donnelly news jan 2nd edtion

> Next edition Jan 2nd -Jan 8th
> Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. As we
> begin a new year I want to take a minute to remind you as
> to how you can get news to me: call me at 246-3227 or 287
> 1219 (you can leave a message on either phone if no
> answer); fax 302-361-5679 ;e-mail aeanders@runestone.net;
> snail mail 12103 county road 9 Donnelly MN. 56235; or leave it
> in one of my boxes at the PO or HD & CO in Donnelly or McCollar Jelwery in Morris. My normal deadline is Thur at 3 pm so I usually check my boxes on Wed and write my column on Wed eve so please keep this schedule in mind if you have news for me.
> Please note that there may be occasions during the
> next several months where the weather will prevent me from
> getting into town to check my boxes before my deadline
> so if you have a meeting notice or
> something important please be sure you leave it one of my
> boxes several weeks ahead of time or get it to be another
> way.
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> As I was writing my column last week the forecast was
> calling for a major winter storm to hit our area over
> Christmas. Thankfully it was not nearly as bad in our area
> as they predicated although we did get enough snow to give
> snow removal equipment a good workout. Travel was
> difficult at times esp. late on Christmas eve causing
> several churches in the area including Kongsvinger to cancel
> services on Christmas day. There was also some blowing and
> drifting over the weekend and the roads were only in fair
> driving condition.
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> STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS On Jan 3rd services will be at 8:30
> am at Kongsvinger and 11 am at St. John's. There will be no S.S. , the
> regular schedule will resume on Jan. 10th.
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> Thanks to Craig and Cork Loge for sponsoring the broadcast
> of the Parish S.S. program and Christmas eve services on
> KMRS on Dec 27th in memory of Sig and Arlene Loge
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> Thanks to Aryn Parker for her special music at Kong on Dec
> 20th and to Tom and Pearl Horning for singing and playing
> at St. J on Dec 27th. Special thanks to everyone who
> donated a poinsettia for the services, the churches looked
> very festive during Christmas.
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> The WCAWA chapter will meet today (Sat) at the Glenwood
> Retirement Village (719 2nd St. SE) and not at the church
> in Glenwood. Note change of location! Coffee at 9:30 am
> program at 10 am.
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> HD & CO in Donnelly will be closed today (Sat)
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> Former Donnelly residents Doddie Overson Williams and
> Elaine Overson Storck are starting a "Donnelly Girls"
> lunch get-together on the second Saturday's of January and
> July each year. The first one will be on January 9th. It
> will be at Culvers Restaurant in Rogers, MN at 1 -
> o'clock. The address is 13605 Northdale Blvd. in
> Rogers. Any ladies who have ever lived in Donnelly are
> welcome to attend. Any questions, call Doddie at
> 763-477-5360 or Elaine at 612-385-8295.
>
> Learning unlimited will meet on Jan 13th at 1 PM, meeting
> place and program to be announced .
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> Nicole Lee Mellgren was born on November 29, 2009 at
> Douglas County Hospital, Alexandria, to Jennifer and Mark
> Mellgren of Sauk Centre. Grandparents are Jeff and Brenda
> Volker of Morris formerly of Donnelly, and Jan and Larry
> Mellgren of Long Prairie. Great-grandparents are Lloyd and
> Elenore Mellgren of Fort Ripley, Ken and Mavis Christenson
> of Norfield, Lloyd Volker of Barrett, and Florence
> Christians of Herman.
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> The December 26th edition of the Morris S-T contains a list of
> students at MAHS that made the first quarter honor roll
> including many students from the Donnelly area too many to
> list individually so I will just say congratulations to
> all of them.
>
> Congratulations to Jake Long of the WCA Knights wrestling
> team who won the championship at 145 lbs at the Big Bear
> Wrestling tournament in Cass Lake on Dec 19th.
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> Dec 20th Joyce Steuck and I were among those from the area
> that enjoyed a performance by the New Wine troupe from 1st
> Lutheran at the WWV
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> Dec 22nd several of us from the area took in the open
> house at the new office building of NHAS in Herman.
> Afterwards I visited with Selma Bruse at her apt in
> Herman. Later several of us from the area watched some of
> the girls and boys bb games at MAHS featuring some players
> from the Donnelly area.
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> Dec 23rd en route to Morris I stopped in to visit my aunt
> Pearl A Anderson and wish her a Merry Christmas. En route
> home I did the same with my other aunt Pearl (Albert)
> Anderson. I also stopped into McCollar Jewelry to visit
> with Wally some and wish him a Merry Christmas..
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> In the eve a good crowd was on hand at Kongsvinger for the second
> performance of the S.S. program "Sing a Song of Christmas"
> Thanks to Supt. Laura Lehman ,the teachers, the kids and
> everyone else who helped put the program together.
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> Several of us from the area attended the Living Nativity
> Christmas Eve service at Faith Lutheran church in Morris on the aft of Dec 24th. In
> the eve Jim and Lou Eystad were among those of us from the
> area who braved the elements to attended the candlelight
> service at St. John's
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> Jim and Lou Eystad attended the Christmas dinner at First
> Lutheran in Morris on Dec 25th,Neil Thielke of Morris was
> a visitor at their house in Donnelly on Dec 26th en route to Fargo.On Dec 20th they visited at the Heartland Home in Morris to deliver some presents and have some coffee with some of the residents from the DAC there . They were also recently at the DAC tea and visited Dave and Lavone Day and their son Kevin last week.
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> Sam and Dorothy Jordheim spent some time over the weekend visiting Jeff and Gayle Gibson and family in Avon
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>Bonnie and Jim Fabian of Herman stopped in to see her mother Pearl A Anderson on Dec 23rd. Larry, Peggy, Cassie and Kris Wilike spent some time visiting her on Christmas Day.Larry and Peggy took Kris back to her home in Phoenix AZ and are planing to stay there a while.

