donnelly news

Next edition Jan 28th –Feb. 3rd Welcome to another addition of the Donnelly news please keep in mind that if you are going to call me my number is 585-6435 not 589 Weather news: it is beginning to look a lot like winter now with several inches of snow this week enough to do some shoveling. Thanks to the Good Samaritan who has blown out the sidewalk on our block several times this week. It is very much appreciated. St J/Kong parish news: There will be joint services at St J on Jan 29th at 11 am with the ss kids singing. St J will have their annual meeting after services with a pot luck dinner to follow. Kong will have their annual meeting on Feb 5th following services @ 11 am with pot luck dinner to follow.ST J services will be at 8:30 am that Sun. There are two radio broadcasts on KMRS left to sponsor in 2012, Sept 2nd and Dec 30th. If interested in doing so in honor or memory of someone contact the parish office at 246-3211 or e-mail stjkongs@runestone.net GSLC news: the missions of the month are “Mission Mexico” and J*98ohn Kickoff’s mission trip. Thanks to Rev Hushagen from Fergus Falls for preaching on Jan 22nd while Pr. Mike was on vacation The 2nd mission conference sponsored by the augustana district of LCMC will be held on Saturday Feb 4th, hosted by Hosanna Lutheran church at the Watertown event center in Watertown SD also from 9:30 a.m.to 12:00 p.m. For more info e-mail mjrichardson@augustanadistrict.org or call 239-2618 or 287-3218 There will be a contemporary worship night at the Mahs auditorium hosted by the Morris community church tonight (sat) from 7-9 pm The women’s study club is having a baby shower today (sat) from 1-3 pm to benefit the life care pregnancy center at the Morris public library On Feb 6th the red hatters will meet at a place to be in Donnelly at 1 pm (they will also have a Dutch treat meeting on Feb 21th at noon at the knotty pine in el). Also on the 6th, the bookmobile will be in town at 3:30 pm by the bank; the city council will meet in the council chambers, and Rendsville 4-h will meet in the fire hall both at 7 pm. The st co rep party will have a meeting at Detoy’s on Jan 30th at 6:15 pm ,for those who are interested they can come early (about 5:30 pm)for dinner and political discussion. I recently learned of the death of Jonathan McHone of Crystal Lake Ill. He was the co-pilot of a d53 helicopter that crashed in Afghanistan killing all on board. Among the family members that survive him are his parents Ron and Sylvia (Smith) McHone and an Aunt, Lola Smith of Donnelly. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Grant and Helen Smith. . Congratulations to Shadow Olson of Donnelly who was named to the dean’s list at msu-Moorhead Congratulations to the following who won blue ribbons at the science fair 9th grade: Kourtney Geise, Riley Biesterfield, 7th: Morgan Biesterfield Congratulations to the newest members of the national honor society at mahs: Jim Burke; Tom Holland; and McKenzie Smith Alisha Rose and Kody Livengood of Cyrus are happy to announce their engagement. Alisha is the daughter of John and Holly Riley of Morris, and Russell Roske of Donnelly. A Mar 24th wedding is planned in Morris Jan 19th the Kopacek family and I were among those of us who attended the retirement party for Bill and Lena Telkamp in their office in Morris. They plan to travel down south for a while Eugene Anderson was the “cook” at heartland motors for their indoor sale that I attended on Jan 20th. He told me his family used to live on the Barret ranch in the Donnelly area and he recently bought a house in town and he and his wife are in the process of moving in to it. Sat I went back and traded cars.