Where does the time go? Here we are in the latter part of November and it seems to me I just turned the calendar. The changing season brings a pleasant change to our scenery which is so well described by author Ruth Krider in "November.""November, the brief intermission before winter’s deep sleep; when autumn leaves silently abandon the twig to lay a crisp, brown carpet to shield the sod against the freeze waiting in the wings. "The country enters a quiet time. A period to reflect on trials and triumphs from seed-time to harvest, an interlude when happy memories are re-kindled at a pause to watch the silvery moonlight shimmer through boney branches, listen to footsteps over dry leaves and to smell the sweet aroma of wood smoke rising in halos above chimney tops."As Thanksgiving season approaches, thoughts turn to other times, other faces and memories that enrich our lives. For all these treasures, may we humbly give thanks to our Creator."The Luverne Senior Citizens dining sets one day apart each month to honor those that are special in Rock County. For recognition this month the Rev. Dan Ramaker and his wife, Karen, from Steen Reformed Church were honored with a dinner in their honor on Thursday noon. Those attending to help them celebrate were Cornie and Darlene Bosch, Betty Boeve, Gladys Van Wettering, Betty Elbers, Cena May Tilstra, Joan Hoogeveen, Winnie Scholten, Jennie Schouwenburg, Ferd Tilstra, Mildred Keunen and Jo Aykens. Mildred Paulsen attended the training session for Senior Ombudsman, which was in Slayton on Thursday. Verla Baker, Henrietta Huenink, Joan Hoogeveen and Winnie Scholten attended the Christian Women’s meeting at United Methodist Church in Rock Rapids on Wednesday noon.Thanksgiving Day services will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, in Steen Reformed Church.Tuesday morning the Bloodmobile was at H-BC High School. I hope they had a good turnout. Lew Brouwer was admitted to Luverne Community Hospital on Thursday night. He was able to return home later in the week. Anita and Gregg Bosch from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, came Sunday to visit in the homes of their parents, Art and Henrietta Boeve and Dries and Laura May Bosch. They helped Art and Henrietta celebrate their wedding anniversary and also Henrietta’s birthday. Congratulations to Jodi and Lonnie Ackerman on the birth of a daughter, Shelly Grace, who was born Nov. 15 at Luverne Community Hospital. Our deepest sympathy goes out to Margaret Bakker in the death of her sister-in-law Gert Vande Woulde. Melba Boeve’s sister, Wilda Pfeiffer, Coffeen, Ill., came Sunday to spend a week in the home of her sister and spend Thanksgiving together. Mildred Paulsen attended the funeral service for Grace Slieter at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills Friday morning. Grace had been their neighbor many years ago. Jo and Joyce Aykens were Tuesday dinner guests in the Paul and Carole Aykens home in Orange City, Iowa. Their afternoon coffee was enjoyed at the home of Jo’s daughter, Laurie and Vince Kurtz, who now make their home in Orange City. Saturday the Sioux Falls Sweet Adelines Sound Cascade was in concert at Younkers in Sioux Falls from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mildred Paulsen is a member of the chorus and also sang.Henrietta Boeve celebrated her birthday on Friday at her home. Those helping her celebrate were Anna Elbers, Betty Boeve, Darlene Bosch, Gert Hup, Joan Paulsen, Melba Boeve and Laura May Bosch. We only have a few days until the observance of Thanksgiving. As a nation as well as individuals we all have so much to be thankful for. However, when I was looking through some magazines this title caught my eye and I must say I was more than a little upset at the title, "For What Can We Be Thankful?" Here we are, living in the best nation in the world! We have so much! After reading the article I decided maybe we should all understand it better.For What Can We Be Thankful?"In this Thanksgiving season we are exhorted on every hand to ‘give thanks.’ The blessings of life are enumerated at length and we are reminded of the many wonderful things that are ours. Lest this spirit of thankfulness become a shallow, ‘Pollyanna’ attitude, here is a suggestion in regard to some of those factors in life for which we are usually not so thankful:"We may be thankful in everything, if not for everything. There are things for which we cannot be thankful, but if we look deep enough, we may see something in everything that is just cause for thanksgiving. We at least can thank God that the wrong things are not the permanent things, that we have the glorious task of helping to destroy them; that here is our opportunity of rendering service to a needy world — a purpose and a reason for living. "We are not thankful for sickness or suffering, for poverty, ignorance, or crime, but we are thankful for the forces that are surely conquering them; for medical science that is grappling with disease, for institutions of mercy and healing, for the havens of refuge for the helpless, and for the ever-increasing army of noble souls who are giving their time and energy to bringing about a better social order. "Truly there is much in the world for which — and in which — we can be thankful."I hope we never forget.