donnelly news

Donnelly News
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.
By: by Allen Anderson, Morris Sun Tribune
Please note that due to the New Year's holiday, I will need any news by Dec. 28.
The weather during the past week has been mild with temperatures above zero and not much wind. We got a few inches of snow over the weekend.
In parish news from St. John’s/Kongsvinger: There will be joint services at St. John’s on Dec. 29 at 10:30 a.m. with Tom and Pearl Horning singing and playing at the services. On Jan. 3 services will be at 8:30 a.m. at Kongsvinger and at 11 a.m. at St. John’s. There will be no Sunday School either week. The regular schedule will resume on Jan. 10.
The parish collection for the Stevens County Food Shelf will continue through December.
The parish Toys for Tots collection netted 52 hats and headbands, 19 scarves, ten quilts, blankets, afghans, and baby blankets, 65 mittens and gloves, five sweatshirts, t-shirts and socks and six toys, books or games.
The area youth organization is planning on a tubing event at Andes Tower Hills on Jan. 17. Contact the parish office to sign up.
The West Central Area Word Alone chapter will meet on Jan. 2 at the Glenwood Retirement Home (719 2nd St SE). Please note this is a change of location. Coffee fellowship begins at 9:30 a.m. with the program at 10 a.m.
Most Donnelly business will be closed on Jan. 1. HD & Co. will be closed today (Saturday) and also on Jan. 2.
Former Donnelly residents Doddie Overson Williams and Elaine Overson Storck are starting a "Donnelly Girls" lunch get-together on the second Saturdays of January and July. The first one will be on Jan. 9 at Culvers Restaurant in Rogers, Minn. at 1 p.m. Any ladies who have ever lived in Donnelly are welcome to attend. Any questions, call Doddie at 763-477-5360 or Elaine at 612-385-8295.
Congratulations to the following who were named students of the quarter at MAHS. Ashley Melberg; Tim Uphoff; Wade Backman and Bryce Jergenson.
On Dec. 17 several of us took in the open house at Federated Telephone in Morris. Later Joyce Steuck and I were among those who helped Morris Lumber celebrate its tenth anniversary.
On Dec. 18 Andy Brevig, Steve Fults and I traveled to Hoffman to hear Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Marty Seifert speak.
On Dec. 19 Pearl A. Anderson and I attended the community meal and Santa visit at the Donnelly Hall. Pearl’s daughter, Bonnie Fabian from Herman, granddaughter Michelle Gessford of Alexandria and her children came to see Santa. Afterwards they spent some time visiting at Pearl’s house.
The Hall looked very festive on Saturday, thanks to all the time, effort and hard work the Threshing Bee royalty and their families. Santa left his reindeer in Herman that day, so the Donnelly Fire Department picked him up and gave him a ride into town in their fire truck. There was a very good group of kids who came and told Santa what they wanted for Christmas. Afterwards they had an opportunity for rides with Santa in the fire truck.
On Dec. 20 Jim and Lou Eystad enjoyed the Sunday School program at St. John’s and the roast beef dinner afterwards.
That afternoon Joyce Steuck and I enjoyed a performance by the New Wine troupe from First Lutheran Church of Morris.
On Dec. 20 Denny Anderson traveled to his daughter's home in Hutchinson for a family Christmas dinner.
Wishing you and your family a happy, healthy and blessed New Year.

