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The weather in Elm Springs this week was absolutely gorgeous until Friday night, when the temperature dropped and the wind started blowing.
Marvin and Carolyn Anders returned Wednesday from a week-long stay in the southwest. They flew to Las Vegas, NV last Wednesday where they met Ken and Belva Reilly. The four then motored through Arizona and Utah before the Anders’ returned home.
Matt Trask visited the Lawrence Burke residence Tuesday, Clyde Arneson was a coffee visitor there Wednesday, and the Burke’s went to Sturgis on business Thursday. Matt Trask and the Burke’s have begun a CD exchange program. So far, Lawrence has traded Chet Atkins and Mark Knopler’s “Neck and Neck” for “Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles” and JD Crowe and the New South’s “My Home Ain’t In the Hall of Fame.” All of the above are obviously very obscure recordings.
Larry and Peggy Gravatt went to Rapid City Wednesday to keep appointments and visit Jack. Matt and Maria Trask, on their way home from church Sunday, encountered Larry and Peggy standing near the end of their driveway and stopped to visit.
Before Ben Linn’s Wednesday guitar lesson, Matt Trask sat down to try his hand at cribbage again, this time in a three-hand game against Andy and Emily Linn. After gaining and keeping a comfortable lead through the course of the game, Matt was beaten by Andy at the finish line for lack of one point. Matt did much better in the eating contest which followed. In other news, the Andy Linns had supper at the Sam Johnston residence Saturday night, Andy and Ben attended a horse sale at the Seven Downs Arena near Spearfish Sunday, and Clyde Arneson was a supper guest Sunday night.
The Pauley’s went to Rapid City Friday night to watch Jesse Bail ride in the Extreme Bulls event at the Stock Show, and returned Saturday for the same purpose. Bunny and Mayzee attended the same horse sale on Sunday that Andy and Ben Linn did.
Amanda Humphrey and Billy Jean Pippert were overnight guests at the Cary Tines residence Friday night. Matt Trask visited briefly Friday night as well. Cary and Pam attended a barbeque at the Alfred and Serena Rice residence Saturday night.
The “Elk Creek Trasks” went toWagner Saturday to watch Mark and Mick wrestle in a dual there.
And the “Upland Trasks” had a slow week. RoseMary and Gemma went to Rapid City for appointments Thursday, and RoseMary, Matt and the Three Little Girls went to Faith Friday night to watch Austin play basketball. Pat and Joe went to Rapid Sunday afternoon. Visitors for the week included Morris Linn, John Madsen, and Wren Crawford of Nebraska.
Nick and Joe Trask, Patrick Wilson and Clay Tines were visitors at the Matt Trask residence Saturday night.
Jim and CarolineWilsey went the Extreme Bulls event in Rapid City Friday night. Tom and Ashley Wilsey of Tea spent Saturday and Sunday night at the Jim Wilsey residence on their way to pick up more of Ashley’s belongings in Rapid City. She has found a job in Wisconsin and will soon be moving there.
Kenny, Janet and Kelli Wilson attended Carolyn Breck’s birthday party in Chadron, NE on Saturday.
And Philip and Mary Kay Wilson went to Sturgis Thursday to watch Kelli compete in a gymnastics tournament.
The kind citizens hope you have a nice week.
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We really had quite a pile of news for mid-January. First we have to correct an error from last week, and then, more or less in order of importance, the happenings of the week.
Our dimwitted author was told and then promptly and inexplicably forgot that Jim and Myrna Smith went to Centerville last week to attend the wedding of Heidi Schubeck.
And now for the news, more or less in order of importance.
Young Jonnie Jo Anders was forced to relinquish her title of Newest Kind Citizen at 9:20 am on Thursday morning when Rylan Elshere was born to Ryan and Chrissy, weighing 8 lbs. 10 oz. And measuring 20”. The Elshere’s spent Wednesday night in Rapid City and returned home Friday morning.
Several of the kind citizens joined a host of kind people from all over in Wasta on Sunday for the Schell benefit dinner and auction, first to eat at the Wasta Community Center and then to bid on over 100 items at the Bar. Auctioneers were Clint Allison and Rod Volmer, and George Micheal and Zeb Hoffman were ringmen, for lack of a better word. Matt Trask bought a halter and a bag of cookies. He has not yet eaten the halter.
The Elm Springs School had their annual outing to Terry Peak on Tuesday. The children had great fun zooming down the hills, and their parents were exhausted watching them.
Brady O’Rourke and Baxter Anders both had their schedules interrupted Saturday morning, when Al Trask, hurrying to put his coat on, dislocated his shoulder. Brady and Baxter tried several times to help Al put it back without success, and they decided that medical attention would be necessary. When Al went in the house to tell his wife he would be going to the hospital, his shoulder slipped back into place. After that, probably everybody went home.
