Lifestyle

VicePresidentBeckyBrunsing called the Wagner Rotary meeting to order on Wednesday, August 3rd. There was one guest present, Amayi Swett.

Charles Mix 4-H'ers show their lambs and pigs during Achievement Days held last week . See next week for more pictures and results .

The U.S. Senate finally passed the bill that will provide health care and disability compensation to millions of veterans sickened by environmental exposures during their time in service.

With the beginning of school, moms in Prayer will be starting up again. This is a Christ centered prayer ministry made up of Moms and other interested ladies desiring to pray for the students and the school. The organization was started over 30 years ago by Fern Nichols.

WEEK TEN of the Fort Randall Casino and Hotel weekly racing series was full of excitement! In the Roth Custom Farming Hobby Stocks Matt Rezac (Tabor, SD) took to his first win at Wagner Speedway.

The August Menno Pioneer Opry will be held 7 PM, August 5, at the big barn at the Menno Pioneer Acres. As usual, the program is free and open to the public with a freewill offering taken at intermission and a potluck lunch of finger foods. The program will be over by 9 PM.

The Johann and Hilje Brandt reunion was held on July 10, at Zion Lutheran Church. They had 13 children and 11 lived to adulthood. There were 63 people served at the noon meal. States: IN, AZ, CO, IA, OK and SD supplied relatives.

The South Dakota Department of Human Services has partnered with GetSetUp to offer thousands of interactive online classes, free, to South Dakota residents 60+.

Feeding South Dakota food distribution will be held Friday, Aug. 26 at the Scotland Community Church at 8:45 a.m.; the Tyndall Fire Hall at 10:30 a.m. and at the Avon Fire Hall at 12 noon. This will continue to be a “drive-thru” distribution.

110 Years Ago - August 1912 Roasting ears have made their appearance. Born to Mr. and Mrs. George Van Gerpen, a boy on Wednesday. C.T. Reister is getting the hot water heating plant to be installed at the Bank in Avon. Mr. Klas Walkes is also having one installed in his home.