~ ~ 25 Years Ago ~ ~ March 22, 2001 Lourena Arion Celebrated Her 93rd Birthday Lourena Arion of the Scobey Nursing Home celebrated her 93rd birthday on Sunday. Her daughter, Ila Mae Forbregd, provided cupcakes and grandson, Bob Sain, provided the ice cream for a special party. Among those in attendance from Culbertson was Ila Mae; Ken Forbregd; Sheri Gossage and son, Devin; Valerie

~ ~ Bicentennial Features ~ ~ Posse, 1906 Bill Donohue, Frank McCormick, Ole Sands, Jim Swindle, Jack Evans, Charlie Evans, John Simpson, Bill Jarvis, Army Armstrong. This week’s Searchlight Snapshots is sponsored by

Jim Carlisle of Culbertson is faithful about donating a unit of blood when the service is in town and March 15 was no different as a Red Cross worker prepared him for his donation.

March 18, 1976 These are winners of the Roosevelt County Spelling Bee conducted March 10 in Froid, who will represent the county at regional competition in Glendive March 27. Schools represented were Wolf Point, Frontier, Poplar, Brockton, Culbertson, Bainville and Froid. Pictured are (from left, back row) Dana Strandlund, seventh grader, Froid, alternate; Melanie Nelson, seventh grader, Bainville,