christmas letter 2011

MORRIS MN CHRISTMAS 2011 O holy night! The stars are brightly shining; it is the night of our dear Savior’s birth. “. With the words of this familiar hymn I greet you once again with my annual Christmas letter. Weather news: 2010-2011 was memorable for having a long, cold, and snowy winter. It started with a snowstorm in early Dec, and lasted into Apr with a lot of snow and storms that kept snow removal equipment busy thought-out it. For a while it seemed like every time I was going to go someplace, I had to dig out. Thankfully I had some very kind hearted neighbors that helped me out when I needed it. Spring was slow to arrive, and when it did it was cool, and wet, so it was late before most farmers were able to get all their fields planted. My neighbors had some fields they had to leave unplanted. Abundant rains throughout the growing season helped crops along but an early frost put a quick end to the growing season. As a result crop yields were down this year. Mid July brought a spell of very hot and muggy days and nights that lasted for several weeks before finally ending. A dry fall enabled farmers to get their crops out, and fall fieldwork done by mid Oct. We are now in the midst of a drought not having had any significant moisture for many months, as of this writing we are still in a fall like mode, with only a light dusting of snow and fairly mild temps. We did get a preview of winter in mid Nov when we had about 4 “of snow but most of that quickly melted. As usual I spent a lot of time on the road again this year attending various events in the area (community celebrations, fairs, farms shows, parades, threshing shows etc.) It is something I enjoy doing, it often affords me the opportunity to see different things, and to visit with some people I do not normally see very often. The annual Donnelly threshing bee had another successful run this year, with the 12 horse pull and Don Duffner from Buxton ND bringing his triple tractor to the show. Next year’s show will be on Aug 25th and 26th and will feature Oliver. The annual ice cream social and community meal were well attended again this year. In July I took off on a mini vacation, traveling to walnut grove MN to see the wilder pageant again, as well as doing some sightseeing in the area. I stayed overnight at Sandborn, then in the a.m. traveled to Springfield MN to attend church at St. Paul’s Lutheran church, where our former pastor Luther Johnson is pastor now. I had an opportunity to visit with him and his family some after services. A few weeks later he and his family returned to Donnelly for the funeral of a mutual friend. Church news: the highlight of the year at STJ/Kong was a block party held on Aug 6th. A member of Kong raised some chickens during the summer then had them butchered and cooked. The meal also featured beans, salad, and chips with the money raised going to the food shelf. In conjunction with rally Sun, on Sept 11th, cake and ice cream was served in honor of the 135th anniversary of Kong. Other events included two ss programs at STJ and Kong, the youth helping out during Lenten services, confirmation and baccalaureate Sundays a west central word alone meeting at Kong featuring a presentation by Dorothy (Libbon) Desens, a birthday dinner, annual July 4th celebration on the 3rd, the KCLW brunch on Dec 3rd, the St J beef supper and the Kong fall festival, several joint services and of course the usual assortment of pot luck meals. The highlight of year for Good Shepherd Lutheran church of rural Morris was the dedication service of the “new” church in June. While work on remodeling of the church, and building of a fellowship hall onto the church went on during the winter, services were held at the Prairie Inn in Morris. On Palm Sunday work was completed enough for us to have our first service out there. In Apr .we voted to call Rev. Mike Hanson of Glenwood as our pastor. He accepted the call and was installed on May 22nd. He was the chaplain at the Starbuck nursing home, and Glenwood retirement village. He grew up in the Hoffman area, is married to Martha (Spohr) and they have two boys Charlie (5) and Arnie (1). She is also a pastor, and is currently serving part time at St John’s of rural Starbuck. She, Rev Norm Olsen of Starbuck, Rev Fred Jenson of Willmar, Rev Paulus Pilgrim (grandson of a former St J (Donnelly) pastor) of Hutchinson were among the many pastors who filled in until PR Mike was installed. By the time we moved into the new church, we had over 100 members. There is still more work to be done on the church and possible expansion is already being discussed. Other highlights included 4 nights of vbs, advent suppers and services, the godly women out history play, bible studies and forums after services. In Sept it was decided that we would declare the present mission of the local word alone chapter accomplished and discontinue meeting. The new mission will be to start a learning center at Good Shepherd in conjunction with the Institute of Lutheran Theology, in Brookings SD. Sessions are expected to begin in the spring. In May Bp. Dean Mthethwa from the SW MN synod’s companion synod in South Africa was the guest preacher at Faith in Morris. In June I enjoyed the homecoming concert of new wine youth group at First in Morris, the band Dakota road was in concert in May at Trinity in Cyrus. I also attended the conference assembly there in Apr. In Apr I attended the farewell open house at the Christus house for “PK”, the Lutheran campus minister who accepted a call to Northfield. In May several students who were on a mission trip to California during spring break, gave a presentation about it. I also attended the open house their during homecoming and a banquet at faith in Morris featuring Rev Jon Anderson from the SW MN synod Family news: It has been a year of change for me, and several members of my family during the past year. As the top line indicates, I am no longer living out on the farm. After several years of consultation with friends, family, my financial advisor, and others, and a lot of thought, and prayer, I made the very difficult decision to sell the farm and buy a house in Morris and move there. It was not something I really wanted to do but the time, work, cost and effort required to live out on the farm all alone just got to be too much for me. So after spending about a year looking at houses, I settled on one in Morris, finalized the sale in Sept, and started moving in. In Oct I had a moving sale on the farm selling my tractors, some furniture, and other things. I am slowing getting settled into my new house at 11 e 9th St. I miss the farm some esp. the privacy, it afforded but living in town has its advantages too. I am close to downtown so I can walk to most stores, and it is nice to have a place to rest in between events and it is also in a quiet neighborhood. I got a very good price for my land, so hopefully if I am careful, and prudent I can live comfortably the rest of my life and still enjoy a few luxuries. I had planned to take my “family” with me to Morris, but after I got here I decided to give my dog (“Duke”), up to the humane society, feeling it was not right to try and turn a country dog into a city dog. I felt he needs to be on a farm where he can run around to his heart’s content. At some point I may get myself a small dog to replace him. My cat “Buttons” is still with me keeping me company. The low point of the year occurred on Aug 21st when I returned home to find that somebody had cut the padlock off my front door, and stole a couple of computers, a printer, and monitor. Thankfully I had them insured, and most of my data backed up, but it was still a loss. I assume it happened when I went to church, somebody knew that I do that and was watching and waiting for me to leave.My new telephone # is 585-6435 cell 288-8692 e-mail aeandes@fedtel.net. I am slowly getting settled in, but still have a lot of boxes, and stuff to sort through. I am continuing to write the Donnelly news for the Morris Sun Tribune. It is a fun job, and I have received a lot of compliments about it. I am still a member of the Donnelly community club, and a board member of the Stevens county genealogical society. I am still taking medicine, and doctoring for my diabetes. There were also changes to other family members as well. My cousin Bev had to have part of her leg amputated last summer; she is now a resident of the Barrett Care center in Barrett, after the place where she was living closed up. She was in the hospital in St Cloud at the same time as my aunt Pearl, who had heart surgery. After recuperating for a while at a local nursing home, she moved into an apt at the sunrise apartments in Morris. She will be selling her house and furnishings, at an auction next spring. She is still an “Avon lady” .My cousin Elnora was involved in an auto accident in S.C., although she escaped injury, her car was totaled. Her brother Carl (Billy) and his wife Pat still live next door to her. My cousin Jan and her husband Dennis continue to live and work in Alex. Spending time going to visitations and funerals for friends and relatives is a part of life. Happier occasions are attending birthday parties, and wedding anniversary celebrations. Now may the" peace of Christ" go before you during the upcoming year. Sincerely yours; Allen and “Buttons” The Anderson’s

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Next edition Dec 24th-dec 30th Welcome to another addition of the Donnelly news remember if you are going to be gone for the holidays or the winter you can keep up on the Donnelly news via my blog donnellyminn.blogspot.com Weather news: It appears we are going to have a “brown” Christmas this year as temps have remained fairly mild during the past week St J/Kong parish news: Christmas Eve services will be held at St J at 9 pm today (sat) and Christmas day services at Kong at 10 a.m. there will also be joint services on Jan 1st at 10 am at St J GSLC News: There will be Christmas Eve services today (Sat) at 4 pm and Christmas day at 9 am at the church First Lutheran will have services at 3:30, 5:30 and 11:00 pm today (Sat) and Christmas day at 9 am Faith Lutheran will have their living naivety services at 3 and 5 pm today (sat) Assumption will have services at 3 and 5:30 pm and at 10:30 am Christmas day The Morris e Free Church will have services today at 4 pm I have just taken time to list a few of the many churches in the area that will have services this weekend please check with your local church for service times There will be a community dinner at first Lutheran on Dec 25th beginning at noon, everyone welcome free will donation UFMSB will be closed on Dec 26th close at noon on the 30th and be closed all day on the 2nd. The Donnelly co-op will be closed on Dec 26th and Jan 2nd I did not get time to check on what other business will be doing this weekend and next. I have learned that there will be no funeral services for Elder Carol Best just a private burial service for the family. Margaret C.”Margie" Wagner, 92, of Kansas City, KS, formerly of the Donnelly area passed away Monday, December 19, 2011. She was preceded in death by her brothers’ don and Les Huebner Congratulations to the new officers of the rendsville 4-h Rebekah Aanerud president, Jacob Speer VP, savannah Aanerud sec and Shannon kill reporter Congratulations to Cork Loge who was recognized for 25 years of service at Morris elementary school Congratulations to Chandler Erickson; who was named to the west central tribune’s, all area third fb team. He and Brady Bahr were also members of the Morris bb team that won the case ih innovational tournament held in Benson last weekend. Congratulations to the Hancock Owl vb team that won the pheasant conf title, Tara Flatten is a member of that team and was named honorable mention on the all conf title. On Dec 15th I attended the open houses at the UMFSB and Riverwood bank and on the 16th at Bremer bank. On Dec 15th the ss co gen soc. had an informal meeting to reminisce some about our former member Jean Peterson. After the meeting I traveled to Elbow Lake to see the cp holiday train and took in some of the open houses afterwards. En route I stopped by the Barrett Care center to visit my cousin Bev Hurbult. I also stopped by the funeral home for Jean’s visitation. Jerry and Joan Kopeck and I were among those who attended her funeral at Assumption on the 16th. Every so often when I am downtown I stop into McCollar Jewelry to visit with Wally. When I did that on the 17th he told me that Jim Whineries the former owner of the corner café in Donnelly had stopped by for a visit, his daughter has a restaurant in the cities and is very busy. A good crowd of family members and others attended the ss program at St J on Dec 18th. En route to a business meeting in Elbow Lake on Dec 21st I stopped at the Barrett care center to wish my cousin Bev Hurlbut and Esther Cline “Merry Christmas” I promised Esther I would say “hi” to all her friends in Donnelly. In the eve Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the supper and ss program at gslc, “Hats off” to the gslc teachers and staff; for putting together a great ss program For those of you who forgot to copy my new contact info down or misplaced it is 11 e 9th St. Morris MN 56267 585-6435 aeanders@fedtel.net. If you so stop by please ring the doorbell on the west door, that one will ring back in my office. I cannot say stop by for a cup of coffee because I am not a coffee drinker MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ME AND MY “FAMILY” TO YOU AND YORUS

