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It was rather windy and rather chilly in Elm Springs all week. The kind citizens really didn’t know what to think of that.
Cary and Pam Tines are proud to announce that granddaughter Lainee Mae was born to John Tines and Amanda Humphrey at 1:40 am Tuesday, weighing 7 lbs. 1 oz. And measuring 19 ½ inches.
The children of the Elm Springs school were released for summer recess on Wednesday. Prior to that, an 8th grade graduation ceremony was held on Monday to recognize Calder Johnston, Gemma Trask, Mary Berry and Paige Niederwerder, and the Elm Springs schoolchildren participated in the Meade 46-1 Spelling Bee in Union Center on Tuesday. After the spelling bee, music awards were given to various students, and kind citizen Kellie Linn joined fellow clarinetist and Meade 46-1 principal Bev Rosenboom to perform with the Meade 46-1 band, under the direction of Mrs. Jump.
ElmSprings held the annual cemetery cleanup day on Wednesday, prior to Monday’s Memorial Day service.
There will not be much in the ESN this week for two reasons, first, it seems not many people made time for social activities, and second, the Morris Linns are not home to report what they did.
Russell Burmeister visited the Lawrence Burke residence Tuesday afternoon.
Peggy Gravatt spent Tuesday with Dora Mae Jensen, visiting the National Cemetery and grocery shopping. Shelia and Tomilyn Trask visited the Gravatt residence Thursday evening. Barry Gravatt brought Jack Gravatt out Friday evening to spend the night. The Jerry Gravatts and the Byron Denkes, among others, were visitors Saturday. Mike, Amber and Abigail Miller of Arvada CO visited the Gravatt residence Sunday. Grandpa Larry happily saddled daughter Amber’s old barrel horse so that 2 year old granddaughter Amber could take her first ride.
John and Jean Linn attended Walt and Ethel Cobb’s 50th wedding anniversary at the VFW hall in Sturgis Saturday night. On Sunday, they attended Merlin and Patsy Fenner’s 50th wedding anniversary in New Underwood. It should be noted that Jim and Caroline Wilsey attended the Fenner party as well.
In a “country karma” sort of thing, Cary and Pam Tines visited the Morris Linn residence Thursday to use their clothes dryer, as they are having trouble with their own. Shirrise, who has been experiencing oven trouble, may visit the Cary Tines residence for her baking needs in the future. Of course, Matt Trask owns neither a clothes dryer or an oven.
Matt and Nick Trask and Patrick Wilson visited Al and Bridget’s Castle Saturday night.
Even the “Upland Trasks” cannot be counted on to fill the void in this week’s ESN. Pat and RoseMary went to Rapid City Friday, and Sean Troxel visited the “Upland Trask” residence Sunday afternoon.
Jim and Caroline Wilsey took a Sunday afternoon horseback ride together, with the half-hearted objective of finding some yearlings they “hadn’t seen in a while.” They found one.
Bill Cleek and George Gatesly left the Melvin and Dorothy Anderson residence Friday morning, bound for Indiana. Joann Sutton and Bobbi Claudillo visited the Andersons Friday and Fred, Jane and Charles Karp were supper guests Friday night.
The kind citizens wish you a wonderful week.
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We are very thankful for the grass which has grown in Elm Springs due to the recent rains; however if more grass is to grow, we need more recent rains.
The Elm Springs schoolchildren went on yet another field trip Friday, this time to Rapid City, where they visited the Prairie Edge Trading Gallery, the Science and Art Center, and the Watiki Waterpark, presumably to study water currents.
Several of the kind citizens attended the “Nita” Jepsen funeral in Wall on Monday.
Ryan and Evan Burkinshaw of Wall were Friday and Saturday night guests at the Rod Anders residence.
Lawrence and Doris Burke began to suspect Wednesday that their refrigerator was on its last legs, because as Doris put it, “when you opened the door, warm air come out instead of cold air.” They purchased a new refrigerator in Rapid City Thursday, and Clyde Arneson visited the Burke residence Friday to help Lawrence move it in.
