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Next edition Oct 27^th-nov2nd

Welcome to another edition of the of the Donnelly news this week’s edition is dedicated to my dad who passed on Oct 31^st 2005

Weather news:  for the first time in many months our area has been blessed with some substantial rains.  It rained almost continually for several days last week we had a nice weekend and as I am writing this on Tue eve it is raining again.  In my trip to Tracy and back I saw only one unharvested cornfield. Some farmers have held off on fall tillage because of the hard ground.

Correction Mike Eul is Ione Eul’s son

STJ/KONG News:  On Oct 28^th there will be joint services with Holy Communion and confirmation at Kong at 11 am our confirmants are Britney Cardwell (Doug and Muriel) and Brady Jergenson (Rob and Peg)

GSLC news:  the ilt course on “discipleship”; from “the word at work” series; will continue at 10:30 am and will be repeated at 7 pm Wed. through Nov 21^st. 

The deadline to return the shoeboxes for operation Christmas child is Nov 11^th.

St Mary’s Catholic Church in Chokio is having their fall bazaar today (sat) from 9-1 pm at their parish center

Harvest party at Hosanna worship center on 0ct 31^st from 6:30-8 pm more info call the church at 589-8807

Scandinavian heritage dinner and silent auction at first Lutheran Morris Nov 7th from 4-7 pm

The st co gen society will meet on Nov 1^st at 1:30 pm at the library

Pauline Smith of Morris passed away on Oct 23^rd her services are today (sat) @ 2 pm at first Lutheran church.  Survivors include her son Dick (Suzanne) Smith and their family

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There will be an open house baby shower for Ryan and Jackie (Kill) Lair today from 10 a.m. to noon at First Lutheran Church. Instead of a card bring a children’s book. Grandparents are Mike and Rhonda Lair and Nick and Sandy Kill. Great-grandparents are Barb and Don Rilley, Kermit and Karen Stahn, Ruth and Jim Lair, and Jean and Ron Anderson. Great-great-grandmother is Marlys Alm

There will be a bridal shower for Jill Marie Thompson and Ryan Lee Winther on Nov. 3^rd from 10-11:30 am at the Kong parish hall. 

Chevelle Ann Whittemore was born on October 5, 2012 at Stevens Community Medical Center, Morris, to Crystal Henrichs and Nathan Whittemore of Donnelly. Grandparents are Rollie and Debb Henrichs of Morris and Dave and Julie Whittemore of Donnelly. Great grandparents are Char and Ron Castor of Morris and John Charles and Lois Whittemore of Glenwood.

Congratulations to the Morris/c-a area fb team that recently finished an undefeated season and became wcc conf co-champs; Chandler Erickson and Tom Holland are members of that team. They begin playoff action tonight (sat) at Big cat stadium

The Morris/c-a girls’ vb finished the regular schedule in a tie for 2^nd place; Beth Holland is a member of that team.

The c-a Jr. High vb team recently won the Morris tournament Brooke Gillespie is a member of that team

Savannah Aanerud was recently named performer of the week by the wcc in cross county

Joan and Jerry Kopacek with Helen Kill were participants in the Welcome ceremony for National VFW Auxiliary President Leanne Lemley who visited the Osakis VFW post. On the way home they stopped at the Starbuck nursing home to visit with some of the residents including Denny Anderson

Oct 13th Jerry and Joan Kopacek with Jessalyn Marshall traveled to Alexandria for the Luther Crest Bible Camp Annual meeting and stayed to participate in the afternoon’s Harvest Festival. The last activity of the day was a pumpkin pie eating contest. Jessalyn took 1st place in her category while Joan tied for 1st in hers.

Oct 17th Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the arc bazar at the Legion, in the eve we attended the ILT course at GS

Oct 18th William Jamerson (WilliamJamerson.com) gave a very interesting presentation on the CCC, in the evening a good crowd was on hand for the candidates’ forum at the Legion. 

