donnelly news

May 28^th-June 3rd

Welcome to the graduation edition of the Donnelly news

Weather news it has been a very nice week so far driving around the countryside I see most crops are up and looking good

St John’s/Kongsvinger news:  The summer worship schedule starts on May 29^th with services at Kongsvinger 9 a.m. and on June 1^st at 7p.m. at St. John’s. This schedule will continue every sun a.m. and wed eve through July 17th when times will switch with St. John’s worshiping on Sun a.m. and Kongsvinger on wed eve. Regular schedule will resume in Sept.

Community vbs will be held on June 13^th-17^th from 3:30-7:30 p.m. ea. day open to all kids in the community

Good Shepherd Lutheran church news summer book study will start on June 5^th the book will be "where God meets man" by Gerhard Forde. The study will be during adult Ed about 10:30 a.m.

Vbs will be held in conjunction with Zion Lutheran again this yr. at Zion –Morris on June 20-23^rd led by staff from Lutheran island bible camp from 1-4 p.m. ea. day

Other church news: I have been informed that the mn all-state Lutheran choir will be at Lwlc in Alex on June 18^th time TBA (it has been 7:30 pm in past years)

Swmn elca synod in June 10-11^th is at Gustavus Adolphus College in st peter mn.

Community news: The Bookmobile will be in town on Main Street in Donnelly on June 6^th from 3:45-4 p.m.

"Grow Kids and Kinship Garden Gala" sponsored by Rusc on June 9^th at the hort gardens at the wcroc 5:30-8:30 p.m. more info call 585-RUSC (7872)

The city council and rendsville 4-h will meet on June 6^th at 7 p.m. at the Donnelly hall and St. John’s Lutheran church

Donnelly fire dept. will meet at 7 p.m. and community club will meet about 9 p.m. on June 13^th at the fire hall and community hall.

There will be a Graduation Open house for becca Holland at old # 1 Southside on May 30^th from 2-5 p.m.

There are no little league games in Donnelly this year, but do know there are horseshoe games, on Tuesday evenings, unsure about lady sb games.

Death Notice none

Celebrations: the tiger girls’ sb team won the wcc title and no 1 seed in the section 3 AA playoffs. Members include Brooke Gillisepe and Becca Holland

Tiger girls  track team placed 2^nd in west central conference meet held recently, Savanah Aanerud finished first in the 3200m run, was a member of the 4x800 relay team that finished 3^rd ,Islande Sperr was a member of the 4x100 m relay team that finished 4^th ,boys finished  6^th ,100 m Levin strand (14^th )Dalton lupke( 16^th )Levin was a member of the 4x100 m relay team that finished 34th and 4x200 that finished 4^th

VFW auxiliary officers Joan kopacek pres., jerry kopacek color bearer, Liz Aschman trustee and parotic instructor, rose Uhden trustee

Timothy Duane Meyer was born on May 19, at Stevens Community Medical Center to Mike and BethAnn Meyer of Cyrus. Grandparents are Duane and Wendy Jergenson from Glenwood and Michael and Nita Meyer from Blaine. Great-grandparents are David and Julette Jergenson from Cyrus formerly of Donnelly

Here are the grads I have so far along with parents and grandparents if I have missed anybody let me know all grads are from Morris area schools unless otherwise noted  *denotes honor student

Katlin Van Horn North Dakota state university Mark and Karen (Kenneth and Irene) (Marge Kleinhans)

Adam Uphoff (Alan and Mary); Pat uphoff North Dakota state university; Tim uphoff ridgeway Willmar (sue and late Jon) Gary and Karen uphoff

Lindsay Flogstad (matt and Sue)

Brady Jergenson* (rob and Peggy); Robert and barb; Audrey and Nancy heinrichs 

Britany cardwell (Doug and Muriel)

Micaela Mae Brevig u of mn (Jim and Victoria Jasper) Andy Brevig

Kendra Sperr Alex tech (Duane and Lori) Paul and Betty

Rebecca Holland* (Joe and Linda)

Jonna Moser (Jon and Lori) harry and Corrine; Nancy and glen Knopp

Emily varnum mn state Moorhead (David and melody) Marylyn; les and Lyla Cin

Mac Beyer (Joel and Jamie) (carol Wilcox) mn state Moorhead

The sr. awards day was held on May 25^th I see several Donnelly area kids were among the receipts I will have more info in a later column about that

Note I have temporarily misplaced my cell so do not call me on that until I find it back or get another one

Past wk. nelson estate auction Donnelly birthday party for Helen Peterson at buddies in Hancock, gslc   ss picnic Green River Park, bbb at old # 1 Southside

donnelly news

May 21^st –may 27^th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news

Weather news well after a week cold and rainy it has turned sunny and mild again.  Think most farmers in the area have most of their crops in but they are slow to emerge.

St John’s/Kongsvinger news:  There will be a brunch at Kongsvinger on May 22^nd at 10 a.m. to honor the grads followed by joint Baccalaureate services at Kongsvinger at 11 a.m. this will also be the last day of s.s.