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.Next edition Dec 17th-23rd Welcome to another addition of the Donnelly news remember if you are going to be gone for the holidays or the winter you can keep up on the Donnelly news via my blog donnellyminn.blogspot.com Weather news: after a weekend of unseasonably warm temps they have become more seasonal this week but they continue to remain fairly mild and there is still no snow. St J/Kong parish news: Christmas schedule for the parish: ss program Dec 18 at ST J @ 2 pm; repeated at Kong on the 22nd @ 7 pm, lunch follows both programs. Christmas Eve services will be held at St J at 9 pm and Christmas day services at Kong at 10 a.m. GSLC News: On Dec 21st there will be supper at 5:45 pm followed by the SS program with lunch to follow the program. Note this is a change from what was announced earlier. In place of the ss program on Dec 18th Josh Fisher will hold a forum on the use of the deliberator located in the church There will be services on Christmas Eve at 4 pm and Christmas day at 9 am at the church First Lutheran will have services at 3:30, 5:30 and 11:00 pm There will be a community dinner at first Lutheran on Dec 25th beginning at noon, everyone welcome free will donation. Funeral services for former Donnelly area resident Gloria Buntje will be on Dec 17th at 11 am at St Paul’s Lutheran church in Morris Funeral services for Elda Carol Best of AZ are still pending. Jody K. Sundlee of Alexandria passed away on Dec 6th. She is a distant relative of mine her parents were the late Palmar and Blossom Anderson Wally McCollar informs me that Hugo Halpert of Surprise AZ passed away recently. Survivors include his wife Ruth ((Stambaugh) formerly of the Donnelly area. Jean Peterson of Morris passed away on Dec 11th. Survivors include her son in law Mark (Mary) Ness. Many of you will remember her as the librarian in the Morris school dist. for many years Congratulations to MaKenzie Smith who was named MVP of the Morris-c-a girls cc team The Morris bpa chapter collected about 1600 lbs. of food and $3,000 for the st. co food shelf. Sydney Beyer is a member of that chapter. Congratulations to Elroy and Lorraine Frank who recently celebrated their silver wedding anniversary. Congratulations to the following that were named “students of the quarter” at MAHS: Riley Biesterfield (freshman-citizenship) and Kaitlin Van horn (senior -citizenship) Ellen Wilts (“the spicy lady”) was one of the vendors at the cookie factory at faith Lutheran in Morris on Dec 10. In the aft a good crowd was on hand for the community dinner at the Donnelly hall and many kids climbed onto Santa’s lap to tell him what they wanted for Christmas. After dinner I travel to Hoffman where I stopped in to visit Elroy Frank in his new computer shop on main St. I also stopped into the community center for the festival or the trees. In the eve a good crowd was on hand to help Irene Strand celebrate her 80th birthday. Thanks to the threshing bee royalty who along with their families put a lot of time work and effort into decorating the hall again this year and made it look very festive on Sat. They also helped serve the dinner and served as Santa’s helpers during his visit. Special thanks to the community club officers and their families who helped to prepare and serve the delicious dinner. Thanks also to the Dfd for giving Santa a ride into town in the fire truck due to lack of snow he had to leave his reindeer at the North Pole. Rev Mark Richardson of the Augustana dist. of the Lcmc was the guest speaker at worship services at gs on Dec 11 and afterwards gave a very informative talk on the Augustana dist. In the aft Joan and John Kopeck were among those who attended the Christmas sing a long at St J. In the eve Rose Uhden and I were among those who attended the concert at the UMM HFA Dec 12th I attended the open house at the prairie trailer in Morris and on the 14th the open house at the fed tel office in Morris. In the eve Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the supper and advent services at gslc.

.Next edition Dec 10th-16th Welcome to another addition of the Donnelly news When traveling through Donnelly be sure to make note of upcoming events posted on the community board. Weather news so far winter has held off but waking up to snow on the ground and -0 temps reminds us that it is lurking in the background. St J/Kong parish news: There will be a Christmas carol sing a long on Dec 11th at 3 pm at St J. The Luther League will be going Christmas Caroling earlier in the day (12:45 pm) The 7 & 8th grade confirmation classes in conjunction with Dakota ranch are again selling jars of honey. If you wish to buy one contact a member of the class or the parish office for details, the honey will be shipped directly to person you chose The parish will once again be sponsoring a hat and mitten tree for the SA northern division. Items needed are hats, mittens, scarves, games puzzles etc. contact the parish office for a full list. The deadline is Dec 13th The church council meetings will on Dec 15th at St J joint council meets at 7 pm followed by individual councils. Please note change of date Christmas schedule for the parish: ss program Dec 18 at ST J @ 2 pm; repeated at Kong on the 22nd @ 7pm, lunch follows both programs. Christmas Eve services will be held at St J at 9 pm and Christmas day services at Kong at 10 a.m. GSLC News: there will supper (5:45 pm) and an advent service on Dec 14th. On Dec 21st there will be supper at 5:45 pm followed by the SS program with lunch to follow the program. Note this is a change from what was announcer earlier. There will be a guest speaker at gs on Dec 11th followed by a forum. In place of the ss program on Dec 18th Josh Fisher will hold a forum on the use of the defibrillator located in the church First Faithful bell choir joins concert pianist Luke Fiskness for a charity Christmas concert on Dec 11th at 6:30 pm at the hfa recital hall on the umm campus. Freewill offering for someplace safe and food shelf light refreshments served. This event is sponsored by the Stevens county Thrivent chapter. For more info call 589-1731 The red hatters will also have their annual Christmas party on Dec 12 @ 1 pm at Hazel Asmus home in Herman pot luck lunch drink provided. There will be an open house 80th birthday party for Irene Strand (today) Saturday, from 4 ‘til when the cows come home at the American Legion in Morris. The open house baby shower for Michelle and Ethan Sperr, that was originally scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 26, has been re-scheduled to today (Saturday), at Don and Tamela Sperr’s home in Morris from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Santa will be in town today (sat) arriving at the Donnelly Hall about 1 pm so be sure to come visit him and bring your list The Donnelly branch of the UFMSB will reopen in Jan on Tuesdays and Fridays. There will be an open house at the Chokio and Morris branches on Dec 15th. The cp holiday train will be in Elbow Lake on Dec 15th freewill donation to the food shelf. If there is enough interest the Donnelly fire dept. will be holding a CPR class in the future. If interested call 246-3316 or talk to any member of the rescue squad or fire dept. Remember you never know where you might need to use the skills you learn there Funeral services for former Donnelly area resident Gloria Buntje will be on Dec 17th at 11 am at St Paul’s Lutheran church in Morris Funeral services for Elda Carol Best of AZ are still pending. Bob Vipond of Battle Lake MN passed away on Dec 3rd. Survivors include his nephews Doug and Kevin (Monica) Gulbrandson and their families Congratulations to Carly Gullickson who recently received the tiger award in tennis at the Lion’s award banquet Nov 26th I visited Ruth Strand in her home. Later a good crowd was on hand to help Arven Graff celebrate his 80th birthday at the Prairie Inn Dec 2nd I stopped at the WWV to say “hi” to some of the residents there Dec 3rd several of us attended the KCLW brunch at Kong later Jim and Lou Eystad were among those who helped out at sr. center bazaar and Bernice Erdahl was among those who helped out at the museum open house. In the aft I traveled to Marietta for the funeral of Howard Graff at Augusta Lutheran Church. He was my third cousin Dec 4th Bruce and Linda Flatten and I were among those who enjoyed the Messiah concert at UMM, later Craig and Henning Awsumb were among the good crowd at Pederson funeral home’s “a time to remember” Dec 5th Pat Smith and I were among those who attended the visitation for Gerald Loher at Assumption; Don and Bonnie Gieselman were among those of us who attended his funeral at the church on Dec 6th. Enroute home from a business trip to E.L. on Dec 7th I stopped at the Barrett Care Center to visit Esther Cline. She is doing much better; she said Ken is now living out in Washington. My cousin Bev Hurlbult is also at the care center. In the eve Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the advents services at GSLC

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Welcome to another addition of the Donnelly news Weather news temps have moderated some in the past week and much of the snow we had has melted, while we did have some flurries on Sat am and as I am writing this wed eve. St J/Kong parish news: the KCLW brunch will be held at 9:30 am today (Sat) at Kong, families are welcome to attend. The ST J welca Christmas party will be held on Dec 6th at 1:30 pm There will be a Christmas carol sing a long on Dec 11 at 3 pm at St J. a time of fellowship and light lunch will follow The parish will be collecting nonperishable food items for the food shelf during the month of Nov. carts are located in the narthex of both churches for you to drop your items off or you may also make a cash donation and put it in the offering plate or mail or drop it off at the parish office. The 7 & 8th grade confirmation classes in conjunction with Dakota ranch are again selling jars of honey. If you wish to buy one contact a member of the class or the parish office for details, the honey will be shipped directly to person you chose The parish will once again be sponsoring a hat and mitten tree for the SA northern division. Items needed are hats, mittens, scarves, games puzzles etc. contact the parish office for a full list. The deadline is Dec 13th The church council meetings will on Dec 15th at St J joint council meets at 7 pm followed by individual councils. Please note change of date Christmas schedule for the parish: ss program Dec 18 at ST J @ 2 pm; repeated at Kong on the 22nd @ 7pm, lunch follows both programs. Christmas Eve services will be held at St J at 9 pm and Christmas day services at Kong at 10 a.m. GSLC News: Advent services will be held at the church beginning with a supper at 5:45 pm and services at 7 pm will continue through Dec 21st. Christmas schedule for GS: The date of the ss program has been changed from Sun Dec 18th to Wed the 21st which is the final advent service. Christmas Eve services will be held at 4 pm; Christmas day services will be at 9 a.m. There will be a poinsettia garden at the church this year cost $12 there is a signup sheet in the church to buy in memory or honor of somebody call 589-1130 Faith Lutheran church in Morris is looking for animals for their living nativity services on Christmas Eve contact the church at 589-2970 “A time to remember” will be held at the Pedersen funeral home on Dec 4th at 4 pm First Faithful bell choir joins concert pianist Luke Fiskness for a charity Christmas concert on Dec 11th at 6:30 pm at the hfa recital hall on the umm campus. Freewill offering for someplace safe and food shelf light refreshments served. This event is sponsored by the Stevens county Thrivent chapter. For more info call 589-1731 The red hatters will also have their annual Christmas party on Dec 12 @ 1 pm at Hazel Asmus home in Herman pot luck lunch drink provided. The st co republicans will have a meeting on Dec 5th at 6:15 pm at Detoy’s in Morris, optional meal and informal discussion beforehand. The st co historical soc will have their annual holiday open house at the museum and The Morris sr. citizens will have their annual bazar at the sr. center. Both events begin at 9 am today (Sat). There will be an open house 80th birthday party for Irene Strand on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 4 ‘til when the cows come home at the American Legion in Morris. The open house baby shower for Michelle and Ethan Sperr, that was originally scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 26, has been re-scheduled to Saturday, Dec. 10, at Don and Tamela Sperr’s home in Morris from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. If there is enough interest the Donnelly fire dept. will be holding a CPR class in the future. If interested call 246-3316 or talk to any member of the rescue squad or fire dept. Remember you never know where you might need to use the skills you learn there Funeral services for former Donnelly area resident Gloria Buntje will be on Dec 17th at 11 am at St Paul’s Lutheran church in Morris Kenneth Volker of Hoffman passed away recently his funeral is December 2, at 11:00 a.m., with visitation one hour prior to service at: Washburn-McReavy, Glen Haven Chapel, 5125 W. Broadway, Crystal, MN, survivors include his cousin Verle (Della) Dunn of Donnelly and his family. Elda Carol Best of AZ passed away recently, funeral services for her are pending. Survivors include her step mother Virene Olson; she was preceded in death by her parents Chester and Edna Olson Gerald Loher passed awath, his funeral will be held at Assumption Catholic church in Morris on Dec 6th at 10:30 am. Survivors include his son Jerry (Jody) Loher Jr. of Donnelly and their family Congratulations to the c-a Jr. high knowledge team that won 2nd place at their recent meet; Brooke Gillespie is a member of that team Vedar Harstad stopped by my home for a visit on Nov 25th. Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended thanksgiving eve services at gs on Nov 23rd regular services on the 27th and advent services on the 30th. We also attended the sing a long at Eden Reformed church in Herman in the eve of the 27th. After the sing a long I visited with Selma Bruse at her apt in the Pullman house in Herman. Also on the afternoon of the 27th Pearl A. Anderson and I attended the open house at Unger’s in Morris. A reminder that today is the final day to request a bid package for my farm; bids are due in my attorneys’ office on Dec 5th. Today is also the last day to buy anything on my farm or at my yard sale. Call me at 585-6435 or 288-8692 if interested in anything

