July 1, 2013
GLADSTONE GOOD NEWS
Willard Leroy Metcalf
“Who decided that people doing bad things deserves to be news. News should be good, we deserve better.” Gladstone Good News Contact Tim @ 701-690-3301
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Here is some good news submitted to The World Headquarters of
The Gladstone Good News Thank you for sending in the Skateboard photo A.M. Feel free to send in photos whenever you like.
M.W. Thank you for the photos you sent in of the Heart River overflowing. Gives us a good idea of how full the river can get.
View From the Front Porch Vistas of green grass, the smell of freshly cut lawns, rolling hills, river running through, cottonwood trees, week-end car shows, auto racing, rodeos, parades, antelope, deer, flowers blooming everywhere, music in the streets, amazing birds, ballgames, fishing all day, your own garden and so many more things that it would fill up a page and then some. All these things are opportunities to live an awesome life, forget about the opportunities to make money, that is a given here in Gladstone. The opportunity to enjoy every moment of every day is right in our own backyard. I for one, will take that wonderful deep breath of grass filled aroma and thank my lucky stars, the ones that can be seen here in Gladstone. Sometimes you have to smell the roses! Gladstone you are so lucky, seize the day and make it yours. Contact Tim @ 701-690-3301
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This is one of the reasons I love Gladstone
Beautiful Gladstone
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Photo by Haylee Wax
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Top Ten
You can’t make this stuff up
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Unicorn Pennsylvania…According to the past census for Lancaster County there is zero population for Unicorn Pennsylvania…makes you think.
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Gary Gladstone’s photography book called “Passing Gas: And Other Towns Along the American Highway” pays tribute to Ding Dong Texas among other towns.
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Close to Gladstone Michigan is a story about a woman that filled her car with stolen merchandize from a hotel room, only to lose her keys and get locked inside the car because the windows and doors were not operable without a key. Police arrested her the next morning in the locked car.
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Wanted Taliban gives himself up to collect reward money in Afghanistan. Arresting official says, “This guy is the Taliban equivalent of the Home Alone burglars”
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A 45 year old woman from Texas was arrested after a mechanic called police. The mechanic found 18 bags of marijuana under the hood. The arrested woman told police that she went in for an oil change and didn’t realize that they had to open the hood.
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A man attempted to siphon gas from a motor home parked on the street. Police arrived at the scene only to find the man curled up on the ground next to the siphon hose sticking out of the sewage tank instead of the gas tank.
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This is actual Headline
“Something went wrong in jet crash” says expert.
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This is actual Headline
“Man struck by lightning faces battery charge”
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This is actual Headline
“Miners refuse to work after death”
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This is actual Headline
“Include your children when baking cookies”
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2013 Southwest Speedway (Gladstone Drivers) Friday July 5th
Wednesday July 10th
Saturday July 20th
Kirk Wojahn June 15th-heat placed 2nd-Feature placed 4th June 29th-heat placed 3rd–Feature placed 11th
Gladstone resident Devon Wandler June 15th-heat placed 2nd-Feature placed dnf June 29th-heat placed3rd-Feature dnf
Kendall Booke June 15th-heat placed 1st-Feature placed 3rd June 29th-heat placed 1st-Feature DQ
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“You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.” Dale Earnhardt All racing photos are provided by Layn Mudder he can be reached at lmphotographer@aol.com
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GLADSTONE GOOD NEWS July 13th
Car Show All type vehicles welcome tractors too!!! Free Need info call Fran 701-290-0918 or 701-483-6091
Music & Food
All School Reunion
10am to 3pm
Local ranch family was as friendly as they come
1966 Chevy
Medora
Chance to meet new friends
Cool old trucks
I have a feeling that Lefor is going to have an awesome weekend. Better not miss it.
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The 1908 Model
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GLADSTONE GOOD NEWS It’s a Parade
1953 Hebron
1953 Hebron
1929 Dickinson
2013 Bismarck Parade Contact Tim @ 701-690-3301
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Parade 2013 Gladstone Australia
Parades are cool
1982 Gladstone parade
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GLADSTONE GOOD NEWS Modern Master of North Dakota
Heat to 1800 degrees
Place in container with paper
Our own Modern Master is here in Hebron, let’s support her. She has dedicated a
Dacotah Clayworks & Robin Reynolds
lifetime to her craft.
Stop by her Hebron shop Remove from fire and there is your glazed pot
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Gladstone Homes Artistic Creative Imaginative Inspired Original Unique
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Skateboard Guy having a great day
Ouch!!!
