Oberon Oracles: July 18, 2022

Tom and Pam Schmid visited Pam’s dad, Bud Hermanson of Hampden on July 4.

Lester Roberts enjoyed the parade and the dinner as well as a visit with the folks at the Senior Center in Sheyenne on July 4.

Thursday, a group of preschool age children visited the residents where Lester lives. They colored and glued and had a good time entertaining the residents.

Saturday, Lester took in the “Blue Grass Jam” held in downtown Devils Lake. This was sponsored by the North Dakota Blue Grass Association.

Howard and Helen and Tom and Pam Schmid enjoyed the Fort Totten Little Theater production of “The Jersey Boys” Thursday evening.

Howard and Helen attended services at Calvary Lutheran Church in Oberon on Sunday.

Friday evening, Melodie, Kennedee and McKenzee, Dave and Linda Madson and Carrie Prince traveled to Jamestown to spend the weekend at the home of Shawn and Cathy Caulfield. Friend from Navy days, Sandy and Cindy Dobler and Laurie Benham from San Diego were also visiting and there was a lot of catching up to do.

John, Donna, Lacey and Johnny Grann attended the Stutsman County Fair on Thursday, June 30 and enjoyed the Johnny Holmes Band.

John and Donna participated in the NDRA rodeo in Towner Sunday evening, July 3.

Johnny Grann and several friends enjoyed tubing the Sheyenne River on Sunday.

John and Donna and family enjoyed spending the 4th of July in Sheyenne, taking in the parade and the rodeo.

Gary Hendrickson and Dave Kenner visited Todd Buehler last week.

Nadley Buehler joined Nancy Follman, Sonia Hofstetter, and Michele Harrington for lunch in Maddock on Thursday.

Nadley met her aunt, Mamie Hass, for lunch at Sherry Boehmer’s home in Devils Lake on Friday.

Breana, Michael and Adelye Pacheco, Mavis and Waylon of Watford City spent the weekend at the Todd and Nadley Buehler farm. Adelye met Papa Todd and some of her family.

Saturday afternoon, Beau, Bria, Brittin and Brooks Buehler, Hunter Buehler and Maverick visited and had supper together with the Pacheco’s at the Buehler farm. The family again got together after church on Sunday for lunch and a visit.

Doris Griffin reports that July 5 was the first chick hatch of the year. A Banty hen came out of a feed bucket with five little ones. All are doing fine so far. There are four more Banty hens scattered in different hiding places in the barn sitting on eggs. One is hatching today (Sunday) but no sightings yet. Momma hen has moved two empty half-shells out of her way. The barn sparrows are also hatching little ones now so the chickens are not the only ones confused by the weather or seasons.

The other day when it rained, Doris had an inch of rain showing in one rain gauge and a half inch in another, so which one do you believe? It must mean she got an inch and a half of rain. Ha Ha.

Turkey still shows up most days and when he fans his feathers, he is really quite majestic and handsome.

The garden seems to be slow or is Doris being impatient? She found the first little cucumber of the year, beans are making blossoms and quite a few tomatoes are beginning to show up. The zucchini are starting and the beets are up, but the wind has been hard on the leaves. A few carrots decided to germinate, and the potatoes are getting big and have to hope there will be nice potatoes underneath. The strawberries are producing and some of the juneberries are turning red. Nothing ripe yet, but the birds are anxious.

Quote: “Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.” Kahill Gibran