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.Next edition Nov 26th-Dec 2nd Welcome to another addition of the Donnelly news Weather news Mother Nature gave us a sneak peek of what is to come on sat when we had several inches of snow accompanied by some strong winds that made travel difficult. Temps warmed up some on Sun and roads were much better. St J/Kong parish news: There will be no ss on Nov 27th it will resume on Dec 4th The parish will be collecting nonperishable food items for the food shelf during the month of Nov. carts are located in the narthex of both churches for you to drop your items off or you may also make a cash donation and put it in the offering plate or mail or drop it off at the parish office. The 7 & 8th grade confirmation classes in conjunction with Dakota ranch are again selling jars of honey. If you wish to buy one contact a member of the class or the parish office for details, the honey will be shipped directly to person you chose The parish will once again be sponsoring a hat and mitten tree for the SA northern division. Items needed are hats mittens, scarves games puzzles etc. contact the parish office for a full list. The deadline is Dec 13th GSLC News: there will be no more adult forums or bible studies until next year Advent services will be held at the church beginning with a supper at 5:45 pm and services at 7 pm beginning Nov 30th and continuing through Dec 21st. Callan Charles Erickson (Adam and Katie) was baptized at Kong on Nov 20th. His sponsors were Dan Erickson, Amy Bratten and Shawn and Julie Petersen There will a Christmas sing a long at the Eden Reformed church in Herman on Nov 27th at 6 pm. Sonny Bartell asked me to encourage more people from the Donnelly area to attend. There will be an open house 80th birthday for Arven Graff at the prairie Inn of Morris on Nov 26th from 1-3 pm. Everyone welcome no gifts please. A time to remember will be held at the Pedersen funeral home on sun Dec 4th at 4 pm There will be an open house baby shower for Ethan Charles Sperr, son of Adam and Michelle (Horning) Sperr Saturday, Nov. 26, 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Don and Tamela Sperr’s home, 46592 208th St., Morris (far end of 7th st).Addition: His great grandparents are Paul and Betty Sperr, Carolgene and Ed Wolf-Matthiesen of Ypsilanti, N.D., and Roger and Nancy Horning of Chokio and Lavonne Anderson of Yuma AZ. Help the family of Jan and Roland Greiner celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, Nov. 25, by showering them with cards sent to their Donnelly address (13842 st hy 9) The red hatters will meet at a place to be in Donnelly on Dec 5th at 1 pm, the city council and Rendsville 4-h will meet at city hall and the fire hall @ 7pm. The red hatters will also have their annual Christmas party on Dec 12 @ 1 pm at Hazel Asmus home in Herman pot luck lunch drink provided. The st co republicans will have a meeting on Dec 5th at 6:15 pm at Detoy’s in Morris On Dec 3rd the st co historical soc will have their annual holiday open house at the museum and The Morris sr. citizens will have their annual bazar at the sr. center. Both events begin at 9 am Naomi Jean Lesmeister was born October 21, to Nick and Tabatha Lesmeister of Tyler, Texas. Grandparents are Jerry and Jane Lesmeister, Morris, and the late Jeanne Lesmeister, Jim and Tammy Anderson of Tyler, Texas. Great-grandparents are LaVerna Lesmeister of Morris and the late Jim Lesmeister, Shirley Anderson of Donnelly and the late Richard Anderson and George and Ione Gray of Jamestown, N.D. Gloria Buntje of Ivanhoe formerly of Donnelly passed away on Nov 19th. She was a tel operator in Donnelly in the mid 40’s. Funeral services are pending Congratulations to Brad and Brooke Gillespie and Chandler Erickson who made the honor roll at C-A H.S. and to Tara Flaten who did the same at Hancock H.S. Pearl A. Anderson and I attended the holiday open house at Willie’s sv on Nov 17th, later Wally McCollar and I, were among those who enjoyed the music of umm choir concert at cc mall. In the eve the threshing bee royalty were among those who participated in the parade of lights. UFMSB was one of the winners in the parade. The Donnelly hall was packed with bingo players on Nov 18th, local business and individuals graciously donated over 120 turkeys for the occasion. It was also an opportunity to showcase the new tables purchased by the Donnelly rod and gun club. Thanks to them for doing that. Chester Larson won the grand prize. Geo and Shirley Libbon and I were among those who braved the roads and weather to attend the memorial service for Verna Rinkenberger at our Savior’s Lutheran church in Chokio on Non 19th. Many of you will remember that she spent over 50 years exhibiting in almost every category open to her in the garden and crop division of open class at various fairs. At the memorial gathering I said I still think of her every summer when I go into the open class buildings at area fairs and they have not been the same since her health no longer permitted her to do that. Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the new member sun services at gslc on Nov 20th and later the fall festival at Kong, on Nov 22nd I visited Denny Anderson at his home in Donnelly My farmland is now officially for sale; please see the ad in this week’s paper for more info. Since the weather put a damper on my plans to continue my yard sale on sat I am going to plan to be around for a while this aft (sat)to continue it and leave things up for another week or. Call me at 585-6435 or 288-8692 if you are interested in seeing any items here or out to the farm

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.Next edition Nov 19-25th Welcome to another addition of the Donnelly news. Due to the thanksgiving holiday I have an early deadline next week wed at 1 pm so please keep that in mind if you have news for me. I will check my boxes on Tue. aft Since this is thanksgiving week I want to say “mange takk” (many thanks) to all my loyal readers out there that have made my column a successful one over the past several years. Weather news: a few snow flurries in the air on the 15th are a reminder that old man winter is just biding his time before arriving here. With the exception of the 11th which was a really nice day most days have been fall like with cool temps and some cold winds St J/Kong parish news: The Kong fall festival will be held Nov 20th beginning at 11 am at the church (3 miles north of Donnelly) the menu will feature pork chops, hot dishes, and salad. There will also be baked goods for sale including lefsa as well as various raffle items ranging from cash to homemade items, if you want a ticket talk to me or somebody from the church. The parish will be collecting nonperishable food items for the food shelf during the month of Nov. carts are located in the narthex of both churches for you to drop your items off or you may also make a cash donation and put it in the offering plate or mail or drop it off at the parish office. Thanksgiving eve services will be held on Nov 23rd at Kong at 7pm with fellowship to follow GSLC News: New member Sun will be Nov 20th. Following services there will a forum on the Augustana dist. of the Lcmc. Due to preparations for children's ss program this will be the last forum or bible study until Jan. There will also be thanksgiving eve services at gs on Nov 23rd at 7 PM Advent services will be held at the church beginning with a supper at 5:45 pm and services at 7 pm beginning Nov 30th and continuing through Dec 21st. World Mission mart will be held at the federated church in Morris today (Sat) beginning at 9 a.m. There will a Christmas sing a long at the Eden Reformed church in Herman on Nov 27th at 6 pm. Sonny Bartell asked me to encourage more people from the Donnelly area to attend. The Morris E Free Church will be a relay center for the Operation Christmas Child Program (Samaritan’s purse) through Nov 20th. For more info contact the church at 589-2808 There will be a community thanksgiving meal served at the um church in Herman on Nov 24th from noon-1 pm, Freewill donation. The money will be given to the grant co food shelf. For home deliveries or to rsvp call 677-3374 Most Donnelly business will be closed on Thanksgiving Day check with individual businesses for what their schedule will be for the weekend The Don and Tammy Sperr home of Morris will be one of the homes featured in the Morris post prom tour of homes will be held today (Sat) from 1-5 pm, tickets can be purchased at any of the homes. There will be an open house 80th birthday for Arven Graff at the prairie Inn of Morris on Nov 26th from 1-3 pm. Everyone welcome no gifts please Due to the retirement of Gail Kloos the Donnelly branch of the ufmsb will be closed until further notice. Lillian Moen of Glenwood passed away on Oct 22nd; family members that survive her include her daughter Judy (Glen) Henrichs and their family Braeden Lee Huebner was born on November 1, 2011 at Stevens Community Medical Center, Morris, to Brent and Jackie Huebner of Morris. Grandparents are Gary and Karen Huebner of Elbow Lake and Karen and Joel Vold of Hallock and Mark and Natalie Otterson of Warroad. Ava Karisue Gramith was born on October 27, 2011 at Stevens Community Medical Center in Morris, to Matthew and Alisha Gramith of Morris. Grandparents are Ron and Sue Wevley from Donnelly and John and Kari Gramith of Norwood Young America. Great grandparents are Esther Wevley and Elizabeth Ascheman from Morris. Ethan Charles Sperr was born to Adam and Michelle Sperr on Nov 2nd. Grandparents are Don and Tammy Sperr of Morris and Tom and Pearl Horning of Chokio, great-grandparents are Paul and Betty Sperr of Donnelly, , Carolgene Wolf, of Ypsilanti ND,. LaVonne Anderson of Yuma AZ. There will be an open house baby shower for Ethan on Saturday, Nov. 26, 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Don and Tamela Sperr's home. 46592 208th St., Morris (far end of 7th St). Congratulations to Micah Aanerud who was recently elected as junior president of the stampede 4-h club After the Corey funeral on Nov 4th I stopped up to the Pullman house to visit with Selma Bruse in her apt. there Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the first business meeting of gslc on Nov 10th. Lavone Kloos and I were among those who attended the community meal at the sr. center on Nov 14th. On the 15th Dan and Lavonne Kloos and I were among those who attended the Thrivent seminar at the old # 1 in Morris. Jerry and Joan Kopacek attended the VFW auxiliary meeting there in the aft. My farmland is now officially for sale; please see the ad in this week’s paper for more info. I am also going to continue my yard sale at my house here in town for about another week or so as well as my moving sale out on the farm. Call me at 585-6435 or 288-8692 if you are interested in seeing the items at either place

