Happy Birthday Dana Henriksen Johnson (DHS ’66): Meridian, ID 
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Dunseith Independent basketball team Patch
Picture from Randy Flynn (’70): Happy Valley, OR.
Gary,
This is the embroidered patch (Chenille for a Letterman’s Jacket) from the 1948 Dunseith Independent basketball team. This is in my father’s, Jack Flynn, memorabilia. I had it dry cleaned and it still is in good shape. The patch is about 7 inches across with 1 inch letters.
Randy Flynn
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Reply from Lee Stickland (’64): Dickinson, ND
Gary,
Yes, what am I doing up at 3:19 am on 3-7-2014?
Writing a Happy Anniversary (17) to my son, Eric and his wife, Kim.
Their planned union that occurred in Tucson on a ‘snowy day in May’.
Surely, the travels through life have included wading across Willow Creek and negotiating Hwy 43 in 1957 before reaching I94 which was completed in 1969. This journey included Kim achieving 2 (two) doctorate degrees and having chemistry research papers published in respective journals.
Eric learned and taught martial arts and went to China for one visit to enjoy seeing the origin of some of those creations. He was able to complete 4 years at a Univ of Calif college with straight A’s, having some of his compositions become included in a ‘HOW TO WRITE…’ instructional college-level textbook,
MOSTLY there is now my having a GREAT Grandson, SAM (Samuel) Garrett Stickland.
GARY The care, love, and attention that YOU have for and pay to Bernadette these days at home, in her home, YOUR home, is the BEST CARE I know of. My experience of 20 years in nursing home administration has emphatically shown me that THERE IS no substitute for FAMILY. Having the staff to assist YOU and to attend to every need for Bernadette is so wonderful. Bernadette’s being familiar with and feeling most comfortable when knowing these special ladies are ever-present is a gift from each of them to each of YOU. I have no doubt that their total heart and hearts’ ache is for both of YOU.
(The “R” from the assumed name of STRICKLAND was left in Ireland in 1794. The mispelling of our name by the general public, when they listen but fail to hear, OUR name as spoken and write they STRICKLAND, is hereby explained.)
The STICKLAND family moved to Bristol, England in the early 1800’s, traveling by boat, (London Fog up in that area, Ya know, so the airports were socked-in and no flights were available.) I fail to recall much of that trip except that I got sea sick then, again, too.
14 degrees right now, 87 degrees ‘advertised’ for July 32, 2014.
When I was 12 years old I had a paper route with 72 customers that I delivered, 6 days per week. Each day offered the privilege to get a pail of water for Mrs Hill and Mrs Buchann from Tom Cassidy’s well.
Tom and Maggie lived about 1 and 1/2 blocks south of where Fauske’s lived in Dunseith. That is where my ‘inkling’/wanting to be in the health care field began. My visits with these ladies included unspoken content of history, psychology and human relations that no book contains.
I knew that Vivian Hewson could not drill chemistry into my thick skull and I understood that Diane Lier could never convince me that there was NOT a STOP sign but there was a sine in geometry.
Life is made up of choices. Like I wrote to Eric and Kim,
“A TOTALLY SMOOTH MOUNTAIN CANNOT BE CLIMBED”.
Always LEE S
Lee,Thanks for the kind words and compliments. You are so right about home being the best place. Bernadette would be extremely depressed in a nursing home. Being home she is in her natural environment and still has command of her house.Today, for the first time, when we went to the mall Bernadette was in a wheel chair. She swore she’d never use a wheel chair, but when the time came, she readily chose the wheel chair. She can walk short distances and that is about it. We were prepared and have a wheel chair.Gary
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Blog (43) posted on March 13, 2008
You guys have my sincere condolences with the loss of your mother and grandmother. I talked to Millie, about 6 weeks ago, on January 24th. We had a wonderful conversation. I was asking her if she was related to any of the Rude’s in the Bottineau or Dunseith areas and she said she was not. We discussed things in general. She was so warm and friendly and she did tell me about her cancer. I wish I would have had the chance to meet her in person.
I am assuming you guys are monitoring her email. I will continue sending these messages to her email address for the next week or so or until some of you tell me differently.
Gary Stokes
360-362-1222
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From Rhonda Hiatt (75):
Gary,
I am trying to get caught up with all your e-mails since the move, and to say Thank you, thank you, thank you to all who sent the pictures with Mom and Dad in them. Sometimes I will hear an old song and remember hearing it at the bowling alley on the jukebox when Mom and Dad were bowling. They loved to bowl. And fishing with Patty and Babe Coleman, well they just loved those two. They always came back and said how much fun they had together. I remember all the times they went to Waterhen. They just enjoyed those trips so much!
When I saw the picture of Mom, I could not believe how skinny she was!!
Thanks again everyone for all the stories and pictures. It makes the day brighter!!
Rhonda Hiatt (75)
AmWest Entertainment
360-666-3228 home
502-664-9168 cell
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Folks, I was going through more pictures and I found these of Barbara Kalk
With her husband Alfred of 40 years and their 7 children.
I think most all of us that were in Dunseith schools in the 60’s remember Barbara.
Barbara (Cathy) and Alfred celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary this last
summer. Barbara does a lot of work with the church and Alfred is a teacher with a
doctorate in education. He is probably known as Dr. Lopez to his students.
They live near Minneapolis.
Barbara, you and your siblings have done very well with your lives and have all come a long way
from what you had, growing up on the north side of Dunseith, with almost nothing.
You have a lovely family. Gary Stokes
