Ron and Jan Solberg took their grandchildren, Jo and Brett Solberg, to Wheaton to see their great-grandmother, Hattie Walz, one day last week. On Saturday they returned the children to their home in Lansing, Kan. Last weekend Wendell and Kathryn Erickson attended the reunion of Wendell’s relatives in the Minneapolis area and spent time in the Hans and Susan home in Eagan. Glen and Lorraine Frederiks of Ripon, Calif., will spend the Fourth of July with relatives and friends in the area. Bob and Twila Kirsch will attend the Kraetsch cousins reunion on the Fourth with a breakfast at the Arlene Lee home in Luverne. Gene and Carol Scheerhorn, along with their son Randy and family of St. Cloud, enjoyed a few days over the Fourth of July, camping at a lake near Fergus Falls. Wendell and Kathryn Erickson joined many others from the Hills area who attended the 90th birthday party open house for Herman Goehle at Luverne Pizza Ranch on Tuesday, July 4. The home of Michael and Michelle Merritt at 128 S. Main, across (west) of Scheerhorn Blue Chip Binding, has been sold to Nathan and Carrie Bakker. They have three children, Abbie, Carson and Sydnie. His brother, Joah and Heather Bakker, who lived across from the park, have bought the home they vacated at 305 4th St.Jean and Dennis Smith of Pennsylvania and his mother, Mita Smith of Nebraska, returned to their homes on Friday, June 30, after spending several days in the home of Mary Carter. Mary is the mother of Jean Smith.Chuck and Rheta DeBoer met their son, Jeff, at Rock Valley, Iowa, Tuesday the 27th, and they had lunch together. Troy and Taylor, twins of Tim and Lisa Durst, turned three years old on July 3.