Oct 19th a good crowd was on hand for customer appreciation breakfast at Willie’s sv

Oct 20th Mark McNally and I traveled to Tracy for the funeral of Amanda Pagel, her son Dan is the st co rep party chair.  In the aft a good crowd was on hand for the open house at west Pomme lodge. In the eve about hundred people attended the st co rep party fall fest at the old # 1in Morris

Oct 21st about 2,000 republicans gathered at the Lake Geneva bible camp for the freedom concert sponsored by the byberg for Congress campaign.

Oct 22nd I stopped to visit Bill Telkamp at his house in Morris in the eve a good crowd was on hand at Faith for the Morris community supper, afterwards I traveled to Donnelly for the Morris area school board meeting

Oct 23rd it was a case of “many hands make light work” as we made quick work of the job of planting more trees at gslc. Thanks to Dick Goldenstein for donating them.

Oct 24th Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the ilt program at gs in the a.m. in the eve several family and friends attended the statement of faith presentations at Kong

Nov 5^th is Election Day most voters in the Donnelly area will vote at the Donnelly town hall

Reminder to check out the bulletin board in town as well as some of the posters around town for some upcoming events

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Next edition Oct 20-26th

Welcome to another edition of the of the Donnelly news

Weather news:  last week the weather went from hot to cold, in matter of a few days. This week it was the opposite with temps getting up to 70 on the 16^th, the 17^th brought some very welcome rain.  With the exception of a few isolated fields most farmers are done with harvest and are now busy doing fall tillage, ditching, tiling etc.

STJ/KONG News: there will be no ss or communion on Oct 21^st, on the 28^th, there will be joint services with Holy Communion and confirmation at Kong at 11 am

There will be a presentation of faith statements by the confirmants on Oct 24^th at 7 pm at the Kong parish hall

The services will be broadcast on KMRS at 11 am on Oct 21^st in memory of Julius and David Heinrich by Lillian heinrich

GSLC news:  a very timely seven week course on “discipleship”; from “the word at work” series; offered by the institute for Lutheran theology will continue at 10:30 am and will be repeated at 7 pm Wed. through Nov 21^st.   No registration and no fees. Welcome awaits all, more info call the church at 585-6868 or Pr. Mike at 287-3218.  Be assured that missing one or more sessions will not affect your enjoyment of it.

Good shepherd is participating “operation Christmas child” by Samaritans purse. Pick up a shoe box at the church fill it with wanted item items (list included in box) and return it to the church by early Nov. or just bring some items to the church. Contact the church for more info.

Help is needed at the church on Oct 23^rd at 10 am to help plant some more trees.

Welcome to the newest members of gs Tim and Deb Root of Donnelly

St Mary’s Catholic Church in Chokio is having their fall bazaar on Oct 27^th from 9-1 pm at their parish center

Harvest party at Hosanna worship center on 0ct 31^st from 6:30-8 pm more info call the church at 589-8807

The bookmobile will be in town on Oct 29 @ 3:30 pm

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There will be an Open house @west Pomme Lodge (45572 140th st) Donnelly today (sat) from 1-5 pm. This is the former Perkins resort and LCW.

St co rep party will have a fall rally on Oct 20th at the old # 1 Southside lower level, 6:15 PM registration; 6:45 P.M. beef supper ;7:15 PM program. The speakers will be the endorsed candidates for state and national office. Tickets will be available at the door please rsvp to 589-1999 or e-mail lcarrington@stevensgop.org

There will be an open house baby shower for Ryan and Jackie (Kill) Lair on Oct. 27^th from 10 a.m. to noon at First Lutheran Church. Instead of a card bring a children’s book. Grandparents are Mike and Rhonda Lair and Nick and Sandy Kill. Great-grandparents are Barb and Don Rilley, Kermit and Karen Stahn, Ruth and Jim Lair, and Jean and Ron Anderson. Great-great-grandmother is Marlys Alm

