Devils Lake Students Attend ND FBLA State Leadership Conference
Members of the LACTC (Devils Lake) Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter attended the 58th annual North Dakota FBLA State Leadership Conference March 30 – April 1, 2025. Over 60 FBLA chapters from across the state participated in this conference, connecting approximately 1,300 middle and high school students to test business skills against their peers from around the state.
News from the Lake Region Public Library
The semi-annual LRPL Book Sale will take place on Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26 during regular library hours! Keep an eye out for more details, but get ready for the same treasure hunt for used books, DVDs, games, and more that we bring to the Lake Region twice a year!
A Message from Garcia: Corn Patties Part One
Biologists and Anthropologists say that corn was developed about nine thousand years ago in Mexico and South America. The seed and its technology traveled to Mesoamerica to the Aztec and Maya, then to Nouth America within a short period of time. The rest of the known world had no knowledge of this food plant. This all changed in 1492 when Colombus found corn cultivated in the Caribbean Islands and brought it back to Spain and Portugal. Corn spread worldwide to the European continent and the British Isles. The Middle Eastern countries, Asia and India. The whole world stated to grow Corn in some areas replacing cereal grains. Today most American farmers have little knowledge of the origin of Corn.
Community Concert presents “Admiral Radio,” April 2, 7:30 p.m.
According to the brochure for the Lake Region Community Concert Series for 2024-25 the final concert was “To be announced.”
Meet Vicki Alberts, Public Relations Specialist for the Spirit Lake Tribe
A new person has joined the Spirit Lake Tribe office. Vicki Alberts, from New Town and raised on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, was hired as a public relations specialist. Her father was a member of the Spirit Lake Tribe and grew up in St. Michael. She currently lives in Bismarck and makes the long commute when she is working at the office in Spirit Lake.
Missing college student Renzo Bullhead’s family issues statement thanking tribes and others for help
The Spirit Lake Tribe, along with other tribes in the state, are helping in the efforts to find 20-year-old college student Renzo Bullhead. Bullhead has been missing since March 16.
District 9 Democrats to hold Reorganization Meeting
LEEDS, ND - The District 9 Democratic-NPL party will hold a meeting to elect new leaders and set a course for the future.
Message from Garcia: The Heyoka Part 2
(The first part of this story ran in the Tuesday, March 11 Devils Lake Journal on page 5. This second part was supposed to run on Tuesday, March 18, but I forgot about it. Please accept my apology that it is a week later than I had planned - Louise Oleson, Editor DLJ)
Doug Darling, retiring from LRSC, receives award
Lake Region State College President Doug Darling has been selected for the Michael Bennett Lifetime Achievement Award from Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.
A Message from Garcia: Dakota Clowns Heyoka
This Message is not about Clowns as we think of them in our modern context. I am talking about men who dream of the Thunder (Wakinyan), who are guided by the Thunders in a dream, what they must do. If they did not do what they were told by the Thunder Beings, they would be killed with Lighting (Wakanhdi) during a thunderstorm (Wakinyan bdoza). I was able long ago to interview two men who were Clowns (Heyoka). I was not bold enough to ask them details of their dreams, so this account is through their interviews, watching their performances, and with other added accounts. I also read about the Dakota Heyoka in books which are listed in the bibliography.