From Linda Johnson Juntunen (72):
Gary,
I see that many folks have made comments and sent photos of the tornados that tore through the area on Monday afternoon. It is sad to see the destruction, but we count our blessings here in Rolla that things are not worse than what they are! I have had the opportunity to work with the families here in Rolla that have been affected and the volunteers that have been helping with clean-up. Clearing and cleaning began right away on Monday afternoon, followed by two very busy days Tuesday and Wednesday. There were people working on clean-up Thursday but not quite the flurry of the previous days. There is a coulee just to the East of the damage area that if filled with debris and personal items from the damaged homes that will be cleaned on Saturday morning. The Chief of Police of Rolla, Tom Allard, in conjunction with the Rolla Fire Fighters and City crew are trying to muster 100 to 150 volunteers to work on Saturday to clear this coulee area. All volunteers are asked to sign in at Our Savior’s LutheranChurch in Rolla, bring a pair of gloves and dress appropriately (there are a lot of thistles). Water, Gatorade, lunches and a small first aid kit will be provided. Please if you have an hour or a day to spare, a hand to lend, a 4-wheeler or other equipment that might be offered, if you can deliver lunches or water to the clean up teams, please, please, come and lend a hand. Thank you so much for any help that you may be able to provide. If you find that you are unable to come yourself, just take a few minutes to relay the message, maybe someone will hear the call and come and pitch in!
Linda J. Juntunen
COO
Microlap Technologies, Inc.
From Neola Kofoid Garbe:
Note: The Wally Neola refers to in her letter is her husband.
Hi Gary,
Again, it’s a small world. Rose Kavli, daughter of Bernhard and Betty (page 194, Bottineau County Centennial Book)was married to Roger Gust (Son of Raymond/Violet Kuebler Gust), Wally’s cousin, and my fourth grade student in Kramer in 1961/1962. Roger/Rose were later divorced. Roger/Rose had a son together: Russell. Russell and his cousin, Robyn Gust, both work for Trinity in the Sports Medicine department. Both of them have been in TV news segments about sports medicine on the Minot channels.
Another “small world” tidbit: Elvin and Madeleine Debertin Kavli’s (page 573, Centennial book) daughter, Rebecca, was in Wally’s class when he taught 7th/8th grade in Bottineau years ago. Rebecca is the daughter who passed away at an early age. She was married to Roger Hahn from Gardena when she passed away. In Roger/Rebecca’s write-up (page 562, Centennial Book), it states Rebecca had been married before. Roger is now married to Char, a relative of Jenny Handeland’s from Dunseith. Elvin and Madeleine’s son, Robert, was in my Sunday School class when he was “little”. As far as I know, Madeleine still lives at Edgewood Vista, an assisted living facility in Minot. That was about three years ago, so she might have moved since then.
One of the Kavli sisters, Clarice, married Ted Vinje, a barber in Bottineau (Centennial Book, page 630). Clarice worked (nurse, I think) at St. Andrew’s Hospital in Bottineau for MANY, MANY years. She still lives, by herself, in her house (beside the railroad tracks) in Bottineau. Ted died many years ago.
Use as much/as little/none of what I have written, Gary. You know me, I get “carried away” when I start on family connections. 
Like everyone else, I enjoy receiving your emails, Gary. Thanks!
Neola
From Dick Johnson (68):
Gary and Friends,
My aunt ‘Snookie’ asked if my folks knew of all our antics as kids. She
hit it on the head when she said Dad would probably laugh and Mom was
more serious. There was no fooling Dad about anything! He had done it
all himself and knew pretty much everything that we were up to! I could
tell Mom some ‘vague’ explanations and she usually bought it, but Dad
just looked at me and shook his head! Once when I was at the Standard
station, then owned by Darrel Getzlaff, he came out to put a couple
dollars worth of gas in my 58 Chevy, and asked what had happened to my
car? I asked him what he meant by that? He said he heard that the old
348 engine was about shot and couldn’t even spin the tires anymore! I
said, ” Is that a fact”?!! I was facing north at the pumps and pulled
ahead just enough to clear his bell hose, and put the pedal to the floor
and made a U turn out onto Main, heading south, with white smoke so
thick you could hardly see Darrel by the pumps! I looked back at him and
could see he was giggling like he just pulled something? When I turned
back to look down Main street, right on the sidewalk in front of the AC
Bar, stood my Dad talking to Orlan Fuchs!! A SETUP! I dropped off my
friends and went home and parked the old Chevy by the side of the garage
and just went in to take the heat! When Dad walked through the door, I
handed him my keys, which he threw in the back of the cupboard, and
walked to the next room without saying a word! It was about two weeks or
more, and one day my keys were on the kitchen table! His other method of
discipline was to get me up even earlier than usual, if I had stayed out
partying too long, and head for the farm. I remember waiting for the
Crystal Cafe to open at 6 AM, so we could have a pancake. We had two
tractors and usually were in the same field so there was no sleeping in
the shade or taking a break, just stay out there in the sun and take it
like a man! I wanted to puke or cry, or both sometimes, but still never
learned to come home earlier. We would go into the old farmhouse for
dinner, which was ALWAYS hamburgers on bread, fried in an old steel
frying pan! He would say, ‘ “Aren’t you hungry again”? Oh man, the smell
alone was almost enough! Anyway, by dark I felt so much better I would
forget! He sure had a cool way of getting his point across, usually
without saying much! Thanks Gary!
Dick
Picture provided by Neola Kofoid Garbe:
Hi Gary,
“Fern Berube” is written on the back of the picture. If she’s Jim’s mother/relative, I can deliver this picture and picture of Edward Berube family to Jim at the bar, or to Linda at the college.
Neola
Neola, this is a great picture of Fern. All four of Fern’s children and many other relatives of hers are on our distribution list. Gary
Fern Cote Berube
Picture provided by Neola Kofoid Garbe:
Folks, I’m assuming the Edward Berube family is related to the Fortune and Lawrence Berube families from Dunseith?
Can anyone identify the folks in this picture? Gary