There will be a school board meeting at the Donnelly hall on Oct 22 @ 7 pm

Marie Caroline Odegaard passed away on Oct 9^th survivors include her daughter Betty (Ray) Kill of Donnelly and their family

Lois Bernice Fickes, of Herman passed away on Oct 9^th survivors include her daughter Darlene (Bill) Volker and their family

Peter Golombiecki of Morris, passed away on Oct 12^th survivors include his son; Dennis (Maxine) Golombiecki of Donnelly and their family

Jill Marie Thompson and Ryan Lee Winther are happy to announce their engagement. Jill is the daughter of Paul and Nancy Thompson of Herman.  Her grandparents are Glen and Gertie Werk.  Ryan is the son of Bob Winther of Herman and the late Virginia Winther. There will be a bridal shower for them Nov. 3^rd from 10-11:30 am at the Kong parish hall.  If you would like to be on the shower committee call 246-3475

Mackenzie Smith won the girls cc meet at the wcc conference meet in Paynesville recently, she and Savannah Aanerud, who finished 12^th, were among those who won all conf honors

A good crowd was on hand on Oct 11^th for the candidate’s forum at the legion earlier in the day I attended the “someplace safe” event in the park

Oct 12^th I attended the hfd fundraiser supper at the Hancock community center

Oct 13^th about a dozen of us took a bus to the MN history center in st Paul sponsored by the Morris Library and the VLS

Oct 14^th David and Jullete Jergenson and I attended the mlcpc banquet at hosanna worship center, later I visited Ruth Strand at her home in Morris

Oct 15^th I attended the Ione Eul funeral at Assumption, her son Mike was a classmate of mine. He says some preliminary planning is underway for a 40^th reunion next year.

Oct 15^th Joan and Jerry Kopacek with Helen Kill were participants in the Welcome ceremony for National VFW Auxiliary President Leanne Lemley who visited the Osakis VFW post. On the way home they stopped at the Starbuck nursing home to visit with some of the residents including Denny Anderson

Oct 13^th Jerry and Joan Kopacek with Jessalyn Marshall traveled to Alexandria for the Luther Crest Bible Camp Annual meeting and stayed to participate in the afternoon’s Harvest Festival. The last activity of the day was a pumpkin pie eating contest. Jessalyn took 1st place in her category while Joan tied for 1st in hers.

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Next edition Oct 13-19th

Welcome to another edition of the of the Donnelly news

Weather news:  the past week has been one of those we talk about in MN. Wed it was sunny and mild but by Thurs. it had done a 180 with strong winds and much colder temps that have continued to this date. Corn harvest is slowly winding down, the mountains of corn out at the Morris fairgrounds are a testament to the bumper crop farmers have had this year.

STJ/KONG News: The parish confirmation service event will be held today (sat) at churches united for the homeless in Moorhead and other places

Oct 14^th is reclaim sun, there will be no ss or communion on the 21^st, confirmation will be on the 28^th, with joint services with Holy Communion at Kong at 11 am

The raffle committee is looking for donations for the annual raffle Kong fall fest on Nov 18th.  You can call 589-1195 or 246-3405 with items to donate

GSLC news:  an enriching seven week course on “discipleship”; from “the word at work” series; offered by the institute for Lutheran theology will continue at 10:30 am and will be repeated at 7 pm Wed. No registration and no fees. Welcome awaits all, more info call the church at 585-6868 or Pr. Mike at 287-3218

The church is participating “operation Christmas child” by Samaritans purse. Pick up a shoe box at the church fill it with wanted item items (list included in box) and return it to the church by early Nov. or just bring some items to the church. Contact the church for more info.

