Posted by Vickie Metcalfe (70): Bottineau, ND
North Dakota Roads Closed Due to Flooding
San Haven:
Reply from Ardys Bakken Horner (Teacher): Detroit Lakes, MN.
Gary, we lived in Dunseith in the late 60’s and found San Haven staff to be like “wonderful mothers” in their care
of their patients, I think there were more problems in Grafton and that is what prompted the movement to
move them to smaller fascilities. I think there was some small town politics involved as building contractors
could make money buy building cottages around the state with the idea of bringing people closer to their
family homes for more frequent visits. Also times were changing in the 70’s about care and education of challenged children.
I never heard accusations about San Haven, in fact I knew a nurse in Minot who said that any person brought
from San Haven to the hospital there never ever had bed sores which is a very good indication of excellent
care.
San Haven was not a crowded facility….as some try to suggest, I think the writer was lumping problems about
care in Grafton and suggesting that the same thing was true in Dunseith, one wonders if he ever even visited the
area….I will get off my soap box now. Ardys (Bakken) Horner
San Haven:
Reply from Allen Richard (65): Midland, MI
To Sharon Gerdes
The San had very strong support from Bottineau, Rolette and Pierce County and sour rounding areas. The Tribal Council, county and city government and all the legislators worked together. if you can believe legislators working together these days–But it was very different back then!) Local newspapers worked hard to show the good things being done there and the Grand Forks Herald did at least one major two page article on The San. Likewise the Minot Daily News.
A number of legislative committees toured The San, and all the local legislators would attend as well. Everyone was always impressed with the cleanliness of the facility and dedication of the staff. And when the tours ended by a tour of the chapel and the view from the roof, Well to all of us who knew the panoramic view — it was a lot of fun to see the wide eyed, jaw dropped look on the faces of those who had not been there before. Did you know that on the many “severe clear” days you could see Rugby?
People from our area made many trips to Bismarck during those years. I recall driving back from Bismarck with Duane Fugere and a few others when the sky was overcast with the ash from Mt. St. Helen’s. The ash was so fine that it would go through the paper air filters and damage engines. Another time on short notice I Ioaded a rented airplane with local supporters and flew them down to a hearing.
Legislators from the north central part of the state banded together to get funding to build the laundry and food service building in the hope this would stop the ARC attack on the San, but it only slowed things down for a year or two and the ARC came at us from a different angle.
In the end the realities were:
The ARC had already won probably a half dozen cases against states with “institutions.” The ARC was on a roll and their funding seemed limitless.
The judge in the case was unsympathetic from day one. Federal District courts have more power than state legislatures, especially with “activist” judges.”
Renovating The San would have been extremely expensive because of the asbestos issue, and it wouldn’t have mattered because the “group home” concept was in vogue.
Communities and legislators from other parts of the state began vieing for group homes in their communities. It is not uncommon that a government that covers a diverse geographic and demographic setting to from voting blocks to benefit one segment at the expense of another. Call it “political cannibalization” if you want.
Anyway, it is hard to believe that most of this happened 30 years ago, and frankly, without digging through a few boxes of political memories I’d rather forget, this is about the best my few remaining brain cells can do!
Little Prairie Ladies Aid
Posted by Don Aird (Carroll Carlson’s nephew): St Louis, MO
You may have already posted this. I found it in a scrap book – the picture follows the names
Don,
Marshall Awalt posted this picture with message 560 on 9/17/2009, but classics like this certainly need re-runs here and there. So many of us can relate to many of the folks in this picture. One can not dispute the resemblance today of the Metcalfe girls to that of their mother Ella with her beautiful smile. I remember so well, so many of the ladies in this picture. Many of those in this picture have passed on. I think those living today are Joy Peterson, Velma Millang and Kenrose Medlang. Folks, please correct me if there are others.
