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JULY 19

Local riding club strives to maintain tradition with youth involvement

Residents of Smithville are disgusted, skeptical and hesitant to speak out

Residents must keep on eye on both fire and water

The yard of Randy and Melissa Swenson at 1001 Ave. F has been selected as the Elgin Garden Club’s yard of the month for July.

Andrew Clark Siens, age

Mike Arnold Sellers was born Sept. 4, 1936, in Austin, to Logan and Ida Belle Hibbs Sellers.

Crystal Roberts was born Oct. 8, 1999. She entered the Kingdom of Heaven Wednesday July 12, 2023.

Richard “Shae” Prinz, 30, went to be with his Lord, Jesus Christ, in Heaven July 18, 2023. Shae was born March 12, 1993, in Austin, and resided in Elgin most of his life.

Sharon Roberts, 86, of Houston, passed away Friday, July 21, 2023. Services are currently pending. Arrangements and care entrusted to

In its heyday (the 1920s and 30s) the Elgin American Legion Band was very active giving many concerts locally and out-of-town. People flocked to hear live music concerts for entertainment. As the public schools provided so little music training, the all-male band had to seek other training. The Swedish communities provided some, some coming from immigrants trained in Sweden. One Swedish immigrant, Albert Smith, was able to go to a Swedish college in Lindsborg, Kansas. He studied music there and came back to the Kimbro community and started training some of the younger men. One student, Arthur Swenson, became a fine trumpet player. Smith also trained others in brass instrumentation.

In Mark 8:1-9, The four thousand people had been faithfully listening to Jesus for three days with nothing to eat. Their devotion really puts us to shame, doesn’t it? We give up an hour or two a week and think about Sunday dinner in the meantime, and they had gone three days without food! But their feast was the greatest kind, for they had been feasting on the Bread of Life, the Word of God from the lips of Jesus, so they had already received food that satisfies the soul and brings eternal life. But they still needed to eat regular food too, so Jesus has compassion on the crowd. And this compassion is not just an attitude of pity but actually accomplishes something. Jesus shows mercy to the crowd with a feeding miracle.