Zion Lutheran church will have it fall bazar today (sat) at the church in Morris

The Morris life care pregnancy center will have their annual fundraiser Oct 14^th at the Hosanna worship center in Morris dinner by Bello Cucina @ 5 pm

Fall family ham dinner on Oct 14^th from 11 am- 1 pm at the um Methodist church in Herman

Luther crest bible camp will have their annual meeting today (sat) at 10 am

Bake sale and raffle and silent auction at our saviors Lutheran church Chokio today (sat) from 9-1 pm

The bookmobile will be in town on Oct 15 @ 3:30 pm

Paul Ersted Jr. announces that the Donnelly branch of the UFMSB will close its doors for good on Dec 31^st.

There will be an Open house @west Pomme Lodge (45572 140th st) Donnelly on Oct 20th 1-5. This is the former Perkins resort and LCW.

Arc bazaar at the legion on 10/17 starting at 9 am, more info call 589-4002

St co dfl fundraiser Oct 17th @ eagles club Morris @ 6 pm

McKenzie Smith won the girls 4 k race at the Benson/ kms invitational recently

Callista Kill won 2^ND place at the fire poster contest in the 4^th grade

The st co county gen soc. met at the library on Oct 4^th the final meeting of the year will be held on Nov 1^st.  We decided that in our non-meeting months we would hold workdays in the gen soc. room in the library

Many friends and relatives attended the visitation at the funeral home and the funeral for Edna Mau at Kongsvinger on Oct 4^th and 5^th.  If you were unable to attend you can watch the video tribute on line now at http://www.pedersenfh.com.

There are videos of several recent funerals posted on line so I assume hers will be soon to.

The threshing bee royalty were part of the Morris area school’s homecoming parade on Oct 5^th

A good crowd was on hand for the st J fall festival on Oct 6^th in Donnelly; afterwards I traveled to the Mark Papesh farm for their solar tour; returning to Morris I visited Gary weirs at his apt in the green river apts.; in the eve a good crowd was on hand for the 4-h awards show at the ag country auditorium in the wcroc hq. Rendsville 4-h club won the community pride award many of their members also won individual awards too many to list here. A list of winners and pictures of the event will be published in the --- edition of the Morris sun-Tribune

Rendsville 4-h is celebrating its 80^th birthday this year there are two new members this year Callista Kill (Joe and Julie) and Ryan miller (Jason and Julie)

Oct 7^th I travelled to Ortonville to attend the mccl fall tour

Oct 8th the Donnelly community club had their last meeting of the year as we put the wraps on another very successful year esp. including the best threshing bee in some time.  A reminder that next year’s bee will be held on Aug. 24 and 25^th; and the feature will be gas engines.

A reminder also to check out the bulletin board on the north edge of the park in town during the coming weeks for various events such as the Dfd turkey bingo, Santa’s annual visit etc.

Oct 9^th I traveled to starbuck and stopped into the Minnewaska home to wish Denny Anderson a belated 80^th birthday. A reminder that you can get updates on him at http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/dennisanderson

Oct 10^th Jim and Lou Eystad attended the first ilt course as gs in the am; in the aft I attended the anniversary celebration at the drop in center in Morris

Wednesday [10th] Helen Kill, Jerry and Joan Kopacek visited Lorraine Oleson and Marvel Wagner at Good Samaritan Home in Hoffman. Marvel said to say “Hi!” to everyone.

Gayle and Jenna Gibson and Laurie Haufer spent some time over the weekend attending the st j fall festival and visiting family and friends in the area

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Next edition Oct 6^th-12th

Welcome to another edition of the of the Donnelly news

Weather news: the weather has been fairly warm and mild during the last week. Farmers continue to make rapid progress in getting the crops in and I would suspect that by the time you read this column many will be either done or close to it.  Everything I have heard indicates it has been a bumper crop and dry enough that not much drying is needed.

 STJ/KONG News: The St J fall fest will be held today (sat) at the church.  There will be a rummage & bake sale, raffle, lunch etc.

