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For the record I did not get a blog posted yesterday and I am later than normal getting today’s posted too. It has been a busy day.
Belated one day
  2012 Dunseith Caribbean Cruise
Reply from Jim and Karen Loeb (’47) Mhyre: Bellevue, WA.
 Hello Gary and Bernadette,
We are happy to hear you are home and enjoying enjoying a bit more travel. It sounds like you had a busy time in the Pacific North West and lots of great time with area friends and family. Jim and I want to thank you for all your work on the coordination of the cruise to the Caribbean on the NCL Pearl. We had a very nice time and we found it a great vacation. We enjoyed the company of the other travelers from North Dakota and want to thank all of the group for making us feel welcome and included. (I am really a San Haven resident until the age of 12. I attended the Dunseith School for 1st through 5th grade, and would have graduated in 1965. My mother grew up in Dunseith and went to school there for about 3rd through 8th grade, then went to high school in Fargo at Sacred Heart Academy – now Shadle High, graduating in 1939).
I had a wonderful day on the island of Jamaica with some of the Metcalfe klan. I hope to visit with them when we are in North Dakota next October for a reunion in Fargo. My grandmother, Alida Olson Higgins was one of nine children of Nub and Astri Olson who homesteaded in Trail County near Mayville. The most recent list of their decedents I have received, is about fifty five families and that is just the next two generations. Donald Aird is a second cousin, twice removed (Aunt Christine Carlson’s grandson).
We especially enjoyed visiting with and getting to know the Espes and David Shelver. I also recommend the city of Miami. Jim and I spent a day visiting a local annual art show, and an evening down in South Beach. We also enjoyed the delicious Cuban food we had at the neighborhood restaurant near our hotel (twice!) I wonder if any of the Cuban families that spent several years at the San in the early 1960’s are living in the Miami area today.
I will never forget the River Dunn’s Falls climb and our bumpy ride to what must have been the highest point of the area and then back down to the ship. Our guide, Robert, kept asking if we were having a wonderful time!!!! We kept telling him YES, and to please hurry back to the ship. We were among the last few to re board before sailing off to our next port. I would not describe the roads we drove on as roads. We did stop at a “coffee plantation” where I purchased a pound of coffee to take home. Jim said it was quite a good blend.
I have such a poor memory for my school days. I vaguely remember our first and second grade teachers (I think they were sisters). Then, of course, the wonderful Mrs Conroy in fourth and Miss Seltzer for fifth. I remember her as a wonderful young woman and I thought it would be great to grow up and be like her.
We have enjoyed the photos that you have posted from the trip, and I will have Jim forward some he took for you to see. Jim is back to his woodworking project that he began in the fall. It is a wood sculpture of the DNA molecule. So far it is looking like it will be about 25 feet in length and about 4 feet in width and is composed of different woods bending and twisting to compose the DNA chain. He hopes to finish it sometime this spring. I really hope so!! My garage is fairly full of wood turning equipment and a bit more sawdust then I like! Not sure how it will all come together and where it will hang!!
Again, thanks for all you did to make the cruise a fun time for everyone.
Karen Loeb Mhyre and Jim Mhyre
From Larry Hackman (’66): Bismarck, ND
Gary
Got this from Mel.
Apparently he is still kicking.
He was down for some kind of heart adjustment while you were on your cruise.
I guess he has one (a heart) and they were able to repair it.
That was a good thing?
Larry
Betty Jordan is looking for the Artist of this piece of this painting
From Karen Larson: Bottineau Spectrum
Betty Jordan is looking for the art student of 1982 from Dunseith High School who left this piece of art in the art room. She found it among her boxes of art, had it framed and would like to give it back to the student … no charge! The art project was to design an Indian chief from the seven basic forms of life and paint it with warm or cold colors. If the young man who designed this piece of art is out there and recognizes his work, please give Betty a call at 228-3263 and make arrangements to pick up his art work. Thanks everyone, Karen
 Don Boardman (’61) Presents Check to the Food Pantry
Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND
 Joke of the Day
Two little kids are in a hospital, lying on stretchers next to each other outside the operating room, the first surgeries of the day. The first kid leans over and asks, “What are you in here for?” The second kid says, “I’m getting my tonsils out, and I’m afraid.” The first kid says, “You’ve got nothing to worry about. I had that done when I was four. They put you to sleep, and when you wake up they give you lots of Jell-O and ice cream. It’s a breeze.” The second kid then asks, “What are you here for?” The first kid says, “Circumcision.” “Whoa!” the second kid replies, “Good luck, buddy. I had that done when I was born and I couldn’t walk for a year.” |
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