Gary
Ladies of the Little Prairie Ladies Aid, before they merged with the Dunseith Lutheran church, picture taken by Ted Brodek for the the Dunseith Journal in 1954 at the Turtle Mt. Lodge, when the ladies served for the Minot and Brandon Colleges, and was captioned the” Fried Chicken Experts, story appears on page 318 of the Dunseith 1882-1982 History book.
1954 (57 years ago)
Back Row – Left to Right Hannah Kirkwold, Ella Metcalfe, Aria Millang, Joy Peterson, Jessie Millang, Kenrose Medlang, Bertha Myer, Agnes Salmonson, Pat Myer, Dorothy Millang, and Velma Millang.
Front Row – Christine Carlson, Anna Nickolson, Hilda Strong, Martha Handland, Clara Anderson, Francis Espe, and Ingrid Seim.
Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau, ND
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Obituaries
Wallace Sebelius
(Died April 22, 2011)
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Wallace Sebelius, age 85 of Bottineau, died Friday at a Bottineau hospital. Funeral will be held on Wednesday at 10:00 am at the First Lutheran Church in Bottineau. Visitation will be Tuesday from 10:00 am until 9:00 pm at the Nero Funeral Home in Bottineau. Burial will be at the Oak Creek Cemetery in Bottineau.
Wallace Sebelius, a son of Niles Peter and Lille (Olson) Sebelius, was born on October 20, 1925 at Overly, ND. On October 27, 1957, he married Freida Anderson at Bottineau. Freida passed away on October 2, 2009.
He is survived by on Brother, Manvil (Dorothy) Sebelius of Dunseith; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law; Kathleen Sebelius, Arvid (Pete) Anderson and Glenn Swanson all of Bottineau; Kathleen (Robert) Tonda, Ellen Anderson and Thelma Terry all of Seattle, WA and Melvin (Donna) Anderson of Ceres, CA; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Arrangements were with Nero Funeral Home in Bottineau. Friends may sign the online register book at www.nerofuneralhome.net.
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Hotel Recommendations for our February 2012 Cruise
Reply from our travel agent, Gina Ford.
Hello Gary,
It will be my pleasure to contact the best Miami hotel options for your group. I will request their lowest available group pricing for you.
I do know the Miami area well and one needs to be careful as some of the lowest Miami hotel prices would be at undesirable properties.
I will make sure that I offer you only hotels that are equal to or better than the Ramada Inn at SeaTac that you had stayed at previously.
I completely agree with you Gary, in that you should consider (and deserve) the hotel options that offer you the best bang for the buck
I hope to complete my Miami hotel research by the end of this week for you. For now I’m thinking we should request maybe 50 rooms?
(we can always adjust that number at a later date, when the final payments are all posted to your NCL Pearl 2.19.2012 cruise).
Thank you and best regards,
Gina
Gina S. Ford
Cruise At Will, Inc.
Cruise and Travel Planners
1-866-870-6986 (toll free)
703-580-1190 (local)
www.CruiseAtWill.com
Joke of the day
From my good Irish friend, Michael Kenny, Cebu, Philippines
A Texan walks into a pub in Ireland and raises his voice to the crowd of drinkers. He shouts, “I hear you Irish are a bunch of drinkin’ fools. I’ll give $500 American dollars to anybody in here who can drink 10 pints of Guinness back to back.”
The room is quiet and no one takes of the Texan’s offer.
Paddy Murphy gets up and leaves the bar. Thirty minutes later, he shows back up and taps the Texan on the shoulder. “Is your bet still good?” asks Paddy.
The Texan answers, “Yes”, and he orders the barman to line up 10 pints of Guinness.
Immediately, Paddy downs all 10 pints of beer, drinking them all back to back. The other pub patrons cheer and the Texan sits down in amazement. The Texan gives the Irishman the $500 and asks, “If ya don’t mind me askin’, where did you go for that 30 minutes you were gone?”
Paddy Murphy replies, “Oh…I had to go to the pub down the street to see if I could do it first.”