 The summer worship schedule starts on May 29^th with services at Kong 9 a.m. and on June 1^st at 7p.m. at St. John’s. This schedule will continue every sun a.m. and wed eve through July 17th when times will switch with St. John’s worshiping on Sun a.m. and Kong on wed eve. Regular schedule will resume in Sept.

Good Shepherd Lutheran church news May 22^nd is the last day of Sunday school; to celebrate a picnic will be held at Green River Park in Morris starting at 12:30 p.m. with a potluck picnic and games

Summer book study will start on June 5^th the book will be "where god meets man" by Gerhard Forde. the study will be during adult Ed about 10:30 a.m.

Other church news: none

Community news: The Bookmobile will be in town on Main Street in Donnelly on May 23^rd from 3:45-4 p.m.

Death Notice john Jack Gausman of Princeton mn passed away on May 7^th. He was proceed in death by his wife former Donnelly area resident Virginia Mich

Celebrations: john DeLong was recently named king of the west wing village

The Diehl Farm of Donnelly (purchased in 1915), the Kopel Farm of Donnelly (purchased in 1916) were recently recognized as century farms in Stevens County

Chandler Erickson named to the all-conference UMAC team in bb

May 14^th I traveled to Immanuel Lutheran church near Barrett mn for the memorials service for Joan Larson. Her husband is my 2^nd cousin, it was an opportunity to see and visit with relatives I had not seen in some time

The Donnelly youth club Wednesday [18th] enjoyed making a “Tower of Babel” then knocking it down again as part of their lesson.

Past week Altrich sale Donnelly grant co fair board fundraiser in Herman; visit with Rosie Hanson at bethel manor in Alex and Iver Aal and others at the Barrett home, bbb at old # 1 Southside

Here are the grads I have so far I will have a complete list next wk. so if you have one let me know esp. higher Ed ones

Katlin Van Horn NDSU

Adam Uphoff MAHS

Lindsay Flogstad MAHS

Brady Jergenson MAHS

Britany Cardwell MAHS 

Micaela Mae Brevig U of MN.

Pat Uphoff NDSU

Tim Uphoff ridgeway Willmar

 

donnelly news

May 14^th -20^th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news

Weather news well after a week of sunny warm weather it has turned cold and rainy again.  See a few crops up in the area, a friend told me that on the family farm they were done planting.

St John’s/Kongsvinger news: Youth club at St. John’s from 4-6 p.m. on May 18^th

There will be a brunch at Kongsvinger on May 22^nd at 10 a.m. to honor the grads followed by joint Baccalaureate services at Kongsvinger at 11 a.m.

The May newsletter is out which includes the summer worship schedule starting on May 29th

Good shepherd Lutheran church news: John kirkoff from Glenwood will give presentation on international health services during adult Ed about 10:30 a.m. on May 15^th.

Other church news: none

Community news: The Bookmobile will be in town on Main Street in Donnelly on May 23^rd from 3:45-4 p.m.

The Donnelly fire dept. will meet on May 16th at 7 p.m. at the fire hall

Death Notice john Jack gausman of Princeton mn passed away on May 7^th. He was proceed in death by his wife former Donnelly area resident Virginia Mich

Former  Donnelly area resident  Darline June Harriet wente passed away on May 10^th survivors include her niece Diane (wally)kill of Morris  and nephew dick (Linda) wente of Donnelly

Mark Steven Hyatt of Alex passed away on May 4^th survivors include his grandmother Evelyn(dale) Graff of Alex, dale is a former Donnelly area resident

Joan Larson of Barrett passed away on May 10^th her husband Ellard is my 2^nd cousin

There are some rummage sales and an auction sale(Altrich estate) in Donnelly today (sat.) and another auction sale sw of Donnelly on May 21st (nelson estate)

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Celebrations: The tiger boys and girls track team finished 2^nd in the Benson meet:

100M– (8) Islande Sperr finished 8^th in the 100 m and was also a member of the 4 x 100 m relay team that won first place

3200M – (1) Savannah Aanerud

Levin Strand was a member of the 4x100 m relay team that placed first and the 4 x 200 team that finished 2nd

In pelican rapids meet the girls took 2nd and boys 7th

3200M – (6) Savannah Aanerud 13:23.37

Islande Speer was a member of the 4x100 that finished 3^rd

Sisseton meet: girls’ first boys 6th

4x100 and 4x200 m relay 5^th Levin strand was a member of that team and also a member 1600 sprint that finished 2nd 200 m Dakota lupke finished 35th; girls Savanah Aanerud was a member of the 4 x 800 m relay team that finished first she also finished 2^nd in the 800 m relay Islande speer finished 19^th in the 100 m dash 17^th in the 200 m

