11/28 ELECTION OF st co Thrivent officers at st j 9:30 am noon Kong
12/2 kclw advent supper 6 PM
12/7 st j welca pot luck dinner 1:30 PM
12/5 Christmas carol sing a long 4:30 PM st j
12/15 seekers women's prayer group k 9:30 am
12/19 ss program 11 am st j 12/23 k 7pm
12/24 Christmas eve service 9 PM st j
12/25 Christmas services 10 am k
12/26 joint worship 1o am k
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
great read
warning this contains some language that may be offensive to some
DOES THIS JOB HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE??
A doctor from Israel says: "In Israel the medicine is so advanced that we cut-off a man's testicles, we put them into another man and in 6 weeks he is looking for work".
The German doctor comments: "That´s nothing, in Germany we take part of the brain out from a person, we put it into another person's head and in 4 weeks he is looking for work".
A Russian doctor says: That's nothing either. In Russia we take out half of the heart out from a person, we put it into another person's chest and in 2 weeks he is looking for work.
The US doctor answers immediately: That's nothing colleagues, you are way behind us . . . . in the USA (about a year ago) we grabbed a person with no brains, no heart and no balls . . . .. . we made him President and now the whole country is looking for work!!!!!
BE SURE TO SHARE.
DOES THIS JOB HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE??
A doctor from Israel says: "In Israel the medicine is so advanced that we cut-off a man's testicles, we put them into another man and in 6 weeks he is looking for work".
The German doctor comments: "That´s nothing, in Germany we take part of the brain out from a person, we put it into another person's head and in 4 weeks he is looking for work".
A Russian doctor says: That's nothing either. In Russia we take out half of the heart out from a person, we put it into another person's chest and in 2 weeks he is looking for work.
The US doctor answers immediately: That's nothing colleagues, you are way behind us . . . . in the USA (about a year ago) we grabbed a person with no brains, no heart and no balls . . . .. . we made him President and now the whole country is looking for work!!!!!
BE SURE TO SHARE.
Friday, November 26, 2010
death
Leo A. Storbakken of Minneapolis passed away on Nov 22nd a sister Mable realdsen of Morris formerly of Donnelly is among the family members who survive him
DONNELLY NEWS
Next edition Nov 27th-Dec 4th.
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. As winter approaches there may be occasions when I will be unable to get into town to check my boxes so please keep that in mind if you have news and/ or an announcement for me.
Weather news; Mother nature has given us a vivid reminder that winter is right around the corner with cold temps, some freezing drizzle, and light snow during the past week
STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: Parish bible study “I wonder as I wander” will be held on Dec 1st and 9th. Studies will be at St J from 10:30 am ---11:30 am and at Kong from 7-8 pm.
There will be a Christmas carol sing a long at St J on Dec 5th beginning at 4:30 pm with a light lunch following
There will be a red poinsettia garden in the parish this year at Christmas services. If you would like to order one please call the parish office at 246-3211 by Dec 18th.
Wam will meet on Dec 4th at our savior’s in Chokio beginning with a short business meeting at 10 am followed by their annual advent potluck dinner. Special guest will be Julie smith from the 'institute for Lutheran theology" Everyone is welcome.
The 2nd annual holidazzle trim a tree event and silent auction will be held at the Donnelly hall on Dec 4 and 5th from 12-4 pm both days. Stop in for hot cider, coffee, sweets and other goodies. If you are going to bring a tree or an item for the silent auction please let sandy Dunn (246-3292), know by Nov 28th. She will be at the hall on Fri. eve Dec 3rd to receive trees and help set up. Proceeds will be used for renovations of the Donnelly hall. Last year’s event was very successful let’s build on it.
The red hats will meet on Dec 6th at 1 pm at “the place to be” for pizza. For those that wish to participate in a cookie exchange please bring two dozen cookies or goodies all are welcome.
LU will meet on Dec 8th at 1 pm at the Morris sr. center Laird barber will be the speaker.
Dale Snesrud of Northfield MN passed away on Nov 18th. Among the family members that survive him, is his wife Nancy (Frank). Her parents were the late John and Helen Frank of Donnelly.
Jacie Susan Wente was born on November 9, 2010 at Douglas County Hospital, Alexandria, to Chad and Jackie Wente. Grandparents are Rick and Sue Frass of Starbuck, and Richard and Linda Wente of Donnelly. Great-grandmothers are Irene Blocher of Starbuck and Rosalita Frass of Willmar.
Congratulations to Tara flaten who was recently named to the honor roll at Hancock H.S.
Congratulations to Carrie Rouske who named the all west central tribune area team in vb
Congratulations to Alex Erickson who was recently named an AAA winner at c-a H.S.
Congratulations to Becky Hennen who was named support staff member of the year at Morris area schools.
Agralite is looking for the following people from Donnelly who had their capital credit checks returned: Anderson, Gene? John; Bottcher, Don; Fitzgerald Joe; and Kietgerald, Paul. If you know the whereabouts of any of these people or any family members please call them at 1-800-950-8375.
Pearl A. Anderson and I were among those who took in the open house at sv on Nov 18th. Later the threshing bee royalty were among the participants in the parade of lights in Morris.
Andy Brevig and I were among the many that attended the turkey bingo at the Donnelly hall on Nov 19th. Thanks to westmor industries for the turkey dinner I won.
Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the worship services at good shepherd Lutheran church in Morris on Nov 21st and the fall festival at Kong. Thanks to Betty Kill for making the doily I won there.
Due to some cell phone problems I now have a new cell# 320-288-8692
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. As winter approaches there may be occasions when I will be unable to get into town to check my boxes so please keep that in mind if you have news and/ or an announcement for me.
Weather news; Mother nature has given us a vivid reminder that winter is right around the corner with cold temps, some freezing drizzle, and light snow during the past week
STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: Parish bible study “I wonder as I wander” will be held on Dec 1st and 9th. Studies will be at St J from 10:30 am ---11:30 am and at Kong from 7-8 pm.
There will be a Christmas carol sing a long at St J on Dec 5th beginning at 4:30 pm with a light lunch following
There will be a red poinsettia garden in the parish this year at Christmas services. If you would like to order one please call the parish office at 246-3211 by Dec 18th.
Wam will meet on Dec 4th at our savior’s in Chokio beginning with a short business meeting at 10 am followed by their annual advent potluck dinner. Special guest will be Julie smith from the 'institute for Lutheran theology" Everyone is welcome.
The 2nd annual holidazzle trim a tree event and silent auction will be held at the Donnelly hall on Dec 4 and 5th from 12-4 pm both days. Stop in for hot cider, coffee, sweets and other goodies. If you are going to bring a tree or an item for the silent auction please let sandy Dunn (246-3292), know by Nov 28th. She will be at the hall on Fri. eve Dec 3rd to receive trees and help set up. Proceeds will be used for renovations of the Donnelly hall. Last year’s event was very successful let’s build on it.
The red hats will meet on Dec 6th at 1 pm at “the place to be” for pizza. For those that wish to participate in a cookie exchange please bring two dozen cookies or goodies all are welcome.
LU will meet on Dec 8th at 1 pm at the Morris sr. center Laird barber will be the speaker.
Dale Snesrud of Northfield MN passed away on Nov 18th. Among the family members that survive him, is his wife Nancy (Frank). Her parents were the late John and Helen Frank of Donnelly.
Jacie Susan Wente was born on November 9, 2010 at Douglas County Hospital, Alexandria, to Chad and Jackie Wente. Grandparents are Rick and Sue Frass of Starbuck, and Richard and Linda Wente of Donnelly. Great-grandmothers are Irene Blocher of Starbuck and Rosalita Frass of Willmar.
Congratulations to Tara flaten who was recently named to the honor roll at Hancock H.S.
Congratulations to Carrie Rouske who named the all west central tribune area team in vb
Congratulations to Alex Erickson who was recently named an AAA winner at c-a H.S.
Congratulations to Becky Hennen who was named support staff member of the year at Morris area schools.
Agralite is looking for the following people from Donnelly who had their capital credit checks returned: Anderson, Gene? John; Bottcher, Don; Fitzgerald Joe; and Kietgerald, Paul. If you know the whereabouts of any of these people or any family members please call them at 1-800-950-8375.
Pearl A. Anderson and I were among those who took in the open house at sv on Nov 18th. Later the threshing bee royalty were among the participants in the parade of lights in Morris.
