By Jolene Farley
People interested in filing for elected office in Hills, Beaver Creek or Steen have until Tuesday, Sept. 10, to do so.

Filings for city offices opened Aug. 22 and close at noon Tuesday in Hills and Steen and at 5 p.m. in Beaver Creek.

As of Wednesday, Sept. 4, no one had filed in Hills for the two-year mayor seat or for the two four-year city council seats. City clerk Connie Wiertzema said she isn't surprised by the lack of interest.

"That's not unusual. A lot of times, they wait until the last day or two," she said. "They'll think about it and think about it and take that last step and come in."

Jim Jellema, who was appointed after George Langford resigned at the end of 2001, is the current mayor.

Wendell Bengtson and Linus Svoboda currently fill the two four-year council seats. Svoboda was appointed to the council to replace Jim Jellema, who was appointed mayor.

In Beaver Creek, current mayor Al Blank has filed for another two-year term.

No one has filed for the three open seats on the Beaver Creek City Council. Those seats are currently held by Carolyn DeBoer (four-year term), Arlyn Gehrke (four-year term), and Burdell Willers (two-year term).

Willers was appointed after the resignation of Julie Buysse from the council. Gehrke was appointed after the resignation of Arnold Brondsema.

In Steen, Mel Van Batavia has filed for another two-year term as mayor.

Robert Sandbulte, Leonard Otkin and Brad Bosch have filed for two four-year council vacancies.
Current council member Dries Bosch has decided not to run.

Sandbulte was appointed to office after the resignation of Cornie Bosch.

Qualified individuals may file at the city hall in the three communities, or an application signed by at least five voters may be filed on behalf of an eligible person.

By Jolene Farley
The Hills Community Club has set the date for Old Fashioned Saturday Night in Hills for Saturday, Sept. 14.

The Community Club will serve grilled pork loin sandwiches, beans, coleslaw, chips and a drink for $5 or a hotdog, chips and a drink for $2, ice cream with a topping will be $1.

Local talent Bill Kroon, Harlan Kroon and Carol Zwaan will play bluegrass, gospel and country music from 5 to 7 p.m.

Community Club membership dues will be collected during the evening. Family memberships are $10 and single memberships are $5.

Above, Diane Leuthold serves area residents sausage links prepared by volunteers from the Hills Christian School on Monday. Wendell Buys, Hills Christian School administrator, was pleased with the turnout at the free will donation pancake feed. "We thought there were probably more people than last year," he said. Volunteers hope the public will continue to attend the Labor Day event. At right, Helene Buys (left) and Diane Leuthold are on clean-up duty.

Photo by Jolene Farley

A Sioux City, Iowa, player prepares to hit the ball during the Labor Day softball tournament Saturday and Monday in Steen. The Hills Independents placed second and the Beaver Creek team placed third in a roster of 12 teams.

Photo by Jolene Farley

The following thoughts by comedian George Carlin landed in my e-mail file this week.

To spare our readers from my current thoughts on community policing, the state's land negotiations or back to school shopping, it's best to fill this space with these cute little blurbs:

1. If you take an Oriental person and spin him around several times, does he become disoriented?

2. If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren't people from Holland called Holes?

3. Why do we say something is out of whack? What's a whack?

4. Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?

5. If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?

6. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

7. When someone asks you, "A penny for your thoughts" and you put your two cents in... what happens to the other penny?

8. Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

9. Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist but a person who drives a race car not called a racist?

10. Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposites?

11. Why isn't the number 11 pronounced onety one?

12. If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

13. If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP?

14. What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?

15. Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do, write to them? Why don't they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen can look for them while they deliver the mail?

15. If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?

16. Ever wonder what the speed of lightning would be if it didn't zigzag?

17. Whatever happened to Preparations A through G?

18. Do people who spend $2.00 a piece on those little bottles of Evian water know that spelling it backwards is NAIVE.

19. Isn't making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?

20. OK... so if the Jacksonville Jaguars are known as the "Jags" and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are known as the "Bucs," what does that make the Tennessee Titans?

21. If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea... does that mean the fifth one enjoys it?

Have a nice Labor Day weekend and PLEASE drive slowly and carefully in school zones next week.

Bison to be auctioned at State Park
The Blue Mounds State Park annual bison auction will be at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12, at the Blue Mounds State Park headquarters.

Approximately 20 animals will be sold, with the majority being 18 to 30 months old, according to park manager John Voges.

Other animals include four exposed 3-year-old heifers, two exposed older females and two 3-Ðyear-old butcher bulls.

For more information on the auction, contact the state park at 283-1307.

Committee announces 6th annual Crop Walk
The Rock County CROP Walk Committee has announced plans for the Sixth Annual Rock County Crop Walk.

The purpose of the walk is to raise pledges and contributions to support the work of Church World Service's fight against hunger in the world.

All money raised helps to fight hunger locally, nationally and internationally.

Twenty-five percent of the funds collected will be given to the Rock County Food Shelf.

The event will be staged Sunday, Sept. 29, beginning with registration from 1-2 p.m. at the Rock County Highway Department Building on North Blue Mound Avenue. The walk will begin at 2 p.m.

For more information, contact Rev. Dell Sanderson at 283-4431 or Jane Wildung at 283-4691.

It's not too late to file for School Board
If you have any interest in helping to run the Luverne school district, you have until Sept. 10 to file for one of the open positions.

In Luverne, four of the seven members' terms are up.

The open seats are currently held by Dan Kopp, Becky Walgrave, Cary Radisewitz and Bill Stegemann.

Filing for the office opened on Aug. 27 and will close on Sept. 10, at 5 p.m.

As of noon Wednesday, three of the incumbents, Walgrave, Kopp and Radisewitz have filed, as well as challenger Tim Burns. Stegemann has indicated he will file, but has not done so officially.

