this post will contain what I have written vs what gets published in the paper
Next edition Oct 2nd Oct 8th
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.
After enjoying several weeks of summer like weather, fall made its appearance over the weekend with some very cool temps. It did get down below freezing on Tue a.m. here but I did not think it hurt the crops too much. Bean harvest is under way and I did see one farmer chopping corn for silage.
STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: St J Fall festival is Oct 10th from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm. Their beef supper will be held on Nov 10th; the Kong fall festival is scheduled for Nov 22nd.
There will be special congregational meetings on Oct 11th after services at both Kong and St J for the purpose of voting on calling a new pastor for the parish. Please plan to attend
Thanks to the S.S. kids for singing at Kong on Sept 27th, and to the confirmands for sharing their experiences during their visit to the “Churches United for the Homeless” shelter in Morehead on the 26th.
It has been a while since I have mentioned the prayer chain that our parish has. It is open to anyone to use to ask for prayer for themselves, a family member, friend, acquaintance etc., who are sick, in sorrow or a special occasion such as a birth. Guidelines for using it are posted in the narthex of each church or contact the parish office for more info.
There will be an open house baby shower for the baby to be of Josh Erdahl and Kayla Harstad on Oct 3rd at Faith Lutheran Church in Morris from 10:30 -11:30 am
An open gathering for interested ELCA members is being held today (Sat) from 9:00 am to noon at Calvary Lutheran church (302 Olena Ave) in Willmar. The gathering, generated by recent church wide assembly decisions, is sponsored by Word Alone, but is not a Word Alone meeting. For more info call 795-2477. Note this event will replace the regular WCWA meeting scheduled for Oct 3rd. The next chapter meeting will be Nov 7th.
On Wednesday, October 7, from 8:00 - 10:00 a.m., at the Morris Elementary School concert hall there will be a community forum on “Coping with the Cost of Health Care” .The event is co-sponsored by Learning Unlimited and Service Learning (Morris Community Education). A panel presentation by students and local stakeholders will be followed by open discussion. Coffee, juice and donuts will be available.
The Dom Community Club will meet at the town hall on Oct 12th at 7 pm.
Congratulations to Jenna Heinrich and Jim Burough who were married on July 18th .The couple is now living in Owatonna
Congratulations to Sami Searle who won two firsts and a fourth at the state youth 4-h horse show held at the sate fair showground’s recently.
Congratulations to Amanda Henrichs of Donnelly and Josh Anderson who were married in Alex on Sept 19th
Congratulations to Wade Backman who was crowned homecoming king at MAHS; to Jake Long who was crowned at West Central Area on Sept 21st and also to Nicole Gillespie who was crowned homecoming queen at C-A on Sept 14th. Wade’s parents are Steve and Cathy; Jake’s are Sherman and Sherry; Nicole’s are Curt and Judy. Steve, Sherman and Judy are all former Donnelly area residents. Nicole was also named to the all tournament team at the VB tournament at UMM recently.
Margaret Miller of Morris passed away Sept 23rd. Some of the family members that survive her include her daughter, Jeanne (Dan) Koehntop of Donnelly, a brother, William (Gen) Braun of Morris formerly of Donnelly as well as several nieces, nephews and other family members in the Donnelly area. Wally McCollar and I along with many others from the area attended her visitation on Sept 25th at the funeral home. En route to Morris I stopped to visit my aunt Peal A. Anderson.
Deborah Denise Pritchard of Walker passed away on Apr 12th. Her mother is Alice (Devick) Hallman of Morris formerly of Donnelly.
Janet Riley of Morris passed away Sept 29th, her funeral was held on Oct 1st at Assumption church. Her son Eric (Jen) Riley and their family of Barnesville, formerly of Donnelly, are among the family members who survive her.
Melvin Reynolds of Cyrus formerly of Donnelly passed away on Sept 19th. Jim and Lou Eystad were among the family and friends who attended his funeral on Sept 24th at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cyrus.
Emily Lou Oachs was born on Sept 18th to Kelly and Chrissy Oachs of Herman. Grandparents are Ben Delong Jr. of Brainerd; Janet Hoernemann of Herman great grandparents are Pat Hoernemann of Morris and Ben and Yvonne Delong Sr.