Peggy Gravatt’s childhood friends Marilyn Hansen of Charlotte, NC and Janine Rowe of Rochester NY arrived at the Larry Gravatt residence Tuesday and spent the week with Peggy. The three found time to do everything except kiss George Washington’s nose. Actually they never visited Mt. Rushmore at all but they did spend two nights in Deadwood, ride the 1880 Train, visit the Prairie Berry Winery, and visit Wall Drug and the Badlands. They also found time to enjoy a day at the ranch “heading ‘em off at the pass.” Meanwhile, Larry went to a meeting in Bison on Friday and visited the Jerry Gravatt residence on Saturday.
The Sam Johnstons visited the Steve Held residence near Broadus MT on Saturday. Twila Trask of Wall visited the Sam Johnston residence Sunday afternoon.
Clyde Arneson visited the Andy Linn residence Saturday night.
And Charlie Linn of Rapid City and Harvey Holsworth of Pierre visited the John Linn residence Wednesday.
Shirrise Linn and Cheryl Simons went to Rapid City Wednesday for appointments. Clyde Arneson was an evening visitor at the Morris Linn residence. Kassandra Linn visited the Bud Pauley residence after school on Tuesday. Morris went to Wall on Wednesday. Morris and Ray Olsen went to Rapid City Thursday, while Kassandra went to spend the night at the Marty Neiderwerder residence. Shirrise and Kassandra attended Peg Irelands retirement party in Box Elder Friday. On Saturday night, the Morris Linns joined Jack and Cheryl Simons at the Scott Simons residence near Union Center for supper.
Bunny Pauley and the girls visited the Alvina Glade residence Tuesday and Wednesday. Dean Andrews of Opal visited the Bud Pauley residence Wednesday morning. The Pauley girls competed in the Playday Rodeo in Lemmon Saturday, where they did very well. Young Mattee Ann placed in every event she entered.
David Smith and John Phelps of Rapid City left Friday for Australia.
John Tines and Amanda Humphrey visited the Cary Tines residence Friday evening. Tracy Kluck was a weekend guest at the Cary Tines residence. And on Sunday, Cary, Pam and John Tines and Amanda Humphrey attended the Kadoka High School graduation.
The “Madrid Army” left Al and Bridgets Castle Tuesday morning, bound for Columbus. Nothing much happened at the Castle after that until Sunday evening, when Nick, Julie and Gemma Trask came to visit.
Pat and RoseMary Trask attended the Wall High School athletic awards banquet Wednesday evening. Pat, Matt, Nick and Julie all visited the Norm Currant residence in Wasta Wednesday night to help Billie Hulm celebrate her birthday.
The “Upland Trask” weekend was somewhat hectic, with Ryan and Evan Burkinshaw as Thursday night guests, Autumn Deering arriving Friday to spend the weekend, Joe Trask serving as an usher at the Wall graduation Saturday, Joe, Austin, cousin Jaymie Trask, Baxter and Dunbar Anders and Ryan and Evan Burkinshaw all going fishing Saturday afternoon, and Joe Kennedy and Ben Anderson of Wall coming out Sunday to do some more fishing.
Matt Trask attended a meeting in Wall Friday night. Prior to the meeting, Matt, who is having water trouble at his house, bopped over to the Cary Tines residence to take a quick shower. He forgot his rubber ducky. On Saturday Matt attended the Wall graduation, and receptions for Matthew Rausch and Jayl Rieb, at the Wasta Community Center and the Wasta Bar respectively. Nick Trask and Patrick Wilson were visitors at the Matt Trask residence Saturday night. And on Sunday, Matt attended a graduation party for Theresa Bruch at the Bruch residence near Bear Butte. By Sunday night, he was completely full of graduation cake.
Jim and Caroline Wilsey attended the same meeting in Wall Friday night that Matt Trask attended.
Notable guests at the Wilson branding on Saturday were the Kevin Howlands of Rapid City, Linda Kroetch of Philip, and Tyler Wilson and family of Newcastle WY.
Last weekend, Melvin and Dorothy Anderson attended the Riley Anderson/Shana Simon wedding. From there, the Andersons made a whirlwind business trip to Eureka and Aberdeen before picking up Melvin’s sister Linda Coyle of Temeculah, CA in Pierre. They arrived home Monday evening to find that Bill Cleek and George Gatesly of Indiana had beaten them there. The three guests mentioned above spent most of the week at the Melvin Anderson residence. On Saturday, George Deering of Ft. Collins CO visited the Melvin Anderson residence, while Dorothy went to visit Shirrise Linn. On Sunday, Melvin and Dorothy attended the Spearfish High School graduation to watch grandson Tyler graduate.