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GLADSTONE GOOD NEWS Sometimes I come across funny stuff that I cannot resist putting in the Gladstone Good News. It looks like cat beards for everyone. Dog beards are also on the rise. Who knows where this craze will go.
The pride of the German countryside Luna the leaping cow owned by fifteen year old Regina Mayer. Click for video.
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Chris & Marianne with Jazzy
Rachelle & Cherish with Rainbow Butterfly and Bizz
Madison with Tonka
Shari with jinxy, Dozer, Suzy and Zoey
“I hate to be obvious,” added the Scarecrow, “but you’d have saved yourself a heap of trouble if you weren’t too cheap to invest in a leash, Dorothy.” Gregory Maguire
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Leo & Tillie with Millie
Levi & Tanner with Guppy their favorite goat
Kevin with Castor
Jack with Whitey Tom
“Pets are such agreeable friends-They ask no questions and they pass no judgments” Unknown
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Mary with Max‌Happy Birthday Mary
Dane with Capone
I want to thank everyone for sharing their pets with the Gladstone Good News. Pets are much like a family member. The Gladstone Good News celebrates that connection of caring, not only between people, but also that special relationship we have with our pets.
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Jackie with Gizmo
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GLADSTONE GOOD NEWS Meet Billy Peterson. Billy is the gentleman who is building the three rustic style homes on the Westside. Billy is a third generation home builder. Rustic western outdoor style of home and lifestyle is what he loves. Around July 15th he will have two of the homes completed and the third shortly thereafter. Homes will have between 1,800 to 2,400sq.ft of finished living space. I think it is great to have different styles, it keeps things interesting. There is always more than one right answer.
Billy Peterson is the contractor for the three houses on the Westside
Logs used for the columns for the porch. Very cool idea that comes from Billy’s days of building log houses in the western part of the United States. Billy likes real wood not the vinyl siding. That’s also why he uses wood doors inside and out.
I was asked to clarify something. Billy Peterson’s company is Bishop Peterson Construction, called BP construction. Tyler Mason’s company is Bearing Point Construction also called BP construction. These are two different companies. These homes are being built by Billy’s company not Tyler’s company. Thank you Billy Peterson for your time.
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Photos by Margret Wieglenda Mid 1990’s The Heart River flooded past Meyer’s house. It’s amazing that there was so much water coming down the Heart. This year the Heart filled up pretty good. Made for great canoeing.
As I was walking a ribbon of highway I saw above me an endless skyway I saw below me a golden valley This land was made for you and me Lyrics from
”This land is your Land”
Photo by: Gwen I heard from Tyler at Bearing Pont Construction and Jung-Lefor Adam at Arend Construction that they are doing very well right now. I, like most of you in Gladstone, wish them a successful year here in Gladstone. Keep doing great work guys. Gladstone should have a reputation for having awesome hard working people that care about quality.
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Home Town Memories:
By Wayne Mckirdy
1929-1947
These are my memories as I remember things growing up in Gladstone
Cap at The White Eagle Gas Station where the Side Tracks is located now. Love the old gas pumps.
I was born on June 9th 1929 where the Side Tracks Cafe is today. When I was born, it was a Café, but later became the White Eagle Gas Station. Soon thereafter my sister married Casper Enger and moved into the building with us. Irene, my sister, had a baby girl named Gayleen. My father, Herbert Mckirdy, named his first son Herbert. Like my father, my brother enjoyed automobiles. I remember my Dad’s big school bus and my brothers’ Buick. Model A Fords would show up at the station along with the Maxwell from across the river, or Tom’s Packard. One car that I really remember, but never got to see driven, was a Whippet Nash that my father and brother put together. They used parts from both cars and made the Whippet Nash out of those parts. I would have loved to see that car driven, but sadly never did. Telephones during this time were scarce. I remember people would use the phone for emergencies or have important messages left for them at Cap’s Place. Phone callers didn’t have privacy back then, that’s just the way it was. Contact Tim @ 701-690-3301
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Cap and Irene later opened up Cap’s Place after moving from The White Eagle Gas Station in the late 1930’s.
In the late 1930’s the White Eagle changed hands and was renamed the Gladstone Farmers Union. During this time Cap and Irene moved to the old HT headquarters and Cap and Irene started Cap’s Place just south of there. Shown with Cap and Irene are their two daughters Gayleen and Marlene. In the photo above you can see the car ramp and below is the oil trap. Check out Wayne in 1947 photo of the Gladstone Basketball Team on the back cover. Wayne is the tall one with the stylin’ hair. The team had great uniforms with knee pads.