birth

Nicole Lee Mellgren was born on November 29, 2009 at Douglas County Hospital, Alexandria, to Jennifer and Mark Mellgren of Sauk Centre. Nicole Lee weighed 9 lbs. 5 oz. Grandparents are Jeff and Brenda Volker of Morris, and Jan and Larry Mellgren of Long Prairie. Great-grandparents are Lloyd and Elenore Mellgren of Fort Ripley, Ken and Mavis Christenson of Norfield, Lloyd Volker of Barrett, and Florence Christians of Herman.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS

ALLEN "DUKE" AND "BUTTONS"

THE ANDERSON'S

christmas letter

Some 50 yrs ago my mom read in some farm mag an idea about writing an annual Christmas letter. She took the idea and ran with it and so this yr marks the 50th year of this letter. She would write it out then find somebody to type it out for her then get it copied someplace. As I grew up I began to help here with it especially after I began learning how to type myself. After I graduated from H.S. I began to more involved in the writing. Mom had a stroke in 1988 and we had to put her in the nursing home in Morris. However I have kept up the tradition of writing it with help from aunt Mable and others finding it a nice way to keep family friends updated on my life. After I got a computer it has made doing the job a lot easier. I hope you enjoy my annual epistle.

 
DONNELLY MINN. CHRISTMAS 2009

"Oh Come all ye faithful Joyful and triumphant” With the words of this familiar hymn, I greet you once again with the annual Christmas letter. This year marks the 50th anniversary of this letter; a family tradition stared by my Mom who got the idea from some farm magazine

Weather news: 2009 will long be remembered as one of the most memorable years weather wise with cold temps, drought, and a very late fall. The ‘08-‘09 winter began in early December with back to back weekend snow storms, that forced the cancellation of most church services and other events in the area and continued throughout the rest of the winter with storms, snow, and cold temps that made life difficult until it finally ended in late Mar. Our area made the news in late Feb when the 10" of snow we received was one of the largest amounts in the state. The melting snow, plus spring rains, contributed to some flooding especially in the Red River Valley area in Apr. Field work got started in earnest in mid- May around here, a few dry weeks enabled farmers to make good progress, and by late May most of the crop was in the ground and starting to come up. Most of the summer was cool, (July was the third coldest month on record in MN), and dry. Grain harvest got underway about mid Aug, bean harvest started in Sept when “summer" finally arrived. It was one of the warmest September’s on record, and it also brought some much-needed rain. Snow, rain, cold temps, etc. made Oct. a month to forget and kept most area farmers out of the field for most of it. A mild Nov. enabled most farmers in the area were able to get the rest of the crops harvested and fall fieldwork by early Dec. Considering the crazy weather we had during the growing season, farmers were happy just to get a crop and yields were still good although the corn was wet necessitating a lot of drying. Early Dec has brought some light snow, blowing and drifting, and very cold temperatures

