Let’s get acquainted!New people in Hills are Jon and Kim Ehlers who have officially moved to Hills. They came from Parkston, S.D., and are getting settled in the former Ebert home, which they purchased last year. Kim and their son, Austin, have been living here since January when Austin enrolled in the Hills-Beaver Creek School. He will be a fourth grader in September. They have one other child, Stacey, who was a senior and graduated from Parkston High School. She will be going to college this fall. Kim works for Town and Country Realtors in Sioux Falls, S.D. Jon is in carpentry.Also, the new resident in the former Margaret Bakker home is David Top, who comes to Hills from Steen. He is employed at New Prairie Insulation in Beaver Creek.In one of the Solberg houses is Ron Solberg’s uncle, Elmer Neset who is 81 and comes to Hills from Crookston. Twenty-nine seniors graduated Friday night from Hills-Beaver Creek High School. Some of the parties and receptions for them were given that evening and also on Saturday.The Rez Park wasn’t lonely this past Memorial Day weekend, as a motor home and a tent were parked there, and folks, especially the younger generation, were throwing out their fish lines. People were out there investigating the new dock which is handicap-accessible and is a good improvement. The Beaver Creek Sportsman’s Club is to be commended for getting the project started. The Falls Park, especially the Falls Overlook Café in Sioux Falls, was also a popular place this weekend, with folks coming out for lunch at the old power plant that was built in 1909. I know they had three out-of-state visitors, as Janet (Heetland) and Lee Almquist of California and Wayne Schlueter, Wichita, Kan., along with Luella, enjoyed a noon lunch there. Try it out!Michele and Nikki Nester, Winona, came Saturday and, along with Joanne and Tom Goehle, went to Bonesteel, S.D., to attend the wedding of a niece and cousin, Jocelyn Jons and Matthew Flattery. Sunday they attended a Jons family reunion at the home of Joanne’s brother, Ed and Cheryl Jons. Joanne and family returned to Hills Sunday and Michele and Nikki left for Winona Monday afternoon. Mae Top attended her great-granddaughter Brooke Norgard’s fifth birthday party at Sibley, Iowa, on Saturday. Brenda and Colby Hadler, Edgerton, were visitors Monday of Joanne Goehle, along with Tom.Bob and Twila Kirsch, Barb and Ron Koch, Bismarck, N.D., and Barry Kirsch, Riverside, Iowa, attended graduation exercises for Breann Wheeler and Dylan Mathias from SSC at Okabena on Friday. Saturday they helped Jessica Lentz celebrate her 10th birthday. Barry returned to his home Saturday and Barb and Ron left for Bismarck on Monday.Saturday evening Andy and Frieda Mogler, Rock Rapids, Iowa, visited in the Cliff and Vi Van Wyhe home.Lee Jackson has finished his first term of college at the University of Minnesota and is home for the summer with his parents, Roger and Ruth Jackson. He is employed this summer at Wells Fargo in Sioux Falls. Alicia Sandager and her fiancé, Adam Compagnone, of New York City, spent the weekend in the home of her parents, Mark and Karen Sandager. Vi and Cliff Van Wyhe were guests in the Ron and Lexi DeWit home in Sioux Falls Sunday for a visit with Lindsey who was home for the holiday. Later, they visited at the Tom Van Wyhe home with Matt and Teri Mercer, who were home for the holiday.Jeff and Missy Bass hosted a family gathering Saturday. Those attending from a distance were Marlene and Del Negus, Davenport, Iowa.June and Cecil Rust, Spokane, Wash., visited her sister, Alice Kolsrud Wednesday. David and Char Kolsrud, Beaver Creek, took all out for dinner Wednesday evening and the visitors left Thursday morning. Arriving Thursday night from Kansas to spend until Sunday morning with Luella Schlueter was her son, Wayne. Friday, Luella’s cousins flew into Sioux Falls from Manteca, Calif., and spent the day here as her supper guests. Faith DeBoer and her daughter, Shari, and granddaughter, Kendra Doer, attended a bridal shower for Kelly Tucker, bride-to-be of Mark DeBoer, Saturday afternoon at Harrisburg, S.D.Lon and Ann Skattum and daughter, Kjersti, Laguna Niguel, Calif., and Sonja and Mike Brough, San Clemente, Calif., came Wednesday night to visit Lon’s mother, Harriet Skattum. All attended the wedding Saturday of Gretchen Edwards and Phil Frankin at a park in Mitchell, S.D. Gretchen is Harriet’s niece. The couple will live in Sioux Falls. Russell and Michael Vestlie, Madison, Wis., were Sunday afternoon visitors at the home of Martha Lindrud.Vernon and Ardoth Kraetsch, Windom, were Thursday afternoon visitors of Bob and Twila Kirsch.