Oldham, SD

This article is submitted by Sandy Smith of Oldham:

The Oldham Gym was a very busy place to be on Tuesday April 8th….along with the “Military Display” voting for a new Mayor and a Ward 1 Council Member started the day off at 7:00 a.m.  Blood Services truck then pulled into the parking lot about 1:00 to get ready for the 2nd Annual Auxiliary Blood Drive…then at 2:30 you could smell coffee being made in the kitchen as some ladies were setting up goodies for the “Community Gathering  Cofffee Time” which they were hosting free that afternoon to give the community member a place to gather and visit with their neighbors and friends!  Blood is life giving….and we had many community members who came to give their blood between the hours of 2:30-6:30.  Blood Services personal were very please with the good turn out from the Oldham community and they told us how much they enjoyed all the goodies in the kitchen!  

     By 7:30 the votes were counted, the gym cleaned up and Oldham had a new Mayor….Roger Eide…Congratulations!  Congratulations also to John Pester who will be representing Ward 1. 

      The Oldham American Legion Auxiliary want to thank everyone who made our 2nd Annual Blood Drive a success….and thanks to the community members who came and enjoyed visiting over the goodies in the kitchen!   Thank-you also to the community members who came out and voted…..THANK-YOU to all who have served “Our Country”  in the past and present allowing us to live in a country that is FREE ….where we do have the freedom to vote! 

Greetings from the Bickett home. Well this is our home ,however we are getting Home Away from Home ready for you. Mike and I have been busy this winter cleaning and fixing on our rental home we purchased. We are getting anxious to get it done and have an open house. We would like to be able to rent it short term to fishermen, hunters or someone back for a visit. Thanks to the Horizons program we were inspired to go ahead and purchase the home and start this process. We have completely gutted the kitichen and done some other renovations. We would love to hear from you if you are interested in renting for a night or two. We would like to have it ready to go by May 1st. I will try to keep everyone informed on our progress. Take care and have a great week.

This post has been submitted by Sandy Smith of Oldham for posting to the Community Blog: Please join us to RECOGNIZE, HONOR AND APPRECIATE those who serve our country.

Tuesday April 8th a Military Display was sat up in the lobby of the Oldham Gym…this display was to honor and recognize  “Our Present Military with Oldham Ties”…There were pictures of each of the 21 presently serving our country along with their rank and address!  We as a community know that “FREEDOM  IS  NOT  FREE” and we as the Oldham American Legion Auxiliary thought this would be a way to honor them and to let them know how much we appreciate what they are doing for us by serving our country and to let them know how proud we are of each one of them!!! 

     We know we probably have missed some and we are sorry!  If you have a family member who is serving in a branch of the military please contact Ann Lingbeck or Sandy Smith.