Andy Brevig and I were among the many that attended the turkey bingo at the Donnelly hall on Nov 19th. Thanks to westmor industries for the turkey dinner I won.
Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the worship services at good shepherd Lutheran church in Morris on Nov 21st and the fall festival at Kong. Thanks to Betty Kill for making the doily I won there.
Due to some cell phone problems I now have a new cell# 320-288-8692
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
obit
this is John frank's son in law
Dale Otto Snesrud was born November 5, 1933, in New Prague, Minnesota, to Elliot and Gertrude (Meinke) Snesrud. He was raised on the family farm in Webster, baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Webster, and attended St. John’s Parochial School. He graduated from Northfield High School in 1951 and after his education farmed with his father. He joined the US Army in September 1954 and following his honorable discharge in August 1956, returned to Webster. He married Nancy Marie Frank on September 7, 1957, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Donnelly, Minnesota. After marriage they bought his parents farm and together farmed and raised their family in Webster. In the late 1960's, Dale worked construction along with farming. In 1986, he retired from farming and began working for the National Farmers Organization as a Regional Director - a job he truly valued. In 1994, along with son Kyle, he purchased the Northfield Athletic Club which they renamed Olympus Athletic Club. In 1998, Dale and Nancy sold the farm to their son Loren and moved into Northfield. Dale and Kyle sold the Athletic Club in 2003, although Dale remained active at the Club until recently when his health failed.
Dale had a strong Christian faith and it was personified in the way his lived his life. He was a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church where he was very active with the Mission Trips - volunteering his time doing flood relief not only in Minnesota but throughout the country. A former longtime member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Webster, amongst other capacities he served as Congregational Chairman and Elder. Dale was a charter and life member of the Rice County NFO, active with the Salvation Army, and a former president, coach, and active fund raiser with the Webster Baseball Association He was an avid golfer and racquetball player and a heck of a good polka dancer. Even with all the energy he invested in others, his children and grandchildren were his focus. He was loving, playful, generous and kind hearted. He had the ability to put others first without putting the light on himself.
Survivors include his wife 53 years, Nancy; 5 children: Kyle and wife Joey of Farmington, Lance and wife Laurie of Northfield, Loren and wife Galina of Webster, Dawn and husband Bernie Giesen of New Prague, Neal and wife Shannon of Farmington; 10 grandchildren: Elliot, Abbey, Jordan, Scott, Vadym, Maya, Christina, Maddie, Molly and Noelle; one sister and her husband, Marlys and Jim Morin of St. Paul; and other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his grandson Braydon and his parents.
At the age of 77, Dale passed away Thursday morning, November 18, 2010, at the Reflections~Care Suites on the Three Links Campus in Northfield after a long and valiant battle with cancer.
Funeral service will be 11:30 AM Monday, November 22, 2010, at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Northfield with Revs. Craig Ellingboe and Paul Graham officiating. Interment with Military Honors will be in St. John’s Cemetery at Webster. Casket bearers will be Jeff Stoneburg, Bryan Stoneburg, Mike Bruland, Joe Gerzina, Mitch Heyda and Jeff Anderson. Visitation will be 3-7PM Sunday, November 21, 2010, at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. Visitation will continue on Monday at the church one hour prior to the funeral.
In Lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Salvation Army, Camp Amicon or St. Peter’s Lutheran Church.
Arrangements are with the Benson & Langehough Funeral Home.
Dale Otto Snesrud was born November 5, 1933, in New Prague, Minnesota, to Elliot and Gertrude (Meinke) Snesrud. He was raised on the family farm in Webster, baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Webster, and attended St. John’s Parochial School. He graduated from Northfield High School in 1951 and after his education farmed with his father. He joined the US Army in September 1954 and following his honorable discharge in August 1956, returned to Webster. He married Nancy Marie Frank on September 7, 1957, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Donnelly, Minnesota. After marriage they bought his parents farm and together farmed and raised their family in Webster. In the late 1960's, Dale worked construction along with farming. In 1986, he retired from farming and began working for the National Farmers Organization as a Regional Director - a job he truly valued. In 1994, along with son Kyle, he purchased the Northfield Athletic Club which they renamed Olympus Athletic Club. In 1998, Dale and Nancy sold the farm to their son Loren and moved into Northfield. Dale and Kyle sold the Athletic Club in 2003, although Dale remained active at the Club until recently when his health failed.
Dale had a strong Christian faith and it was personified in the way his lived his life. He was a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church where he was very active with the Mission Trips - volunteering his time doing flood relief not only in Minnesota but throughout the country. A former longtime member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Webster, amongst other capacities he served as Congregational Chairman and Elder. Dale was a charter and life member of the Rice County NFO, active with the Salvation Army, and a former president, coach, and active fund raiser with the Webster Baseball Association He was an avid golfer and racquetball player and a heck of a good polka dancer. Even with all the energy he invested in others, his children and grandchildren were his focus. He was loving, playful, generous and kind hearted. He had the ability to put others first without putting the light on himself.
Survivors include his wife 53 years, Nancy; 5 children: Kyle and wife Joey of Farmington, Lance and wife Laurie of Northfield, Loren and wife Galina of Webster, Dawn and husband Bernie Giesen of New Prague, Neal and wife Shannon of Farmington; 10 grandchildren: Elliot, Abbey, Jordan, Scott, Vadym, Maya, Christina, Maddie, Molly and Noelle; one sister and her husband, Marlys and Jim Morin of St. Paul; and other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his grandson Braydon and his parents.
At the age of 77, Dale passed away Thursday morning, November 18, 2010, at the Reflections~Care Suites on the Three Links Campus in Northfield after a long and valiant battle with cancer.
Funeral service will be 11:30 AM Monday, November 22, 2010, at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Northfield with Revs. Craig Ellingboe and Paul Graham officiating. Interment with Military Honors will be in St. John’s Cemetery at Webster. Casket bearers will be Jeff Stoneburg, Bryan Stoneburg, Mike Bruland, Joe Gerzina, Mitch Heyda and Jeff Anderson. Visitation will be 3-7PM Sunday, November 21, 2010, at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. Visitation will continue on Monday at the church one hour prior to the funeral.
In Lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Salvation Army, Camp Amicon or St. Peter’s Lutheran Church.
Arrangements are with the Benson & Langehough Funeral Home.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
SO THIS IS HOW IT WORKS?
Bread Winner...Making Babies!
I was speaking to an emergency room physician this morning. He told me
that
a woman in her 20s came to the ER with her 8th pregnancy. She stated,
"my
momma told me that I am the breadwinner for the family." He asked her
to
explain. She said that she can make babies and babies get money for the
family. The scam goes like this: The grandma calls the Department of
Child
and Family Services and states that the unemployed daughter is not
capable
of caring for these children. DCFS agrees and states that the child or
children will need to go to foster care.
The grandma then volunteers to be the foster parent, and thus receives a
check for $1500 per child per month in Illinois. Total yearly income:
$144,000 tax-free, not to mention free healthcare (Medicaid) plus a
monthly
card entitling her to free groceries, etc, and a voucher for 250 free
cell
phone minutes per month. This does not even include WIC and other
welfare
programs. Indeed, grandma was correct in that her fertile daughter is
the
"breadwinner" for the family.
This is how the ruling class spends our tax dollars.
Sebastian J. Ciancio, M.D. Urologist, Danville Polyclinic, LTD
_____
I was speaking to an emergency room physician this morning. He told me
that
a woman in her 20s came to the ER with her 8th pregnancy. She stated,
"my
momma told me that I am the breadwinner for the family." He asked her
to
explain. She said that she can make babies and babies get money for the
family. The scam goes like this: The grandma calls the Department of
Child
and Family Services and states that the unemployed daughter is not
capable
of caring for these children. DCFS agrees and states that the child or
children will need to go to foster care.
The grandma then volunteers to be the foster parent, and thus receives a
check for $1500 per child per month in Illinois. Total yearly income:
$144,000 tax-free, not to mention free healthcare (Medicaid) plus a
monthly
card entitling her to free groceries, etc, and a voucher for 250 free
cell
phone minutes per month. This does not even include WIC and other
welfare
programs. Indeed, grandma was correct in that her fertile daughter is
the
"breadwinner" for the family.
This is how the ruling class spends our tax dollars.
Sebastian J. Ciancio, M.D. Urologist, Danville Polyclinic, LTD
_____
COURAGE
Courage.
You're a 19 year old kid.
You're critically wounded and dying in
the jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam .
It's November 11, 1967.