The kind citizens hope it rains again pretty soon.
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As the week progressed, the temperature rose dramatically here in Elm Springs, until Mother’s Day was certified blazing hot, with the “Elk Creek Trasks” recording a daytime high of 105 degrees.
The Elm Springs schoolchildren participated in the Meade County Rally Day at Woodle Field in Sturgis on Friday, having fun and doing well. The organizers of the Rally Day thought it prudent to announce that recently a mountain lion has been spotted enjoying various sporting events at Woodle Field, but fortunately no one was eaten on Friday.
Several of the kind citizens attended a wedding shower and supper for Mandy Wilson at the Lutheran Church in Wall Saturday night.
Marvin and Carolyn Anders attended the high school rodeos in Wall and New Underwood over the weekend, in which Baxter and Dunbar competed.
Travis and Edith Arneson of Sioux Falls arrived at the Lonnie Arneson residence Friday night to spend the weekend.
Lawrence Burke attended the Myrtle Quinn funeral in New Underwood Thursday. Lawrence and Doris met Melissa in Wasta on Mother’s Day, continuing on to Wall for lunch.
Jason Fields was a visitor at the Lynn Fields residence over the weekend.
Larry and Peggy Gravatt joined Rod and Cheryl Renner of Wall at the “Elk Creek Trask” residence on Sunday for Mother’s Day dinner.
Sam, Calder and Carson Johnston attended a 3on 3 basketball tournament in Wall Saturday night, in which Calder participated.
Andy Linn was a Sunday morning visitor at the “Upland Trask” residence, where he had coffee before borrowing their tiller.
John, Jean and Jim Linn attended Laura and Katie Wilsey’s dance recital at the Civic Center in Rapid City Saturday night. It should be noted that Shirrise and Kassandra Linn also attended the recital.
Shirrise Linn and Cheryl Simons went to Rapid City on Monday, where they visited Grandma Arlene and Dayton Shannon. Kassandra Linn visited the Cary Tines residence Tuesday morning and the Bud Pauley residence Tuesday afternoon. Shirrise was a coffee visitor at the Cary Tines residence Wednesday morning, and Smilin’ Jaclyn Neiderwerder visited the Morris Linn residence Wednesday afternoon. The Morris Linns celebrated Mother’s Day at the Jack and Cheryl Simons residence in the company of the Scott, Bummer and Sanden Simons’ and Grandma Margaret. Cheryl Simons joined the Linns when they went home.
Cary and Pam Tines visited Jack Tines on Saturday, while Clay attended the New Underwood High School graduation exercises. Cary and Pam celebrated Mother’s Day in the company of JW and Dara Wrachford with a motorcycle excursion to Philip, stopping to eat in Wall.
The “Madrid Army” laid a merry siege on Al and Bridget’s Castle Wednesday evening. The reader will have to pay close attention here; Nancy, Kelly, Audrey, Monica, Blaise, Tim, Hillary, Max, Madeline, Judith, Augustine, Theodore, Becca, and Steven Madrid all arrived in Elm Springs from Hebron, OH for an extended stay. The Castle proved too small for such an occupation, so Al and Bridget scurried around borrowing campers from several of the neighbors to accommodate all their guests. A narrative of all the adventures from the Castle to the “Upland Trask” residence and points in between would get very long indeed, but we can say that they had a great time, there were few accidents, and the “Upland Trasks” and the “Madrid Army” spent Mother’s Day on Sheridan Lake in several groaning boats.
Matt Trask attended the New Underwood High School graduation exercises Saturday. After stopping by the Community Center to wish several graduates good luck and congratulations, he chose to spend the remainder of the afternoon at the Larry and Faye Volmer residence, drinking tea and eating cake.
Tom and Shelia Trask attended the Philip schools Awards Banquet Thursday night, where the “Elk Creek Trask” kids picked up their share.
Kenny and Janet Wilson attended the Wall High School play Sunday night to watch Kelli.