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.Next edition Nov 12-19th Welcome to another addition of the Donnelly news Please remember that if you planning on putting news in one of my "mailboxes" please do so by Tue eve. I would prefer that you get news to me via other means (e-mail, phone, mail etc.) by then too but I will accept any news until mid-aft Thur. Weather news: Most days during the past week have been sunny with fairly mild temps but some cold winds are a reminder of what is to come. Most farmers in the area are done for the year. I talked to a former neighbor last night and he said the crop yields were “fair” this year. St J/Kong parish news: there will be a lefsa making day today (sat) at 9 am at Kong in preparation for the fall festival on Nov 20th where they will be sold. The festival will feature hot dishes and salad and will start at 11 am. There will also be baked goods for sale as well as various raffle items ranging from cash to homemade items, if you want a ticket talk to me or somebody from the church. Reclaim worship with Holy Communion will be held on Nov 13th at both churches. The parish will colleting nonperishable food items for the food shelf during the month of Nov. carts are located in the narthex of both churches for you to drop your items off or you may also make a cash donation. Thanksgiving eve services will be held on Nov 23rd at Kong with fellowship to follow GSLC News: The first ever business meeting of the church will be held on Nov 13th following worship services with a pot luck dinner to follow. New member Sun will be Nov 20th, following services there will a forum on the Augustana dist. of the Lcmc. Due to preparations for children's ss program this will be the last forum or bible study until Jan. There will also be services at gs on Nov 23rd at 7 PM World Mission mart will be held at federated church on Nov 19th beginning at 9 am Dfd turkey bingo will be held on Nov 18th at the town hall beginning at 7 PM Due to the retirement of Gail Kloos the Donnelly branch of the ufmsb will be closed until further notice. Fred Kill of Morris passed away on Oct 31st among the family members that survive him are a nephew Ray (Betty) Kill and their family of Donnelly. They and I were among the family and friends who attended his visitation at the funeral home on Nov 4th. Adolph Long of Morris formerly of the Donnelly area passed away on Nov 5th. Lowell and Sandy Dunn and I were among the many family and friends who attended his visitation at the Pedersen funeral home on Nov 8th. Alvin Rathke of Hoffman passed away on Nov 9th; among the family members that survive him. Is his son Warren (Delores) Rathke and their family Kaden John Wilkinson was born on September 13, 2011 in Fargo, N. D. to Jerad and MaryBeth Wilkinson. Grandparents are Rob and Kathy Kopel of Donnelly and John and Lorna Wilkinson. Congratulations to c-a junior high knowledge bowl that ties for first at a meet in Fergus recently. Brooke Gillespie is a member of that team The St co Gen society had their last meeting of the year on Nov 3rd at the library. We decided to buy and donate the book "life in the U.S. military" by Don Koffman to the library in memory of Fred Kill. His wife Helen is our VP Jack Fuchs and I were among the overflow crowd that filled Bethel Lutheran and its basement for the memorial service for Milt Corey on Nov 4th The computer lab at the Briggs library at umm was full on Nov 5th for the genealogical workshop on anscetory.com and familytree.com led by Peter Bremer. Andy Brevig and I were among those attended the St co rep meeting at Detoy's on Nov 7th. The next meeting is scheduled for Dec 5th. It was decided that we would hold our precinct caucuses at the Legion next year a reminder that I am having a yard sale today (sat) beginning at 9 am at my home in Morris at 11 e 9th St (in back of the Morris co-op feed shed) see the ad in last week’s paper for details I also still have some items (farmhand loader, appliances etc.) for sale out on the farm if interested give me a call at 585-6435 or 288-8692

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Next edition: Nov 5th-11th Welcome to another version of the Donnelly news. This week’s edition is dedicated to the memory of my Dad who passed away Oct 31, 2006 and my aunt Mabel Van Olst who passed away on Nov 10 2002 Weather news: cool cloudy weather means that fall is definitely here. As expected fall harvest and fieldwork is pretty much done for the year around here a few farmers are still out doing some ditching. tiling and other odd jobs STJ/KONG parish news: St J will have their beef supper on Nov 8th beginning at 4:30 pm. tickets will be available at the door no advance sales this year. The Kong fall festival will be held on Nov 20th, with a lefse making day on Nov 12th at 9 am. The Nov newsletter is now out; extra copies are available in the narthex of both churches Kong has choir gowns to give away if interested contact the parish office During Nov the parish will be collecting nonperishable food for the st co food shelf GSLC news: the first ever business meeting of the church will be held on Nov 13 following services with a potluck dinner to follow Faith Lutheran will have a meatball supper on Nov 9th at the church The Morris life care center will have an Italian dinner and silent auction on Nov 6th at the Assumption Catholic Church beginning at 4:30 pm free will donation The dfd annual turkey bingo will be held on Nov 18th at the town hall beginning at 7 pm The bank and the po will be closed on Nov 11th due to Veteran’s day. There will be an open house baby shower of Callan Erickson son of Adam and Katie Erickson will be held today (sat) at the Morris sr. center from 1-3 pm The ducks unlimited banquet will be held on Nov 16th at the armory in Morris beginning at 6 pm for tickets and more info call Doug cardwell at 246-3293 Lillian K. Pariseau, Altoona, Wis. Formerly of Donnelly passed away on Oct 27th, among the family members that survive her are her sisters Evelyn Kopel and Lou (Eddie) Kopel of Donnelly and their families. Committal services were held at St Theresia’s cemetery in Donnelly on Nov 2nd with lunch afterwards at the Eddie and Lou Kopel farm. Milton Corey of Herman passed away on Oct 31st. among the family members that survive him are his step grandson Nick (Laura) Lehman and their family. He and his family have raised Belgian horses and they have been a fixture in the threshing bee and other area parades for some 35 years. Congratulations to MaKenzie Smith who earned a trip to the state cc meet by finishing 5th in the girls section 6A meet. She will be competing in the meet today (Sat). Congratulations to the Chris Athey sb team that finished 2nd in the tri county traveling sb league. Members of that team include Chris Athey, Alex Erickson, Justin and Paul Daly and Luke Schmiesing. Congratulations to Barry Erdahl who was the winner of pork bundle from KMRS Oct 26th I visited my aunt Pearl A. Anderson in her apt in Morris. Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the forum on the new reclaim hymnal led by PR Norm Olsen at gslc on Oct 30th. Corrine Kruize and I attended the genealogy workshop at the schs on Oct 29th, later I travelled to Hancock for the expo sponsored by the Spanish club. Due to an unexpected last minute commitment I was late getting to Donnelly on Oct 31st, by then the Halloween party was pretty much over. However I could tell that the threshing bee royalty and their families had again put a lot of time, work, and effort into organizing and putting it on so a big thank you goes out to them for doing that. Steve Fults and I attended the "your government, your taxes" forum at the sr. center in Morris on Nov 1st. Henning and Craig Awsumb and I were among the many from the area that attended the lutefisk supper at First Lutheran on Nov 2nd. It was very good. Many people still talk about the ones we used to have out at Kong at our peak we were serving about 1500 people that came from many miles away to attend it. A reminder on how you can get news to me call me 585-6435; 288-8692 e-mail aeanders@fedtel.net (please put Donnelly news in the subject line) snail mail 11 e 9th st Morris MN or in my boxes at the po & HD & co in Donnelly and McCollar Jewelry in Morris. I have also mounted a letter holder on the west side of my house that you can put news in. I do plan to travel to Donnelly every week to check my boxes In an effort to get rid of more stuff I am going to have a yard sale on Nov 12th at my place here in Morris see the ad in this week’s paper for more info