The parish confirmation service event will be held on Oct 13^th .They are collecting gently used clothing ,household and personal care items for churches united for the homeless in Moorhead and other places.  Items may be dropped off at the parish office until Oct 10^th.

The raffle committee is looking for donations for the annual raffle Kong fall fest on Nov 18th.  You can call 589-1195 or 246-3405 with items to donate

 The block part that was held in Donnelly a couple months ago raised about $1500 for the st co food shelf

The Oct parish newsletter is now out extra copies are available in the narthex of each church.

GSLC news:  A seven week course on “discipleship”; from “the word at work” series; offered by the institute for Lutheran theology will begin at gs starting Oct 10th at 10:30 am and will be repeated  at 7 pm that same eve. No registration and no fees. More info call the church at 585-6868 or PR mike at 287-3218

The church is participating “operation Christmas child” by Samaritans purse. Pick up a shoe box at the church fill it with needed items (list included in box) and return it to the church. Contact the church for more info.

The glacial ridge conf fall gathering and officer’s workshop will be held today (sat) at faith in Morris with registration at 8:30 a.m.; the speaker will be Sonja Farmer from Marreita MN.

A Greif share seminar support group continues on Mon eves from 6:45-8:45 at the Morris e free church. You may join at any time more info 589-2614 or 589-1788

Zion Lutheran church will have it fall bazar on Oct 13^th at the church in Morris

The Morris life care pregnancy center will have their annual fundraiser Oct 14^th at the Hosanna worship center in Morris dinner by Bello cucina

Fall family ham dinner on Oct 14^th from 11 am- 1 pm at the um Methodist church in Herman

Luther crest bible camp will have their annual meeting Oct 13^th at 10 am

The st co 4-h awards show will be held tonight (Saturday) at the Ag country auditorium at the wcroc at 7 pm

The Mark and Michelle Papesh farm of rural Donnelly (11390 county road 9) will be one of the places featured in MN solar tour to be held today (Saturday) from 10 am to 4 pm

The Donnelly community club will meet on Oct 8^th at the town hall and the firemen at the fire hall at 7 pm

The bookmobile will be in town on Oct 15 @ 3:30 pm

Paul Ersted Jr. announces that the Donnelly branch of the UFMSB will close its doors for good on Dec 31^st.

Edna Mau of Donnelly passed away on Oct 1^st; survivors include her children Mike, Maynard, Muriel and Marilynn and their families. Her husband was the late Mark Mau.

Tony Baker of Debs MN passed away Sept 27^th survivors include his daughter Rhoda (Keaton) Lange

Landon Strand was elected secretary treasurer of the H_N student council recently

The Morris -c-a girls cc team competed in the mega meet in Milaca  ,the Ortonville ,& the Monte invitational’s ;McKenzie Smith finished 7th in Milaca and won the Ortonville and Monte meets, Savannah Aanerud finished third in Ortonville

Madison Wevley is a member of the M-CA C volleyball tournament that won the B-B-E tournament recently

The new Habit House at 500 E 5^th st was dedicated on 9/27. Matthew and Alisha (Wevley) Gramith and family are busy moving into their new home.

On Sept 28^th I stopped at the green rivers apt to visit Vedar Harstad

Sept 29th I traveled to starbuck to attend their Eple Tiden festival. Enroute home I stopped to visit Rev and Mrs. Norm Olsen at their farm place

We salute area 4-h er’s during 4-h week most Donnelly area kids belong to the Rendsville 4 – h club

Sept 30^th I visited Jack Fuchs at his home in Morris

Oct 1^st the st co rep party central cmte met at Detoy’s, tentative plans were made to have a fall rally later this month

Steve Fults and I attended the candidate’s forum at UMM on Oct 2^nd.

 Jim and Low Eystad and I were among the many form the area who turned out for the Ed botcher benefit on Oct 3rd at the old # 1 Southside

The Sullivan brothers have purchased the Catholic Church building in Donnelly.