Occasionally there are weeks when hardly any of the kind citizens are home to report what they did. Such was the case this week, so we’ll have to make do with what we got.

The weather did it’s part to make country living wonderful, although toward the end of the week it got a touch warm.

The WTL Club met Monday at the Lorraine Ven Huizen residence. Members present besides Lorraine were Jean, Shirrise and Kellie Linn, Catherine and Linda Tifft, Dorothy Anderson, Caroline Wilsey, Sandy Fields, Margee Willey and Bridget Trask.

The Elm Springs Rebels Basketball teams, under the direction of Sam Johnston and Andy Linn, had their first games against the Opal teams Thursday evening in Union Center. Out of four games, Elm Springs lost one.

Several of the kind citizens attended the funeral of Leonard Wilson, father of Elm Springs teacher Marion Case, in Newell on Saturday. Our condolences to Ms. Case and the Wilson family.

Marvin and Carolyn Anders went to Rapid City on business Thursday, and fed Matt Trask cookies at their house Sunday night.

Clyde Arneson entertained helpful visitors Andy Linn and Sam Johnston Wednesday and went to the dentist in Sturgis on Thursday. Saturday night, Clyde and Connie had an excellent supper at the Morris Linn residence.

Matt Trask visited the Lawrence Burke residence briefly Sunday afternoon, to make a long distance telephone call.

While the newly retired Peggy Gravatt substitute taught at the Elm Springs School for the week, Chase Gravatt of Rapid City came out to help Larry with the ranch work. Larry and Peggy Gravatt attended the Rapid City Chamber of Commerce supper in Rapid City Saturday night.

Kellie Linn left Tuesday for Salt Lake City, UT to attend the Young Living Essential Oils convention. She returned Sunday. While she was gone, Matt Trask revived last year’s Guitar for Food program at the Andy Linn residence Friday night.

Kassandra Linn visited the Bud Pauley residence Monday afternoon. Roger Shull was an overnight guest at the Morris Linns Monday night. The Morris Linns had supper with the Ryan Elshere’s after the basketball games at the Bull Creek Cafe in Union Center. Friday, Dave and Jared Hicks of Yankton and Gene Pluth of Rapid City arrived at the Morris Linn residence for a weekend of antelope hunting.

The Bud Pauleys joined the Jim Wilseys and the Reverend Harold Delbridges at the Melvin and Dorothy Anderson residence Saturday, where they hooked up the chuckwagon and went down to the creek for a picnic. Sunday morning, Rex and Cheryl Burghduff of Camp Crook made an unexpected visit on their way home from Omaha, NE.

Cary and Pam Tines entertained the one and only Rod Volmer for supper Friday night. Buster and Bart Maynard and Charlie were visitors to the Cary Tines residence Sunday afternoon.

Nick and John Paul Trask were visitors at Al and Bridget’s Castle Saturday night. Al and Bridget spent Sunday in Rapid City.

Matt Trask made a trip to Sioux Falls Monday. Tuesday night he visited the Joel Deering residence for Autumn’s guitar lesson.

Pat, RoseMary, Nick and Julie Trask attended the funeral of Larry Elfrink Monday in Highmore. Monday night, they had supper with Jim and Britney Beastrom in Ft. Pierre. On Tuesday, Col. Dennis, Claudia, Joe, Philip, Mary and Theresa Wier of Omaha NE arrived at the “Upland Trask” residence to stay until Monday. The “Upland Trasks” had a late breakfast in Rapid City Sunday morning to say goodbye to Julie, who left for Ft. Collins, and to celebrate RoseMary’s birthday a day early. Darlene Wulf visited the “Upland Trask” residence Sunday afternoon to bring RoseMary a birthday cake.

Kenny, Philip, and Patrick Wilson took a motorcycle excursion through Spearfish Canyon Sunday and unexpectedly encountered JW and Dara Wrachford and Monte and Loni Reichert doing the same thing.

JW and Dara Wrachford are now retired from the U.S. Air Force, with an official retirement ceremony on Thursday at Ellsworth AFB and an unofficial ceremony Saturday night in New Underwood. Both were well attended. A newly aquired rooster now calls reveille at the “Brustol AFB.” Sean Troxel and Clay Tines made a trip to Rapid City Friday.

The Elm Springs Church will hold services Sunday, October 8^th at 2 pm.

The kind citizens hope your weather has been as nice as theirs.