I put a lot of miles on my car again this year traveling to many parades, community celebrations, fairs, farm shows and other events in the area. It is often an opportunity to see unusual and interesting things, meet people I do not see too often and hear some interesting speakers. I did not go to S.C. this year but did take several "mini" vacations; to DeSmet SD in July to see their Wilder Pageant, in Sept to Rollag, Dalton and Albany for their threshing shows and to Fargo for Big Iron. I camped out at all of those events so I could spend more than one day at them. Our threshing Bee had its best attendance in many years; participation was also up in most events too. One of the highlights for me this year was a performance of “State Fair" by students at MAHS. In Apr a send off ceremony at MAHS, dinner at the Lee Center and dance at the Armory was held for the local National Guard Unit that was being deployed to Iraq again. A new event this year was a trim a tree contest held at the Donnelly Hall, to raise money for hall renovations. Our annual Ice Cream social and Halloween party were well attended too. At the Stevens County Genealogical Society meeting in Mar and Apr, a local family showed slides of their trip to Norway last year and also at several other events in the area this year. Aug marked the end of an era in Donnelly when the Frank family closed the Donnelly Hardware store for good and had an auction to sell the store and it's contents

Church News: In Dec our parish voted to call our interim pastor Rev Judy Gieleinske to be our full time pastor. Tom and Pearl Horning sang and played at several services again this year, as well at the Threshing Bee community services. Other parish events included confirmation and baccalaureate services, a fourth of July gathering at Kong; Rally Sun at Kong; St J beef supper, Kong Fall festival; a presentation on Alzheimer’s; a Christmas carol sing a long; several joint services and the usual assortment of pot luck meals. Our S.S. program was canceled this year due to bad weather. I continue to travel to area churches for the monthly WCAWA chapter meetings often affording me the opportunity to hear some very good and interesting speakers. On Sept 27 five area WA chapters sponsored a meeting at MT. Carmel Bible Camp near Alex, entitled “A Denomination at Risk,” The president of the national WA organization along with two ELCA bishops discussed the results of the actions taken by the ELCA assembly in Aug in Minneapolis where they voted to accept the recommendations of the sexuality task force, including allowing the ordination of practicing homosexual pastors. A forum featuring Rev King and Rev Grorud from Lutheran Core was held in Willmar on Oct 3rd where I had an opportunity to visit a little with our former pastor Luther Johnson. Oct 10th it was back to MT. Carmel for a presentation by Rev Dale Wolf of Atonement Lutheran church in Fargo on LCMC. On Nov 30th the WCAWA chapter sponsored a forum in Morris with Rev Steve King, who is education director for WA and head of Sola Publishing, in which he also talked about the decisions and options produced by the ELCA assembly. Some other church events in the area I attended included: the conference assembly at East Zion of Starbuck; a bishops forum in Milan; two "New Wine" shows at First Lutheran in Morris, the first by a troupe from Clouquet, and the second a homecoming concert by the troupe from First Lutheran, Faith Discovery Series by Dr. Berlie at the MAHS auditorium; a “Captive Free” concert at Fron in Starbuck; the St Olaf Hand bell choir concert at Faith in Morris and the Concordia College Christmas concert in Moorhead.

Family news: I am still living and working out here on the farm with my "family", which has a new member this year. “Buttons”was a kitten I got this summer to replace "Kitty" a long time “family” member that died this summer, I am still looking for some work, I have applied for several jobs but have not gotten any, I hope that next year I can get into the Sr. works program. I am still writing the Donnelly News for the Morris paper, and have had a lot of complements about it; I also put up a blog this year (DonnellyMinn.blogspot.com) to provide a little more timely news. My health is ok, I still take medicine for diabetes and high blood pressure, and need to watch what I eat, I still work out several times a week in Morris. I still belong to the Donnelly Community Club, and the St Co Gen Soc. My aunt Pearl, and my cousin Bev became great grandmother, and grandmother again this year as Nikki and Jason Armstrong had a baby boy Gavin Dennis in Aug. The rest of my family is “status quo” my other aunt Pearl is still in Donnelly, and sells Avon, my cousin Carl (Billy), his wife Pat, and sister Elnora are still in S.C., my cousin Jan, and her husband Dennis are still in Alex. When I am home I spend a lot of time on line listening to various religious programs, my e-mail ad is aeanders@runestone.net. I do have a new cell # 320-287-1219. Thank you for your prayers during the past year, and please keep me in them during the upcoming year.

As always at this time of the year we pause to remember the friends and acquaintances that have passed away during the past year. Happier occasions this year were several birthday and wedding anniversary celebrations for friends and relatives in the area.

Now may the God of Christmas go with you during the upcoming year.

