tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55977145069849636702012-02-16T07:48:11.652-08:00Lac du Bois Bemidji 2noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597714506984963670.post-82002165483380292132008-07-24T21:00:00.000-07:002008-07-24T22:20:05.529-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <br /></span></div><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link style="font-family: times new roman;" rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CBMAMBO%7E1.STJ%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C03%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; 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A time when villagers got acquitted with different places in the village included les magasins where they learned important phrases of used at Lac du Bois. </span><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Gr1hKMNn4WA/SIlgAyIXUSI/AAAAAAAAACY/PDHsJdnP5Tg/s1600-h/Gilbert.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 226px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Gr1hKMNn4WA/SIlgAyIXUSI/AAAAAAAAACY/PDHsJdnP5Tg/s320/Gilbert.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226814409113293090" border="0" /></a> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">They also got a chance to meet with <span style="font-weight: bold;">Gilbert Ekoto</span>, our new Dean. </span></div><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">At the end of the first day, villagers gathered around the </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em style="font-family: times new roman;">feu de camp </em><em style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-style: normal;">where they learned their first song as a village and it was time to say </span>Bonsoir les Loups </em></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">and go to bed. </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5597714506984963670-8200216548338029213?l=lacduboisbemidji.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lac du Bois Bemidji 2noreply@blogger.com0