Ernest Wilson Blackburn Veland was born to Robert Lee and Matilda (Mueller) Blackburn on Jan. 2, 1925, in Jacksonville, Fla. His father died when he was five months old. His mother moved back to North Dakota to be with her family. He grew up on the family farm in the Forbes, N.D., area, where he was raised by his mother and step-father Nels Veland. Ernest started farming in the rural Forbes area in the 1940s. In 1944, he bought a farm, which he farmed until his retirement in 1990.
He was united in marriage to Marie "Mary" Steinwand July 14, 1945, in Aberdeen. Ernest was baptized and confirmed on March 31, 1946, in Zion Lutheran Church in Ellendale. They moved to Weslaco, Texas, in 1960, where they managed a hotel which was owned by his stepfather. They moved back to North Dakota to their farm in 1965 and farmed until 1990. Mary died Nov. 10, 2008.
Ernest held various offices in Albion Township and also in Christ Lutheran Church and Zion Lutheran Church. He was a member of Weslaco Texas Lions Club, former member of board of directors of the Weslaco Chamber of Commerce, Weslaco Elks and has been a member of the Herman Schlinker American Legion Post No. 137 of Ellendale since 1987.
Ernest loved gardening and sharing his fresh vegetables with the nursing home residents, farming, hunting and he always used what he hunted. To the game wardens, "Ernest did get away with it." He also liked to fish and spend time with his grandchildren and family.
Ernest is survived by his son, Lee Roy Veland of Weslaco, Texas; sister, Adeline (Fred) Karjalainen of Aberdeen; daughter-in-law, Joyce Veland of Powell, Wyo.; seven grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; stepfather; wife; one son, Rev. Larry A. Veland; one granddaughter, Leah Veland; one infant grandson, Lee Roy Veland; three brothers; and four half-sisters.
Honorary urnbearers will be: Alex Steinwand, Fred Karjalainen, Warren Snyder, Cliff Dobie, Pete Flynn Sr., Pastor Khrone and all of Ernest's friends.
The organist will be Marilyn Burow and the soloist is Tim Steinwand.
The family would like to give a special "Thank You" to Aberdeen Health and Rehab's nurses and staff.


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Gardening at the Edge | Bedford, NY Lecture
The National Trust for Scotland Foundation USA
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Gardening at the Edge: Gardens of the West Coast of Scotland
Simon Jones, National Trust for Scotland
Gardens & Designed Landscape Manager
Join us on February 10th at the Bedford Presbyterian Church for an introduction to three of the most remarkable coastal gardens on the British Isles where visionary gardeners have created landscapes of extraordinary natural beauty containing both native and subtropical plants. RSVP below.
Simon Jones, Gardens and Designed Landscapes Manager of the west coast of Scotland for the National Trust for Scotland, will take audiences on a tour of three of the Trust's coastal gardens, of Inverewe,created by Sir Osgood Mackenzie and begun with a deer fence and windbreak in 1862, which is now a lush, tropical oasis as well as a botanical garden of extraordinary breadth and fame; Arduaine, created by James and Ethyl Campbell on a barren headland in 1897, a place of peace on a wild shore, whose sheltered gardens lead to woodland trails, magnificent rhododendrons, and a stunning lookout point across the Sound of Jura to the Atlantic ocean; and Brodick Castle, on the island of Arran, whose 74 acres of gardens include a walled garden created in 1710. There has been a fortress on this site, strategically placed at the mouth of the river Clyde, since at least the fifth century. The present castle, built by James Hamilton in 1510, was greatly improved, with the gardens becoming a passion, from 1844 under the 10th Duke of Hamilton and from 1895 when Lady Mary Louise Hamilton inherited and became the Duchess of Montrose.
Each of these gardens has extraordinary collections of subtropical plants, collected from all around the world, which flourish in a rugged landscape where there can be almost 100 inches of rain a year, strong gales, occasional snow, and summer temperatures rarely rising above 72 degrees, thanks to the passing Gulf Stream which nurtures them.
