Glenn Rye, Sun City, Ariz., attended the Hills High School class reunion and together with Dale and Jill Rye, Renner, S.D., attended church services at Bethlehem on Sunday. Berneta Johnson, Russell, was an overnight guest of Bob and Twila Kirsch Saturday. All attended the class reunion Saturday night at Beaver Lodge. Lee and Betty Sandager, Marine on the St. Croix, were Saturday overnight and Sunday guests in the home of Sheldon and Ellie Sandager. Marv and June Albers, Cheryl and Cheyenne Pavel and Lonnie Albers and Ann spent 11 days at Ipswich, S.D. They were taking care of Terry and Cheri’s fishing lodge. Harriet Skattum spent Saturday and Sunday a week ago with Margo and Dewayne Edwards and other relatives at Forestburg, S.D.Ray and Lois Nelson attended the annual Eden Lutheran Church service, potluck dinner and afternoon program Sunday at the church near Jasper. They met Ray’s cousins Ardith Sween and Vivian Rickford from Tyler and enjoyed a good visit. Bernt Lie of Norway spent last weekend with Wendell and Kathryn Erickson. They went to Lake Madison in South Dakota where Pat and Kirsten Anderson have a cabin. Joining them were Margaret Erickson, Worthington, and Mike and Anna Gilman and children. Harriet Skattum accompanied Sonja and Mike Brouth to Wendell and Teddy Skattum’s cabin near Deerwood where they spent from Tuesday until Friday a week ago.Visitors of Bob and Twila Kirsch were Brian Kirsch, Deb and Luke Mathias, Cindy Pohlman and Breeann Wheeler. Roy Harrell spent from Friday night until Saturday noon in the home of Sheldon and Ellie Sandager. The men had worked together years ago in Ghana. Chuck and Rheta DeBoer and Frank and Berdella DeBoer spent Saturday in Ocheyedan, Iowa, where they helped Berdella’s brother, Alan Vanden Meulen and wife celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary. Rita Bode, our Hills postmaster, attended funeral services Saturday for her mother, Gertrude "Trudy" Schwader, 76, at Howard, S.D. Trudy died suddenly at the home of her daughter on Monday, June 20, 2005, in Sioux City, Iowa. She is survived by six daughters, three sons, nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, three brothers and three sisters. Her husband preceded her in death. Dave Hensel and son, Caleb, spent Saturday in Guttenberg, Iowa, at the home of Dave’s mother, Penny Hensel. Alice Kolsrud underwent surgery Thursday at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls. She is expecting to be transferred to a swing bed at Luverne Community Hospital to recuperate. Six-year-old Lydia Boehlke, New Ulm, spent the weekend with her grandparents, Jim and Marj Roning.