Clyde and Connie Arneson went to Rapid City on business Monday.
Clyde was a coffee visitor at the Lawrence Burke residence Tuesday morning. Lawrence went to Rapid City Tuesday to run errands and returned home just in time to welcome Matt Trask, who visited Tuesday evening.
Matt Trask visited the new Lynn and Sandy Fields residence Thursday morning, where he enjoyed coffee, rolls, and a spectacular view of the Belle Fourche River. Sandy joined Dorothy Anderson and Jean Linn at the quilting meeting in Wasta on Friday. Saturday visitors at the Fields residence were Jason Fields, Karlen Davis, Moshe and Micah, and Brian Teller.
Larry and Peggy Gravatt brought Jack out to Elm Springs Friday afternoon, and he spent Friday night at his house. Larry and Peggy drove him back to Rapid City Saturday, and had dinner before they came home.
Calder Johnston, accompanied by various family members, had basketball games in Wall on Monday, Draper on Tuesday, and New Underwood on Friday. The Johnstons and the Pauleys found a dam with enough frozen water to ice skate on the Jim Wilsey ranch, and so they went ice skating Saturday afternoon.
Kellie Linn and kids visited the John and Sylvia Rhoden residence near Union Center Saturday evening for supper.
Morris and Shirrise Linn had a positively sedate week. They hosted Matt Trask on Monday night and Clyde Arneson and Cary Tines Friday night.
Young Jada Maher arrived at the Pauley residence with Bud for a weekend stay. She returned to Isabel Sunday with Bunny.
Matt and John Paul Trask were supper guests at Al and Bridget’s Castle Wednesday night, and John Paul wound up being an overnight guest.
Tom and Shelia Trask and Philip Wilson, among others, spent part of the week in Salt Lake City, UT promoting the Dakota Trophies hunting organization at a hunting show there.
The “Upland Trasks” had a busy week, with more goings than comings. Julie left for Ft. Collins,CO to begin school and John Paul returned from Gilette, WY on Monday. Pat and Nick let Wednesday for Denver, CO to attend the R-CALF convention. John Paul left for Gilette Friday morning, Pat and Nick returned Saturday night, and Jim Jacquot of Rapid City and his nephew Todd visited the “Upland Trask” residence Sunday.
The kind citizens would like to welcome Rylan Elshere to their community.
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We have received several small acumulations of snow here in Elm Springs, which our trusty janitor the North Wind removes while we are sleeping.
There was a new twist on the monthly court whist tournament. The People Who Play Cards met at the Elm Springs Fire Hall for the January tournament, hosted by Lawrence Burke and Clyde Arneson. The idea was a success. Marvin Anders got 1st, Bruce Wilsey, substituting for Jim Wilsey who is in Texas, got 2nd, and Cary Johnston got 3rd.
There is really not much news this week. Here we go;
Marvin, Carolyn and Baxter Anders went over the river and through the woods to Casey Trask’s House again on Saturday for dinner. Marvin and Carolyn were Sunday dinner guests at the Rod and Kelly Anders residence.
Kellie Linn visited the new Lynn and Sandy Fields residence on Thursday. Saturday, Lynn and Sandy attended an appreciation party put on by their contractor, which was held at the Arrowhead Country Club in Rapid City.
Andy and Kellie Linn and children visited the Larry Gravatt residence Friday afternoon, partly to meet Teddy the pomeranian poodle.
Shirrise Linn and Cheryl Simons went to Rapid City Tuesday for appointments. Carter Elshere was an after school visitor at the Morris Linns. Cheryl Simons returned home Wednesday, and Jack was happy to have her back. Morris took Kassandra to Wall on Friday for her piano lesson. Roger Shull arrived at the Morris Linns on Saturday to help finish the bathroom. Matt Trask was an evening visitor. On Sunday, while Morris and Roger, who had spent the night, continued working on the bathroom, Shirrise went to the Juliet Bed and Breakfast near Opal to attend an overnight stamping party with Dana Keffeler and Joy and Kim Smiley.
Sam Johnston and Andy Linn took the Johnston and Linn children to Wall Saturday for a basketball scrimmage/practice.
Mayzee and Mattee Pauley returned to Elm Springs from Denver Monday morning, where they had attended the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo with their brother Jesse Bail.
Jim Mathis of Mt. Vernon was an overnight guest at the Cary Tines residence Wednesday night. Cary and Pam attended Tanya Jensen’s 40th birthday party at the Ron and Joan Racicky residence in New Underwood Saturday.