LZ (landing zone) X-ray.
Your unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 yards away, that your CO (commanding officer) has ordered the MedEvac helicopters to stop coming in.
You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns and you know you're not getting out.
Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never see them again.
As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.
Then - over the machine gun noise - you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter.
You look up to see a Huey coming in. But ... It doesn't seem real because no MedEvac markings are on it.
Captain Ed Freeman is coming in for you.
He's not MedEvac so it's not his job, but he heard the radio call and decided he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire anyway.
Even after the MedEvacs were ordered
not to come. He's coming anyway.
And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 3 of you at a time on board.
Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses and safety.
And, he kept coming back !! 13 more times!!
Until all the wounded were out. No one knew until the mission was over that the Captain had been hit 4 times in the legs and left arm.
He took 29 of you and your buddies out that day. Some would not have made it without the Captain and his Huey.
Medal of Honor Recipient, Captain Ed Freeman , United States Air Force, died last Wednesday at the age of 70, in Boise , Idaho ..
May God Bless and Rest His Soul.
I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we've sure seen a whole bunch about Michael Jackson, Tiger Woods and the bickering of congress over Health Reform.
Medal of Honor Winner Captain Ed Freeman
Shame on the American media !!!
Now ... YOU pass this along to YOUR
mailing list. Honor this real American.
=
You're a 19 year old kid.
You're critically wounded and dying in
the jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam .
It's November 11, 1967.
LZ (landing zone) X-ray.
Your unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 yards away, that your CO (commanding officer) has ordered the MedEvac helicopters to stop coming in.
You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns and you know you're not getting out.
Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never see them again.
As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.
Then - over the machine gun noise - you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter.
You look up to see a Huey coming in. But ... It doesn't seem real because no MedEvac markings are on it.
Captain Ed Freeman is coming in for you.
He's not MedEvac so it's not his job, but he heard the radio call and decided he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire anyway.
Even after the MedEvacs were ordered
not to come. He's coming anyway.
And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 3 of you at a time on board.
Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses and safety.
And, he kept coming back !! 13 more times!!
Until all the wounded were out. No one knew until the mission was over that the Captain had been hit 4 times in the legs and left arm.
He took 29 of you and your buddies out that day. Some would not have made it without the Captain and his Huey.
Medal of Honor Recipient, Captain Ed Freeman , United States Air Force, died last Wednesday at the age of 70, in Boise , Idaho ..
May God Bless and Rest His Soul.
I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we've sure seen a whole bunch about Michael Jackson, Tiger Woods and the bickering of congress over Health Reform.
Medal of Honor Winner Captain Ed Freeman
Shame on the American media !!!
Now ... YOU pass this along to YOUR
mailing list. Honor this real American.
=
Friday, November 19, 2010
donnelly news
Next edition Nov 20th-26th.
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. Since this is thanksgiving week I want to say a huge thank you to all my loyal readers for making this column such a success. It has been very gratifying to hear how much you all enjoy reading it.
Due to the thanksgiving holiday I have an early deadline next wk. so will any news by Tuesday eve and will check my boxes on Mon aft.
Due to some cell phone problems I now have a new cell# 320-288-8692
Weather news: the weather has been cloudy and cool during the last week with a few snow flurries thankfully we did not get the snow some other areas did. Farm work is pretty much done for the year around here.
STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: due to the fall festival On Nov 21st services at Kong will be 8:30 a.m. and St J at 11 a.m.
The fall festival will be held at Kong on Nov 21st from 11 am -1 pm at Kong. New on the menu this year is pork chops. Tickets will be available at the door. For more details see the ad in this week’s paper.
Parish bible study “I wonder as I wander” will be held on Dec 1st and 9th. Studies will be at St J from 10:30 am -11:30 am and at Kong from 7-8 pm.
Thanksgiving eve services will be held at St J at 7pm on Nov 24th.
Advent decorating at St J on Nov 26th at 1 pm
I need to clarify an item from last week. Mason Tomma infant son of Joha Tomma and Andrea Bergstrom was baptized at Kong on Nov 6th
at Kong along with his dad Joha.
Correction: Dellia ruff wrote the Donnelly news for 50+ years
Community thanksgiving dinners will be served at the assumption catholic church in Morris from 11 am – 1 pm and at the UM church in Herman from noon to 1 pm on Nov 25th
June Holck of Paulina, IA passed away recently. Among her survivors is her sister Marlys Alm of Morris formerly of Donnelly.
As you are getting your Christmas trees and decorations out of storage please remember the 2nd annual holidazzle trim a tree event will be held on Dec 4 & 5th at the Donnelly hall. The deadline to enter a tree is Nov 28th. Trees of all kinds are welcome and you can decorate them however you wish. There were a lot of great ones last yr.
Congratulations to the Hancock VB team who recently won the sub section vb tournament. Tara Flatten (Jeff and Christine) is a member of that team.
Enroute home from Morris on Nov 8th I visited my aunt Pearl A. Anderson in Donnelly.
Jim and Lou Eystad attended the funeral for her aunt Millia LeSage at Faith Lutheran in Morris on Nov 11th
Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the good shepherd Lutheran church worship services in Morris on Nov 14th. It was announced that the church now has a website (gslcmorris.com) and is also on Facebook. In the aft Pat Smith and I attended the Hanning family concert at the Herman UM church. After the concert I visited Selma Burse at her apt in Herman.
The Donnelly community club held their last meeting of the year on Nov 15th. We discussed ideas for future bee’s and other events. Santa will stop in Donnelly on Dec 11th. After the meeting I visited with Jim and Lou Eystad at their house. Earlier in the day I visited my cousin Bev Hurlbult at Legacy Living.
Nov 17th Elaine Harstad and I attended Bible study at st J. In the aft I visited Verna Rinkenberger at the sky view courts in Morris. She recently became great- great grandma. Enroute home I stopped at the site of good shepherd Lutheran church to look at the progress out there. They are busy working on the foundation for the fellowship hall.
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. Since this is thanksgiving week I want to say a huge thank you to all my loyal readers for making this column such a success. It has been very gratifying to hear how much you all enjoy reading it.
Due to the thanksgiving holiday I have an early deadline next wk. so will any news by Tuesday eve and will check my boxes on Mon aft.
Due to some cell phone problems I now have a new cell# 320-288-8692
Weather news: the weather has been cloudy and cool during the last week with a few snow flurries thankfully we did not get the snow some other areas did. Farm work is pretty much done for the year around here.
STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: due to the fall festival On Nov 21st services at Kong will be 8:30 a.m. and St J at 11 a.m.
The fall festival will be held at Kong on Nov 21st from 11 am -1 pm at Kong. New on the menu this year is pork chops. Tickets will be available at the door. For more details see the ad in this week’s paper.
Parish bible study “I wonder as I wander” will be held on Dec 1st and 9th. Studies will be at St J from 10:30 am -11:30 am and at Kong from 7-8 pm.
Thanksgiving eve services will be held at St J at 7pm on Nov 24th.
Advent decorating at St J on Nov 26th at 1 pm
I need to clarify an item from last week. Mason Tomma infant son of Joha Tomma and Andrea Bergstrom was baptized at Kong on Nov 6th
at Kong along with his dad Joha.
Correction: Dellia ruff wrote the Donnelly news for 50+ years
Community thanksgiving dinners will be served at the assumption catholic church in Morris from 11 am – 1 pm and at the UM church in Herman from noon to 1 pm on Nov 25th
June Holck of Paulina, IA passed away recently. Among her survivors is her sister Marlys Alm of Morris formerly of Donnelly.
As you are getting your Christmas trees and decorations out of storage please remember the 2nd annual holidazzle trim a tree event will be held on Dec 4 & 5th at the Donnelly hall. The deadline to enter a tree is Nov 28th. Trees of all kinds are welcome and you can decorate them however you wish. There were a lot of great ones last yr.
Congratulations to the Hancock VB team who recently won the sub section vb tournament. Tara Flatten (Jeff and Christine) is a member of that team.
Enroute home from Morris on Nov 8th I visited my aunt Pearl A. Anderson in Donnelly.
Jim and Lou Eystad attended the funeral for her aunt Millia LeSage at Faith Lutheran in Morris on Nov 11th
Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the good shepherd Lutheran church worship services in Morris on Nov 14th. It was announced that the church now has a website (gslcmorris.com) and is also on Facebook. In the aft Pat Smith and I attended the Hanning family concert at the Herman UM church. After the concert I visited Selma Burse at her apt in Herman.
