Harriet Skattum and Ellie Sandager attended the Sioux Valley Alumni May Brunch at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls Saturday. Vi VanWyhe visited her brother, Mervin Warner, and wife at Larchwood, Iowa, Monday afternoon.Don and Edyth Briggs left April 11 for an extended trip. They first visited Edyth’s niece in Fayetteville, Ark., for two days. They journeyed to Gatlinburg, Tenn., for a three-day Powers’ family reunion. They saw several shows in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., then traveled over the Great Smokey Mountains and on to Chattanooga, Tenn., to visit several Civil War Battlefields. Then on to Kentucky to see where Pres. Abe Lincoln was born and his boyhood home. They stopped in St. Louis on the way home to see part of the St. Louis’ Zoo and returned home April 27.Marvin and Carole Gies, Gregory, S.D., spent Tuesday and Wednesday at the home of Carole’s sister, Joanne Goehle. Ellie and Sheldon Sandager met Milton and Evelyn Anderson of Sioux Falls and Ben and Caroline Howe, Thurman, Iowa, for noon lunch Sunday in Sioux Falls. Madison Elbers, Valley Springs, S.D., spent from Friday until Sunday in the home of her grandparents, Wilmer and Betty Elbers. Her brother, Mitchell, spent Saturday evening in the Elbers home here. Rita Bode, our local postmaster, is a western area QWL/EI trainer for the U.S. Postal Service. Last week she spent time in Kansas City and this week she will spend Wednesday through Friday in Denver, Colo., training postal employees. Bob and Twila Kirsch attended an open house confirmation party Sunday afternoon for Eric Kraetsch in Kanaranzi. Cliff and Vi VanWyhe attended the spring concert at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa, Friday evening. Their granddaughter, Ashley DeWit, is a member of the chorus. Luella Schlueter went to the Cities Friday to visit the John Hynes family and Bonnie and Brian Olson. Saturday she accompanied Bonnie and Brian to the Festival of Nations held at the Roy Wilkens Auditorium at the River Centre where Ellen, 5-year-old daughter of Laurie and John, performed in the dance line with a routine of the Romanian culture. That afternoon they attended the wedding of Luella’s great-nephew, Tom Gropel, son of Gregg and Jane Gropel, Luverne, and Leah Veldhuisen at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Mankato and the reception following. She returned home Sunday.Duane Wiese, Kanaranzi, and Don and Edyth Briggs attended the Parade of Music at the El Riad Center in Sioux Falls Friday evening.