Hawley meet girls 2^nd boys 4^th 200 m Islande Sperr 10th she was also a member of the 4x100 m relay team that finished 2nd 400 m Savanah Aanerud 6^th boys 600 m Dakota lupke 16^th Levin strand was a member of the 4x200 m relay team that finished first

Little Croix meet boys (17^th) 200 m Dakota lupke 37^th he and Landon strand were member of the 4 x200 m relay team that finished 6^th Landon was also a member of the 4 x100 that also finished 6^th girls (6^th) 100 m Islande Sperr 26^th 200 m 28^th was a member of the 4x 100 relay team finished 4^th 3200 m Savanah Aanerud 3^rd she was also a member of 4x800 m relay team that finished 5^th

True team meet girls 4th Islande Speer 100 m 11^th she was also a member of 4x1200 relay team that finished 3^rd Savanah Aanerud 1600 m 10^th 3200 m 3rd boys (5^th) Dalton   lupke 200 m 15^th

Chandler Erickson recently recorded his 100^th hit as a member of the cougar bb team

Donnelly community club had its monthly meeting on May 9^th as we continue to make plans for the bee and other events later this year. Next meeting is in June 13^th

Rebekah Aanerud was awarded the Marion j piper scholarship by the North Dakota professional communications she is a sophomore at ndsu

Phil Kloos won the 13^th annual 9 pin no tap tournament at crystal lanes recently

In a few weeks I will do my annual graduation issue if you have a grad please let me know

Past week st co gen soc. mtg, workday at gslc, bible study at gslc, bbb at old # 1

donnelly news

May 7^th-13th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news

Weather news well the weather has finally turned nice for a while and farmers are very busy getting the fields worked and crops in

St John’s/Kongsvinger news: Youth club at St. John’s from 4-6 p.m. on May 18th

Anyone with a graduate in the family this year is asked to let the parish office know ASAP, baccalaureate Sunday is May 22nd during joint services at Kong at 11 a.m.

The May newsletter is out which includes the summer worship schedule starting on May 29th

Good shepherd Lutheran church news: cleanup day at the church today (Saturday) starting at 8 a.m.

Other church news: none

Community news: The Bookmobile will be in town on Main Street in Donnelly on May 9^th and 23^rd from 3:45-4 p.m.

The Donnelly community club will meet on May 9^th at 7 p.m. at the Donnelly hall

The Donnelly fire dept. will meet on May 9^th & 16^th at 7 p.m. at the fire hall

The dist. 12 dfl convention will held on May 12^th time and place to be announced

Anyone interested in participating in a city wide garage sale on May 13-14^th contact Lori Speer 246-3496 or Lori Mau 246-3265. May 14^th is also the date of the Altrich estate auction in Donnelly.

Death Notice Stanley Schliep of Appleton passed away on Apr. 29^th his wife Marion of Holloway passed away on Apr. 23^rd; survivors include Stan’s sister Irene (Ken) van Horn of Morris formerly of Donnelly

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Celebrations: The tiger boys and girls track team finished 2^nd in the Benson meet:

100M– (8) Islande Sperr finished 8^th in the 100 m and was also a member of the 4 x 100 m relay team that won first place

3200M – (1) Savannah Aanerud

Levin Strand was a member of the 4x100m relay team that placed first and the 4 x 200 team that finished 2nd

In pelican rapids meet the girls took 2nd & boys 7th

3200M – (6) Savannah Aanerud 13:23.37

Islande Speer was a member of the 4x100 that finished 3^rd

Sisseton meet: girls’ first boys 6th

4x100 & 4x200 m relay 5^th Levin strand was a member of that team and also a member 1600 sprint that finished 2nd 200 m Dakota lupke finished 35th; girls Savannah Aanerud was a member of the 4 x 800 m relay team that finished first she also finished 2^nd in the 800 m relay Islande speer finished 19^th in the 100 m dash 17^th in the 200 m

Hawley meet girls 2^nd boys 4^th 200 m Islande Sperr 10th she was also a member of the 4x100m relay team that finished 2nd, 400 m Savannah Aanerud 6^th boys 600 m Dakota lupke 16^th Levin strand was a member of the 4x200 m relay team that finished first

Brady Jergenson was named one of the players of week in the west central conference

Greta Kathleen Rudnicki was born on April 8^th, to Scott and Jen (Kopel) Rudnicki of Brainerd. Grandparents are Rob and Kathy Kopel of Donnelly.

Jerry and Joan Kopacek were among the five members of the VFW Auxiliary who traveled to Willmar Sunday April 24th for the 5th District meeting and testimonial supper. 

A number of students from the Donnelly area are among those who made the 3 q honor roll at Morris area H.S. too many to list here so I will say congrats to all of them.

In a few weeks I will do my annual graduation issue if you have a grad please let me know

Past wk. bbb at old #1  ,cd 7 rep convention in Alex with a visit to Rosie Hanson & Shirley frank at bethel manor and home afterwards, open house for geo Pederson at Morris sr. center ,spring rummage sale at faith Morris