The Donnelly community club held their last meeting of the year on Nov 15th. We discussed ideas for future bee’s and other events. Santa will stop in Donnelly on Dec 11th. After the meeting I visited with Jim and Lou Eystad at their house. Earlier in the day I visited my cousin Bev Hurlbult at Legacy Living.
Nov 17th Elaine Harstad and I attended Bible study at st J. In the aft I visited Verna Rinkenberger at the sky view courts in Morris. She recently became great- great grandma. Enroute home I stopped at the site of good shepherd Lutheran church to look at the progress out there. They are busy working on the foundation for the fellowship hall.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
welfare mom
Bread Winner...
I was speaking to an emergency room physician this morning. He told me that a woman in her 20s came to the ER with her 8th pregnancy. She stated, "my momma told me that I am the breadwinner for the family." He asked her to explain. She said that she can make babies and babies get money for the family. It goes like this: The grandma calls the Department of Child and Family Services and states that the unemployed daughter is not capable of caring for these children. DCFS agrees and states that the child or children will need to go to foster care.
The grandma then volunteers to be the foster parent, and thus receives a check for $1500 per child per month in Illinois . Total yearly income: $144,000 tax-free, not to mention free healthcare (Medicaid) plus a monthly card entitling her to free groceries, etc, and a voucher for 250 free cell phone minutes per month. This does not even include WIC and other welfare programs. Indeed, grandma was correct in that her fertile daughter is the "breadwinner" for the family.
This is how the ruling class spends our tax dollars.
Sebastian J. Ciancio, M.D. Urologist, Danville Polyclinic, LTD
I was speaking to an emergency room physician this morning. He told me that a woman in her 20s came to the ER with her 8th pregnancy. She stated, "my momma told me that I am the breadwinner for the family." He asked her to explain. She said that she can make babies and babies get money for the family. It goes like this: The grandma calls the Department of Child and Family Services and states that the unemployed daughter is not capable of caring for these children. DCFS agrees and states that the child or children will need to go to foster care.
The grandma then volunteers to be the foster parent, and thus receives a check for $1500 per child per month in Illinois . Total yearly income: $144,000 tax-free, not to mention free healthcare (Medicaid) plus a monthly card entitling her to free groceries, etc, and a voucher for 250 free cell phone minutes per month. This does not even include WIC and other welfare programs. Indeed, grandma was correct in that her fertile daughter is the "breadwinner" for the family.
This is how the ruling class spends our tax dollars.
Sebastian J. Ciancio, M.D. Urologist, Danville Polyclinic, LTD
Friday, November 12, 2010
DONNELLY NEWS
Next edition Nov 13th -19th
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.
Weather news: Sunny mild weather during the past week has enabled most farmers in the area to finish getting their corn picked and fall tillage done. A few are still doing some ditching and other jobs.
STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: due to the fall festival On Nov 21st services at Kong will be 8:30 a.m. and St J at 11 a.m.
The fall festival will be held at Kong from 11 am -1 pm at Kong. New on the menu this year is pork chops. Tickets will be available at the door.
Parish bible study “I wonder as I wander” will be held on Nov. 17th, Dec 1 and 9th. Studies will be at St J from 10:30 am -11:30 am and at Kong from 7-8 pm.
Lefse making day will be held at Kong today (Sat) beginning at 9 am
Thanksgiving eve services will be held at St J at 7pm on Nov 24th.
Joha Tomma (Andrea Bergstrom) and their son Mason were baptized at Kong on Nov 6th at Kong. Grandmother is Becky bergstrom great grandparents are Burton and Irene Strand.
Community thanksgiving dinners will be served at the assumption catholic church in Morris from 11 am – 1 pm and at the UM church in Herman from noon to 1 pm
Correction the St Luke’s west services at the Keng community center are at @ 11am.
The haining family of Fergus falls will be in concert at the UM church in Herman on Nov 14th at 2:30 pm
The Morris life care pregnancy center Italian dinner (served by Bello cucina) and silent auction will be held on Nov 14th at the assumption catholic church from 4:30-7:30 pm. Free will offering
The don com club will meet on Nov 15th at 7 pm at the Donnelly hall. Note change of day.
The DFD annual turkey bingo will be held on Nov 19th at 7 pm at the hall.
Congratulations to Eric smith (Dick and Suzanne) who was recently chosen to design a home for an “extreme makeover” family in Fargo
Congratulations to bonnie onnen of park rapids, who recently won the adult carrier of the month award from the northern states circulation managers’ assoc. She is the pelican rapids area carrier for the Fergus Falls daily journal and a former Donnelly area resident. Her parents are Norma and the late Ken Osterman.
Congratulations to George Libbon who was reelected to soil and water conservation board and to Joel Flatten for being elected to the Hancock school board.
Congratulations to the following winner at the Lion’s awards banquet on Nov 8th: cross country: Mackenzie smith most valuable runner, all conf and performer of the week wcc. Swimming and diving most valuable swimmer Natalie Johnston; vb Carrie roske most valuable defensive player and all conference. Natalie was also a winner of the Merle felstul leadership athlete award.
Marie Sims of Morris passed away on Nov 4th. A granddaughter Angie (Ryan) smith and their son hunter are among the family members that survive her.
Jack eissel of Hancock passed away Nov 26th 2004. Among the family members that survive him, is his father Robert (Dorothy Hilla) of Donnelly. He walked away from a group home in Hancock and his body was finally found last week.
Chuck messinbrink Sr of Hancock passed away on Nov 7th. Among the family that survives him is a grandson Adam (Carla) Ritter of Donnelly
roger realdson of AZ passed away on Nov 10th. Among his survivors is his mother Mable Realdson of Morris formerly of Donnelly.
The st co gen soc met at the Morris public library on Nov 4th. Jerry Kopacek was re-elected president and I was reelected to the board. The next meeting will be in Mar.
Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the wam meeting at the minnewaska home in starbuck on Nov 7th. It was announced that a new Lcmc church shalom Lutheran has started up in Starbuck and was meeting at the starbuck community center. It was also announced that the new reclaim hymnal is available for pre order by congregations and/or individuals; it should be ready to be shipped sometime next year. The next wam meeting will be held on Dec 4that our savior’s Lutheran church in Chokio. It will be the annual advent potluck beginning at 10 am
After the meeting I attended the holiday bazaar at the community center then visited with Darlene Christofferson at her home in Starbuck. En route home I stopped by the site of the Good Shepherd Lutheran church the church is on its foundation and the slab for the fellowship hall is poured. construction will soon begin.
Elaine Harstad and I were among the family and friends who attended confirmation services at Kong on Nov 7th, the Thrivent reception after wards and the dinner for mark Dunn at the parish hall in the aft.
Nov 10th Joan, Jon and Jack kopacek attended the Lu meeting at Morris public library. In the eve Wally McCollar and I attended the visitation for Millie LeSage at the funeral home. He also attended the visitation for Chuck Messinbrink at Zion Lutheran. In the eve Andy brevig and I attended the parish bible study at Kong.
As some of you know Millie was the first person to write the Donnelly news and I had a nice note from her after I started writing it telling me I was doing a good job. When she got married she gave the job to her sister Della Ruff who did it for over 50 yrs.
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.
Weather news: Sunny mild weather during the past week has enabled most farmers in the area to finish getting their corn picked and fall tillage done. A few are still doing some ditching and other jobs.
STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: due to the fall festival On Nov 21st services at Kong will be 8:30 a.m. and St J at 11 a.m.
The fall festival will be held at Kong from 11 am -1 pm at Kong. New on the menu this year is pork chops. Tickets will be available at the door.
Parish bible study “I wonder as I wander” will be held on Nov. 17th, Dec 1 and 9th. Studies will be at St J from 10:30 am -11:30 am and at Kong from 7-8 pm.
Lefse making day will be held at Kong today (Sat) beginning at 9 am
Thanksgiving eve services will be held at St J at 7pm on Nov 24th.
Joha Tomma (Andrea Bergstrom) and their son Mason were baptized at Kong on Nov 6th at Kong. Grandmother is Becky bergstrom great grandparents are Burton and Irene Strand.
Community thanksgiving dinners will be served at the assumption catholic church in Morris from 11 am – 1 pm and at the UM church in Herman from noon to 1 pm
Correction the St Luke’s west services at the Keng community center are at @ 11am.