Even the “Upland Trasks” don’t have much. Julie, Austin and Celine went to Philip Friday to watch Joe participate in the first day of the Philip Wrestling Tournament. Nick left Friday on an extended business trip, with the principal destination being Cresco, IA. Borrowing a few pages from the Matt Trask handbook, Nick carefully planned his route with overnight stops at the Carmelite Convent guesthouse in Alexandria, the Wade and Marian Eberhard weekend residence in Okoboji, IA, and the Chad Schlecter residence near Polo. Philip Wilson was a visitor at the “Upland Trask” residence on Saturday.
Matt Trask has begun giving his brother Austin lessons on the bass guitar. These are usually on Sunday.
Matt Trask was a coffee guest at Al and Bridget’s Castle Thursday morning.
Philip, Mary Kay and Pam Wilson went to Wall Friday night to watch the Wall Eagles in an exciting basketball win. And in Minneapolis, MN, Amy Wilson Wolberg turned thirty years old on Saturday, amidst college friends from Brookings. Pam Wilson left Elm Springs for Brookings on Sunday.
And that’s it. The kind citizens hope you have a wonderful week.
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For the third time, the kind citizens of Elm Springs have forgone the reporting of their usual social news for the following;
An Ode to 2006
2006, what can we say
Lack of water, lack of hay,
amid the daily drudgery
one had to be awake to see
Elm Springs change in subtle ways
Hauling water, fighting fire
of these awful tasks we tire.
If you have a vacancy
in your Arctic company,
building igloos- we’re for hire!
Wasta turned a century
Her people all proclaimed that she
deserved a splendid celebration
Independence Day was the occasion
Elm Springs heartily agreed
Alexander tied the knot
with Ms. Madrid, and now he’s got
a dog, a house, a Cadillac; oh, and a wife!
We’ve not forgot
And since the wedding wasn’t here
the “Upland Trasks” bought lots of beer;
a giant canvas dancing hall,
and threw the biggest, baddest ball
that poor Elm Springs has seen in years
But it’s hard to live a life of ease
at one hundred ten degrees
fighting for your very breath,
trying not to heat to death
and hoping that it soon will freeze
Deciding that they couldn’t stay,
two whole houses moved away.
The Fields’ have a new abode;
while Brady’s trotted down the road
to Quinn, and on Election Day!
Remember that you’re welcome here
on your way by throughout the year
We’ve still got our coffeepots;
if you need stories, we’ve got lots
and we’ve got cookies, don’t you fear!
The kind citizens would like to extend their condolences to the Schell family, who lost most of their house in a fire.
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Here in Elm Springs, we didn’t get our White Christmas until Thursday, four days afterwards, and it wasn’t so white at that.
But we did have fun, oh boy.
Marvin and Carolyn Anders and Jo Strong and the Rod Anders literally went over the river and through the woods on Christmas Day, but instead of going to Grandmother’s House, they went to Casey and Shirley Trask’s House. By going over the river and through the woods, they saved seventy five miles each way. Rod, Kelly and family were supper guests at the Marvin Anders Thursday night.
Baxter and Dunbar Anders attended a practice roping at the Ruland Arena Wednesday night, and the New Year’s Eve Roping at the Ruland Arena Sunday night.
Lawrence and Doris Burke hosted Melissa, Shannon, Skyler and Shawnee Burke Christmas Day, Shannon and Skyler Burke and Clyde Arneson Tuesday, and Melissa and Stacey Ritter Wednesday. “They plumb cleaned us out of turkey,” Lawrence said.
Ryan and Chrissy Elshere and family visited Marcia Arneson in Rapid City Christmas afternoon. Ryan, Chrissy and Camry accompanied JJ, Lindsay and Talon to Gilette, WY, Sunday for the New Year’s Eve Bucking Ball, in which the Elshere brothers competed.
Lynn and Sandy Fields had marvelous Christmas in their new house, with daughter Heather and Rob Langley and kids, son Jason, his girlfriend Karlin Davis, and her kids.
And Larry and Peggy Gravatt had an equally fabulous Christmas, although they had to use the same house they had last year. It was filled to capacity, with the Jerry Gravatts, the Barry Gravatts, the Byron and Cherry Denke’s, Jack Gravatt, Brad Bookbinder, and Stefano. Brad and Stefano left Wednesday. Larry and Peggy went to Rapid City New Year’s Eve, and Peggy stayed with Madi and Steele Fuegen.
The Sam Johnston’s spent Christmas Day with Norma Pellegrin in New Underwood before going to visit Kim Kling and family in Belle Fourche for Christmas Evening. They spent New Year’s Eve at the “Big Green Trask House” in Wall.
The Andy Linn’s were detained in Pueblo, CO by the winter storm which passed through Wyoming and Nebraska. It actually wasn’t too bad in Pueblo, where Andy went golfing at least twice. Anyway, they had a very Merry Christmas with the extended Ross family and returned to Elm Springs Sunday night.
