donnelly news

December 24th-December 30th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news

Please note that my deadline the next week is Tuesday at noon due to the New Year’s holidays

Weather news: some of coldest weather in many years descended on us over the weekend with -24 the low on Sun plus wind chills of -30-40 causing many churches to cancel/PPD services and/or ss programs

St. John’s Kongsvinger news: there will be joint services at St. John’s on January 1 st at 10 a.m. no Sunday school

Christmas Eve services tonight (Saturday.) at St. John’s at 9 p.m., joint services on December 25th at 10 a.m. at Kongsvinger, no Sunday school

The woman’s’ book club will meet on December 27th at Karen Uphoff’s home at 1:30 p.m. note change of day

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church news: Christmas Eve services at 5 p.m. today (Saturday.); Christmas day at 10 a.m. at the church note the change of time from what is listed in the December newsletter

Other church news: Faith Lutheran Morris news Living nativity will be held at 3 and 5:30 p.m. today (Saturday) at the church

Trinity –Alberta has purchased the former Nazarene church in Alberta and will hold their first service there today (Saturday.) at 5 P.M.

Community events: Many Donnelly businesses will close early on New Year’s Eve

There will be a Christmas dinner at First Lutheran Morris on December 25th, starting at noon

The Herman red hats’ meeting is January 2nd at 9 A.M. at AJ’s. (Gas station) in Herman

The VFW/Legion cookie packing event has been rescheduled for December 27th at 10m am at the legion contact Joan Kopacek for more info at 246-3381

Death notice former Donnelly resident Dorothy 'Dot' (Holdgrafer) Buchal of St Paul passed away on December. 13th she was preceded in death by her parents Joe and Mable Holdgrafer I have posted her obit on the Donnelly news fb page

Celebrations: wrestling big bear Tournament: Keaton Long of West Central Area finished 5th at 152 lbs. Tiger Brady Cardwell finished 2-2

December 15th I stopped into the key row apartments to wish my friend Mark Koepke Happy Birthday

Reminder if you are going to be gone over the holidays or heading south for the winter you can read my news on-line at DonnellyMinn.blogspot.com

Past wk. visit to my aunt Pearl and her son Jody Wilke at her apt, open houses at Bremer, Riverwood and Dacotah banks and Fedtel in Morris at west central homes, ss program at Kongsvinger