The haining family of Fergus falls will be in concert at the UM church in Herman on Nov 14th at 2:30 pm
The Morris life care pregnancy center Italian dinner (served by Bello cucina) and silent auction will be held on Nov 14th at the assumption catholic church from 4:30-7:30 pm. Free will offering
The don com club will meet on Nov 15th at 7 pm at the Donnelly hall. Note change of day.
The DFD annual turkey bingo will be held on Nov 19th at 7 pm at the hall.
Congratulations to Eric smith (Dick and Suzanne) who was recently chosen to design a home for an “extreme makeover” family in Fargo
Congratulations to bonnie onnen of park rapids, who recently won the adult carrier of the month award from the northern states circulation managers’ assoc. She is the pelican rapids area carrier for the Fergus Falls daily journal and a former Donnelly area resident. Her parents are Norma and the late Ken Osterman.
Congratulations to George Libbon who was reelected to soil and water conservation board and to Joel Flatten for being elected to the Hancock school board.
Congratulations to the following winner at the Lion’s awards banquet on Nov 8th: cross country: Mackenzie smith most valuable runner, all conf and performer of the week wcc. Swimming and diving most valuable swimmer Natalie Johnston; vb Carrie roske most valuable defensive player and all conference. Natalie was also a winner of the Merle felstul leadership athlete award.
Marie Sims of Morris passed away on Nov 4th. A granddaughter Angie (Ryan) smith and their son hunter are among the family members that survive her.
Jack eissel of Hancock passed away Nov 26th 2004. Among the family members that survive him, is his father Robert (Dorothy Hilla) of Donnelly. He walked away from a group home in Hancock and his body was finally found last week.
Chuck messinbrink Sr of Hancock passed away on Nov 7th. Among the family that survives him is a grandson Adam (Carla) Ritter of Donnelly
roger realdson of AZ passed away on Nov 10th. Among his survivors is his mother Mable Realdson of Morris formerly of Donnelly.
The st co gen soc met at the Morris public library on Nov 4th. Jerry Kopacek was re-elected president and I was reelected to the board. The next meeting will be in Mar.
Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the wam meeting at the minnewaska home in starbuck on Nov 7th. It was announced that a new Lcmc church shalom Lutheran has started up in Starbuck and was meeting at the starbuck community center. It was also announced that the new reclaim hymnal is available for pre order by congregations and/or individuals; it should be ready to be shipped sometime next year. The next wam meeting will be held on Dec 4that our savior’s Lutheran church in Chokio. It will be the annual advent potluck beginning at 10 am
After the meeting I attended the holiday bazaar at the community center then visited with Darlene Christofferson at her home in Starbuck. En route home I stopped by the site of the Good Shepherd Lutheran church the church is on its foundation and the slab for the fellowship hall is poured. construction will soon begin.
Elaine Harstad and I were among the family and friends who attended confirmation services at Kong on Nov 7th, the Thrivent reception after wards and the dinner for mark Dunn at the parish hall in the aft.
Nov 10th Joan, Jon and Jack kopacek attended the Lu meeting at Morris public library. In the eve Wally McCollar and I attended the visitation for Millie LeSage at the funeral home. He also attended the visitation for Chuck Messinbrink at Zion Lutheran. In the eve Andy brevig and I attended the parish bible study at Kong.
As some of you know Millie was the first person to write the Donnelly news and I had a nice note from her after I started writing it telling me I was doing a good job. When she got married she gave the job to her sister Della Ruff who did it for over 50 yrs.
DONNELLY NEWS
Next edition Nov 13th -19th
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.
Weather news: Sunny mild weather during the past week has enabled most farmers in the area to finish getting their corn picked and fall tillage done. A few are still doing some ditching and other jobs.
STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: due to the fall festival On Nov 21st services at Kong will be 8:30 a.m. and St J at 11 a.m.
The fall festival will be held at Kong from 11 am -1 pm at Kong. New on the menu this year is pork chops. Tickets will be available at the door.
Parish bible study “I wonder as I wander” will be held on Nov. 17th, Dec 1 and 9th. Studies will be at St J from 10:30 am -11:30 am and at Kong from 7-8 pm.
Lefse making day will be held at Kong today (Sat) beginning at 9 am
Thanksgiving eve services will be held at St J at 7pm on Nov 24th.
Joha Tomma (Andrea Bergstrom) and their son Mason were baptized at Kong on Nov 6th at Kong. Grandmother is Becky bergstrom great grandparents are Burton and Irene Strand.
Community thanksgiving dinners will be served at the assumption catholic church in Morris from 11 am – 1 pm and at the UM church in Herman from noon to 1 pm
Correction the St Luke’s west services at the Keng community center are at @ 11am.
The haining family of Fergus falls will be in concert at the UM church in Herman on Nov 14th at 2:30 pm
The Morris life care pregnancy center Italian dinner (served by Bello cucina) and silent auction will be held on Nov 14th at the assumption catholic church from 4:30-7:30 pm. Free will offering
The don com club will meet on Nov 15th at 7 pm at the Donnelly hall. Note change of day.
The DFD annual turkey bingo will be held on Nov 19th at 7 pm at the hall.
Congratulations to Eric smith (Dick and Suzanne) who was recently chosen to design a home for an “extreme makeover” family in Fargo
Congratulations to bonnie onnen of park rapids, who recently won the adult carrier of the month award from the northern states circulation managers’ assoc. She is the pelican rapids area carrier for the Fergus Falls daily journal and a former Donnelly area resident. Her parents are Norma and the late Ken Osterman.
Congratulations to George Libbon who was reelected to soil and water conservation board and to Joel Flatten for being elected to the Hancock school board.
Congratulations to the following winner at the Lion’s awards banquet on Nov 8th: cross country: Mackenzie smith most valuable runner, all conf and performer of the week wcc. Swimming and diving most valuable swimmer Natalie Johnston; vb Carrie roske most valuable defensive player and all conference. Natalie was also a winner of the Merle felstul leadership athlete award.
Marie Sims of Morris passed away on Nov 4th. A granddaughter Angie (Ryan) smith and their son hunter are among the family members that survive her.
Jack eissel of Hancock passed away Nov 26th 2004. Among the family members that survive him, is his father Robert (Dorothy Hilla) of Donnelly. He walked away from a group home in Hancock and his body was finally found last week.
Chuck messinbrink Sr of Hancock passed away on Nov 7th. Among the family that survives him is a grandson Adam (Carla) Ritter of Donnelly
roger realdson of AZ passed away on Nov 10th. Among his survivors is his mother Mable Realdson of Morris formerly of Donnelly.
The st co gen soc met at the Morris public library on Nov 4th. Jerry Kopacek was re-elected president and I was reelected to the board. The next meeting will be in Mar.
Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the wam meeting at the minnewaska home in starbuck on Nov 7th. It was announced that a new Lcmc church shalom Lutheran has started up in Starbuck and was meeting at the starbuck community center. It was also announced that the new reclaim hymnal is available for pre order by congregations and/or individuals; it should be ready to be shipped sometime next year. The next wam meeting will be held on Dec 4that our savior’s Lutheran church in Chokio. It will be the annual advent potluck beginning at 10 am
After the meeting I attended the holiday bazaar at the community center then visited with Darlene Christofferson at her home in Starbuck. En route home I stopped by the site of the Good Shepherd Lutheran church the church is on its foundation and the slab for the fellowship hall is poured. construction will soon begin.
Elaine Harstad and I were among the family and friends who attended confirmation services at Kong on Nov 7th, the Thrivent reception after wards and the dinner for mark Dunn at the parish hall in the aft.
Nov 10th Joan, Jon and Jack kopacek attended the Lu meeting at Morris public library. In the eve Wally McCollar and I attended the visitation for Millie LeSage at the funeral home. He also attended the visitation for Chuck Messinbrink at Zion Lutheran. In the eve Andy brevig and I attended the parish bible study at Kong.
As some of you know Millie was the first person to write the Donnelly news and I had a nice note from her after I started writing it telling me I was doing a good job. When she got married she gave the job to her sister Della Ruff who did it for over 50 yrs.
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.
Weather news: Sunny mild weather during the past week has enabled most farmers in the area to finish getting their corn picked and fall tillage done. A few are still doing some ditching and other jobs.
STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: due to the fall festival On Nov 21st services at Kong will be 8:30 a.m. and St J at 11 a.m.
The fall festival will be held at Kong from 11 am -1 pm at Kong. New on the menu this year is pork chops. Tickets will be available at the door.