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Next edition: Oct 29th- Nov 4th Welcome to another version of the Donnelly news. Weather news; A few mornings of waking up with “frost on the pumpkin” and some cool days reminds us that fall has arrived. I suspect that by the time you read this most of the farmers in the area will have had all their crops picked and fall fieldwork done. STJ/KONG PARISH News: There will be joint services at Kong on Oct 30th at 11 am with the ss kids singing. St J beef supper will held on Nov 8th at the church beginning at 4:30 pm. GSLC news: Services are at 9 am followed by coffee hour. SS is at 10:30 and while the kids are in ss the adults have bible study in the sanctuary. First Lutheran of Morris will have a Scandinavian supper and silent auction on Nov 2 from 4-7 pm. Advance sale tickets are available at the church office Faith Lutheran will have a meatball supper on Nov 9th at the church The community Halloween party will be held on Oct 31st at the Donnelly hall beginning with games at 5:30 costume judging at 6 pm. Light lunch to follow everyone welcome for info call 246-3451 The st co gen soc will meet on Nov 3rd at 1:30 pm at the library. The Morris life care center will have an Italian dinner and silent auction on Nov 5th at the Assumption Catholic Church beginning at 4:30 pm free will donation Harriet Schwartz, of Alexandria formerly of Donnelly passed away on Oct 15th. Survivors include a grandson Greg (Naomi) Fynboh and their family of Donnelly Vern Eystad of Fergus Falls passed away on Oct 19th, survivors include his nephews’ Jamey (Kathy) Eystad; Lee (Duke) (Donna) Eystad and Robert (Bernie) and their families of Donnelly and a brother in law Don Bahr of Morris. He and his family like his brother Melvin and his family were also cattle truckers and when the Eystad family in Donnelly quit hauling cattle he took over their territory and when we quit the cattle business they were the ones that hauled them away. Roger Andersen of Garrison MN passed away on Sept 23rd. Survivors include his sister Barb (Lowell) Simpson and their family I received word last week that my mom’s cousin Dr. Harvey Larson of Bozeman MT passed away on Oct 18th. Andrew Huntley was born on May 2nd in Alex to Bret and Heidi Huntely; grandparents are Ken and Connie Wohlers Conner Daniel Werk was born on July 9th to Craig and Laura werk of Fargo, grandparents are Ken and Diane Werk Congratulations to McKenzie Smith who as a member of the mahs girls cc team finished 2nd at the Monte meet and won the girls meet at Benson as well as the wcc-south championship race. Congratulations to Ray and Tracy Nohl who recently won the regional MVP award from mycogen seeds Congratulations to the Morris FFA marketing team that earned a trip to the national FFA convention, Beth Holland is a member of that team. Congratulations to Samantha Larson who was chosen as junior attendant in the h-n homecoming court Congratulations to the Alberta wildlife trapshooting team that won the league championship at the 9-f sportsman club. Jim Neal is a member of that team. He, Gary and Ryan Smith were recognized for shooting 25 straight, Ryan was also recognized for shooting 50 straight Congratulations to the Morris area chapter of the bpa that recently earned a trip to wash dc for their presentation on teens and driving. Sydney Beyer is a member of that team Sami Searle, Rebekah and savannah Aanerud recently competed in the state 4-h horse show sept 16-19th and came home with a “boatload” of ribbons. Sami also won many ribbons at the reichert celebration horse show in Fort Worth TX on sept 8-11th. They are also members of the stampede 4-h club that won the community pride award and finished second in the window display. They are also members of the Rendsville 4-h club which finished runner up as club of the year. Many members of that club won awards at the 4-h awards show held at the wcroc auditorium on Oct. 8th too numerous to mention here. Details can be found in the Oct. 15th edition of the Morris s-t A good crowd was on hand on Oct 21st at Faith Lutheran in Morris for the LCM banquet. Oct 22nd I stopped into LL to visit my cousin Bev Hurlbult, on Oct 25th I visited some friends at the wwv. Oct 9th a good crowd was on hand for the Thrivent event at Faith. Wayne Grunklee and Alan Saugstad presented an update on Thrivent choice after lunch we enjoyed the comedy duo of the preacher and the teacher. Mark Koepke asked me to share the following address for his step brother bob Robert and Sondra Koepke---333 Alison Daphne circle--Orlando, Florida. 32833. Phone--407---568—9142 For various reasons I am still in possession of my property and therefore still running my moving sale for at least a few more days as I still have things I would like to get rid of. If you have not had an opportunity to get out to place and look around and would like to, give me a call at 585-6435 or 288-8692 and I will meet you out to my farm. I am getting used to living in town and playing catch up with everything that has been neglected in the past few weeks. My mail is also starting to arrive at my new address.

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Next edition: Oct 22nd-28th Welcome to another version of the Donnelly news. Weather news; the weather during the past week has been more fall like with some cool temps and cold winds. Most of the corn fields in the area have been harvested and many have also been worked up for the year. STJ/KONG PARISH News: the confirmation servant event of collecting clothes for churches united in Morehead will continue until Oct 29th. They are accepting clothing, towels sheets and blankets (do not need to be new) as well as new personal care items. They are also collecting non -perishable food items and financial donations for the Salvation Army. You may drop your items off at the parish office labeled for them. There will be joint services at Kong on Oct 30th at 11 am with the ss kids singing. GSLC news: Services are at 9 am followed by coffee hour. SS is at 10:30 and while the kids are in ss the adults have bible study in the sanctuary. First Lutheran of Morris will have a Scandinavian supper and silent auction on Nov 2 from 4-7 pm. Advance sale tickets are available at the church office The st co gen soc will meet on Nov 3rd at 1:30 pm at the library. The community Halloween party will be held on Oct 31st at the Donnelly hall beginning with games at 5:30 costume judging at 6 pm. Light lunch to follow everyone welcome for info call 246-3451 An overflow crowd of friends and family were among those of us who attended the memorial service for John “Jack” Kleinhans on Oct 14 at St J. That eve many of us from the area attended the visitation for Irene Kill at the funeral home Walt Biesterfeld and I were among those who attended the meeting of the Morris area school board at the Donnelly hall on Oct 17th. Nathan Gerald Olson and Olivia Elaine Olson were born on July 25, 2011 at Albany to Tim and Shannon Olson of Albany. Grandparents are Jerry and Fran Altrich of Donnelly and Allen and Joyce Olson of Donnelly. Ron Wooldridge of Morris passed away on Oct 15th; among the family members that survive him are a sister Corrine Flatten and her family Josh Erdahl and Kayla Harstad were married on Oct 8th His parents are Steve and Sue Erdahl -Nelson grandmother is Bernice Erdahl her father is Jeff Harstad. Bryan Taffe and Becky Smith were united in marriage on July 23, 2011 at Faith Lutheran Church in Morris. The bride is the daughter of Richard and Suzanne Smith, grandmother is Pauline smith, Jim and Lou Eystad again helped out at the arc bazaar on Oct 19th. Since I have again spent most of the last week splitting my time between the farm and my new house there has not been much time to devote this column, I have just about finished moving so hopefully my life will settle down some and I can catch up on some news in the upcoming weeks.

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Next edition: Oct 15th-21st Welcome to another version of the Donnelly news. I am still busy moving and getting things set up in my new house and catching up on some other jobs so have not had a lot of spare time to devote to this job. Weather news; there have been a few days with some rain showers during the past week but for the most part it has been sunny and warm. Farmers are busy picking corn; given the forecast I suspect most will be done in about a week or so. I understand that the corn is very dry when I talked to my neighbor on Sat he said they were hauling corn to town at 14%. I do understand that the bean harvest was only fair. .Correction: Mary Schultz has been hired to replace Peggy Wilke as Postmaster replacement not as postmaster STJ/KONG PARISH News: the confirmation servant event of collecting clothes for churches united in Morehead will continue until Oct 29th. They are accepting clothing, towels sheets and blankets (do not need to be new) as well as new personal care items. They are also collecting non -perishable food items and financial donations for the Salvation Army. You may drop your items off at the parish office labeled for them. GSLC news: Oct 16th is new member Sun. The good Sam home auxiliary in Hoffman will have a bake and craft sale on Oct 20th from 2-4 pm. At 4 pm will be amazing Mark vaudeville and magic show The red Hats will have a pie day at Denny’s in Herman on Oct 17th at 1:30 Dutch treat The Morris area school board will meet at the Donnelly Hall on Oct 19th at 7 pm I have five death notices this week: Former Donnelly area residents, Milo Prindle of Herman passed away on Sept 29th his funeral was held on Oct 8th, Don Huebner of Morris passed away on Oct 7th, William Braun of Morris passed away on Oct 8th, Irene Kill of Morris passed away on Oct 11th her funeral is today (sat) at Assumption in Morris. John (Jack) Kleinhans of Donnelly passed away on Oct 10th. Les Cin and I were among those who attended Don’s funeral at First Lutheran on Oct 11th in the eve Howard Hennen and I were among those who attended the visitation for Bill Braun at the funeral home Hudson Allen Lupkes was born on August 16, 2011 at Fairview Northland Hospital, Princeton, to Dr. Jason and Jessie Lupkes. Grandparents are Ralph and Diane Lupkes of Wheaton and Nick and Sandy Kill of Morris. Great-grandparents are Barb and Don Rilley of Chokio and Kermit and Karen Stahn of Morris. Great-great-grandmother is Marlys Alm of Morris. Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the baptismal service for James Dean Koehl at GSLC on Oct 8th. His grandmother Janet Hacker was one of my Dad’s home help aides for several years. In the eve I attended the Thrivent financial for Lutherans event at Faith Lutheran The Donnelly community club had their last meeting of the year on Oct 10th the next meeting will be the annual one usually held in mid- Feb. It was another successful year for the club and the threshing bee. The pictures of the past queens that were posted in the depot last year are missing if anybody has them or knows what happened to them please let us know. Lou Kopel informs me that some members of the late Fred smith family were in the area last week visiting friends and family members and spent some at the Eddie Kopel farm on Sun. Since I still have a lot of stuff to get rid of I have decided to have another moving sale today (Sat) all day see the ad in today’s papers for details. I also plan to be at the farm on Mon and Tue afternoons to sell stuff; I have added a few things since last week In case you missed my new contact info in last week’s paper or forgot to write it down it is: Allen Anderson, 11 E 9th St., Morris MN 56267; phone 585-6435 and e-mail address aeanders @fedtel.net I am still dividing my time between the farm and my house in Morris so call my cell at 288-8692 if you need to reach me

Next edition: Oct 8th -14th Welcome to an abbreviated version of the Donnelly news. Due to preparations for my moving sale and the actual move I have not had time to write much this week hopefully next week I can catch up. A reminder that my moving sale is today (sat) if you missed my ad in last week’s paper I have some flyers up in Donnelly, Morris and Herman. As of this writing some of my trs and other things have already been sold. Weather news; Indian summer weather has continued for the past week enabling most farmers in the area to get most of their beans harvested and some have started pickinng corn . STJ/KONG PARISH News: St J will have their annual fall festival today (sat) from 10:30 am – 1 pm. There will be rummage, bake sale, raffle, lunch etc. There will be a special meeting for ST J members on Oct 9th following the 11 am service The Oct newsletter is now out extra copies are available in the narthex of each church GSLC news: Oct 16th is new member Sun. In addition to St J; Zion (Morris) and Our Savior’s (Chokio) are also having “fall festivals” today (sat) our newsletter, area papers; community and church bulletin boards list many other churches in the area are having some dinners, suppers, lunches and other events in the upcoming weeks too many to list here. The good Sam home auxiliary in Hoffman will have a bake and craft sale on Oct 20th from 2-4 pm. At 4 pm will be amazing Mark vaudeville and magic show The preacher and the teacher comedy duo will be preforming at faith in Morris on Oct 9th at 6:30 pm. The event is sponsored by the st co chapter of Thrivent for Lutherans and will also an update on Thrivent choice dollars. There is no charge for this event. On Oct 10th @ 7 pm, the fireman will meet at the fire hall and the Donnelly com club will meet at the town hall. HD & CO will be open until 4 pm on Sat through the hunting season Nadine Heck oic at the Donnelly po announces the following changes at the po: Mary Schultz has been hired to replace Peggy Wilke as Postmaster replacement. Mary has agreed to come down to the po and lock it at 7 pm at night which means the lobby will be open later again. Rose Athey has replaced Bud Anderson who retired as rural mail carrier. A good crowd was on hand for the Irene Strand auction on Oct 1st. she has moved to the Heritage apts in Morris and her granddaughter Nikki and family have moved out to the farm My new contact info will be Allen Anderson 11 e 9th st Morris MN 56267 ph. 585-6435 e-mail address aeanders@fedtel.net . Since things are still in a state of flux I am unsure when these changes will take place so if you do need to reach me call my cell at 288-8692. I will still keep my current e-mail ad and phone # for some time and have my mail forwarded until I can get everybody notified of the changes Jerry and Joan Kopacek and Algene Larson were amongst those who enjoyed the fall colors while attending Luther Crest Bible Camp’s annual meeting Saturday the 1st of October. Joan reports that Sunday the 2nd was peak color at the Kopacek farm it was the best in years.

