Elvin Haagenson Memories
From Pam Wenstad Lane (’78): Dunseith, ND
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To Cheryl,
I am so sorry to hear about Elvin. I’m so glad that I got to know him for the short time I worked for you. He was a hoot to take care of. You took very good care of him and I’m sure that he was so glad to be able to stay home with you in his finial years.He made a person laugh and if he did’nt like a persons cooking he let you know and if you asked if something was alright he would say “Not Bad” That was an O.K. from him. Nothing was as good as your cooking.
Here’s to alot of memories and laughter we will always have of you dad.
Pam Lane
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North Dakota Trip
Message from Cheryl Larson Dakin (’71): Bedford, TX
HI Gary and All
I finally bought my tickets for North Dakota yesterday for the end of October. I am looking forward to spending time with my Dad in Bottineau and my sister at the lake, hiking and breathing in the cool crisp air and just drinking in the beauty of the Turtle Mountains. It’s always been a beautiful spot to recharge. I imagine we’ll split a Jumbo when we go to Dales as well. YUMMO!
Have a great day everyone.
Cheryl Larson Dakin
Cheryl,How wonderful. Yes, the end of October it can be a bit crisp in ND.We are contemplating going back next September too. The air fares are about double in the months of June, July and August for travel to the Philippines, so we decided that September would be OK.Gary
Laurel Hiatt’s Benefit
Report from Rod Hiatt (’69): Bottineau, ND
Gary
Thought I would give you an update on the Benefit for Laurel last week at the Midway bar. I would mention all the people that were involved in putting it together but I know that I would miss some, I do know that Dawn Allard was kind of the head things and her and the crew that was with her did an excellent job.
It was to start at 4 pm and by 4:30 the place was packed and people continued to come for the next 3 to 4 hours. Just guessing, but the ones that I talked with figured around 400 people attended and there was enough food prepared by locals to feed that many and more. It was a totally beautiful evening and there were tables and chairs outside that were full most of the time as well. We did raffles and live auction with merchandise that was donated by friends, family and local businesses and the crowd stayed late into the night bidding on some fantastic items.
Jimbo Hanson was the first name drawn for choice of the handmade quilts and he told Laurel to pick the one that he wanted, then his father James Hanson won the other handmade quilt and he donated it back to the auction and it sold for $300 dollars. Neola sent out 10 packages of her famous carmel which we auctioned off and it brought in well over $200, an etched mirror for $375 and one for $475, a 22 rifle for $525 just to mention a few of the items.
My brother Rick and myself started a hay drive to maybe get a load of 15 to 20 bales of hay as we knew Laurel would be short this year, and the good friends and neighbors started calling and hauling in loads of hay to help him out.
I can not thank the people of this area enough for the generousity and kindness that they have shown, The financial support that was given was totally awesome, but more so the emotional support that these people gave will never be forgotten.
One truely doesn’t know how fortunate we are to live in such a fine community.
Thank you all !!!!
Rod,Thank you so much for this report. I have had several personal messages asking if I had heard how his event went. Several replied saying they heard it went very well.I am so glad to hear that so many folks turned out making this a great success. You mentioned Neola’s caramels. She does sell them too, but I know she donates and gives away a whole lot more than she sells. She normally gives me a few pounds of assorted flavors whenever I see her too. She sent a few pounds with Art Hagen last year too, to give to me, when he came over here. They are so good too.We are so hoping that Laurel’s cancer can be put into remission so he can get on with the rest of his many years of life. He is only two years older than me, so he is just a young dude.Gary
Trish Larson – Horses – Memories
Reply from Geri Metcalfe Munro (’59): Fargo, ND
Gary, Trish rides those horses so eloquently—on my folks farm, our beautiful Pinto Pony, Scotty, loved to let little kids ride him; I would call him, “Scotty, do you want Jeff, age 4, to ride you and he would shake his head “YES”–he would let Jeff ride him all pm; rather than my Dad, who was like 240# Gary, we had the best lives growing up on farms…we sure weren’t SPOILED, were we?? Geri
Geri, At the time we maybe didn’t think we had the best lives, but in retrospect we most certainly did. You are so right, we were not spoiled. Every person contributed their share of the work force to get things done. We all had our chores to do, whether they were in the barn or the house or wherever. The same was true for those not living on farms too. That is just the way things were in those days. Gary
Happy Birthday to my wonderful cousin Kim Fugere!
From Diane Fugere (’75): Minot, ND
HAPPY BIRTHDAY 1ST COUSIN KIM FUGERE OGILIVE!!!
From Lois Tweten: Helena MT
Also wanted to say to you Bernadette & Gary…I wasn’t able to make it to the Hostfest this year….But yesterday my son Jeff took me with him and his friend John to the LAST CHANCE COMMUNITY, HONOR THE CHILDREN, POW WOW here in Helena. John is a drummer. While there one of the vendors were a couple from Cebu!! So I was telling them about being on your blog from Cebu. She & I had such a lovely conversation. She was wondering where the Catholic Church was in Helena.. So I explained it was the beautiful church up on the hill downtown and the early service would be at 7am.The windows with the stations of the cross are on the windows – imported from Germany. A site you must visit while in Helena. She asked if I was Catholic, but no, it didn’t matter as we worship the same God. She was so full of fun. So I told her of you Bernadette and your home with the altar etc. Also the new renters in my apartment building upstairs from me – she is also from Cebu.. Small world!!
Take care new friends..Lois
How wonderful that you were able to have a nice chat with those folks from Cebu.
Yes, Bernadette has a Grotto of her saint Lourdes with Bernadette in our yard. The celebration for Saint Lourdes is February. Normally the 2nd week of each February we have big fiesta that is preceded with 8 days of evening prayers. The 9th day is the fiesta with a big dinner following the prayer. Each of the 8 evening prayers are normally attended by just the local folks in our area. They normally last about an hour and are the same readings (scriptures) each of the 8 evenings. Bernadette normally has a Catholic lay person come for the 8 readings. On the day of the fiesta a group of lay ministers come in to administer the proceedings. Then it is the big dinner that is normally attended by many of our Expat friends.Each city and town in this country has a saint. Each year, in the month of their Saint, they go through the same proceedings as Bernadette. On the 9th day there are numerous fiestas in private homes throughout the towns with many invited guests. This month is our towns (Consolacion) fiesta.In Bernadette’s Grotto pictured below, Lourdes is standing in the center with Bernadette (not Bernadette Stokes) kneeling in front. We used to have a water fall, but the pump quit and we have not gotten it fixed. From dusk till dawn, each day, Lourdes and Bernadette are lit up to include a light also in the cave below.
Lourdes and Bernadette Grotto
Fauske Siblings
Joke of the day
Posted by Geri Metcalfe Munro (’59): Fargo, ND