Besides taking us on a tour of these glorious gardens, Simon will explore some of the issues they face to balance the needs of history, heritage and modernity. What inspired the original creators of the designed landscapes? How do the gifted gardeners of the National Trust for Scotland adapt to a changing climate, as well as the biosecurity obstacles generated by the modern-day movement of plants and people? What does the future hold for these collections of historic landscape plants?
About Simon Jones
Simon is a horticulturist with a career interest in sustainability and environmental management. Simon is responsible for many of the National Trust for Scotland's gardens in the Glasgow and West region.The gardens range from formal parterres and topiary to walled gardens and woodland walks, as well as the coastal gardens featured in this talk. Perhaps the most interesting and complicated are the challenges facing Arduaine Garden.
Over a four-year period, the Trust must transform the garden due to a Statutory Plant Health Notice that is preventing the movement of infected plants through horticultural trade and eradicating outbreaks in garden and landscape sites across the UK. This size of restorative work has never been done within the Trust and it creates a unique opportunity to curate and design a piece of historic landscape.
After attending Stirling University, Simon started his horticultural career working in commercial horticulture in the Middle East on date trees, mangos, olives and cotton fields. Returning to Scotland, he worked as Curator of Plants and Head of Sustainability for the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland. During his time at RZSS he curated, designed and constructed over 30 exhibits, most notably for giant pandas. Simon has earned qualifications from the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh and Oatridge College, a Scottish agricultural college now known as Scotland's Rural College; is Practitioner with the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA); and has volunteered for the last nine years for the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society where he is Vice President. Simon lives in Kinghorn, Fife with his partner, Carla, and two daughters Eva and Anna.
$15 Advance Tickets
$20 at the Door
Arduaine Garden, Brodick Castle, Garden & Country Park and Inverewe Garden & Estate
Brodick Castle Gardens. David Ross Photography.
Brodick Castle Gardens
Brodick Castle. David Ross Photography.
Inverewe Garden & Estate
Inverewe Garden & Estate. David Ross Photography.
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US Selects Raytheon as AEWE Network Systems Integrator
The US Army has selected Raytheon to act as network systems integrator for the Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment (AEWE). The systems integrator will provide a single backbone network, which will be able to integrate more than 25 technologies from more than 20 different companies and
The US Army has selected Raytheon to act as network systems integrator for the Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment (AEWE).
The systems integrator will provide a single backbone network, which will be able to integrate more than 25 technologies from more than 20 different companies and agencies currently being developed under the AEWE programme.
Raytheon will integrate a variety of communication devices, command and control applications and sensor platforms to establish a network for the purpose of AEWE, which will focus on emerging technologies and concept experiments in a live field environment.
The company's MAINGATE solution will provide the backbone of the system, which will be used to connect the ground sensors, unmanned ground vehicles and unmanned aircraft.
As part of the network integration Raytheon is providing simultaneous support of multiple full-motion video channels, robust and detailed situational awareness, command and control, chat, voice nets and call groups and on-the-move access to web 2.0 applications.
More than 150 soldiers will take part in the three-week experiment which will include 14 different missions. The experiment is scheduled for early 2010 at the Fort Benning, Georgia MLB.
AEWE will be managed by the Manoeuvre Battle Lab (MBL) at Fort Benning, Georgia, in cooperation with United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and the Army Capabilities Integration Centre (ARCIC).
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RUSE VIP beta starts end of November
No really, it does.
News by Robert Purchese Senior Staff Writer
Updated on 18 Nov 2009
Ubisoft has announced that a VIP extended R.U.S.E. beta will start on 30th November.
This tester taster will be offered to Steam users via codes sent to various website partners, so keep your eyes peeled.
To begin with, the beta will be a fight between R.U.S.E. factions Germany and the US, a bit like the second half of World War II [it's set in World War II you lunatic - Ed]. The UK, USSR, Italy and France will be added later.
R.U.S.E., as the name suggests, allows commanders to bluff their way to victory. It's an RTS with a twist, in other words. Read our hands-on impressions of R.U.S.E. for a more detailed account.
The game's due for release on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 early next year.
Robert Purchese
Bertie is a long-time writer and now podcaster for Eurogamer. He loves telling a story and listening to them.
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