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Next edition: Oct 1st -7th Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. Weather news; Indian summer has arrived with a lot of sunny warm weather during the past week. Bean harvest is in full swing in the area and some farmers have also been chopping corn for silage. . STJ/KONG PARISH News: There will be a work day in the Kong basement today (sat) at 9 am to finish cleaning the walls and paint them. The confirmation servant event churches united for the homeless in Moorhead has begun; you can bring items to the church from now until the event in Oct. For more info on acceptable items contact the parish office. If you have a cd of the Kong quartet concert that does not work anymore you can return it to parish office or Jeanne Ennen (with your name on it) and it will be redone for you at no charge. St J will have their annual fall festival on Oct 8th. They are looking for craft and white elephant items (new or nearly new) you can bring them to the church anytime between now and the 7th. There will be a special meeting for ST J members on Oct 9th following the 11 am service GSLC news: women of the word augustana dist. will have a gathering today (sat) at Christ the King Lutheran church in Hutchinson beginning at 9:30 am The fall grief share recovery seminar/support group continues at the Morris e free church in Morris on Mon eve, for more info call 589-2614 The following events are taking place today (sat) The SA is sponsoring a theme table brunch and silent auction/ quirky boutique beginning with table viewing at 9:30 am and Brunch at 10:30 am. Tickets will be available at the door. For more info contact Carol Wilcox at 589-3945 The annual meeting of Luther Crest bible camp near Alex will be held beginning with registration at 9:30 am meeting at 10 am with their fall harvest to follow in the afternoon at 1 pm. Contact the camp at 320-846-2431 for more info. There will be an auction at the Irene strand farm of rural Donnelly beginning at 10:30 am. For more info call 320-491-5004 LCM will have an open house at the Christus house in Morris during umm homecoming from 2-5 pm. At 3:30 pm there will a presentation by the student leaders on their mission trip to Calif. last spring. I saw the presentation last spring and it was very good so if you missed it then make plans to attend this one. For more info call the office at 589-4554 A reminder that there will be no more Saturday WAM meetings, look for details about the new learning center programs coming to gslc in the future Tis the season for church meals and other events some of the churches in the area having something are Zion (Appleton) Oct 5th Zion (Morris) Oct 8th, Our Savior’s (Chokio) Oct 8th, Nora (Farwell) Oct 16th,Glenwood Lutheran (Glenwood) Oct 12th The st co gen soc will meet on Oct 6th at 1:30 pm at the library in Morris On Oct 10th @ 7 pm, the fireman will meet at the fire hall and the Donnelly com club will meet at the town hall. HD & CO will be open until 4 pm on Sat through the hunting season Jazzney Star Frank was baptized at Kong on sept 24th. Her parents are Randy and Kelly Frank sponsors were Kristi Frank and Shelly Lowe The tri county horseshoe league tournament was held on Aug. 16th some of the winners include class b wally Giese 1st ,Nick Daly 2nd, glen werk 4th, class c Herb Kloos 2nd Arven Graff 3rd class d Andy brevig 3rd. Congratulations to Bryce Jergenson who was chosen as a sophomore attendant for the Mahs homecoming court and Kourtney Giese who was chosen as freshman attendant. Makenna Loge (Kevin and Shannon) was crown bearer, Sydney Byer and Kristi Kopel were queen candidates, and Jacob Moser was a king candidate. Brady Gillespie was a king candidate for c-a homecoming Congratulations to Landon and Levin Strand that recently earned their Boy Scout rifle and shotgun shooting badges The threshing bee royalty were among the participants in the mahs homecoming parade in Morris on Sept 23rd . After the parade I visited my aunt Pearl Anderson in her apt at the sunrise apts. Bennet Smith representing Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s office was one of the speakers at the dedication of second umm wind tribune on Sept 24th. Katie Geise (Brain and Holly) was one of the winners in the poster contest held in conjunction with the event. There were about 200 posters submitted. Jim and Lou ‘Eystad and I were among those who attended the play “godly women out of history” on Sept 25 at gslc and the community dinner at the sr. center on Sept 26th. After several years of discussion with my finical advisor, friends, family and others and a lot of thought and prayer I have made the very difficult decision to sell my farm, buy a house in Morris, and move there. Saying goodbye to the community that has been my home for over 56 years is very difficult but sometimes life forces you to do things you do not really want to. I will still be around attending various events in the Donnelly area and writing the Donnelly news. At least I will still have a part of Donnelly in Morris as my next door neighbors are Geo and Joyce Kramer. Please check out the ad in this paper about my moving sale next Sat. (Oct 8th) I should be living in my new house by mid Oct. I will have my new contact info next week however I will continue to keep my old contact info until the New Year. Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the fall sale and supper at Faith in Morris on Sept 28th.

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Next edition sept 24th-30th Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. Weather news; the growing season is now over as we had a killing frost last week, temps tied a record low on Thursday am. We’ve also had some rain this week however it was basically a case of too little too late. Correction the phone # for Mark koepke is 407-286-3978 . STJ/KONG PARISH News: The fall schedule with services at 8:30 am (K) and 11 am (ST J) is now in effect. Parish .ss will be at Kong at 9:45 am, there will be a coffee hour at Kong in the church basement following services and at St J before services. There will be two day cleaning event in the Kong basement the first one will be today (sat) to wash down the walls (there is a mold problem) and the second one will be on Oct 1st. work will start at 9 am both days. The LWR/ Marie Sandvick center clothing drive will be on Sept 30th if you have items to donate please have them at church by Sept 25th. The confirmation servant event churches united for the homeless in Moorhead has begun; you can bring items to the church from now until the event in Oct. For more info on acceptable items for all the org contact the parish office. If you have a cd of the Kong quartet concert that does not work anymore you can return it to parish office or Jeanne Ennen (with your name on it) and it will be redone for you at no charge. GSLC news: The play “godly women out of history” will be presented at the church on Sept 25th at 7 pm. The fall grief share recovery seminar/support group will start on Sept 26th at the Morris e free church in Morris and continue for the next 13 weeks, for more info call 589-2614 Believers, BBQ, and bluegrass will be held at Lincoln Lutheran church of rural Hoffman on Sept 25th. There will be a BBQ following the 11 am worship service followed by a concert by Monroe crossing at 1 pm. advance sale tickets for the BBQ and/or the concert can be reserved by calling 528-2508. Tickets will also be available at the door but will cost more. Faith Lutheran will have their fall sale and supper on Sept 28th from 4-8 pm. The SA is sponsoring a theme table brunch and silent auction quirky boutique on Oct 1st beginning with table viewing at 9:30 am and Brunch at 10:30 am. Tickets will be available at the door. For more info contact Carol Wilcox at 589-3945 LCM will have an open house at the Christus house in Morris during umm homecoming on Oct 1st from 2-5 pm. At 3:30 pm there will a presentation by the student leaders on their mission trip to Calif. last spring. I saw the presentation last spring and it was very good so if you missed it then make plans to attend this one. Luther crest’s fall harvest festival will be held at Luther crest bible camp near Alex on Oct 1st beginning at 9:30 am. Contact the camp at 320-846-2431 for more info. The fmsc packing event in Morris raised $44,000, 1106 volunteers packed 231,552 meals enough to feed 634 kids for a year. The st co gen soc will meet on Oct 6th at 1:30 pm at the library in Morris On Oct 3rd the red hatters; city council; and Rendsville 4-h will meet in Donnelly and the bookmobile will be in town at 3:30 pm Starting today HD & CO will be open until 4 pm on Sat through the hunting season Callan Charles was born to Adam and Katie Erickson on sept 15th. Grandparents are Mark and Deb Erickson great grandmother is Evie Raasch. Clayton James Guse, born September 2, to Nicole Pederson and David Guse; grandparents are Diane Pederson and Jim and Colleen Neal. Congratulations to the Morris area cc boys team that won the little Croix meet, Brody bahr (Scott and Kathy) is a member of that team and finished 18th individually. Mackenzie smith won the girls side of the race and set a new school record in the process. She also placed third in the Holdindgford meet and fifth at the LP-GE meet Bernice Erdahl was one of the st co extension officers honored at their banquet on sept 12th Congratulations to Dean and Jerri Erickson who recently celebrated their silver wedding anniversary. Congratulations to Tyler busse who won another demo derby in Madison Last week I spent some time in Fargo attending big iron and Albany attending the scpc show. Several members of our threshing bee family were also up there. Sept 18th Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the Niemakel park lake day at the UM church in Herman (it was moved there due to the rain) in the eve they attended the sing a long at the Eden Reformed church. Afterwards I visited Selma Bruse in the apt then traveled to Appleton where the threshing bee royalty was part of the apple fest parade. Later Jim and Julie Busse and I attended the dinner sponsored by the ridge runners snowmobile club. Sept 21st I visited my cousin Bev Hurlbult at LL

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Next edition sept 17th-23rd
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.
Weather news as I write this there is a frost advisory out reminding us that despite the nice weather we have been having it will not last much longer. Beans are rapidly turning and the corn in maturing, however it is dry and some good rains would be welcome.
STJ/KONG PARISH News: The fall schedule begins on Sept 18th with services at 8:30 am (K) and 11 am (ST J). Parish .ss will be at Kong at 9:45 am, there will be a coffee hour at Kong in the church basement following services and at St J before services.

GSLC news: new member sun is Sept 18th and there will be bluegrass music before and after services. The play godly women out of history will be presented at the church on Sept 25th at 7 pm.
September fest will be held on sept 18th at assumption catholic church in Morris beginning with mass at 10 am and continuing throughout the day with dinner, classic vehicle show, raffle etc.

The fall grief share recovery seminar/support group will start on Sept 26th at the Morris e free church in Morris and continue for the next 13 weeks, for more info call 589-2614
There will be a sing a long at the Eden reformed church in Herman on Sept 18th at 6 pm. There will also be a pioneer sing a long on Sept 21st at 7 pm at Lincoln Lutheran church of rural Barrett
There will be card shower for Sylvia Schmidt in honor of her 80th birthday on sept 16th. Her ad is 210 w 6th st Morris.
Niemackl Lake Park Day will be held on Sept. 18 at the park beginning at 10:30 a.m., with a dinner (free will offering), music by Sonny Bartell, corn maze etc. the park is about halfway between Donnelly and Herman
Anna Jo Rohloff and Jacob Craig Rohloff were born on July 21, 2011 at Methodist Women’s Hospital in Omaha, Neb. to Craig and Kathy Rohloff. Grandparents are Lanny and Linda Rohloff of Morris, great grandmother is Ardelle Rohloff of Morris.
Alex Backman was born on Aug. 24th at scmc to josh Backman and Candice nelson of Alberta grandparents are al and Karen Backman of Alberta great grandmother is Liz Ascheman of Morris
Congratulations to the following 4-her’s who earned awards at the MN state fair
Cammi (purple), Rebekah (blue) Savannah (participation) Aanerud, Brittany Cardwell (blue) Sami Searle (participation) Jacob Sperr (blue), the stampede club won a blue ribbon on their club banner, and a blue ribbon for their community pride project.
Congratulations to Joha and Andrea (Bergstrom) who were married at Kong on sept 10th.
Congratulations to third graders Courtney Lehman, and Tristan Raths who received their bibles during services at Kong on sept 11th. Destiny Pollard also received a bible but she was unable to attend.
Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the welcome picnic at the eastside park on Sept 8th later I visited my aunt Pearl Anderson in her apt at the sunrise apts. We also attended the transitional WAM meeting at the Minnewaska Lutheran home. It was decided that West Central, Word Alone chapter, declare its original mission accomplished and move on by establishing a new Learning Center, in Morris, with Good Shepherd Lutheran, offering the "Word at Work" on-line study courses. Watch for further information and more details later.