Sincerely yours
Allen, "Duke" and "Buttons"
The Anderson's

update

I have been really busy lately and have not gotten around to posting anything for a while sorry about that I hope to do better in the future. The big news this wk was the prediction of a major winter storm that was going to hit our area. Thankfully so far it has not been as bad as predicted although it was not very nice out there tonight the drive to town and back for services was not easy and only a few of us from the country ventured out.The snow was coming down fairly heavy when I left for town about 8:30 pm and visibly was not very good but it had let up some by the time services were done although the roads were not too bad. I did go to Morris for the living Nativity service at Faith the roads and weather were not too bad. It was kind of expected that we would be unable to have services at Kong in the a.m. We are scheduled to have joint services at St J on the 27th at 10:30 am with Tom and Pearl Horning playing and singing. It will also be broadcast on KMRS at 11 am. There will be no S.S. on the 27th or Jan 3rd but there will be services at Kong and St J at regular times. the regular schedule resumes on Jan 10th.

UPDATE DEC 25TH NO SERVICES AT KONG!

donnelly news

Next edition Dec 19th -25th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. Please note that due to the Christmas and New Year’s holidays I will have early deadlines so I will need any news by the 22nd and the 29th.

The weather during the past week has been very cold with -0 temps almost every day, thankfully there has not been much wind to go with it and just a few inches of snow on the ground in this area. I took a different route home last week and saw that there were still a couple of cornfields in the area left to be picked.


STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS there will be joint services at St J on Dec 24th at 9 pm; Dec 25th at 10am at Kong and Dec 29th (STJ) time to be announced.

The parish collection of food for the St Co Food shelf will continue through Dec.

The Kong Christmas Christmas_Card Club will be held again this yr to add your name to the list contact Bertha Larson or Florentine Erickson by Dec 20th.

There will be two performances of the ST/J/Kong S.S. Program this year. The first one will be on Dec 20th during the 11 am worship service at St J, which will be followed by a roast beef dinner. The second one will be held on Dec 23rd at Kong at 7 pm followed by birthday cake, punch and coffee in honor of Jesus’ birthday.


Please remember to look at our community bulletin board when driving though town for details of upcoming events such as Santa’s annual visit to Donnelly today (Sat)

Most Donnelly business will be closing early on Dec 24th and be closed all day on Dec 25th. As far as I know HD & CO is the only Donnelly business that will also be closed on the Dec 26th. I know that several businesses will also be closing early on the 31st and be closed on Jan 1st; I will have more info next wk.

There will be a community dinner at First Lutheran in Morris on Dec 25th beginning at noon.

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Dr Pat Burke informs me that his daughter Sarah is following in his footsteps and has been accepted into medical school. Congratulations!

Congratulations to Jake Long who recently won the championship in his weight class at the Jaguar wrestling tournament and the Grant Co Wrestling tournament at West Central Area.

The following were welcomed as new members of the Rendsville 4-h club recently; Travis Fults (Randy and Joan) Kalley Johnson (Richard and Karen) Blake and Konner Koser (Darren and Nichole) Miranda Papesh (Mark and Michelle) Hope Speer (Rollie and Tami) Carrie and Kelly Wilts (Doug and Ellen) Gage and Morgan Wevely (Kevin and Lori)

David Flugel and I were among those who attended the Sons of Norway bake sale and Fårikål lunch at the Morris Sr. center on Dec 12th.

Several of us from the area took in the open house at the Thrivent office in Morris on Dec 15th




I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.




















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birth

Isaac Matthais Johnson was born on Dec 15th in Mankato to Rev Mark Luther and Sarah Johnson of Springfield formerly of Donnelly. Grandparents are Dr and Mrs C..B Paul of India and Rev Roger and Lucille Johnson of S.D.

death

Dorthy Christians of Herman passed away on Dec 14th She is survived by her son Tom Boerner of the Herman/Donnelly area and a sister Robberta (Willard) Volker of Herman
visitation is Fri 12/18 at the Pederson funeral home in Morris memorial services are Sat 12/19 at 10 am at the um church in Herman.

area events

Rep Marty Seifert (R) canidate for gov is going to speak in Hoffman on December 18 at 6 p.m. at the Dew Drop Inn

Thrivent for Lutheran will have an open house at their office in Morris on Dec 15th from 11am -7pm

Holiday train will be in Elbow Lake on Dec 16th at 4:30 pm, the Lions will have a meal after-wards at the community center.

