Ron Hauck, John Burrell, Bob Hauck, Reagan Burrell, Sheri Burrell, Barb Hauck, Duncan Burrell, John Hauck, Katie Zimmerman, Anthony Zimmerman, Ty Burrell city, daughter Reagan is a stay-home mom in Bisbee, Arizona, an old mining town turned tourist town. Son Ty lives in Salt Lake City and is an actor and co-owns two bars there with youngest son Duncan, who lives in Salt Lake City as well. The two bars owned by the two brothers are actually “sister” bars right next to each other, she explains. Beer Bar and Bar X each have their own specialty. This is the first time she and her children have spent five days together uninterrupted as a family. It serves as a great history lesson for the kids to learn about their mom’s family history and to see the places that she talks about. Several other family members also flew in when they heard about this visit. She was delighted at the chance to talk with cousins she hadn’t seen for many years. “It was an amazing family gathering because these are people you want to have in your family.” About a dozen family members were together for the reunion. Some brought scrap books and pictures of the farm and of family that Sheri hadn’t seen for many years, bringing up many fond memories for her. Burrell and her children planned to drive around the area in search of the farm but were excited when someone volunteered to serve as their tour guide. Barb Hauck, who lives near the farm, offered to drive them directly to the destinations they were looking for. She remembers back to her past visits in the summer, the weather always sticky, hot and humid, different than what she was used to. Now visiting in the spring, she enjoyed the cool and breezy welcoming weather and realized that South Dakota can have a beautiful climate. The rolling hills they encountered on their tour surprised her as her memories are of the land being relatively flat. Reaching the home place sent her mind on a jog back to memory lane. She remembers a long windbreak of mulberry trees; that sweet taste of the abundant mulberries comes back to her and how they would have a large mulberry picking day with the neighbors there to help. She explains that the mulberries weren’t actually “picked” from the tree, for the most part they were shaken off the branches to land on sheets lying on the ground. She realized that she hasn’t seen a fruity mulberry tree on the western coast. That old wind grove of trees wasn’t there anymore, unfortunately, they died during the drought a few years ago. Walking around the farm, she noticed that the blades on the windmill were gone and learns that they had blown off from a huge windstorm several years earlier. She remembers how she and her brother would sit many times at the bottom of functioning windmill, vROOTS continued on page 28 Broasted Chicken To-Go By The Piece Plus A Variety Of Sides To Complete Your Meal *Salads * Potatoes * Desserts e 1971 ned Sinc w 2809 Broadway Ave., Yankton Family O 605-665-9884 Monday-Thursday 11AM to 9PM Friday & Saturday 11AM-10PM Sundays 10:30AM-9PM jodeans.com Check Out Our Salads To Go Too! 4 $ 00 p Pick Unthly o Your Mndar Cale re $4 o With M ials! pec S Dinners To-Go Call & Order Ahead ... Choose from •Chicken •Catfish •Walleye ashed Includes mes potato and gravy and steamed 665.9884 HERVOICEvJULY/AUGUST 2019v21