05/29/2009

Riverside Cemetery Records:
 
Folks, I have attached the Riverside Cemetery records that were recorded by Vance and Doreen Bailey and posted in January 2003. For those of you that do not have Excel or are unable to open this attachment, I have posted this file on the “Dunseith Alumni WEB Site” under “cemetery listings” for your viewing. I will be posting St. Lewis and some of the other cemeteries too, that Doreen sent to me. I would like to get the latest records of each of these cemeteries, from the time the Bailey’s recorded these, so they can be incorporated into their files. Once these cemetery records are brought up to date, they can easily be maintained and kept current. Gary
 
Dunseith Alumni WEB Site link
 
 
Question for Evon Lagerquist:
 
Who is currently doing the mowing for the Ackworth cemetery? When I was talking to Debby Stokes, Darrel (Bud’s) wife this morning, she mentioned that they saw someone all bundled up doing the mowing, but they were unable to distinguish who it was. Would that by chance be one of your family members? My brother Allen used to mow that cemetery once a week with a good old push rotary mower. He got paid $5.00 per mowing and he/we furnished the gas. Allen was fast. He could mow that Acre in a short afternoon. In later years my dad did the mowing with his riding lawn mower and then he pasted it onto Eleanor Fauske and she mowed it for a number of years with her riding Lawn mower.
 
I remember when I was a kid, the Ackworth cemetery was over grown with rose bushes and other large weeds. It was quite a mess. The community got together and requested for my dad to pasture his sheep in the cemetery to get rid of all this brush. He did that and the sheep did a darn good job of clearing the brush. To this day it has been immaculately maintained and mowed every summer. Gary
 
 
 
Reply from Diane Larson Sjol (79): Minot, ND
 
To Aggie Casavant,
Thank you for your kind words…there are some wonderful nurses and
teachers out there who really make a difference. I have had some very
wonderful experiences as a labor and delivery nurse….some that would
make you laugh and some that would make you cry and some that would
curl your hair. As nurses, we may make a difference in our patient’s
lives but they leave an everlasting impression on us too. Now I am
the nursing coordinator at MSU Bottineau and have been teaching
nursing students for the past two years. It is challenging but very
rewarding when we celebrate their graduation and passing of nursing
boards. By the time their training is over, you feel as if they are
your kids graduating. I told them that they better all make good
grades because I am a baby boomer and I don’t want any dumb nurses
taking care of me…ha

Take Care,
Diane

 
 
 
2009 Schedule of 125th Events for the Bottineau City & County Quasquicentennial
 
Thursday, June 18th
2:00 – 4:00 Open House, Pride Dairy
8:30 – 3:00 Bus Tour, West Bottineau County
School Gathering
Amateur Night, Fairgrounds
Friday, June 19th
8:00 – 10:00 Registration, Free Breakfast
10:00 – 4:00 Arts/Quilt Show @ MSU – Bottineau
10:00 Athletic Games, 3 mile walk/run for cancer (Wear a pink hat!)
Open House @ Courthouse, Hospital, MSU, BHS, Ambulance, Good Sam
8:30 – 2:30 Bus Tour, East Bottineau County
Kid’s Swim Events
School Gatherings & Bingo
Evening Williams & Ree @ Fairgrounds (This is 2 guys – an Indian and a White Man – and they are entertaining
and always making fun of each other.)
Saturday, June 20th
Registration
9:00 Welcome Ceremony, MSU – Bottineau
10:30 Parade
11:30 Free Picnic in the Park
10:00 – 4:00 Arts/Quilt Show @ MSU – Bottineau
Athletic Games, 3 on 3 Basketball
9:00 – 4:00 Bingo, Craft Show & Bake Sale @ Armory
1:00 – 4:00 Car Show, Registration for Car Show from 12:00 – 1:00
Open House, Courthouse, MSU, BHS, coffee at the Hospital and Good Sam
School Gatherings & Kids Games
1:00 – 5:00 Free Music Show – Hourly on Main Street
Evening Johnny Holmes @ Fairgrounds
 
Sunday, June 21st
10:00 Ecuminical Church Service
10:00 – 3:00 Best Ball Golf, School Gatherings
Evening Demolition Derby @ Fairgrounds