Other members of the board who are not up for re-election include Don Bryan, Steve Tofteland and Colleen Deutsch.

All terms are four-year terms and the other three will be up for re-election in two years.

To file for office you must be 21 years old or more the day you assume office, must have a residence in the school district for 30 days prior to the general election, and must have no other affidavit on file for any other office at the same primary or next ensuing general election.

The filing fee is $2.

The general election will be Tuesday, Nov. 5, between the hours of 7 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Sioux Valley Southwest changes name
The official name of the company will stay Sioux Valley Southwestern Electric, but the provider of electricity and other energy-related services has now started doing business as Sioux Valley Energy.

According to CEO Don Marker, the new name will give customers a simpler way of referring to the company.

"Also, in the future it might make it easier for the cooperative to explore new energy service options on members' behalf," Marker said.

The new "Sioux Valley Electric" will soon start appearing on signs, vehicles, billing materials and correspondence on a gradual basis to keep transitional costs to a minimum.

Blood bank reports on drive
The Community Blood Bank, a cooperative venture between Sioux Valley and Avera McKennan Hospitals in Sioux Falls, had a blood drive in Luverne on Wednesday, Aug. 28.

According to a recent press release, their effort collected 41 units of the life saving substance.

A time for their next drive has not yet been announced.

Publisher Roger Tollefson can be contacted by e-mail at
tolly@star-herald.com

Clem W. Suedkamp, 89, Adrian, died Saturday, Aug. 31, 2002, in Luverne Hospice Cottage.

Services were Tuesday, Sept. 3, at St. Adrian Catholic Church in Adrian. The Rev. Gerald Kosse officiated. Burial was in the parish cemetery.

Clem Suedkamp was born to William and Elizabeth (Dorn) Suedkamp on Sept. 19, 1912, in rural Adrian. He graduated from St. Adrian Catholic High School in 1931.

He married Margaret Loosbrock on Nov. 28, 1944, in St. Kilian Catholic Church. After their marriage, the couple farmed south of Adrian. In 1978, they retired and moved to Adrian.

Mr. Suedkamp was a member of St Adrian Catholic Church where he was a former member of the church board and the Knights of Columbus serving as past Grand Knight. He was also a former member of the Adrian Co-op Oil Board and the St. Adrian Catholic High School Board. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and reading.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret Suedkamp, Adrian; six children and their spouses, Judy (Thomas) Percer, Westminster, Calif., James (Pat) Suedkamp, Pierre, S.D., Richard (Shirley) Suedkamp, Lakewood, Colo.; Vern (Sandra) Suedkamp, rural Adrian, Ellen Suedkamp, Gainesville, Fla., and Edward (Becky) Suedkamp, San Diego, Calif.; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; three sisters, Elizabeth Nytes, Adrian, Emma Lenz, Minneapolis, and Marge (Vince) Wieneke, Lismore; and many nieces and nephews.

Mr. Suedkamp was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Jack and George Suedkamp, and two sisters, Marie Suedkamp and Phil Luettel.

A tree will be planted in memory of Clem Suedkamp by Hospice of Luverne Community Hospital.

Dingmann Funeral Home, Adrian, was in charge of arrangements.

Gladys V. Wulf, 94, formerly of Luverne, died Friday, July 26, 2002, at Mary House in Pierre, S.D.
Services were Tuesday, July 30, at East Side Presbyterian Church in Sioux Falls, S.D. Burial was in Beaver Creek Cemetery, Beaver Creek.

Gladys McCurdy was born to William and Della (Cooksley) McCurdy on Jan. 8, 1908, in Beaver Creek. She grew up in Beaver Creek and attended District #44 school near Beaver Creek. She attended Luverne High School.

She married Detlef Wulf on Feb. 16, 1926, in Flandreau, S.D. The couple farmed near Beaver Creek for many years. They moved to Sioux Falls in 1957. She worked as a nurseÕs aide under Sister Camillus at McKennan Hospital for more than 10 years before retiring in 1970. She recently resided at K-Nopf Assisted Living for five years before moving to the Mary House in Pierre in October 2001.

Mrs. Wulf was a member of East Side Presbyterian Church in Sioux Falls. She was a life member of the VFW Auxiliary, American Legion Auxiliary and Moose Lodge.

Survivors include one daughter, Darlene Baron Grotewold, and her husband, Floyd "Bud," Larchwood, Iowa; four grandchildren, Gordon (Gerri) Baron, Denver, Colo., Leland Baron, Pierre, Darla (Bob) Baron-Stickman, Highland Ranch, Colo., and Marsha (Gary) Baron-Hopper, Brooklyn Park; six great-grandchildren, Heidi Baron, Greenfield, Mass., Brent Baron, Pierre, Cody Stickman, Mindi Stickman, both of Highland Ranch, Nathan Hopper, Pierre, Forrest Hopper, Brooklyn Park; one sister-in-law, Viola McCurdy, Beaver Creek; many nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Wulf was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Detlef, on May 17, 1980, one son, Orville, a son-in-law, William "Bob" Baron, one brother, Roy McCurdy, and three sisters, Ethel Sensenbach, Edna Love and Zona Sibson.

George Boom Funeral Home, Sioux Falls, was in charge of arrangements.

Arnold Walgrave, 89, Luverne, died Tuesday, Sept. 3 at Good Samaritan Village, Pipestone. Visitation will be Thursday, Sept. 5 from 2 to 8 p.m. with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m. at Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne. Services will be Friday, Sept. 6 at 2 p.m. at St. Catherine Catholic Church, Luverne, with Rev. Andrew Beerman officiating. Burial will be in St. Catherine Catholic Cemetery.