Babe Ruth 1935 Retires
Jesse Owens 1936 Olympics
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Golden Gate bridge 1937 Opens
War of the Worlds 1938 Plays on Radio
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Mike Pierce
Gladstonian of the Month Mike Pierce is a lifelong Gladstone and Dickinson resident. Mike is married and has four small children. The Pierce family lives next door to his parents farm just south on the Enchanted Highway. Mike doesn’t farm like his parents, but he would if he could make ends meet by just farming. For now, he works for Consolidated, is happy and grateful to have a good job to support his growing family.
Some things never change. Mike’s attitude about wanting to work hard so he can bring up his children so they have a good life, is the same attitude that people had when they arrived here in Gladstone 130 years ago. In the winter, Mike enjoys snowmobiling when he has a chance. When Mike is working on the homestead there is little time for anything else. Now that Mike has four children his priority is his family. Mike is a very proud family guy. That was very clear to me from the very first moment I spoke with him. I didn’t talk to people at his place of employment, but I’ll bet you that he is one hell of a good employee. It’s refreshing to see and hear that kind of attitude in your work, your home and your family life.
“We did the sheetrock, walls and even concrete to save money. Everything is so expensive.”
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GLADSTONE GOOD NEWS The family recently moved from Dickinson to Gladstone. “It’s a lot of work, but I love it here” says Mike. He hopes to plant grass with an irrigation system by next year. Mike wants his children to be able to play on the new lawn.
Mike in front of his beautiful house that his family just completed.
Mike really likes things simple. North Dakota brings that out in people. When he wants to get out, he heads to South Dakota to see the attractions there. Maybe one of these days it will be Disneyland but for now things are just fine by him. Mike was telling me about all the wind break trees he planted on the property. His house is on a hill where the winds can be very substantial. His folks’ place is down behind a small hill, and they have plenty of old trees that seem to make all the difference. Mike has already planted a garden. The majority of the work seems to be finished, which was to get those four bedrooms done for the family and the occasional guest. Thank you Mike for being so friendly and taking time out to visit and tell me what you are up to. Another young Gladstonian that knows what he wants and how to get it.
“In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.” Lao Tzu
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Gladestone, West Dakota is a town where all the men are handsome and strong and the women are beautiful and smart. The dogs don’t bark or bite and every child is an angel.
Layne Street is that place where your mind has a tendency to wonder. Having not a care in the world best describes Layne Street. Spike stops to look at a couple of children playing in their inflatable round pool. They don’t notice Spike, they are much too busy laughing. You know that innocent laughter that seems to come only from children. After a few moments, Spike continues down the sidewalk and crosses over to the other side of the street. Paul and Renee are out on their front porch having a cold drink and listening to records on a player. Paul always tells people that he likes the way the records sound. “Kinda makes me feel like I’m listening to the music back in those days” says Paul. Contact Tim @ 701-690-3301
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Folks around town say that even though Paul and Renee are young, they are old souls. “Now what are you doing here Spike?” says Renee. Spike wags his tail in acknowledgment. “Well come here Spike” says Renee. Spike walks over to the porch and jumps on the outside sofa where Renee is sitting, putting his head on Renee’s lap.
Went looking for Spike let him in if he shows up
Mary finishes her cleaning for the night. She fills Spike’s water bowl with clean water and fills his food bowl. “Come here Spike your food’s ready” says Mary. That’s odd, thinks Mary. You don’t have to tell Spike his food is ready as he practically knocks you down to get to the bowl. “Spike, Spiiiike, Spiiiike where are you?” She looks everywhere… no Spike. Panic starts to set in. She closes up the Pub to look for Spike leaving a message on the door. Folks in Gladestone don’t lock their doors… not even the Pub door.
To be continued
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GLADSTONE GOOD NEWS Kyle Thiel enters float in the Dickinson Parade
One way to get a “Six Pack Abs”
Dakota Fireworks
“Shoot off some fireworks, have a BBQ with friends and family and remember that we are the greatest nation on earth.” Unknown Contact Tim @ 701-690-3301
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GLADSTONE GOOD NEWS Have a fun
photo or story? contact
me
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What & Where
Give Gladstone Some Love Over 30 cars participated
Music & Food
2nd annual Glen
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I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence Two roads diverged in a wood And I took the one less traveled by And that has made all the difference Robert Frost
Photo by: Gwen Jung-Lefor
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