Parish bible study “I wonder as I wander” will be held on Nov. 17th, Dec 1 and 9th. Studies will be at St J from 10:30 am -11:30 am and at Kong from 7-8 pm.
Lefse making day will be held at Kong today (Sat) beginning at 9 am
Thanksgiving eve services will be held at St J at 7pm on Nov 24th.
Joha Tomma (Andrea Bergstrom) and their son Mason were baptized at Kong on Nov 6th at Kong. Grandmother is Becky bergstrom great grandparents are Burton and Irene Strand.
Community thanksgiving dinners will be served at the assumption catholic church in Morris from 11 am – 1 pm and at the UM church in Herman from noon to 1 pm
Correction the St Luke’s west services at the Keng community center are at @ 11am.
The haining family of Fergus falls will be in concert at the UM church in Herman on Nov 14th at 2:30 pm
The Morris life care pregnancy center Italian dinner (served by Bello cucina) and silent auction will be held on Nov 14th at the assumption catholic church from 4:30-7:30 pm. Free will offering
The don com club will meet on Nov 15th at 7 pm at the Donnelly hall. Note change of day.
The DFD annual turkey bingo will be held on Nov 19th at 7 pm at the hall.
Congratulations to Eric smith (Dick and Suzanne) who was recently chosen to design a home for an “extreme makeover” family in Fargo
Congratulations to bonnie onnen of park rapids, who recently won the adult carrier of the month award from the northern states circulation managers’ assoc. She is the pelican rapids area carrier for the Fergus Falls daily journal and a former Donnelly area resident. Her parents are Norma and the late Ken Osterman.
Congratulations to George Libbon who was reelected to soil and water conservation board and to Joel Flatten for being elected to the Hancock school board.
Congratulations to the following winner at the Lion’s awards banquet on Nov 8th: cross country: Mackenzie smith most valuable runner, all conf and performer of the week wcc. Swimming and diving most valuable swimmer Natalie Johnston; vb Carrie roske most valuable defensive player and all conference. Natalie was also a winner of the Merle felstul leadership athlete award.
Marie Sims of Morris passed away on Nov 4th. A granddaughter Angie (Ryan) smith and their son hunter are among the family members that survive her.
Jack eissel of Hancock passed away Nov 26th 2004. Among the family members that survive him, is his father Robert (Dorothy Hilla) of Donnelly. He walked away from a group home in Hancock and his body was finally found last week.
Chuck messinbrink Sr of Hancock passed away on Nov 7th. Among the family that survives him is a grandson Adam (Carla) Ritter of Donnelly
roger realdson of AZ passed away on Nov 10th. Among his survivors is his mother Mable Realdson of Morris formerly of Donnelly.
The st co gen soc met at the Morris public library on Nov 4th. Jerry Kopacek was re-elected president and I was reelected to the board. The next meeting will be in Mar.
Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the wam meeting at the minnewaska home in starbuck on Nov 7th. It was announced that a new Lcmc church shalom Lutheran has started up in Starbuck and was meeting at the starbuck community center. It was also announced that the new reclaim hymnal is available for pre order by congregations and/or individuals; it should be ready to be shipped sometime next year. The next wam meeting will be held on Dec 4that our savior’s Lutheran church in Chokio. It will be the annual advent potluck beginning at 10 am
After the meeting I attended the holiday bazaar at the community center then visited with Darlene Christofferson at her home in Starbuck. En route home I stopped by the site of the Good Shepherd Lutheran church the church is on its foundation and the slab for the fellowship hall is poured. construction will soon begin.
Elaine Harstad and I were among the family and friends who attended confirmation services at Kong on Nov 7th, the Thrivent reception after wards and the dinner for mark Dunn at the parish hall in the aft.
Nov 10th Joan, Jon and Jack kopacek attended the Lu meeting at Morris public library. In the eve Wally McCollar and I attended the visitation for Millie LeSage at the funeral home. He also attended the visitation for Chuck Messinbrink at Zion Lutheran. In the eve Andy brevig and I attended the parish bible study at Kong.
As some of you know Millie was the first person to write the Donnelly news and I had a nice note from her after I started writing it telling me I was doing a good job. When she got married she gave the job to her sister Della Ruff who did it for over 50 yrs.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
editoirail
from dick goldenstein
Wall Street Journal Sizes up Obama - They've Got Him Figured Out
A short article from the Wall Street Journal that needs to be read by every level headed American!!!
A "deadly" article regarding Obama, at the Wall Street Journal, which today is the most widely circulated newspaper in America ...
Article from the Wall Street Journal - by Eddie Sessions:
"I have this theory about Barack Obama. I think he's led a kind of make-believe life in which money was provided and doors were opened because at some point early on somebody or some group took a look at this tall, good looking, half-white, half-black, young man with an exotic African/Muslim name and concluded he could be guided toward a life in politics where his facile speaking skills could even put him in the White House.
In a very real way, he has been a young man in a very big hurry. Who else do you know has written two memoirs before the age of 45? "Dreams of My Father" was published in 1995 when he was only 34 years old. The "Audacity of Hope" followed in 2006. If, indeed, he did write them himself. There are some who think that his mentor and friend, Bill Ayers, a man who calls himself a "communist with a small 'c'" was the real author.
His political skills consisted of rarely voting on anything that might be deemed controversial He went from a legislator in the Illinois legislature to the Senator from that state because he had the good fortune of having Mayor Daley's formidable political machine at his disposal.
He was in the U.S. Senate so briefly that his bid for the presidency was either an act of astonishing self-confidence or part of some greater game plan that had been determined before he first stepped foot in the Capital. How, many must wonder, was he selected to be a 2004 keynote speaker at the Democrat convention that nominated John Kerry when virtually no one had ever even heard of him before?
He outmaneuvered Hillary Clinton in primaries. He took Iowa by storm. A charming young man, an anomaly in the state with a very small black population, he oozed "cool" in a place where agriculture was the antithesis of cool. He dazzled the locals. And he had an army of volunteers drawn to a charisma that hid any real substance.
And then he had the great good fortune of having the Republicans select one of the most inept candidates for the presidency since Bob Dole. And then John McCain did something crazy. He picked Sarah Palin, an unknown female governor from the very distant state of Alaska . It was a ticket that was reminiscent of 1984's Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro and they went down to defeat.
The mainstream political media fell in love with him. It was a schoolgirl crush with febrile commentators like Chris Mathews swooning then and now over the man. The venom directed against McCain and, in particular, Palin, was extraordinary.
Now, nearly a full 2 years into his first term, all of those gilded years leading up to the White House have left him unprepared to be President. Left to his own instincts, he has a talent for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. It swiftly became a joke that he could not deliver even the briefest of statements without the ever-present Tele-Prompters.
Far worse, however, is his capacity to want to "wish away" some terrible realities, not the least of which is the Islamist intention to destroy America and enslave the West. Any student of history knows how swiftly Islam initially spread. It knocked on the doors of Europe, having gained a foothold in Spain .
The great crowds that greeted him at home or on his campaign "world tour" were no substitute for having even the slightest grasp of history and the reality of a world filled with really bad people with really bad intentions.
Oddly and perhaps even inevitably, his political experience, a cakewalk, has positioned him to destroy the Democrat Party's hold on power in Congress because in the end it was never about the Party. It was always about his communist ideology, learned at an early age from family, mentors, college professors, and extreme leftist friends and colleagues.
Obama is a man who could deliver a snap judgment about a Boston police officer who arrested an "obstreperous" Harvard professor-friend, but would warn Americans against "jumping to conclusions" about a mass murderer at Fort Hood who shouted "Allahu Akbar." The absurdity of that was lost on no one. He has since compounded this by calling the Christmas bomber "an isolated extremist" only to have to admit a day or two later that he was part of an al Qaeda plot
He is a man who could strive to close down our detention facility at Guantanamo even though those released were known to have returned to the battlefield against America . He could even instruct his Attorney General to afford the perpetrator of 9/11 a civil trial when no one else would ever even consider such an obscenity. And he is a man who could wait three days before having anything to say about the perpetrator of yet another terrorist attack on Americans and then have to elaborate on his remarks the following day because his first statement was so lame.
The pattern repeats itself. He either blames any problem on the Bush administration or he naively seeks to wish away the truth.
Knock, knock. Anyone home? Anyone there? Barack Obama exists only as the sock puppet of his handlers, of the people who have maneuvered and manufactured this pathetic individual's life.