Sept 9th I watched the funeral possession for Donald Heikkinen come into town, then visited my cousin Bev Hurlbult at LL, and attended the gs rummage sale in Morris. In the eve I traveled to Dalton to attend the lrta show camping out overnight before traveling to Starbuck for the wam mtg on the 10th. Our threshing bee royalty were part of the parade in Dalton that day. After the meeting I visited Bill and Lenna Telkamp in their camper at Hobo Park. In the eve Sid and Carol Wilcox and I attended the courage cottage’s 10th anniversary supper.
On Sept 11th a good crowd was on hand for rally sun services at Kong and the dinner afterwards. After dinner, cake and ice cream was served in honor of Kong 135th aniv. After services I had a chance to visit with my former neighbor Sally Voss who was home for her 50th class reunion. Lou Eystad tells me her cousin John Alm was also home for the reunion. In the aft Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the 90th birthday for Lillian Heinrich at the Morris senior center. Enroute home I stopped at Harstad Slough to watch some of the rod and gun club’s annual trap shoot.
The Donnelly community club had their monthly meeting on Sept 10th. We had another very successful bee selling about 1600 buttons. It was a lengthy meeting as we discussed various aspects of the past bee, ideas for future bees and other events. The next meeting will be held on Oct 10th as always we welcome any and all ideas for future bees and or other events. A reminder that next year’s bee will be held on Aug. 25 and 26th, with Oliver as the feature.
A house key was found on the grounds if you are missing one call 246-3475
I am told that it was Fred huebner and Fred gerber that had the separators at the first bee and that one you see sitting out on the highway advertising the bee belonged to Fred.
Glen and Gertie Werk and I were among those who attended the visitation for Frank Lembke at the funeral home on sept 13th. His so Gary is a classmate
Mark Koepke asked me to share his contact info and would like to hear from people in the Donnelly area, 6033 Statler Ave Orlando FL 32809, PH 407-859-9429, e-mail ad: firebird357@yahoo.com
I have posted some of the video I shot at the threshing bee on you tube look for Donnelly surfer

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Next edition sept 10th-16th
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.
Weather news a record low temp on Mon a.m. is a vivid reminder that summer is coming to an end. The crops around here looked better than those I saw on my trips to eastern and northern MN last week. The grain harvest is pretty much wrapped up; some of the beans are starting to turn the corn cobs look good.
STJ/KONG PARISH News: Rally sun will be held on Sept 11th at Kong, ss at 9 am, joint services at 10:15 am, dinner will follow services furnished by the parish. There will also be cake and ice cream served in honor of Kongsvinger’s 135th anniversary. Third graders will receive their bibles, ss teachers will be installed, and the confirmation students will kick off their third annual drive for “churches united for the homeless” in Morehead. The fall schedule begins on Sept 18th with services at 8:30 am (K) and 11 am (st j) parish .ss will be at Kong at 9:45 am, there will be a coffee hour at Kong in the church basement following services and at St J before services.

The sept newsletter is now out extra copies are available in the narthex of each church.
GSLC news: the gs rummage sale concludes today (sat) from (8-11 am) at the old prairie trailer building on HY 28 w to sell items from the old gs church; Rally sun is Sept 11th at 9 am, PR Mike will also be starting a new bible study after services at 10:45 am
St Charles Catholic Church of Herman will have their annual fall festival with turkey dinner on Sept 11th at the legion from 11 am-1 pm
Zion Lutheran in Morris will have an open house on sept 11th services at 9 am fellowship 10 am bible study at 10:30 am potluck dinner at noon.
September fest will be held on sept 18th at assumption catholic church in Morris beginning with mass at 10 am and continuing throughout the day with dinner, classic vehicle show, raffle etc.

Women of the word Augustana dist. conference will be held on Oct 1 beginning at 9:30 am at Faith Lutheran in Hutchinson, please register by sept 15th

Due to the Labor Day holiday WAM will meet today (Sat) at the Minnewaska Lutheran home. Coffee at 9:30 am, program at 10 am. The program is a DVD by Rev Steve King entitled “law and gospel” everyone welcome for more info call 795-2477

There will be a surprise open house for Lillian Heinrich at the Morris sr. center from 1-3 pm on sept 11th
The red haters, city council, fireman, Rendsville 4-h and community club will meet on Sept 12th in various places and times in Donnelly. Check with your leader for times and places. Remember that always the community club welcomes any and all ideas about the bee and /or other events. Feel free to come to any meeting or contact one of the officers
Niemakel Lake park day will be held on Sept 18th at the park which is about halfway between Donnelly and Herman
The Donnelly rod and gun club will have their annual trap shoot on Sept 11th at Harstad’s slough ne corner of Donnelly from 1-4 pm
Thanks to Evelyn Underwood for the following info: the first Donnelly threshing bee was held in 1965 at the Oscar and Ruth Aanerud farm near Donnelly. It has been held at the same site ever since. The Lutheran churches of the area started the threshing bee and did it for two years with proceeds going to the west central homes. In 1968 the Donnelly commercial club now the community club took over the project. Fred Gerber, bill underwood, Roy Flugel and Jim root started this community project in 1968 and it became an annual jubilee and threshing bee.
I remember that the first bee was held in Sept and I walked down to the grounds after school. The first bees were held on Fri and Sat because Albin Kling who owned the steamer would not thrash on Sun. Fred Moerke owned the separator. A big tent was used for serving meals until the steel shed was erected and other buildings were added as the years went along. We hope we can continue to build on what they started for many more years.
Congratulations to the following 4 her’s who won awards in the livestock division at the state fair: Blake Koser (blue) Jake and Jenna Moser (blue) and MaKenzie Smith (blue). Natalie Johnston was a member of the sr. livestock judging team that won third place; she won a blue for her crossbred market barrow ,received a call back for showmanship, and was named an interview winner and won a MN Livestock breeder association auction scholarship
Congratulations to MaKenzie smith who was the individual winner at the Morris area/c- a cross country invitational on Aug 30th
A couple more results from the bee the “super heroes” defeated the “Harstad” team for the sb championship and Chris Athey construction won the consolation championship, Tom Clfuman won the people’s choice award at the car show.
Donald Roy Heikkinen of Hancock passed away on Sept 5th among the family that survive him is wife Anita and her parents Ron and Janet Bouressa.
Deanna Heuer and I were among those from the area who boarded a bus in Morris to the state fair on sept 1st
Steve Fults and I were among those who attended the metal to money sale near Hoffman on sept 2nd.
Sept 3-5th I camped out at Rollag attending the wmstr. It was an enjoyable time but also very tiring as it is a very big show. Next year they will have a gathering of the red tractors (IH) and they promise it will be the biggest show ever.

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Next edition sept 3rd-9th
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.
Weather news: some cooler temps in the eve remind us that fall is just around the corner, I have heard that crops conditions have deteriorated over the past several weeks but in driving around the countryside they sure look good to me.
STJ/KONG PARISH News: There will be joint services at ST J at 8:30 am on Sept 4th. Rally sun will be held on sept 11th at Kong ss at 9 am joint services at 10:15am
GSLC news: Gs will be having a rummage sale on Sept 9th (5-8 pm) and 10th (8-11 am) at the old prairie trailer building on HY 28 w to sell items from the old gs church; anyone who wishes to bring items for it can bring them out there on the eve of the 8th from 6-7 pm. Rally sun is Sept 11th at 9 am
St Charles Catholic Church of Herman will have their annual fall festival with turkey dinner on Sept 11th at the legion from 11am-1 pm
Women of the word Augustana dist. conference will be held on Oct 1 beginning at 9:30 am at Faith Lutheran in Hutchinson, please register by sept 15th

Due to the Labor Day holiday WAM will meet on sept 10th at the Minnewaska Lutheran home. Coffee at 9:30 am, program at 10 am. The program is a DVD by rev Steve King entitled “law and gospel” everyone welcome for more info call 795-2477
Thanks to matching funds by the Land O lakes foundation 2,236.58 was donated to the st co food shelf by our parish from the block party.
The red haters, city council, fireman, Rendsville 4-h and community club will meet on Sept 12th in various places in Donnelly. Check with your leader for times and places
The po and most Donnelly business will be closed on Sept 5th due to the Labor Day holiday
Donald Geise of Hoffman passed away on Aug. 25th, an uncle Clearance Geise is among the family members that survive him
Thanks to great weather and good crowds we had another successful threshing bee thanks to everyone who came up and helped us celebrate and to everyone who helped out in any way to make it a great event. The twelve horse hitch and the triple tractor were very popular events. Next year’s bee will be held on Aug 25 and 26th our feature will be Oliver.
Congratulations to the new threshing bee royalty Olivia Reimers, queen; Rebekah Aanerud, princess; Karmen Sperr, little Miss Donnelly; Kendra Wevely princess. Karmen’s sisters’ Brandi and Kendra as well as Rebekah’s sisters’ Cammi and Savannah have all been threshing bee royalty.