Scrooge Night in Morris on Dec 17th

Fed tel open house at the Morris and Chokio offices on Dec 17th

Enjoy a free roll with a donation to the SA at the CC Mall on Nov 19th.

DONNELLY NEWS

Next edition Dec 12th -18th



Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. Please note that due to the Christmas and New Year’s holidays I will have early deadlines so I will need any news by the 22nd and 29th.

Winter has made it's return here with several inches of snow ,strong winds and the first below 0 temps of the season. I did see a few farmers in the field between Glenwood and Alex on Sat. but around here everyone is done for the yr.

STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS The parish collection of food for the St Co Food shelf will continue through Dec. The deadline for donations to the SA cap and mitten tree is Dec 13th.

There will be a poinsettia Garden in the parish this yr. To buy one in memory or honor of somebody, please contact the parish office by Dec 14th.

The Kong Christmas Card Club will be held again this yr to add your name to the list contact Bertha Larson or Florentine Erickson by Dec 20th.

There will be two performances of the ST/J/Kong S.S. program this year. The first one will be on Dec 20th during the 11 am worship service at St J which will be followed by a roast beef dinner. The second one will be held on Dec 23rd at Kong at 7 pm followed by birthday cake, punch and coffee in honor of Jesus’ birthday.

The sons of Norway will have their annual bake sale and Fårikål lunch at the Sr Center in Morris today (Sat) beginning at 11 am

Please remember to look at our community bulletin board when driving though town for details of upcoming events such as Santa’s annual visit to Donnelly on Dec 19th.

Congratulations to Nichole Gillespie who was recently named the AAA winner for the ‘09-‘10 school year at C-A H.S and was a winner of a 2009 Harde’s Heisman award.

Congratulations to Jake Long of the West Central Area Knights FB team who recently won several awards from the team and the Heart of Lakes conf at their fall sports banquet.

Congratulations to Maggie Larson who was one of the winners of the Christmas Medallion hunt sponsored by M S-T

Brice Tyler Backman was born on November 13, 2009 at St. Cloud Hospital to Jackie Hentges and Jon Backman of Donnelly. Grandparents are Jerry and Kate Hentges and Elizabeth Ascheman of Morris. Great-grandfather is Ralph Hentges of Canby.

Ryker Elliott Graff was born November 23, 2009 at Merit Care Hospital, Fargo to Brock and Tylise (Grossman) Graff. Grandparents are Tim and Tammie Grossman and Keith and Brenda Graff of Morris. Great Grandparents are Bob and Myrna Tomalla, Arven and Joanne Graff, Marie and (late) Clarence Grossman, and Verna and (late) Keith Scheldorf.

On Dec 3rd I traveled to Peace Lutheran Church in Barrett to attend the visitation for Elaine Ray. The Rays and Ekholms were family friends. After visitation I stopped up to visit Thelma Leegard in her apt.

Memorial services for Ida Johnson were held at St J on Dec 4th, Pearl A. Anderson and I were among the family and friends that attended her service.

Later in the day I took in the Hollidazle tree event at the Hall. All the trees looked fantastic and as far as I was concerned picking out the three best was a very difficult job. We hope to make this an annual event. The event was a great success with good crowds and participation by the community in bringing in trees and decorating them. Sandy Dunn and her family did a fantastic job of putting the event together. She provided the following info about it: The people’s choice awards were:1st - Jackie Raths "Colon Cancer Awareness Tree" 2nd - Jeanne Ennen - "Fiber Optic Our Family Tree" 3rd - Deb Root - "Doggie Treat Tree" 4th - Deb Kill - "Mini House Tree" Door Prize winners:Snowman –winners were Makayla Mau, Evelyn Underwood ;Poinsettia Plant winners were Gertie Werk, Allen Anderson .Others bringing in trees were Jan Greiner, Karen Janachovsky, Vivian Johnson, Dawn Blanchard, Allen Anderson.