Sept 26th a good crowd was on hand for the auction at the 4 Wheel ranch of rural Morris. En route to the sale I stopped by Craig Loge’s moving sale. They are moving to Morris and their son Kevin and his family will be moving onto the farm. They have been good friends and neighbors of our family for many years and I will miss them. In the evening I spent some time at the wedding dance for Carla and Adam Ritter at the Eagles Club in Morris. Carla is a relative of mine.
Jim and Lou Eystad & I were part of an overflow crowd of about 600 people that attended the WA regional meeting at Mt Carmel in Alex on Sept 27th. Pr Jaylan Clark president of WA, Bishops Wohlrabe and Rindy shared their thoughts on the aftermath of the recent ELCA assembly. A video and/or audiotape of the meeting will be available in the future call 795- 2477 for more info. After the meeting it was off to Morris where a good crowd was on hand for the Faith Discovery Series at the MAHS Auditorium.
Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the community meal at the Morris Sr. Center on Sept 28th.
A good crowd attended the Resource Connections Non-Profit Summit on Sept 30th at the Old # 1 in Morris. Many non- profit org from Stevens County were represented at the meeting. In the eve I took in the MCCL fall tour at St Mary’s school in Morris.
On Sat Sept 19th Jim and Lou Eystad were guests Shawn and Wendy Sansack for Delia’s 12th birthday and Kourtney’s 5th birthday. On Sept 20th they were to the “Sing a Long” at the Eden Reformed Church in Herman.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
celbrations
congratulations to lean Deal of Wheaton and Jeromey Stoneburg of Herman on their engagement His parents are John barber and +Wanda Stoneburg, grandmother is Gerri Barber of Donnelly they will be married in Oct in Wayzata
Jeff Hagen of Hoffman and Kelsey Twetten of Alexandria wish to announce their upcoming marriage. Jeff is the son of Lynn and Sheila Schulz of Morris, and grandson of Betty Hagen of Hoffman, Shirley Henrichs of Donnelly, and Dolores Schulz of Parkers Prairie.Kelsey is the daughter of Neal Twetten of Cosmos and Pam and Brian McKenna of Nevis and the granddaughter of Lois Twetten of Gaylord and Orville and Wanda Thun of Alexandria
Parker and Renee Kloos of Donnelly and Roger and Bonnie Koehntop of Morris are pleased to announce the engagement of their children, Mandi Lynn Kloos and Kyle Roger Koehntop.
Congratulations to Wade Backman who was crowned homecoming king at MAHS; to Jake Long who was crowned at West Central Area on Sept 21st and also to Nicole Gillespie who was crowned homecoming queen at C-A on Sept 14th. Wade’s parents are Steve and Cathy; Jake’s are Sherman and Sherry; Nicole’s are Curt and Judy. Steve, Sherman and Judy are all former Donnelly area residents. Nicole was also named to the all tournament team at the VB tournament at UMM recently.
Jeff Hagen of Hoffman and Kelsey Twetten of Alexandria wish to announce their upcoming marriage. Jeff is the son of Lynn and Sheila Schulz of Morris, and grandson of Betty Hagen of Hoffman, Shirley Henrichs of Donnelly, and Dolores Schulz of Parkers Prairie.Kelsey is the daughter of Neal Twetten of Cosmos and Pam and Brian McKenna of Nevis and the granddaughter of Lois Twetten of Gaylord and Orville and Wanda Thun of Alexandria
Parker and Renee Kloos of Donnelly and Roger and Bonnie Koehntop of Morris are pleased to announce the engagement of their children, Mandi Lynn Kloos and Kyle Roger Koehntop.