Congratulations to Henning Asusmb for being chosen as the grand marshal of the threshing bee parade. Some of the other winners at the bee include in the tractor pull John Armstrong (my former neighbor) Scott Neuman, horseshoe Nick Daly and Andy Brevig. Parade merit awards included the grand marshal float, kopel’s kookers, Don Duffner’s triple tractor, Audrey Henrichs tractor, Herb Nelson’s miniature horses, the parade committee, and the traveling trophy went to the royalty float. The committee did some refurbishing of it over the weekend and it looked very nice. Everybody was a winner in the kiddie parade and for the first time I can remember all the cash drawing winners were Donnelly area people. With everything going on and visiting with various people I did not get a chance to obtain all the results hopefully I can get some more for next week’s column, and I will also give a brief history of it that I received from Evelyn Underwood.
Our threshing bee has become our annual “family” reunion not only do many of the exhibitors, horseshoe players and others come back every year but also many former residents and it always nice to visit with them. This year we had visitors all the way from Norway. One thing that many people comment on year after year is all the great food that the churches serve. Even the Alex Shriners had to stop in prior to the parade to have some pie and ice cream.
Mark koepke has asked me to announce that he has a new e-mail address firebird357@yahoo.com
Congratulations to Brooklyn Koehntop who won the adorable baby contest sponsored by the Morris Life care center at the St Co fair. Her parents are Kyle and Mandi (Kloos) Koehntop.
Congratulations to the “tons of fun” vb team that recently won the team championship at the buddies bar and grill league in Hancock, Jackie (Dan) Dripps is a member of that team
Our sympathy goes out to Nate Long (Sherman and Sherry) who lost his house and possessions in a house fire near Keng on Aug 13th
Mary Huebner and I attended the presentation by Guy Doud at MAHS on Aug. 24th. He is a former national teacher of the year. In the eve I attended VBS at GS.
Brain and Peg Kruize and I were among those who attended the open house at MAHS on Aug. 25th
On Aug 26th Herb and Carol Kloos and I attended the Westrom for rep pork chop fundraiser in Elbow Lake. The Kopacek family traveled to Alberta for the open house/supper at Cargill. Many of us also spent some time on the grounds helping get things ready for the bee. Enroute to the grounds I stopped at a couple of the rummage sales in Donnelly.
Paul Sperr and I were among those who helped pack food for FMSC on Aug 30th at the MAES. Our shift packed about 3600 meals. This is the 4th year I have helped and it gives one a sobering perspective on how so little can do much for hungry children around the world. In the eve I was among those who worked on the threshing bee grounds to take things down and put them away.

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Next edition Aug. 27th-sept 2nd
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.
Weather news: crops continue to make good progress due to some sunny and warm days and some timely rains showers. I have heard that the grain harvest has not been very good.
STJ/KONG PARISH News: the parish will be leading the community worship services under the big top tent at the threshing bee grounds on Aug 28th at 9 am with Tom and Pearl Horning providing the music. There will be joint services at ST J at 8:30 am on Sept 4th
GSLC news: The coffee money during Aug will go to the Feed My Starving Children packing event. GS will be packing meals on Aug 30th at 1:30 pm
Gs will be having a rummage sale on Sept 9th (5-8 pm) and 10th (8-11 am) at the old prairie trailer building on HY 28 w to sell items from the old gs church, anyone who wishes to bring items for it can bring them out there on the eve of the 8th from 6-7 pm.
The fmsc packing event will be in Morris again on Aug 30,31st and Sept 1st .If you or your org would like to help out contact the Morris E Free Church at 589-2808 or e-mail:office@mefc.net, there will be a fundraiser at the pizza ranch on Aug. 29th all day.
A work night is planned for Aug 30th at 6:30 pm on the threshing bee grounds, to take the fences down and put things away. I can also use help on the evening of the 28th to take the chairs in the tent and put them back in the depot. Any help by anybody, during, and/or after the bee is greatly appreciated.
The theme of the threshing bee this weekend is “Donnelly a great place to call home”, today’s events start with a pancake breakfast at 7 am and concludes with a free dance at the hall featuring Pure County at 8 pm. Sun begins with an open air worship service under the big top tent and concludes with the horse/ pony pull in the aft. There will be lots of other activities both days, The feature this year is John Deere and our special guest will be Don Duffner displaying his three in one tractor. He will also be demonstrating it. Next year’s feature will be Oliver. I do plan to have my cart on the grounds again for use by handicapped people, remember if anybody is going to use a vehicle such as a golf cart on the grounds you must register it at the depot. No bikes and dogs (except for service dogs) on the grounds please use the south gate for bringing items (trs cars machinery etc.) into the grounds. The headquarters is the depot so if you want more info, need help, or have any questions stop in and talk to whoever is at the desk. The phone # there is 246-3272. Again this year the officers will be wearing shirts and caps with Donnelly threshing bee on them, the website is http://www.donnellythreshingbee.com and there is also a Facebook page.
There are also some rummage sales in town this weekend and there may be other off site events as well.
There will be a bridal shower for Kayla Harstad bride to be of Josh Erdahl at first Lutheran in Morris today (sat) at 9:30 am.
Due to the Labor Day holiday WAM will meet on sept 10th at the Minnewaska Lutheran home.
Liviah Rhys Volker was born on June 21st to Travis and Brittany Volker grandparents are Bill and Darlene Volker
Congratulations to the Jenna Larsen/Islande Sperr duo that won the Dribble/PingPong Competition at the owl dribbling camp held recently at the pe center.
Congratulations to Natalie Johnston who was named 2nd runner up in the MN pork ambassador contest in redwood falls recently.
Winners in the homemaker’s building at the st co fair included Bernice Erdahl, Elaine Harstad and Rose Uhden. Winners In the open class building were Steve and Michelle Werk, Michelle Papesh, and Beth Heinrich. The stampede club and Rendsville 4-h club both won several grand and reserve championships on several of their club projects. Individual 4-h awards are again too numerous to list, the winners will be published in a special supplement in the s-t on ----
Congratulations to Tyler Busse who won 1st place in his class in the demo derbies at the Pope and Stevens co fairs.
Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended VBS at GS on Aug 17th; we also attended the Morris co-op customer appreciation picnic at Pomme De Terre Park on Aug. 18th. They also helped get the Christus House ready for fall that day. Earlier in the day I boarded a bus at the soils lab for a tour of their swan lake research farm. After dinner I boarded another bus for a trip to the Prairie Horizons farm south of Starbuck. I finished the day at the valu ford carnival at the armory in Morris where I had a chance to say “hi” to former Donnelly area resident Gary Huebner
Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended services at gs on Aug 21st later the threshing bee royalty were part of the cornfest parade in Ortonville. When I arrived home I discovered somebody had cut the lock on my front door and stolen some computers and accessories.
Dianne Amundson and I attended the Pederson funeral home’s time to remember picnic at the Pomme de Terre Park on Aug 22nd. Afterwards I visited my cousin Bev Hurlbult at Legacy Living.
It was a case of “many hands make light work” on Aug. 23rd as a good crew was on hand to help get things ready for the bee. Special thanks to the don co-op for the use of their forklift and to Corrine Larson for again supplying the drinks and food.

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Next edition Aug. 20th-26th
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.

Weather news: crops continue to make good progress due to some sunny and warm days and some timely rains showers.

STJ/KONG PARISH News: The summer worship schedule ends on Aug. 21st. the parish will be leading the community worship services under the big top tent at the threshing bee grounds on Aug 28th with Tom and Pearl Horning providing the music

GSLC news: Aug 21st is new member Sun, women’s bible study continues on Wed a.m. and VBS will conclude on the 24th at 5:30 pm. at the church. The coffee money during Aug will go to the Feed My Starving Children packing event.

The packing event will be in Morris again on Aug 30,31st and Sept 1st .If you or your org would like to help out contact the Morris E Free Church at 589-2808 or e-mail:office@mefc.net there will be a fundraiser at the pizza ranch on Aug. 29th all day.

Correction Mavis Gulbrandson is a former resident of Brandon not Donnelly.

Advance sale threshing bee buttons will be on sale through Aug 26th.The posters are also up in the area. If you want some stop into HD & CO in Donnelly or call 246-3475

There will be a work night at the threshing bee grounds on Aug. 23rd at 6:30 pm to get things ready for the bee. Another work night is planed for Aug 30th at 6:30 pm to take the fences down and put things away. I can also use help on Fri eve the 26th and Sun eve the 28th to put the chairs in the tent and put them back in the depot. Any help by anybody before, during, or after the bee is greatly appreciated.
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The theme of this year’s threshing bee on Aug 27th and 28th is “Donnelly a great place to call home” This week I will highlight Sundays activities .The day begins with an open air church services continue with a classic car show, parade, horse/pony pull and conclude with the cash drawing. As always anyone is welcome to bring a display, demonstrate, play, sing etc. There will be lots of activities both days, horseshoe tournament, chain saw carving, wood sawing shingle making, flea market etc. The area churches will once again be serving food. The feature this year is John Deere and our special guest will be Don Duffner displaying his three in one tractor. I do plan to have my cart on the grounds again for use by handicapped people, remember if anybody is going to use a vehicle such as a golf cart on the grounds you must register it at the depot. Also remember no dogs except for service dogs are allowed on the grounds. For more info call 320-795-2437 or e-mail donnellythreshingbee@runestone.net. There is also a website: http://www.donnellythreshingbee.com with more info on it. Please note that this is an independent website and is not associated with the Donnelly Community Club. There is also a Donnelly threshing bee page on Facebook.

Queen candidates this year are Rebekah Aanerud her parents are Andy and Heather, grandparents are Jim and Lorraine, Olivia Reimers her parents are Al and Shelly. Little Miss Donnelly candidates are Kamern Sperr, her parents are Duane and Lori, grandparents are Paul and Betty, Callista Kill her parents are Jim and Julie, grandfather is Dick Cady, Kellie Wilts her parents are Doug and Ellen, grandparents are Millie and the late LaVern, Kendra Wevely her parents are Matthew and Alisha Gramith, grandparents are Ron and Sue Wevely, great grandmother is Liz Ascheman.
There will be a post nuptial bridal shower for LeAnn Van Horn and Ben Honzay today (sat) from 9-11 a.m. at Kong they were married on Aug 6th. There will also be a bridal shower for Kayla Harstad bride to be of Josh Erdahl at first Lutheran in Morris on Aug. 27th at 9:30 am.

Pederson funeral home will hold their annual time to remember picnic at Pomme de Terre Park on Aug. 22nd at 5:30 pm

Winners from the donnelly area at the Vfw Cancer Salad drawing were Joanne Graff, Deanna Heuer, Pat (Gary) Smith, Shirley Kill, Rose Uhden, Veronica Smith , John DeLong and Deanna Recker

Jack Fuchs and I were among those who helped do some clean- up work at GS on Aug 9th
Verle and Della Dunn and I were among those who attended the memorial service for Fran Pederson at Bethel in Herman on Aug. 10th and the funeral for Darlene Awsumb at Assumption Catholic Church in Morris on Aug 13th. Fran’s family has owned and operated Pederson imp in Herman for many years, at lunch I had an opportunity to visit with Dick Goldenstein. After the funeral I visited with Selma Bruse in her apt Herman. In the aft I stopped by the fairgrounds in Morris for a look around then attended vbs at gs in the eve.

On Aug. 11th about a dozen of us got together to pick up the bundles from the field by the threshing bee grounds and put them on racks. We had more bundles than racks so there will be a lot of threshing going on during the bee.

On Aug 12th I visited with my aunt Pearl at the sunrise apts in Morris.
Steve Fults and I spent some time over the weekend at st co fair in Morris. I will list some of the winners from the homemakers and open class in a future column, as usual the number of awards that the Donnelly area kids won is too numerous to list individually so look for a special supplement to the s-t with a list of 4-h winners on Aug –.

The last parade of the year for the threshing bee royalty was on Aug. 14th in Hoffman. As always they did a good job representing Donnelly in many parades and events this year. After the parade I visited some friends in the good Sam home in Hoffman