When anyone else would quickly and easily produce a birth certificate, this man has spent over a million dollars to deny access to his. Most other documents, the paper trail we all leave in our wake, have been sequestered from review. He has lived a make-believe life whose true facts remain hidden.
We laugh at the ventriloquist's dummy, but what do you do when the dummy is President of the United States of America.
Wall Street Journal Sizes up Obama - They've Got Him Figured Out
A short article from the Wall Street Journal that needs to be read by every level headed American!!!
A "deadly" article regarding Obama, at the Wall Street Journal, which today is the most widely circulated newspaper in America ...
Article from the Wall Street Journal - by Eddie Sessions:
"I have this theory about Barack Obama. I think he's led a kind of make-believe life in which money was provided and doors were opened because at some point early on somebody or some group took a look at this tall, good looking, half-white, half-black, young man with an exotic African/Muslim name and concluded he could be guided toward a life in politics where his facile speaking skills could even put him in the White House.
In a very real way, he has been a young man in a very big hurry. Who else do you know has written two memoirs before the age of 45? "Dreams of My Father" was published in 1995 when he was only 34 years old. The "Audacity of Hope" followed in 2006. If, indeed, he did write them himself. There are some who think that his mentor and friend, Bill Ayers, a man who calls himself a "communist with a small 'c'" was the real author.
His political skills consisted of rarely voting on anything that might be deemed controversial He went from a legislator in the Illinois legislature to the Senator from that state because he had the good fortune of having Mayor Daley's formidable political machine at his disposal.
He was in the U.S. Senate so briefly that his bid for the presidency was either an act of astonishing self-confidence or part of some greater game plan that had been determined before he first stepped foot in the Capital. How, many must wonder, was he selected to be a 2004 keynote speaker at the Democrat convention that nominated John Kerry when virtually no one had ever even heard of him before?
He outmaneuvered Hillary Clinton in primaries. He took Iowa by storm. A charming young man, an anomaly in the state with a very small black population, he oozed "cool" in a place where agriculture was the antithesis of cool. He dazzled the locals. And he had an army of volunteers drawn to a charisma that hid any real substance.
And then he had the great good fortune of having the Republicans select one of the most inept candidates for the presidency since Bob Dole. And then John McCain did something crazy. He picked Sarah Palin, an unknown female governor from the very distant state of Alaska . It was a ticket that was reminiscent of 1984's Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro and they went down to defeat.
The mainstream political media fell in love with him. It was a schoolgirl crush with febrile commentators like Chris Mathews swooning then and now over the man. The venom directed against McCain and, in particular, Palin, was extraordinary.
Now, nearly a full 2 years into his first term, all of those gilded years leading up to the White House have left him unprepared to be President. Left to his own instincts, he has a talent for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. It swiftly became a joke that he could not deliver even the briefest of statements without the ever-present Tele-Prompters.
Far worse, however, is his capacity to want to "wish away" some terrible realities, not the least of which is the Islamist intention to destroy America and enslave the West. Any student of history knows how swiftly Islam initially spread. It knocked on the doors of Europe, having gained a foothold in Spain .
The great crowds that greeted him at home or on his campaign "world tour" were no substitute for having even the slightest grasp of history and the reality of a world filled with really bad people with really bad intentions.
Oddly and perhaps even inevitably, his political experience, a cakewalk, has positioned him to destroy the Democrat Party's hold on power in Congress because in the end it was never about the Party. It was always about his communist ideology, learned at an early age from family, mentors, college professors, and extreme leftist friends and colleagues.
Obama is a man who could deliver a snap judgment about a Boston police officer who arrested an "obstreperous" Harvard professor-friend, but would warn Americans against "jumping to conclusions" about a mass murderer at Fort Hood who shouted "Allahu Akbar." The absurdity of that was lost on no one. He has since compounded this by calling the Christmas bomber "an isolated extremist" only to have to admit a day or two later that he was part of an al Qaeda plot
He is a man who could strive to close down our detention facility at Guantanamo even though those released were known to have returned to the battlefield against America . He could even instruct his Attorney General to afford the perpetrator of 9/11 a civil trial when no one else would ever even consider such an obscenity. And he is a man who could wait three days before having anything to say about the perpetrator of yet another terrorist attack on Americans and then have to elaborate on his remarks the following day because his first statement was so lame.
The pattern repeats itself. He either blames any problem on the Bush administration or he naively seeks to wish away the truth.
Knock, knock. Anyone home? Anyone there? Barack Obama exists only as the sock puppet of his handlers, of the people who have maneuvered and manufactured this pathetic individual's life.
When anyone else would quickly and easily produce a birth certificate, this man has spent over a million dollars to deny access to his. Most other documents, the paper trail we all leave in our wake, have been sequestered from review. He has lived a make-believe life whose true facts remain hidden.
We laugh at the ventriloquist's dummy, but what do you do when the dummy is President of the United States of America.
Friday, November 5, 2010
death
former donnelly area resident Millie lesage of Morris passed away on Nov 4th. visitation is wed Nov 10th from 4-6:30 PM FUNERAL is Thur Nov 11th at 1:30 pm at faith Lutheran in Morris. many of you are aware that she was the first donnelly news corespondent.
donnelly news
Next edition Nov 6th -12th
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.
Weather news: Minn. weather is known for doing very fast about faces and so it was this week when sunny milder weather returned enabling most area farmers to finish getting their corn picked. Most farmers are finishing up with fall tillage do some ditching and other odd jobs.
STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: confirmation sun will be held on Nov 7th at Kong. Our confirm ands this year are Mark Dunn (Lowell and Sandy) Bryce Jergenson (rob and Peg) and Brandon Pray (Dave and Cora)
There will be reception for the confirmands following services in the Kong church basement sponsored by the Kong Thrivent finical group.
A dinner in honor of Mark Dunn’s confirmation will be held on Nov 7th following services at the Kong parish hall all members of Kong are welcome
St J beef supper will be held at the ST J parish hall on Nov 9th from 4:30 pm to 7 pm. Advance tickets may be purchased at the parish office.
Parish bible study “I wonder as I wander” will be held on Nov 10th, 17th, Dec 1 and 9th. Studies will be at St J from 10:30 am -11:30 am and Kong from 7-8 pm.
Lefse making day will be held at Kong on Nov 13th beginning at 9 am. If you can help please bring 10 lbs. of russet potatoes peeled not cooked and rsvp to Elaine Harstad at 677-2784 by Nov 10th.
Mutual ministry committee will be held on Nov 11th at 7 pm at St J.
The Nov. newsletter is now out extra copies are available in the narthex of ea. church.
Wam will meet today (Sat) at the Minnewaska Lutheran Home in starbuck beginning with coffee at 9:30 am program at 10 am. The program will be a DVD presentation by rev smith delivered at the recent Lcmc convention.
St Luke’s west will start meeting at the Keng community center beginning Nov 7th @ 8:30 am.
The haining family of Fergus falls will be in concert at the UM church in Herman on Nov 14th at 2:30 pm
Harvest supper at faith in Morris on Nov 10th 4:30 -7 pm
An open house baby shower for Wyatt Hagen, son of Jeff and Kelsey Hagen, grandson of Lynn and Sheila Schulz, will be held today (Saturday) from 2-4 p.m. at Zion Church in Hoffman
Lu will meet on Nov. 10th at 1 pm at the Morris public library
The don com club will meet on Nov 15th at 7 pm at the Donnelly hall. Note change of day.
The PO will be closed on Nov 11th due to the Veterans Day holiday
The DFD annual turkey bingo will be held on Nov 19th at 7 pm at the hall.
Millie Lesage of Morris formerly of Donnelly passed away on Nov 4th.
Bradey Harrison Lemme was born October 8, 2010 in Brookings Health System of Brookings, S.D. to Carl and Melissa Lemme. Grandparents are Barbara and Lowell Simpson of Chokio, and Dr. Gary Lemme and Dr. Terry Lemme of Brookings, S.D. Great-grandparents are Leona and Paul Lemme of Necedah, Wis. and Great-grandma Monica Tielke of Yankton, S.D.
David schmidgall of Morris passed away on Oct 26th. Among the family that survive him are a brother in law Carter (Amanda) Feuchtenberger of Donnelly
Congratulations to the MAHS FB team that won the wcc championship. Justin Stallman, tom Holland and Pat Uhpoff are members of that team.
Congratulations to tom Holland who was recently confirmed at first Lutheran.