Congratulations to Wade Backman who was crowned homecoming king at MAHS; to Jake Long who was crowned at West Central Area on Sept 21st and also to Nicole Gillespie who was crowned homecoming queen at C-A on Sept 14th. Wade’s parents are Steve and Cathy; Jake’s are Sherman and Sherry; Nicole’s are Curt and Judy. Steve, Sherman and Judy are all former Donnelly area residents. Nicole was also named to the all tournament team at the VB tournament at UMM recently.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
commuinty events 2
LEARNING UNLIMITED READY FOR FALL
Learning Unlimited, Morris Area’s lifelong learning group, starts its fall season on Wednesday, September 9th. Lawrence Owen is first up pleading “Show Me How to Get Out of Here.” A relative newcomer to our area, Lawrence taught school for forty years, over thirty of them at Gustavus Adolphus College. After retiring in 1996, he owned and managed a small golf business in Arkansas. Unable to hit the sweet spot in that business, he retired altogether and just played golf. In 2006, he and Mrs. Owen moved to Morris, where their daughter, Athena Kildegaard, lives with her family.
In his program subtitled “Ways out of the Body,” Professor Owen will read some poems and talk about poems that evoke, embody or present an out-of-body experience. He thinks there are suitable ways to enjoy such an encounter without the use of chemicals! We will meet in the Morris Public Library at 1:00 p.m.
Our annual intergenerational national issues forum will be held in October. The timely and divisive topic of “Coping with the Cost of Health Care: How Do We Pay for What We Need?” is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, October 7th at 8:30 a.m. in the Morris Area Elementary School.
On Wednesday, November 11, Julie Peletier and Bert Ahern will address some common misperceptions in their talk, “American Indians and the U.S.: New Perspectives” in the Stevens County History Museum at 1:00 p.m.
We will end the year, as we have for the last few years, tapping Laird Barber’s knowledge of the Bible. He will trace Jesus’ ancestry through the Gospel of Matthew on Wednesday, December 9th, in the Morris Public Library at 1:00 p.m.
Winter and spring 2010 are shaping up with a variety of compelling topics, spanning the arts, history, science, religion and politics. We will continue our annual Heritage Days event in April and wrap up with observance of Flag Day in East Side Park on Monday, June 14th, before breaking for the summer.
Learning Unlimited programs are sponsored, in part, by a grant from the Minnesota Humanities Center, Morris Area Community Education and other local sponsors. They are free and everyone is welcome
Please run the following if you can. We are charging $3.00 at the door, but that's only to pay the talent. It's not otherwise a fundraiser and we don't have any reserves for paid advertising.
Thursday, October 22, 1:30 p.m. Fall Get-Together sponsored by the Stevens County Eldercare Coalition, featuring local jazz musicians followed by pumpkin pie and coffee. Faith Lutheran Church.
Learning Unlimited, Morris Area’s lifelong learning group, starts its fall season on Wednesday, September 9th. Lawrence Owen is first up pleading “Show Me How to Get Out of Here.” A relative newcomer to our area, Lawrence taught school for forty years, over thirty of them at Gustavus Adolphus College. After retiring in 1996, he owned and managed a small golf business in Arkansas. Unable to hit the sweet spot in that business, he retired altogether and just played golf. In 2006, he and Mrs. Owen moved to Morris, where their daughter, Athena Kildegaard, lives with her family.
In his program subtitled “Ways out of the Body,” Professor Owen will read some poems and talk about poems that evoke, embody or present an out-of-body experience. He thinks there are suitable ways to enjoy such an encounter without the use of chemicals! We will meet in the Morris Public Library at 1:00 p.m.
Our annual intergenerational national issues forum will be held in October. The timely and divisive topic of “Coping with the Cost of Health Care: How Do We Pay for What We Need?” is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, October 7th at 8:30 a.m. in the Morris Area Elementary School.
On Wednesday, November 11, Julie Peletier and Bert Ahern will address some common misperceptions in their talk, “American Indians and the U.S.: New Perspectives” in the Stevens County History Museum at 1:00 p.m.
We will end the year, as we have for the last few years, tapping Laird Barber’s knowledge of the Bible. He will trace Jesus’ ancestry through the Gospel of Matthew on Wednesday, December 9th, in the Morris Public Library at 1:00 p.m.
Winter and spring 2010 are shaping up with a variety of compelling topics, spanning the arts, history, science, religion and politics. We will continue our annual Heritage Days event in April and wrap up with observance of Flag Day in East Side Park on Monday, June 14th, before breaking for the summer.
