New to Hills is Violet Solberg, mother of Ron Solberg. Violet moved to Hills from Fosston and now lives at 204 N. 2nd St. Welcome to Hills, Violet!We welcome Amy (Buys) and Eric Haan to Hills. Amy and Eric reside at 500 Josephine Drive. Amy is originally from Edgerton and will teach kindergarten and first and second grades at Hills Christian School. Eric, who is originally from Sioux Center, Iowa, is now employed as a correctional officer for the Minnehaha County Jail in Sioux Falls. Eric moved to Hills on May 1 and Amy joined him after their wedding on June 18. Congratulations and welcome to Hills, Amy and Eric!Congratulations to Mark and Kelly (Tucker) DeBoer of Hills on their marriage Saturday, July 9. Kelly and 7 1/2-year-old daughter, Lexi, are originally from Sioux City, Iowa. Mark, Kelly and Lexi will reside at 116 S. Church Ave. until their new home on the southeast part of Hills is finished. Mark works with his father, Erwin, at Erwin’s Towing and Recovery. Welcome to Hills, Kelly and Lexi!Sunday, July 24, Dan and Joan Schaefer, Rosemont, visited with Haley, Josh and new grandson, Leis Tollefson, for the day. Haley is employed by the H-BC school system and works with the after school program Kid-Kare and ECFE. Josh works at Citibank in Sioux Falls.Ray and Lois Nelson recently spent several days in Brooklyn Center with their son, Bruce. Bruce had taken a week off work, and Ray and Lois helped him work on building his new garage. Mark and Karen Sandager, Hills, recently spent a week in Boston, Mass., where Karen attended a continuing education course in nursing. Jane, Clare and Isaac Schubert arrived July 20 for a month of visiting with Fran Sandager, Jane’s mother, and family in the Hills area. Jane and family are from Tanzania, Africa, where Jane’s husband, Daryl, is a missionary. Daryl is expected to arrive in a couple of weeks and join the family.Ian Sandager, son of Mark and Karen Sandager, returned to Hills for a visit after 10 months studying in Ireland and traveling in Europe and Africa. Ian is a student at Iowa State College in Ames, Iowa, studying agriculture. Lonnie Albers celebrated his 45th birthday Saturday, July 23, with his son Zachary, sister, Cheryl Pavel, and niece Cheyenne Albers, by spending the day having fun in the sun at Wild Water West Water Park in Sioux Falls. On Sunday, July 24, Lonnie’s parents, Marvin and June Albers, son Zachary, Cheryl Pavel and Cheyenne, were guests of Lonnie’s where they enjoyed cupcakes decorated by Cheyenne and all played many rousing games of bingo. On Thursday, July 21, the Luverne Masonic Lodge presented a 50-year pin to Norman Larson. Norman is originally from this area and now lives in California. While in the area he was able to visit with many friends that he hadn’t seen for awhile. Don Briggs attended the Masonic Conference in Worthington on Saturday, July 23. Sandy and Tom Bush of Hills camped at Blue Mounds State Park this last weekend where they met with family for a Benson reunion. Wendell and Kathryn Erickson enjoyed all their children over the weekend by having a family reunion at Lake Madison, S.D. On Thursday, July 21, son Hans and his wife, Susan, and grandchildren, Siri and Maxwell of Eagan arrived. On Friday, July 22, all the Erickson children met Wendell and Kathryn at Lake Madison. Present for the reunion were Hans and Susan Erickson and children, Siri and Maxwell, Eagan; Margaret Erickson, Worthington; Dr, Kirsten Erickson and her husband, Patrick Anderson, Sioux Falls; Charles Erickson, Waconia; and Dr. Anna Erickson and her husband, Michael Gilman, and their children, Jens, Krista and Ben Gilman, Eden Prairie.