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Farmers are busy with planting Ree Heights 5-22-13

Posted May 21, 2013 at 5:28 pm

The weather this past week was hot with several of the days being into the upper 80s and into the 90s. We had 94 one day, which is one of the warmest days that we have had in May and for the first part of the month. Areas around us set records for the heat for this time of year. We received some rain during the week. The farmers have been busy getting the rest of their crops in and have been doing a good job of it. Of course, the wind has blown many times this week and strong part of the time.

Delton and Carole Beck were Sunday dinner and supper guests at the Jared and Laura Beck home in Huron for Mother’s Day and to help Noah and Lydia celebrate their birthdays. Noah turned

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    Friendship Center to be closed Memorial Day Friendship Center 5-22-13

    This week the news will be shorter because I only have one pool news write-up. On Monday, May 13 the players were Charles Droz, George Mogle and Jim DeGeest.

    Tuesday, May 14, Charles Droz, Warren Skinner, Duane Robison, Bob Lowther and Merv Mewes were on deck for the games. “The wind was kicking up a gale, outside, and the Eight-ball boys were shooting the eyes out of pool balls inside the Center. Droz and Skinner ran a 5-game, 4-game edge over Robison and Mewes by lunch time.

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    New @ the Library 5-22-13

    “Dig Into Reading!” is the theme for the summer reading program that runs from June 3 until July 27. All kids from birth through eighth grade are invited to come in and sign up beginning Monday, June 3. An added bonus for participants again this year is a partnership with the SD State Fair’s Read and Win Program, which will offer free student gate passes to the State Fair! Thanks to the Hand County Library League, we also have plenty of other prizes and activities that are being planned to help make the

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    Legion Auxiliary makes plans for Memorial Day Gann Valley 5-22-13

    Legion Auxiliary makes plans for Memorial Day

    The Gann Valley Memorial Day services will be held Monday, May 27. The Abernathy American Legion Post will be at the St. Placidus Cemetery at 9:30 a.m. A program will be held at the Gann Valley Legion Hall at 10:30 a.m. with Vivian Rearick as the speaker. Brian Bergeleen will provide music. The Legion Auxiliary will give a program on the Vietnam War Memorial. Following the program, the Legion Post will go to the Spring Hill Cemetery. A potluck dinner

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    Mother’s Day Tea held at Good Sam Good Samaritan Society 5-22-13

    Mother’s Day Tea held at Good Sam

    The annual Mother’s Day Tea was held Sunday, May 12. Beverly Letsche and Rosemary Moeller served three different teas: green, black and peach. Strawberry shortcake and other desserts were also served. Ron Blachford provided piano entertainment during the event.

    Steve Simons, New Beginnings Worship Center, held Sunday worship service after the Mother’s Day Tea. His message was on, “Watch What You Say!” taken from Proverbs 18:21 and James 3:2-10. Sue Jones played piano

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    Graduation, Memorial Day bring families together Polo-Orient 5-22-13

    Leading off the column this week has to be the breaking news of the moisture that was welcomed by farmers and fields in the Orient and Polo communities. Amounts from .10 to .40 were received on Friday night. That primed the pump and Saturday night the rumble produced mud puddles across most of the area as reports east of Polo were an inch, south 1.30, while just west of Polo received 1.75. North of Polo the gauges had from 2.20 to 2.40 of the liquid gold and west of Polo near the Hyde county

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    :kcaB gnikooL 5-22-13

    May 17, 1913

    Wednesday morning the people in Ree Heights were shocked to learn of the sudden death of Bill Freeman at Tracy, Minn. Funeral services were held at the Ree Heights Congregational Church and burial was in Miller.

    B.S. Bell received his new gas farm engine Wednesday. It arrived on that day, but wasn’t unloaded until Thursday. It is an Avery and 12-horsepower and will be used to do his farm work.

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