Learning Unlimited programs are sponsored, in part, by a grant from the Minnesota Humanities Center, Morris Area Community Education and other local sponsors. They are free and everyone is welcome
Please run the following if you can. We are charging $3.00 at the door, but that's only to pay the talent. It's not otherwise a fundraiser and we don't have any reserves for paid advertising.
Thursday, October 22, 1:30 p.m. Fall Get-Together sponsored by the Stevens County Eldercare Coalition, featuring local jazz musicians followed by pumpkin pie and coffee. Faith Lutheran Church.
Friday, August 21, 2009
pictures
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part of Grandpa's toy-land at the Morris fair
Tyler Busse winning demo derby in Morris
last parade for our royalty in Hoffman 8/16
one of 10 racks of bundles we loaded on the 14th.
Friday, August 14, 2009
thoughts
I spent some time at the St Co fair lot of people there and things to see. The fireworks were fabulous as always. One of the must see exhibits is Clay Van Horn's miniature farm. They put an awful lot of time and work into it so I hope many of you will spend some time in it. They said raised about $2000 for the Curtis Van Horn scholarship from sponsors of it. Be sure to check all the 4-h projects esp from the Rendsville 4-hers. "hats off" to the fair board for all their hard work in putting the fair together as usual they did a fantastic job from the fireworks to all the free state shows.
a huge thank you to everyone who helped pitch bundles on Aug 14th we filled up 10 racks so there there will be a lot of threshing going on. Thanks also to Parker Kloos for helping shingle the schoolhouse ,Sandy Dunn for working on the float and to the Rendsville 4-h for all their landscaping work around town and for painting the shirt shack /concession stand.
A huge thank you also to our royalty for doing an outstanding job of representing Donnelly in area parades and other events during the year.
Congratulations to our new threshing bee royalty queen Cammi Aanerud; princes Kristina Johnson; little Miss Donnelly Shannon Kill ;little miss princes Carrie Wilts
thanks to everyone who helped make the first day of our bee a successful one.
a huge thank you to everyone who helped pitch bundles on Aug 14th we filled up 10 racks so there there will be a lot of threshing going on. Thanks also to Parker Kloos for helping shingle the schoolhouse ,Sandy Dunn for working on the float and to the Rendsville 4-h for all their landscaping work around town and for painting the shirt shack /concession stand.
A huge thank you also to our royalty for doing an outstanding job of representing Donnelly in area parades and other events during the year.
Congratulations to our new threshing bee royalty queen Cammi Aanerud; princes Kristina Johnson; little Miss Donnelly Shannon Kill ;little miss princes Carrie Wilts
thanks to everyone who helped make the first day of our bee a successful one.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
deaths
don woodke of Morris passed away Sept 14th His late wife was Bev Anderson from Donnelly and his daughter (Nancy) is an editor with the M S-T and head of the T Bee queen committee.
Marylin Miller of Morris survived by her daughter Jeanne (Dan) Koehntop brother Willard Braun of Morris
Waldo Erickson of Springfield family includes son Mark (Deb) Erickson and family of donnelly
Harland hadler of mlps family includes brother Darell of Donnelly and his family
Deborah Denise Pritchard family includes mother Alice (Devick) Hallaman
Janet Riley of Morris passed away Sept 29th funeral is Oct 1st at 10:30 am at Assumption. Her son Eric(Jen) Riley of Barnesville formerly of Donnelly are among the family members that survive her. Her late husband Myron was also from Donnelly.
Melvin Reynolds of Cyrus formerly of Donnelly
Marylin Miller of Morris survived by her daughter Jeanne (Dan) Koehntop brother Willard Braun of Morris
Waldo Erickson of Springfield family includes son Mark (Deb) Erickson and family of donnelly
Harland hadler of mlps family includes brother Darell of Donnelly and his family
Deborah Denise Pritchard family includes mother Alice (Devick) Hallaman
Janet Riley of Morris passed away Sept 29th funeral is Oct 1st at 10:30 am at Assumption. Her son Eric(Jen) Riley of Barnesville formerly of Donnelly are among the family members that survive her. Her late husband Myron was also from Donnelly.
Melvin Reynolds of Cyrus formerly of Donnelly
upcoming church events
St J/Kong News
Kong do days every Mon 9 am
parish Women's book club at Ennen's Oct 28th @1:30 pm
St J beef supper on Nov 10th from 4:30-7 pm advance sale tickets for $ 8 are available at the parish office or from Lou Eystad or Ruth Moreke they will be $9 at the door.
