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April 4, 2021
SPEARFISH, S.D. The United Methodist Church in Spearfish saw a lot of faces they had been missing during the pandemic as it held Easter service in person this year.
Social distancing and masks are still present as more people get used to going back out in public.
Dave and Brenda Swanson, members of the United Methodist Church, said, “Kinda cool to be in the sanctuary today. It was probably one of the bigger crowds we’ve been able to see. With people still kind of in masks and that kind of stuff you know taking the cautions and things. But you know it was just really kinda nice to see that crowd. And first of April it sort of feels like everything sorta opening up and starting over brand new.”
Jan 21, 2021
From left are Alyssa Cretton, Julia Brown, Makenzie Neuens, Noelle Champagne, Zetta Kolf, Dawson Lincoln, and Nevada Brown. The 2021 NASF Alumni Scholarship Fund Drive got underway recently as about 800 letters were mailed to NHS alumni across the nation.
NIAGARA, Wis. Niagara Area Scholarship Foundation officials have announced that the 27th annual Alumni Fund Scholarship Drive is underway.
According to NASF president Kim Schuster, special solicitation letters are being mailed out by school staff members including high school secretary Darcy Brown and NASF secretary Julie Butler.
High school seniors have assisted with the process as have other students who have helped prepare the mailings. In addition, this year donors are able to make their contributions online using Donor Box and a credit card. Simply go to the school website niagara.k12.wi.us and select “Scholarship Donations” on the top left side of the page. This will be a secure link where alumni may
For 109 families in Hamblen County, life will never be the same.
That is how many have died in the county so far from COVID-19 since last March when the disease hit the United States.
Tuesday, those 109 lives were honored with a COVID-19 memorial service on the lawn of the Hamblen County Courthouse. There were 109 chairs set up, one for each person who was claimed by this disease. Most chairs had a luminaria with either the name of that person all the way to those that had âbrother,â âsisterâ or âmotherâ for those who didnât want to use names.
It was irony that the memorial was held on the day that deaths went past the 400,000 mark from COVID-19. At 5:30 p.m., church bells from nearby churches could be heard tolling for the dead.
Deborah Lynn Gould
ESCANABA Deborah Lynn Gould, of Escanaba, entered eternal rest on Sunday, December 6, 2020 at Bellin Health Systems in Green Bay, Wis. The daughter of Henry and Lucille (Gould) Swanson, Sr., Deb was born on October 18, 1950 in Manistique. She attended Manistique Area Schools and graduated from the Manistique High School with the class of 1968. On October 13, 1971, the former Deborah L. Swanson married Vernon Lee Gould at the Hiawatha Four Square Country Church in Manistique. She spent the greater part of her life in Manistique and later Escanaba, where she and Vern raised their family.Â
Deb was a member of the First Baptist Church of Manistique. In her 70 years of life, Deb truly embodied and taught her family that joy is something that is made at home each day and is found in giving to those you love. Deb found great joy in traveling, knitting blankets and hats for her grandchildren, an occasional visit to the casino, camping, flower gardening, collecti