Oberon Oracles: August 8, 2022

Logan, Bobbi and Emersyn Olson spent Wednesday through Sunday at the John and Donna Grann residence.

Bill Kennedy from Ankeny, Iowa was a Thursday morning visitor for coffee at the Grann home.

John and Donna spent Friday and Saturday at the N.D. State Fair in Minot.

Randy, Charlotte and Mark Simon visited Todd Buehler last week.

Nadley Buehler returned Tuesday from a trip to Alsip, Ill. While there, she visited her parents, Ken and Mona Dempsey and brother’s family, Brian, Lisa and Jessica Dempsey and Kris and Noelle Dempsey. Nadley also made several visits to her friend, Kathy Arvia in Chicago.

Nadley spent a couple nights with Elisa and Joe Wentz and Annley in Bismarck.

Nadley had brunch Thursday with Sherry Boehmer in Devils Lake.

Weekend visitors at the Buehler farm were Breana, Michael and Adelye Pacheco Mavis and Waylon.

On Saturday, a birthday celebration was held at the Beau and Bria Buehler farm.

Sunday, the families celebrated at the Todd and Nadley Buehler farm. Mike and Sherry Boehmer also visited on Sunday.

Tom, Pam, JD, Jakob and Alison Schmid attended the Kallenbach wedding at rural Maddock last Saturday.

Monday, Lester Roberts attended a first and second cousin get-together hosted by Arnold and Naomi Johnson at their rural Sheyenne home. In attendance were: Lezlee Thorson and Roger Roberts of Devils Lake; Marlene Miller, Delores Stack and Jean Olson of Minot; Tom and Kathy Hanson of Grand Forks; Ronny and Janel Daugherty of Wolcott; Robert Daugherty from Bismarck and Elaine Beyer and her daughter, Barbara, from Valley City.

Spending time with Lester on Saturday were Bobbi Duberowski of Parkers Prairie, Minn., his brother Roger and his daughter, Lezlee Thorson and her grandson, Aiden Thorson.

Randy and Charlotte Simon attended the North Dakota State Fair on Wednesday, which was Co-Op Day. Randy helped serve ice cream at the Co-Op tent. Grandson, Jaxon Simon and his friend Alex Knatterud enjoyed their day doing what kids do at the fair.

Carson and Heidi Thompson, Elin, Max, Mark, Miles and Mason Simon all spent the weekend with Randy and Charlotte.

Friday and Saturday, Randy and Charlotte enjoyed a Simon family weekend get-together hosted by Lori and Rodney Maddock at their home. All of Randy’s siblings and nieces and nephews were there.

Last Sunday, Dave and Linda accompanied Melodie, Kennedee and McKenzee Madson to Jamestown for a visit at Shawn and Cathy Caulfield’s home. Melodie, Kennedee, McKenzee and Cathy enjoyed the jet skis while Shawn, Dave and Linda stayed home, enjoying the air conditioning.

Linda’s cousin, John Tweit of Watford City, was an overnight guest at Melodie’s home on Wednesday.

Dave kept a medical appointment in Devils Lake on Thursday.

Friday, Dave and Linda were lunch guests at Carrie and Paul Prince’s home. The Madson’s and Carrie spent time sorting through the contents of the granary that afternoon.

Linda was a lunch guest at Melodie’s on Saturday.

Melodie and Linda made rhubarb jelly and sauce as a birthday gift to our neighbor, Mr. Syl Brown, who celebrated his 96th birthday on Sunday with his family.

Lezlee Thorson and Linda were Sunday coffee guests at Melodie’s home.

Lezlee’s grandson, Aiden Thorson of Grand Forks, spent several days with grandma at her camper by the lake.

Doris Griffin’s interesting barnyard story continues: “In addition to the previous 12 chicks, there is now another batch. Two hens were both sitting on the same nest. Sometimes that works out, but not always. Sometimes they can’t decide who stays with the yet unhatched eggs and who leaves the nest with the hatchlings. Two days ago, the hens showed up with one hen having six chicks and the other had four and things were working out well. I cleaned out the nest and removed the six unhatched eggs and put them in an empty feed sack that I was using for trash. Last night as I was doing evening chores, I heard a chick chirping and started looking for it. After 45 minutes of searching everywhere, I had it narrowed down to maybe the feed sack. Upon looking in, I couldn’t see or hear anything. Chicks instinctively know when in danger and they hunker down and sit quietly. Looking elsewhere with no success, I tried the feed sack again and sure enough there was a little yellow chick standing there so freshly hatched it wasn’t completely dry yet. I thought I would try to add it to the others. Sometimes that works and sometimes not. It seemed to work this time as this morning, one hen had seven chicks and the other still had her four.

Quote: “If you’re not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don’t want to go there.” Martin Luther