Summer has definitely arrived! The temperatures have been up to and sometimes over 90 degrees. So, if you didn’t get your suntan it wasn’t the weatherman’s fault.Our weather has been fairly predictable until Sunday evening when the clouds started building up. Soon the lightning began flashing and the thunder roared. The wind was blowing and there were hailstones hitting my windows. Thank goodness it didn’t last long. It must have rained very hard as I have heard of many, many homes having water in their basements, including mine. I didn’t have that much and I could sweep it to the drain but my son said he had two feet of water in their basement. That is just too much! Hopefully there will be better days ahead.Scott, Ladine and Evan Marquardt, Julie and Olivia from Portland, Ore., Bill and Bertha Bosch, and Mildred Keunen, all from Steen, were coffee guests in the Jo Aykens home Thursday morning to help Mildred Keunen celebrate her birthday. Rick Scholten underwent back surgery at the Sioux Falls Surgical Center on Wednesday. We wish him a speedy recovery. Joan Hoogeveen, Henrietta Huenink and Lucy VanWyhe attended the Christian Women’s Club meeting at Rock Rapids United Methodist Church Wednesday noon for lunch and a program in the afternoon.Sunday Wilda Pfeiffer from Coffeen, Ill., arrived by plane to visit her sister, Melba Boeve. They enjoyed dinner together at the Brian Boeve home in Sioux Falls.Friday Jo and Joyce Aykens and Mildred Keunen went to Orange City, Iowa, where they enjoyed lunch with Paul and Carole Aykens, Vince and Laurie Kurtz and daughter, McKenzie, and Andrea Aykens, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Henry Vander Weerd underwent knee replacement surgery on Tuesday at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. The Steen softball team will play Ellsworth on Friday, July 29, at Steen. The Steen team will play Hardwick at Hardwick on Tuesday, Aug. 2. I would like to share this following article about memories.Treasured MemoriesBy Norma SinclairWhile still in the hospital after the birth of my youngest son, I called home to speak with my other children. After talking with Jimmy (my five-year-old), I asked him to pass the phone to Benny.After making a couple of remarks and receiving no answer, I asked, "Jimmy, do you still have the phone?" A quiet "yes" was the response. "Well, say something and then give the phone to Benny.""I don’t want to say anything Mommy, I just want to listen to you." The warm glow I felt with his comment has stayed with me; it is nice to be missed.But it wasn’t until years later that I fully appreciated Jimmy’s feeling because there was a situation when I, too, "just wanted to listen." My oldest son was serving in Vietnam and managed to place a call home through a ham operator. I had little to say; I just wanted to listen."