Haigler Happenings - July 12, 2010

Brent Wheaton was in Haigler the weekend of the 4th to visit his parents and help them with some projects.  He returned to Kearney after the fireworks display.  To continue the helping trend Jerrie Wheaton went to her mother's in Cope to help her with some projects on Wednesday.

The building at the shooting range is sporting a new coat of paint.  Thanks to those who helped there.  To anyone with an interest in shooting sports, Jim Wheaton has been/will be having practice on Saturday mornings at 8:00 and Wednesday evenings at 6:00 (when possible).  The 4-H competition is July 17.

July 1st, Sherri Morabito and Yvonne Clemans of Burlington, CO, met their parents, Dale and Dode Faylor.  Sherri and Sherri's grandson, Braydon Boyd, drove to Abilene, KS, to the home of Sherri's daughter, Mindee Reynolds.  Sherri's daughter Shauna Boyd, and family arrived at the Reynolds home that day also.  The Boyd's home is Kileen, TX.  They had been visitiing in the home of Yvonne and Royce Clemans for a few days.  Dale and Dode went on to the home of their daughter, Daneen and Phil Hilger who live between Topeka and Lawrence, KS.  Friday, July 2nd, they all attended the wedding of Hilger's son, Josh.  Monday, the 5th, the Faylors picked up their daughter, Sherri and Sherri's granddaughter, Blaike Boyd, in Abilene and returned to their homes - Sherri and Blaine to Burlington and Faylors to the Faylor Ranch.

Jonathan Winter, his wife, Mary, and three children, missionaries to Indonesia, spent several nights at the Dale Faylor home last week end.  Jonathan is a grandson of Harold Robbins of Haigler, NE.

Lois Zuege's daughter, Lori, grandson, Jeremy, and granddaughter Rikki have been with her for a while as well as her son Shorty.  Lori and Jeremy left for home Sunday and Shorty left on Monday after an eventful week-end including their father's graveside service on Saturday and a Vanhorn family reunion on Sunday.  Rikki will continue to stay with her grandmother for a while longer.  Lois deeply appreciates the many friends who have dropped in to visit and to support her in recent days.

Sunday afternoon, the 11,th, Dale and Dode Faylor went to the home of their daughter, Yvonne and Royce Clemans, in Burlington, CO.  They attended the baptismal service of their granson, Lance Clemans, his wife, Stephanie and their son Caden.  The Faylors returned home Monday.

MerryLu Simmons of Beecher Island and her granddaughter, Amber, from Loveland came to Laura Pearl Wall's on Sunday.  They attended church in Haigler with Laura Pearl then visited with her in her home.

Week-end guests in the home of Floy Fisher were Art and Myra Hanson and Myra's mother, Marie Fisher.  Marie has been living in Hamilton, Montana, but had been visiting in her daughter's home in Sparta, Wisconsin.  They all arrived Friday afternoon.  Friday evening they all went to Beecher Island for the first get-together of Fisher/Trembly family reunion and a hamburger fry.  The large group gathered at Beecher Island again on Saturday at noon for potluck dinner.  Besides the Montana/Wisconsin family in attendance, there were folks from Kansas, Arkansas, and various places in Colorado.

On Saturday evening, Walter and Betty Fisher, from Arkansas, Garry and Sharon Fisher and Sharna and Richard Richardson from Wray, CO, joined Art, Myra and Marie in the home of Floy Fisher for supper and visiting.  Art always has his guitar and everyone enjoyed a singing session.  The trio left Monday morning for other points to visit friends and relatives in the front range of Colorado then to Cheyenne and from there to home in Wisconsin.  Marie's son, Merle Fisher, will be moving his mother's belongings from Hamilton, Montana into an assisted living apartment near her daughter, Myra.

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