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The menus for the week beginning Monday, July 13, are as follows: Monday—Little smokies, macaroni and cheese, Italian blend vegetables, bread, mandarin oranges. Tuesday—Hamburger patty with lettuce, tomato and onion, macaroni salad, bun, tropical fruit.

COVID-19. Is anyone ready to get back to normal? As we all know, this virus has various symptoms such as a cough, fever, headache, shaking with chills, sore throat, shortness of breath, muscle pain, and even loss of taste or smell. And yes, we're all aware that it has sadly proven to be deadly.

OUR CALL FOR PICTURES of the 2020 Wheat Harvest was answered last Friday morning when we received this priceless photo from Ginger Riffel. Rhett Riffel, age 3, and Alena Riffel, 19 months, watch Uncle Randy Riffel dump the wheat from the combine into the semi trailer. J. D.

Haven Hamilton of Stockton was named to the Cloud County Community College Spring 2020 President's List. To be named to the president's list, students must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 hours of college coursework and must have earned a semester grade point average of 3.9-4.0.

DEB CARSTEN AND LEE LINDSEY were honored on June 19 for their many years of service to USD 271. Carsten was an administrative assistant at SGS for 16 years, while Lindsey taught and coached during his 28 years at SHS. Congratulations to the two of you...you will be missed! Enjoy your retirement!

It was “Christmas in July” (almost) at Sunday service as we started Chapter 22 of The Story, beginning with the book of Luke. We jumped from the Old Testament, and the 400 year gap inbetween that and the New Testament, to talk about the birth of Jesus.

A memorial service was held Saturday morning, June 20, at the Ash Rock Cemetery, for Warren (Dale) Jones, age 74, who passed away April 4, 2020. Thirty some family, friends and neighbors gathered for a time of remembrance for Dale, led by his daughter, Kim Hill of Surprise, Arizona.