On Dec 5th several of us from the area attended the holiday open house at the museum; my next stop was at the sr. center where Jim and Lou Eystad were among those helping out at the bazaar. I then traveled to Trinity in Cyrus for the WCAWA annual Advent service and dinner. Thanks to the ladies of Trinity for helping serve the meal. The next meeting will be Jan 2nd at Glenwood Lutheran in Glenwood. In the aft I traveled to Glenwood where I boarded a bus to the annual Concordia College Christmas Concert in Morehead. Thanks to Irene Sansness for organizing the event and to Thrivent for sponsoring the bus and providing the lunch.

Dec 6th Jim and Lou Eystad and I were among those from the area who participated in the Christmas carol sing a-long at St J. Enroute to the church I stopped in to visit my aunt Pearl (Albert) Anderson and Cousin Bev Hurlbut at their home in Donnelly.

Dec 7th Andy Brevig and I were among those from the area that attended the ST Co Rep party meeting at Detoy’s in Morris. The next meeting is tentatively scheduled for Jan 11th.

Jim and Lou Eystad visited her aunt Marlys Alm at her apt in Morris on Mon.

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　










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traim a tree

Sandy Dunn provided me with the following info about the Hollidazle tree event held at the Donnelly Hall last weekend

Here is the winners for Donnelly's '09 Holidazzle Trim-A-Tree.
1st - Jackie Raths "Colon Cancer Awareness Tree"
2nd - Jeanne Ennen - "Fiber Optic Our Family Tree"
3rd - Deb Root - "Doggie Treat Tree"
4th - Deb Kill - "Mini House Tree"

Door Prize winners:
Snowman - Makayla Mau, Evelyn Underwood
Poinsettia Plant - Gertie Werk, Allen Anderson
Thanks to our other participants for bringing in their decorated trees. Jan Greiner, Karen Janachovsky, Vivian Johnson, Dawn Blanchard, Allen Anderson.
It was not an easy task for the public to vote for the "People's Choice", every tree had it's own unique look!
Be watching for our 2nd Annual Holidazzle Trim-A-Tree next December in 2010.

wa mtg

A DVD of Rev King's mtg on Nov 30th at MAHS is now available at a cost of $16 (plus s & h) contact wedding and more videos in Glenwood for more info 320-634-4386; e-mail jmkkek@Yahoo.com

donnelly news

Next edition Dec 5th -11th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.

The weather during the past week has been mostly cloudy and cool although there were some periods of sunshine and milder temps. It has been dry though which has enabled most farmers in the area to finish harvesting and to get their fall field work done.

STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS The parish is collecting items for the food shelf during the months of Nov and Dec. Non perishable items may be left in the shopping cart located in the narthex of both churches. There will also be a cap and mitten tree in the narthex of both churches for the SA until Dec 13th.

A community Christmas carol sing will be held on Dec 6th at 4 pm at St J followed by a light supper, everyone is welcome to come and help celebrate the Christmas season.

There will be a poinsettia Garden in the parish this yr. To buy one in memory or honor of somebody, please contact the parish office by Dec 14th.

The Kong Christmas Card Club will be held again this yr to add your name to the list contact Bertha Larson or Florentine Erickson by Dec 20th.

Thanks to Tom and Pearl Horning for playing and singing at St J on Nov 29th.

The following events will be held today (Sat):

The KCLW Christmas Advent family potluck brunch will be held at 9 am at the parish hall.

WCAWA will have their annual Advent potluck dinner at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cyrus today. The program will begin at 10 a.m. with dinner to follow.

Thrivent is sponsoring a bus to the Concordia College Christmas concert today from Glenwood. For info about this trip or the WCAWA event call 795-2477


The Holidazlle trim a tree contest at the Donnelly Hall concludes today from 2-5 pm. The public can vote for their favorite tree display as well as sign up for the door prize. Winners of the Trim a Tree and door prize will be announced at 5 pm. Tickets will be available at the door. The money raised will go towards the Donnelly Town Hall remodeling of the kitchen and bathrooms. Stop in for some fresh Coffee, hot Cider, and baked Goodies! Contact Sandy Dunn at 246-3292 if you would like to bring in a tree to display or for more information. I stopped by the hall on Dec 2nd and there were already a lot of nice looking trees on display.