CONGRATULATIONS to the Morris FFA chapter that recently won several awards at the national and regional level. The AG issues team earned bronze status at the national FFA convention. Kaitlin van horn is a member of that team. The chapter itself receiving a 2 star award at the convention, Sami Searle, Natalie Johnston and Kendra Sperr are officers in the chapter. The dairy food team placed third at the regional contest on Oct 8th Melanie van Horn and MaKenzie smith (who finished 4th individually) are members of that team. The horse elevation team finished 2nd Sami Searle is a member of that team and finished 5th individually. The soils judging team finished 2nd Cody Eystad is a member of that team and placed 8th individually. The nursery landscaping team placed 3rd, Beth Holland is a member of that team and she placed 6th individually.
Election results for Donnelly mayor Walt Biesterfeld, city council rose Athey and Zach Eystad who won by two votes showing again that every vote counts. Congratulations also go out to Jeanne Ennen who is the new county commissioner from dist. two
Oct 29th I attended visitation for Jim Lesmeister at the funeral home and the concert by Todd green at the Maes music hall.
Oct 30th Pearl A. Anderson and I attended the birthday parties for clearance Geise at the sr. center and Jerry Schmidt at the Legion in Morris. Since Clarence never graduated from H.S. his family surprised him with a H.S. diploma and a “graduation ceremony” Earlier in the day I attended the dedication for the new habit for humanity home in Morris
Jim and Lou Eystad attended the ss adopted grandparents event at Kong on Oct 31st. After services we attended the dinner and presentation by Wayne Grunklee on setting up an endowment fund for the church.
In the aft pearl A. Anderson and I attended the Halloween party at the Donnelly hall. “Hats off” to our royalty and their families for all their hard work in putting the party on again this year and to the judges who had the very difficult job of choosing the best among all the great costumes, in my eyes they were all winners. After the party I visited with Denny Anderson at his home.
Carolyn smith and I attended the funeral for Joyce Dalager at first Lutheran in Morris on Nov 1st. Vince did a lot of wiring for us many years ago and she and my mom knew each other from their days in E.L. Later I visited my cousin bev Hurlbut at legacy living.
Andy brevig and I attended the confirmation student’s statement of faith presentations on Nov 3rd at the Kong parish hall.
Every so often I like to remind you how to get news to me call 246-3227 0r 287-1219 e-mail aendanders@runestone.net (please put Donnelly news in the subject line) regular mail 12013 county road 9 Donnelly or drop it in one of my “mail boxes” at the PO and hd & co in Donnelly or McCollar jewelry in Morris
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.
Weather news: Minn. weather is known for doing very fast about faces and so it was this week when sunny milder weather returned enabling most area farmers to finish getting their corn picked. Most farmers are finishing up with fall tillage do some ditching and other odd jobs.
STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: confirmation sun will be held on Nov 7th at Kong. Our confirm ands this year are Mark Dunn (Lowell and Sandy) Bryce Jergenson (rob and Peg) and Brandon Pray (Dave and Cora)
There will be reception for the confirmands following services in the Kong church basement sponsored by the Kong Thrivent finical group.
A dinner in honor of Mark Dunn’s confirmation will be held on Nov 7th following services at the Kong parish hall all members of Kong are welcome
St J beef supper will be held at the ST J parish hall on Nov 9th from 4:30 pm to 7 pm. Advance tickets may be purchased at the parish office.
Parish bible study “I wonder as I wander” will be held on Nov 10th, 17th, Dec 1 and 9th. Studies will be at St J from 10:30 am -11:30 am and Kong from 7-8 pm.
Lefse making day will be held at Kong on Nov 13th beginning at 9 am. If you can help please bring 10 lbs. of russet potatoes peeled not cooked and rsvp to Elaine Harstad at 677-2784 by Nov 10th.
Mutual ministry committee will be held on Nov 11th at 7 pm at St J.
The Nov. newsletter is now out extra copies are available in the narthex of ea. church.
Wam will meet today (Sat) at the Minnewaska Lutheran Home in starbuck beginning with coffee at 9:30 am program at 10 am. The program will be a DVD presentation by rev smith delivered at the recent Lcmc convention.
St Luke’s west will start meeting at the Keng community center beginning Nov 7th @ 8:30 am.
The haining family of Fergus falls will be in concert at the UM church in Herman on Nov 14th at 2:30 pm
Harvest supper at faith in Morris on Nov 10th 4:30 -7 pm
An open house baby shower for Wyatt Hagen, son of Jeff and Kelsey Hagen, grandson of Lynn and Sheila Schulz, will be held today (Saturday) from 2-4 p.m. at Zion Church in Hoffman
Lu will meet on Nov. 10th at 1 pm at the Morris public library
The don com club will meet on Nov 15th at 7 pm at the Donnelly hall. Note change of day.
The PO will be closed on Nov 11th due to the Veterans Day holiday
The DFD annual turkey bingo will be held on Nov 19th at 7 pm at the hall.
Millie Lesage of Morris formerly of Donnelly passed away on Nov 4th.
Bradey Harrison Lemme was born October 8, 2010 in Brookings Health System of Brookings, S.D. to Carl and Melissa Lemme. Grandparents are Barbara and Lowell Simpson of Chokio, and Dr. Gary Lemme and Dr. Terry Lemme of Brookings, S.D. Great-grandparents are Leona and Paul Lemme of Necedah, Wis. and Great-grandma Monica Tielke of Yankton, S.D.
David schmidgall of Morris passed away on Oct 26th. Among the family that survive him are a brother in law Carter (Amanda) Feuchtenberger of Donnelly
Congratulations to the MAHS FB team that won the wcc championship. Justin Stallman, tom Holland and Pat Uhpoff are members of that team.
Congratulations to tom Holland who was recently confirmed at first Lutheran.
CONGRATULATIONS to the Morris FFA chapter that recently won several awards at the national and regional level. The AG issues team earned bronze status at the national FFA convention. Kaitlin van horn is a member of that team. The chapter itself receiving a 2 star award at the convention, Sami Searle, Natalie Johnston and Kendra Sperr are officers in the chapter. The dairy food team placed third at the regional contest on Oct 8th Melanie van Horn and MaKenzie smith (who finished 4th individually) are members of that team. The horse elevation team finished 2nd Sami Searle is a member of that team and finished 5th individually. The soils judging team finished 2nd Cody Eystad is a member of that team and placed 8th individually. The nursery landscaping team placed 3rd, Beth Holland is a member of that team and she placed 6th individually.
Election results for Donnelly mayor Walt Biesterfeld, city council rose Athey and Zach Eystad who won by two votes showing again that every vote counts. Congratulations also go out to Jeanne Ennen who is the new county commissioner from dist. two
Oct 29th I attended visitation for Jim Lesmeister at the funeral home and the concert by Todd green at the Maes music hall.
Oct 30th Pearl A. Anderson and I attended the birthday parties for clearance Geise at the sr. center and Jerry Schmidt at the Legion in Morris. Since Clarence never graduated from H.S. his family surprised him with a H.S. diploma and a “graduation ceremony” Earlier in the day I attended the dedication for the new habit for humanity home in Morris
Jim and Lou Eystad attended the ss adopted grandparents event at Kong on Oct 31st. After services we attended the dinner and presentation by Wayne Grunklee on setting up an endowment fund for the church.
In the aft pearl A. Anderson and I attended the Halloween party at the Donnelly hall. “Hats off” to our royalty and their families for all their hard work in putting the party on again this year and to the judges who had the very difficult job of choosing the best among all the great costumes, in my eyes they were all winners. After the party I visited with Denny Anderson at his home.
Carolyn smith and I attended the funeral for Joyce Dalager at first Lutheran in Morris on Nov 1st. Vince did a lot of wiring for us many years ago and she and my mom knew each other from their days in E.L. Later I visited my cousin bev Hurlbut at legacy living.
Andy brevig and I attended the confirmation student’s statement of faith presentations on Nov 3rd at the Kong parish hall.
Every so often I like to remind you how to get news to me call 246-3227 0r 287-1219 e-mail aendanders@runestone.net (please put Donnelly news in the subject line) regular mail 12013 county road 9 Donnelly or drop it in one of my “mail boxes” at the PO and hd & co in Donnelly or McCollar jewelry in Morris
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
elections
Election results for Donnelly: mayor Walt Biesterfeld, city council rose Athey and Zach Eystad who won by two votes showing again that every vote counts
Jeanne ennen also won her race to become a county commissioner
Jeanne ennen also won her race to become a county commissioner
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