Kong fall festival will be held on Nov 22.
area church meeting Oct 29th 7pm Kong.
special cong meeting at St J Nov 1st. special joint council mtg on Nov 4th
other church events:
The following churches are having a meal in the upcoming weeks
in the upcoming weeks ;First Lutheran um Herman Oct 25th first Eng Lutheran ortonville Nov 7th our redeemers Benson 10/28
other area church event coming up in the next few weeks are cbc Ashby Oct 31st;chord ayres at UM Herman Nov 15th
WCAWA MTG Nov 7th at Trinity Benson coffee fellowship at 9:30 am program at 10 am more info call 795-2477
Kong do days every Mon 9 am
parish Women's book club at Ennen's Oct 28th @1:30 pm
St J beef supper on Nov 10th from 4:30-7 pm advance sale tickets for $ 8 are available at the parish office or from Lou Eystad or Ruth Moreke they will be $9 at the door.
Kong fall festival will be held on Nov 22.
area church meeting Oct 29th 7pm Kong.
special cong meeting at St J Nov 1st. special joint council mtg on Nov 4th
other church events:
The following churches are having a meal in the upcoming weeks
in the upcoming weeks ;First Lutheran um Herman Oct 25th first Eng Lutheran ortonville Nov 7th our redeemers Benson 10/28
other area church event coming up in the next few weeks are cbc Ashby Oct 31st;chord ayres at UM Herman Nov 15th
WCAWA MTG Nov 7th at Trinity Benson coffee fellowship at 9:30 am program at 10 am more info call 795-2477
upcoming community events
open house retirement party for Janet Nordstrom at the Donnelly PO Oct 2nd 12:30 pm -3 pm.
There will be an open house baby shower for Josh Erdahl and Kayla Harstad on Oct 3rd at Faith in Morris from 10:30 am -11:30am.
On Wednesday, October 7, from 8:00 - 10:00 a.m., at the Morris Elementary School concert hall there will be a community forum on “Coping with the Cost of Health Care” .The event is co-sponsored by Learning Unlimited and Service Learning (Morris Community Education). A panel presentation by students and local stakeholders will be followed by open discussion. Coffee, juice and donuts will be available.
The Dom Com Club will meet at the town hall on Oct 12th at 7pm.
MAHS homecoming parade on Oct 2 2:30 pm
RFC 10th aniv celebration on Oct 10 and 11th.
St Co Gen soc 25th aniv open house Nov 5th 2-6 pm library Morris
There will be an open house baby shower for Josh Erdahl and Kayla Harstad on Oct 3rd at Faith in Morris from 10:30 am -11:30am.
On Wednesday, October 7, from 8:00 - 10:00 a.m., at the Morris Elementary School concert hall there will be a community forum on “Coping with the Cost of Health Care” .The event is co-sponsored by Learning Unlimited and Service Learning (Morris Community Education). A panel presentation by students and local stakeholders will be followed by open discussion. Coffee, juice and donuts will be available.
The Dom Com Club will meet at the town hall on Oct 12th at 7pm.
MAHS homecoming parade on Oct 2 2:30 pm
RFC 10th aniv celebration on Oct 10 and 11th.
St Co Gen soc 25th aniv open house Nov 5th 2-6 pm library Morris
Monday, August 10, 2009
t bee
well by all accounts we had a very successful t bee with big crowds both days Kong ran out of ham at dinner all the other food stands had to shut down early because they ran out of food. My personal opinion is that except for the flea market participation in all events was up this yr Greg said they had over 70 hooks at the tr pull. we had a lot of IH and other tractors this year. thanks to everyone who came helped out in anyway brought an exhibit demonstrated etc. special thanks to the officers and their families who put in some long hard hrs over the weekend. a friend who was in the parade said there were good crowds uptown for it too.I heard that we sold about 1500 buttons. I will know more after our next com club meeting. Mark you calendars for next yrs bee 8/28 and 29th. There are a lot of pictures in the Morris S-T and on their website and I will post some on this blog.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
news
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