Alaska or Bust

Departing tomorrow for first leg of journey to Alaska with overnight stop at Fishberry Campground on the SD - NE border near Valentine, NE.

Day two and three will be at a campground in Estes Park, CO before a family reunion at the YMCA of the Rockies on Friday - Sunday.

Then we meander to Bremerton, WA where we will be a few days before getting on the cruise ship to Alaska.

This pit bull is in the house and is on rations and will be hungry for anyone thinking about entering.

Tree Removal

Before

When trimming out the dead branches there wasn't much left so I decided to remove all eight trees.

During

After removing the first three trees I decided it was too much work and that I would hire it done. However the tree guy was not prompt in getting it done so I decided to finish the job myself. (if you want to do business with me be prompt.) It took about a day and a half to cut them down and haul out the branches.





Not sure what to do with this spruce tree that has a lot of dead branches because it was crowded out by others. The other side looks great from the house but not so good from the road.









Stay tuned to see what is decided about replacement.

After

Class of 1964 Class Reunion

There sure were a lot of old people at this reunion. We invited other classes since our numbers were small. We entered 9th grade as the first of the baby boomers with 30 in the class, the largest class in history up to that time.  We graduated 24 and 17 are living.

Ginny Dickson Stunes, Dave DeJean, Barb Peskey Canode
John Sweet, Sandra Hodson Nyreen, Marjorie Henkel,
Kathleen Geiman Ferguson and Bob Hoevet/

Class of '63. Gail Verch, Sue Peterson McNaboe, Rita Aughenbaugh
Anderson, Denny Peskey, Rick Aughenbaugh, Margaret Johnson
Niedan and Denny Cundy.

Steve Gubbins, Bob Hoevet, Wayne McNaboe and
Kenny Westerberg at my 12th birthday party,
February 4, 1958.

News Item

Maxwell is expecting a new (boy) cousin on November 11.

Car Raffle

I can sell you a ticket that will benefit community infrastructure project.

Win this car or one of the cash prizes.

Kenny Westerberg RIP

6th grade picture

I lost my boyhood friend, Kenny Westerberg, today due to complications brought on by surgery for colon cancer. We attended 12 years of school together, played baseball and basketball (played in state tournament) and did a lot of just goofing around.

I went to his wedding in 1968. It was a fabulous wedding in Boston with limousines, wedding hall with orchestra and seven course meal the likes of which I had never seen before or since.

He is survived by two sons, John and Shawn and sister Konnie Wigman.  He requested no service and that his ashes be strewn on his parents grave in Iroquois, SD.

                       Click here for obituary

Me, Bob Hoevet and Kenny in I Club photo from our yearbook.

We should have been the Iroquois White Sox instead of Chiefs.

Kenny had a lead part in our Jr. Class Play

Kenny held down the post

James L. Hayes RIP

I worked road construction with Jim Hayes during the summers of '66 and '67. I visited him several times in recent years in Akeley, MN. In the summer of '67 I went to his home in Akeley with him for a weekend. 

I put him in for a Cold War Certificate but he passed away in May before I could deliver it to him. I delivered it to his widow last week.