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There was quite a stir at Donatello’s Café downtown Thursday morning as Eugene and Dianne Immediato were taking down the café sign and moving out. The reason — well, the café has been sold. The buyers are Brenda and Paul Scott from near Valley Springs, S.D. We met Brenda, who was busying herself getting used to the routine. She said they would not be open on Sundays, so they can have a day off. Otherwise, the service will go on as usual. We thank Eugene and Dianne for bringing us a café and wish the Immediatos the best as they take on new ventures or whatever, and we welcome the Scotts and wish them the best in operating a much-needed café in Hills. The café is now known as the Hidden Hills Café.James Thies spent time here recently with his mother, Marcella, when she received a pacemaker. Jim is no longer in the Embassy in Romania but is now assigned to the State Department in Washington, D.C., for at least two years. Wilmer and Betty Elbers purchased a home at Iverson Crossing near Brandon, S.D., and will move there by Sept. 1st. Harriet Skattum and her daughter, Margo Edwards of Forestburg, S.D., flew to Shelby Township, Mich., on Thursday July 27, to visit Harriet’s ailing sister Jean and her husband Emery Larson. They returned to their homes Monday, July 31. While there they attended the 60th wedding anniversary of the couple. Berneta Johnson, Ethel, Wash., spent from Thursday until Sunday with Bob and Twila Kirsch and visited with relatives and friends in the area. Sunday guests in the home of Martha Lindrud were Craig and Carla Nelson and two daughters, Courtney and Callie of Newman Grove, Neb. Brian and Bonnie Olson, St. Paul, spent Saturday and Sunday with Bonnie’s mother, Luella Schlueter. The Charlie and Mike Sandager families were Sunday dinner guests in the home of their parents, Sheldon and Ellie Sandager. Wendell and Kathryn Erickson attended the 100th anniversary of Oak Grove Lutheran High School in Fargo, N.D., over the weekend. This is the school from which Kathryn graduated. On their way up to Fargo they stopped in Watertown, S.D., to visit her aunt, Alma Flisrand, on Friday morning. Milton Anderson, 92, a former Hills resident, passed away Friday in Sioux Falls. A memorial service for him will be at Bethlehem Lutheran Church on Tuesday, Aug. 15.Wilmer and Betty Elbers met Dick and Afton Kroon of Salt Lake City, Utah, for lunch Thursday morning at the Hidden Hills Café.The David Leenderts triplets, Donavon, Danette and Drew, celebrated their third birthdays on Saturday Aug. 5, along with family members.Madison and Tony Elbers of Sioux Falls, along with their grandmother, Betty Elbers, took in the Rock County Fair Thursday.

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