Maybe the kids are a little uptight because their snowboards sit in the corner because snow has become extinct or almost.  A man from Jamestown attending a funeral in Lisbon stated they have none and was surprised to see it gathered around in Lisbon.  In the Valley dust flies behind vehicles so care should be taken.  Squirrels are still gathering acorns and the red headed woodpecker takes his share of the corn on the hanger.  Those that are cutting wood should check their cottonwood and see if they can find the star inside.  I was told it was there so it could be near people on earth and listen to their great music, laughing and kind words they proclaim to one another.  Whoop de do - let’s take a lesson from it and go for a good month and never say anything bad about anybody!

Don Wilke of St. Cloud, MN, slipped into this rovers home and got caught up on various things his family has been doing.  Marilyn could not come as the Lord is healing her affliction she has had with a knee.

Maryann Bartell is missing from the Vets home on Sunday with her guitar due to a little surgery she has had to go thru.  We wish her the prayers in all the world.

Pastor Swanholm is on at Beverly Ann for a sermon this Friday and this rover is destined to find songs appropriate - Easter is soon in the offing.

This rover missed Valentine’s Day this year and yet there are some on display on her cabinet top.  She was off her playing duty for two days and one of them was the heart throb day.  Happy Valentine’s to all I missed including 15 great grandkids.  Thanks to Lois Woefel, Don Wilke, Parkside home and Perry Olson for the heart warmer.

There are those resembling lady bugs still flying in and out of this home.  They are detestable and the smell turns you off like a skunk smell.  Spray has been on, but they are still on the loose.  Pray tell me a solution.

We have found more literature on Owego, written by Maynard Hitchcock in his years of selling feed to farmers or chemicals.  It will be sent to Perry Olson whose interests are in regard, if there was a town called Owego.

Brenda Elijah has the steam of a locomotive yet, even tho she won the volunteer award in the state some years ago.  She is very active in getting things on the program side at the ND Veterans Home where Thursday she turned things into a great party, along with Chaplain Pastor John Anderson.

There came a call from smiley Activity Director Lynn Hansen to show up at Parkside for a gift Monday at one o’clock.  This rover had in mind it was a Valentine made by the home.  It was too, but homemade at that and pretty.  Lynn parked this rover to a table and it was noticed chairs were all in a row around the room.  Soon in comes Linda Fitzer, Rebecca Froemke, Carola Michal, Jacelyn Bumman.  They took a chair and in comes Danae Henrickson, Liza Kramvik, Lee Joy Froemke and Sue Howey.  This rover informed Lynn there must be an important meeting so she would leave.  “No,” stated Lynn, “stay a little longer.”  Then in comes Tammy Kaufmann, Laurie Lonveraus, Lynette Nelson, Amy Hoffmann, Terry Hartl, Tammy Iwen, Ronda Skramstad, Steve Schultz and Edna Leadbetter.  Maybe patience is the thing to have right now to find out what is going on.  In comes Cindy Rebhahn, Harvey Milbrandt, Kristie Urbach, Josephine Salzwededl, Margaret Olson and singers June Jorgenson followed by Charlene Rondestvedt.  This rover decided to turn and see how far the door was in case she would leave but instead there was Pastor Norm Anderson, Ken Kennedy, Administrator, and Nick Storhaug, one of the board members.  Ken stated, “This is one time we do not have to do “in right, out right”, etc. which he and Pastor Norm perfected at another party.  Jacelyn Baurman, Deb Lloyd and members from the Gazette included Sexton-Brown doing what comes naturally.  Pastor Norm was spokesman and you will have to find out by reading the Gazette what it was all about.  No matter what was in the offing, this rover may have fifty years of entertaining behind her but there was always people helping.  Can you imagine one person up front with no people?  It is a thank you to all that has ever helped and maybe there was not a one in that room that hasn’t at sometime kept the fun going.

Cookies and drinks were served.  We presume Yvonne Foyt was responsible for the cookies with resident’s helping frost the Valentine treat.  Thanks to all for another great 50 year surprise party.

Betsy Zarr with hubby Ron and two daughters remembered Lorraine Kamrath when mom Evelyn Zwetzig passed away.  Evelyn loved the music at the LAHS and was always on deck.  Betsy is the daughter of Herbie Bender, a Lisbon LAHS resident until sickness took him to a home in another town.

Sympathy to the family of Jimmie Printz who left us this week.  He was a talented person working with Andy Hoenhause on the house on Rock Hill after he finished an all night session at Bobcat.  Irene visited with him an told him God only gave him one body and wondered it he was not over doing it.  She brought him cookies and fudge which he thought was great and we know he would have loved to see that house finished but maybe God has one for him to do.

Don and Marilyn Wilke are heading for Florida with their family Karla’s Darens in mid March to watch Kristen’s (a grandchild) softball team play some preseason softball games.  Don stated brother Ron and Sandra Wilke are back in Napoleon, ND on his acreage.

What a church service went on at the Veteran’s home Sunday.  This rover sifted in as did Ruth Carlblom, Alice Hiegelke and Evelyn Hitchcock.  Music went on as the room filled and then Pastor John Anderson came to give the sermon.  He brought the fiddle so there was a session of music following the sermon.  There was a three year old little girl who danced up a storm and loved the music.  She finally got on the piano with this rover and there she was happy and landed a kiss and hug for letting her play.  Marv and John sang two songs with everyone chiming in on the chorus.  Welcome everyone!

Alethe Krause has moved with her family to Nampa, Idaho.  She is happy to have all her belongings in the home.  She has one of those steps in the home that you step down a short distance.  She fell and hit the floor on her face, splitting a lip bleeding profusely, injuring a rib, elbow and a slight concussion.  She takes care of a baby and seven year old to keep her out of trouble.  She states she is very good at doing dishes and sweeping floors.  Granddaughter Michelle gets off at 5:00 and gets the baby at Mom Helen’s and hits it home for Alethes supper.

More dresses out of pillow cases are being made at Trinity and Ruth Carlblom knows the ins and outs of them now.  Grandson was off to Carrington for a visit and tells of having his just painted pickup damaged while at a play in Fargo.  They took a sharp object and scratched the whole door for a super damage of his pickup.