May 23, 2017 • Page 10 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com Thank You For Your Service & Sacrifice DAKOTA ARCHERY & OUTDOOR SPORTS 2305 East Hwy. 50, Yankton, SD • 605-665-8340 Open til 9p.m. Every Night HVAC & Electrical Contractors Power Source Electric Your Heating & Cooling Specialists • 665.2895 808 W. 23rd • Yankton, SD Residential & Commercial Electrical Contractors 260.8683 Divisions of Electair, Inc. Chris Frick Doug Dykstra Larsen Carpet We’ve got you covered! 212 Walnut Street Historic Downtown Yankton 605-665-2067 MAY MAY 29 29 Memorial Day Programs Yankton A Memorial Day program has been planned for Yankton on Monday, May 29. It will be carried out by Ernest Bowyer Post 791. The schedule includes: Avenue of Flags, Memorial Park, 8am5pm. Cemetery flags erected at boundaries of cemetery at 1pm Saturday, down at 5pm Monday. Color Guard Ceremony: 9am-VFW plot Yankton Cemetery; 9:15am- GAR plot; 9:30am- Sacred Heart Cemetery; 9:45am- Human Services Center Cemetery; 10am- Garden of Memories Cemetery; 11am- Fantle Memorial Park. The 11am program will feature guest speaker Captain Michael Nei. Post Commander Bill Rueppel will be Master of Ceremonies. This is sponsored by the VFW Post and its Auxiliary, Roy Anderson Post American Legion and its Auxiliary. In case of inclement weather, the Memorial Day program will be held at the Post Home, 209 Cedar St., Yankton. There will be a potluck at the Post Home following the program. Gayville The Gayville American Legion and Auxiliary Units will assemble at the Community Center in Gayville at 8:15am on Monday, May 29 for its Memorial Day recognitions. The Group will proceed to the following cemeteries: Volin-9:00 am Faith United- 9:10 am Mission Hill- 9:30 am Vangen- 9:40 am Gayville- 10:00 am Danish- 10:20 am Bergen- 10:40 am Meckling- 10:50 am Gayville Memorial- 11:30 am Menno Rames Bender Post 152 of Menno, SD will meet at the Legion in Menno then march to the Menno Cemetery for a Memorial Day Thank You To All Who Have Served! AUTO PARTS 1509 E Hwy. 50 • Yankton, SD www.sturdevants.com service. The service will start at 10:30am at the Menno cemetery on Monday May 29th and will honor all fallen veterans of the Menno area. Guest speaker will be Senator Bill Van Gerpen. Following the service all veterans and public are invited to the Menno School gym for a BBQ. The BBQ is put on by the Menno High School Band and will be serving brats, hamburgers, hot dogs and salads. A mini-concert by the High School Band will be performed at approximately 11:45 am. A free-will donation will be taken with all proceeds going towards future band trips. Mission Hill Vangen Lutheran Church in Mission Hill will be holding its 71st annual Memorial Day Service at the (historic) “Old Vangen Church and Cemetery, one mile east of town on 308th St. The public is invited to attend the Memorial Day Service which will begin at 10:00am, Monday, May 29, preceded by a cemetery commemorative presented by the Gayville American Legion at 9:40am. Officiating will be Vicar Mary Hendricks Wilkens. Speaker will be Jim Reinhart. There will be a luncheon following the service at the new Vangen in Mission Hill. Tabor The Veterans we have lost no longer wake up to the taps or the sound of the family laughter. They will forever miss the loving embrace of family and friends. Help us to remember them at the Tabor American Legion Post 183 Memorial Day Service on Monday, May 29. Services begin at St. Wenceslaus, in Tabor at 9:00am followed by a program in Sokal Park at 10:30am, with a guest speaker. Thank yo u! u! Thank yo “Don’t Gamble” – Insure With M.T. & R.C. SMITH INSURANCE Have a Safe & Happy Memorial Day! Serving the Yankton Area Since 1949 ... With Excellent Insurance Companies That We Represent! HOME, AUTO, BUSINESS, LIFE, BONDS 204 W. 4th St. • Downtown Yankton, SD Battery Exchange, L.L.C. Honoring & Remembering All Who Served 605-665-8447 The Hall-Thompson American Legion Post # 193 of Irene, SD will be doing the following events in honor of the Memorial Day weekend May 26 - 29. The American Legion, Auxiliary and Sons will be putting flags on graves of veterans in the local cementeries before the weekend. On Monday. May 29th the Post, Auxiliary and Sons will host a Memorial Day program at 10:00am in the Meeting Room of the Irene Community Center. Commander Chris Olson will be in charge. Music and poems will be by the Auxiliary. The roll of veterans buried in local cemeteries will be read. The Post will do Military Honors with a tribute to the “Fallen Soldier” at Irene Veteran’s Memorial following the program. Rolls and refreshments will follow as a social in the Community Center. Memorial Day Program & Dinner Monday, May, 29, Wakonda American Legion Gingrich-Dixon Post #13, 103 Montana St. Wakonda, SD. Program at 11:00am. 11:00am Legion Program Sponsored by: 605-665-3611 1912 SD Hwy. 314 (west on 9th Street) Yankton, SD Irene Wakonda 605-665-3693 • 800-658-3388 We thank all those who have served & sacrificed! American Legion & American Legion Auxiliary. Speaker will be Pastor Anna M. Peck. Music provided by Joe Sokolowski & Matt Kiger. Dinner served following program until 12:30pm. Veterans eat free, Free will donation. Cemetery Firing Schedule: 8:00 – North Catholic (St. Columkille) 8:45 – North Lodi (old) 9:00 – Pleasant Valley 9:15 – Bethel Baptist 9:30 – South Lodi 10:00 – South Catholic 10:30 – Union Cemetery 10:45 – Wakonda Heritage Manor nursing home 10:55 – Veterans Memorial 11:00 – Legion Program N. Hwy. 81, Yankton • 665-6394 Sunday-Thursday 11am-9pm, Friday & Saturday 11am-10pm Tony and Donna Ellis (605)-665-3720 •1200 Ellis Road, Yankton, SD 57078