And Philip, Mary Kay and Patrick Wilson took a Mother’s Day motorcycle excursion to Spearfish Canyon Sunday, stopping to eat at Taco John’s.
The kind citizens hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day.
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The rain simply will not quit here in Elm Springs. We got another .90” over the weekend. There have even been reports of people getting stuck in the mud.
The WTL Club met at the Melvin and Dorothy Anderson residence on Monday to make gift baskets of food and snacks for kind young citizens who are away at college. Members in attendance besides Dorothy were Jean and Kellie Linn, Caroline Wilsey, RoseMary Trask, and Linda Tifft.
Several of the kind citizens attended the Wasta Volunteer Fire Department fundraiser on Saturday night in Wasta.
Marvin and Carolyn Anders, along with Bub and Lucy Bradley and Jo Strong, went to Ashland, MT over the weekend to attend an Amish tack and furniture auction.
Clyde Arneson visited the Ryan Elshere residence briefly Wednesday evening.
Lawrence Burke attended the Rankin Auction in New Underwood Sunday. Lawrence and Doris Burke are proud to report that grandson Skyler Burke who lives in Rapid City and works at a Safeway store, left Friday for Casper WY where as the South Dakota Champion, he competed in the Regional Grocery Baggers contest, again winning first place in a field of fourteen and gaining a spot at the national competition.
Peggy Gravatt went to Sturgis Saturday to attend a baby shower for Joni Gravatt, of Jacksonville, FL.
Tia Grabow spent Friday and Saturday night at the Sam Johnston residence. On Sunday the Sam Johnstons went to Rapid City, where Calder and Carson played in a three-on-three basketball tournament with their cousins from Gilette.
All of the Linn families, including the Brett Wilseys, welcomed all of the Simons families to the Linn ranch on Sunday, where everyone had great fun having their pictures taken. It is probable that they used every conceivable combination of Linns and Simons against seven or eight different rural backgrounds. After everyone had been sufficiently blinded by the camera flash, they all enjoyed supper at the Morris Linn residence, additionally welcoming Clyde Arneson and Matt Trask.
Shirrise Linn and Cheryl Simons went to Rapid City Monday for appointments, while Kassandra spent the afternoon at the “Big House.” Kassandra spent Tuesday afternoon at the Bud Pauley residence, and Nick Trask was an evening visitor at the Morris Linns. Morris and Shirrise went to Rapid City Wednesday, and stopped at the Bud Pauley residence on the way home. On Friday, Shirrise and Kassandra went to Wall, where they visited the Sanden Simons residence, and Saturday it was Morris’ turn to go to Wall, accompanied by Clyde Arneson.
Bunny Pauley and the girls visited the Clyde Arneson residence Tuesday after school. Mayzee spent Thursday and Friday at the Outlaw Ranch.
Clay Tines was awarded the Star Chapter Farmer award at the New Underwood FFA Banquet Monday night. Monday evening visitors at the Cary Tines residence were Matt Trask and Sammi Stein. John Tines and Truette Northup were occasional visitors at the Cary Tines residence during the week. Bud Pauley visited Saturday evening and Clyde Arneson visited Sunday morning.
Matt and Nick Trask visited Al and Bridget’s Castle Thursday night, RoseMary visited Saturday, and Nick, John Paul and Joe visited the Castle Sunday afternoon. Bridget visited the “Upland Trask”residence a couple of times during the week.
The “Upland Trasks” had a really slow week. John Paul came home for the weekend, and Ray Olsen visited once or twice.
Mark and Mick Trask returned from the National Range Judging competition in Oklahoma City, OK Friday, having done well.
Mary Kay Wilsons parents, Darell and Norma Harer of Hoven arrived at the Philip Wilson residence for a few days stay Sunday.
Melvin and Dorothy Anderson met Julie Martin in Rapid City Tuesday.
The “Upland Trasks” would like to announce the upcoming profession of vows of Sister Magdalena of Jesus Crucified, which will be celebrated with a Mass on Thursday May 31st at 9:30 in the morning at the Camelite Convent in Alexandria. All are invited to attend, and cards can be sent to:
Sister Magdalena (of Jesus Crucified)
c/o Carmelite Convent
PO Box 67
Alexandria, SD
57311
The kind citizens hope you don’t get stuck in the mud!
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