Mrs. Ellene Deets, age 86, of Orange City, passed away on Saturday, July 27, 2024, surrounded by her five daughters.

A visitation was held on Friday, August 2, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City. There was a funeral service on Saturday, August 3, at the American Reformed Church in Orange City.  The Rev. Dr. Verlyn Boone officiated. Interment took place at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City.

Baseball team falls in semifinals for second time in program history

By Greg Bates

Contributor

Scoring runs was never a problem during the regular season for the Akron-Westfield baseball team.

Heading into their Class 1A state semifinal on July 24, the Westerners were averaging 9.6 r uns per game. But the bats went cold against a solid pitcher as Lynnville-Sully scored a 4-0 victory at Merchants Park in Carroll.

By: Sabrina Escalante 

By: Sabrina Escalante 

About six alumni and one high school volunteer met July 17 to address labels and put stamps on over 800 “Save the Date” postcards for the 2025 reunion. Notifications were only sent to classes 1945-1980.

Hopefully by now, individuals are receiving their postcards and putting the dates on their calendars.

The Akron Lion's Club is egretfully ending its paper recycling project after over 40 years. During that time it is estimated that around 1,000 tons of paper was kept from the landfill by this program, aided by the community, A-W FFA, and Heyl Trucking.

The Paper Barn is in need of major repair and the recent flood further damaged it and the paper it contained. There has also been a major decrease in the amount of paper received.

Sally Vreugdenhil is turning 90 on August 13.  Please help her celebrate by sending birthday wishes to:

Sally Vreugdenhil

311 Lee Drive

Alcester, SD  57001