at Lake Okoboji. Dean and Peggy Goettsch and Alice Goettsch attended the Hageman family reunion a week ago Sunday at Alpha. Dale Jorgenson, brother-in-law to Evelyn Rogness, and a friend, Dwight Baire, Phoenix, Ariz., visited her on Friday afternoon. Alice Kolsrud returned home Wednesday after visiting her sisters and their husbands, Joyce and Ivert Anderson and Dotty and Norman Johnson, in the Cities area.Larry, Deb and Derek Hook spent Saturday and Sunday in the home of her mother, Lorne Heller, at DeSmet, S.D. Dick and Audrey Heidenson drove to Apple Valley for a visit in the home of their daughter, Jan and Mark Ausland. They took in the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, seeing the production of "Sound of Music. They also spent a day at the State Fair.Last week Wednesday, Dean and Peggy Goettsch, Tony and Annette, visited Peggy’s mother, Helen Schoen, at Freeborn. On Thursday Dean and Peggy attended the State Fair and returned home Friday. Last Monday, Joanne Goehle went to Winona to visit in the home of Rick and Michelle Nester until Thursday evening. Friday of last week, Pat Nester, Winona, and Andrew Carmany, Tyler, came here to spend until Sunday. Marilyn Metzger and her mother, Mary Carter, met Mary’s brother, Robert Feragen, and his wife at the airport in Sioux Falls and they came here for a visit. They had been visiting folks in Canada and now are in Madison, S.D., before returning to their home in Texas. Wilmer and Betty Elbers attended the Family Bible Conference at Lake Okoboji over the Labor Day weekend. Sunday, gathering at the home of Tom Goehle was Rick and Michelle Nester, Patrick and Nicole, Winona; Steve, Leanne, Alyssa, Andrew, Elliot and Allison Carmany, Tyler; Mark, Brenda, Zach, Katie and Colby Hadler, and Amber Rieck, Edgerton; Dorothea Hamann and Vivian Holst, both of Luverne, and Joanne Goehle, celebrated the birthdays of Vivian Holst and the first birthday of Colby Hadler. Hans and Susan Erickson and daughter, Siri, Eagan, spent the weekend in the parental Wendell Erickson home.Steve and Marilyn VanWyhe and Justin, Steen, and Heather VanWyhe and Jess Beeler, Hutchinson, spent Labor Day at Lake Okoboji. Perry Lien of California was in Hills Sunday greeting old friends. He was visiting Gene and Shirley Sundem in Sioux Falls and he and his wife had attended a Lien gathering with all his sisters present. His wife also was visiting her relatives in Clark and Madison, S.D. Tom and Joanne Goehle hosted the Hills-Beaver Creek-Edgerton-Ellsworth track team at a morning pancake breakfast Monday.