John and Jean Linn hosted Charlie and Carol Linn and Charlotte Wilsey and girls on Christmas Day and Charlotte and girls again over the New Year’s weekend.
The Morris Linns joined Jack and Cheryl Simons at the Scott Simons residence on Christmas Day. Tuesday, Kassandra visited the “Big House” in the afternoon, while Charlotte Wilsey visited at the Morris Linn residence. Shirrise, Kassandra and Cheryl Simons went to Rapid City for appointments. Amber Brookman of Kansas was an overnight guest at the Morris Linns Wednesday night. Shirrise attended a stamp party at Dana Keffler’s near Red Owl Friday. Jack, Scott and Jared Simons were both dinner and supper guests at the Morris Linns Saturday, while Clyde Arneson and Nick Trask were only supper guests.
The Bud Pauleys had Christmas dinner at the Jay and Connie Price residence before going to Rapid City to view lights and take a stroll through Storybook Island. On the way home, they stopped at the John and Darlene Wulf residence. Darlene and Alisa Machado returned the favor Tuesday, before the Pauleys left for supper at the Rev. Harold and Karen Delbridge residence near Red Owl. And now you really have to pay attention or you will get lost. Thursday was Jesse Bail’s birthday, and the Pauleys traveled to Bowman, ND, where Jesse was teaching a bronc-riding class. Bud helped with the class, while Bunny and the girls visited Grandma Vigoren. Papa Rex Burghduff, also in Bowman, took Mayzee home with him, while the rest of the Pauley’s traveled to Porcupine, ND (yes, North Dakota) to visit Cody and Tracy Maher. They left the Maher’s Friday for Mclaughlin, where they visited Layton and Sarah Redmond, and where they left Mattee before briefly visiting Shawn Hinz. The three Pauley’s who were left returned to Elm Springs. Bud left on business Saturday, and Bunny and Emily celebrated New Year’s Eve by going to the Wilsey’s to feed their dog.
The “Elk Creek Trasks” celebrated Christmas at the Todd Trask residence. Saturday, they attended Milton Trask’s birthday party at the Red Rock in Wall. And Sunday they hosted the Kenny Wilson’s for New Year’s Eve.
The “Upland Trasks” were short Sr. Magdalena and John Paul, but they had Bridget Trask and Ray Olson, so they had the same number of people. They gathered under an enormous tree to delve into a mountain of presents. Pat and RoseMary got “Grandpa” and “Grandma” coffee cups from Al and Bridget, and Bridget, much to her surprise, got a lever action .410 shotgun from Matt, who had drawn her name in the family drawing. John Paul came from Wyoming on Tuesday, and stayed until Thursday. On Saturday, Pat and Matt attended Milton’s birthday party in Wall. While Pat stayed to visit, Matt went to the Laura Jean Gunn residence in Wasta, where he replaced Terry Gunn at Laura Jean’s cribbage board. Matt lost the cribbage game just as Terry had, but he got apple pie so he didn’t even notice. He also visited the Justin Wulf residence briefly before attending church at Lakeside.
Shane Green of Wasta and Ben Anderson of Wall visited the “Upland Trask” residence Sunday afternoon to get in trouble with Joe and Austin. Pat, Nick, Julie, Joe and Austin went to Rapid City Sunday night where they met Al and Bridget Trask and Patrick Wilson at Mass before going out to eat. From there, Nick and Julie went to Deadwood, while Al, Bridget and Patrick attended a New Year’s Eve party at the Paul Jr. and Taryn Yantes residence. Meanwhile, back in Elm Springs, RoseMary and the Three Little Girls brought their blankets and popcorn to the Matt Trask residence to watch movies on his laptop computer. They had a great time spilling popcorn on the floor, most of which Matt ate.
“Oh, just say I had a houseful for Christmas,” said Janet Wilson. OK, she had a houseful for Christmas. The Kenny Wilsons went to the Tucky Tift residence Friday to celebrate Katie Tifts first birthday. Katie is the daughter of Kale Tift, now of Texas, who was home with his family for the holidays. Eudell and Marilyn Larsen and boys were visitors at the Kenny Wilson residence Sunday afternoon.
Philip, Mary Kay, and Pam Wilson left Wednesday for Sioux Falls, where they met with family to travel to Toronto, Canada, for the New Year’s Eve wedding of a cousin.
Sean Troxel got to spend Christmas at the “Brustol AFB” before heading back to Gilette, WY. Rancie Pattison of Oral arrived at the “Brustol AFB” to spend a few days with the Wrachfords. He left Sunday.
The kind citizens wish you a Happy New Year, and they would like you to wish them a Wet New Year.
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