Lifestyle

December 1st (Friday) has been set as the date for the annual Christmas Parade and Customer Appreciation Day in Lake Andes. Start now to plan a parade entry! “Christmas” is the theme this year for parade entries. Customer appreciation can be handled by each individual business and as they choose.

This week’s featured senior is Ona’ka Doren. Ona’ka is the daughter of Henry Romero and Suzie Doren-Romero. She has six siblings Tre’zen, Kea’ona, Henry, Char’lee, Cheryl and Andreas.

Family and friends gathered at the Full Choke Lodge to kick off the pheasant hunting season this past weekend.

Greer Unit #11 American Legion Auxiliary held their monthly meeting October 19 at the Post Home with 14 members and two guests present. The meeting was called to order by President Linda Youngbluth. Chaplain Margie Stone read the opening prayer.

Joe Stedronsky of the Wagner Rotary Club was recently honored at the 2023 Rotary District 5610 Conference held in Yankton, SD at the end of September. Joe was nominated for the Rotarian of Distinction Award for Area 6 by Assistant Governor, Bill Frei.

American Legion Greer Post #11 held its monthly meeting on October 19, 2023 with 28 members in attendance. Commander Clayton Rados thanked the cooks for the delicious meal. Happy birthday was sung to Robert Kucera for his 85th birthday.

The Wagner American Legion Auxiliary 2023 Girl’s State representative was Jenny Barnett. She attended the annual Girl’s State event held at the University of South Dakota (USD) campus in Vermillion. Girl’s State is a week-long event that began the week of May 29th.

As of September 19th, there is a new director of Wagner Area Growth, Margaret Doom. Margaret will be full-time in her role as Wagner Area Growth Director, unlike her predecessor, Michele Juffer, who was part-time in the position.