The SCHS holiday open house will be held today at the museum from 9-12 pm.

The Sr Citizens bazaar will run from 9-1:00
pm today at the Sr Center in Morris

Pederson Funeral Home’s “A time to remember” will be held on Dec 6th at 4 pm at the funeral home in Morris.

The Red Hats will meet on Dec 7th at 9 am at Sax’s café in Donnelly. This is the Christmas party so bring your favorite cookie or candy to pass.

Santa will be stopping in Donnelly on Dec 19th.

Learning Unlimited will meet on Nov 9th at 1 pm at the Morris Public Library. Laird Barber will trace Jesus’ ancestry through the Gospel of Matthew.

Congratulations to Nichole Gillespie who was recently named the AAA winner for the ‘09-‘10 school year at C-A H.S.

Congratulations to Jake Long of the West Central Area Knights FB team who recently won several awards from the team and the Heart of Lakes conf at their fall sports banquet.

Ida Johnson of Donnelly passed away on Nov 29th. Her funeral was held on Dec 4th at St J. Her son Lloyd Bendt of Donnelly and his family are among her survivors.

Carol Erickson passed away on Nov 14th. Her sister in law Peg Wischnak of Morris formerly of the Donnelly area is among the family that survives her.

Several of us from the area took in the craft show at the Nat Guard Armory in Morris, on Nov 27th .Enroute home I stopped by St J where Jim and Lou Eystad were among those of us who helped decorate their church. Later in the aft Sandy Dunn and I decorated Kong.

Lowell and Sandy Dunn and family traveled to Wendell on Nov 26th to celebrate Thanksgiving with her mother Vivian Johnson

On Nov 28th Pearl A. Anderson and I were among the family and friends from the area who attended the 90th birthday party for Ruth Moerke at the Sr Center and the Golden Wedding celebration for Delroy and Gloria Heuer at Faith Lutheran in Morris. We were also among those from the area that took in the open house at Unger’s furniture on Nov 29th, enroute home I stopped to visit Sam Jordheim in Donnelly.

Jeff and Gayle Gibson and family of Avon were supper guests of Sam and Dorothy Jordheim on Nov 26th and also spent some visiting other family and friends in the area during the weekend. Mark Hofer of St Cloud traveled to Donnelly last week and picked up his mother- in law Shirley Frank and took her back to his home St Cloud to stay for a few days over the Thanksgiving weekend.

Jim and Lou Eystad and I were among a good crowd from the area that attended the community meal at the Sr Center Morris and later Rev King’s presentation at the MAHS. If you were unable to make it to the meeting you may buy a DVD of the event contact me for more info about ordering one.

Dec 2nd I stopped into McCollar Jewelry to wish Wally an early Happy Birthday.

Pearl A. Anderson and Larry and Peggy Wilke traveled to Fergus Falls on Nov 25th to have dinner with Kris Wilke.

Jim and Lou Eystad were Thanksgiving dinner guests of Tom and Colleen Dogotch of Morris

Verle and Della Dunn were Thanksgiving guests of their granddaughter Chandra and her husband in Alex
















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community news

Hollidazle trim a tree contest at the Donnelly Hall starts Dec 3th and ends Dec 5th from 2-5 pm ea day

SCHS OPEN HOUSE and Holiday sale will be held at the museum on Dec 5th from 9 am -noon

the Sr Citizens bazaar will be held at the Sr Center in Morris on Dec 5th beginning at 9 am

pictures with Santa at the Morris Theater Dec 5th,free movie at 3 pm.

umm choir concert Dec 5 th and 6th MAHS concert hall

Morris post prom tour of homes on Dec 6th 1-5 pm tickets available at Willie's on Sat and at Federated church on Sun.

st co rep party mtg detoy's 12/7 6:30 pm

Sons of Norway will hold their annual bake sale on Dec 12th at the Sr center in Morris.

The Donnelly community club will hold their annual community meal at the Donnelly Hall on Dec 19th at noon. Santa will arrive about 1 pm

death

Ida Johnson of Donnelly passed away on Nov 29th. Her funeral will be held at 11 am Fri Dec 4th at St John's Lutheran church in Donnelly visitation is Thur eve from 5-7pm at the Pedersen funeral home in Morris