donnelly news

Apr 7th-14th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news, this column marks the start of my 11th year doing this Manga Takk to all my loyal readers out there for supporting my work

Weather news: “If you do not like the weather in Mn. just wait, and it will change.” We woke up to several inches snow on Saturday morning, by late aft /early eve much of it had melted. Sunday was kind of cool, but not too bad. Monday brought us more snow, and we had a storm on Tuesday. Some of the snow melted on Wednesday

 St. John's/ Kongsvinger news: On April 8th there will be the installation of council members at both churches during services

St John's spring fling ppd to April 21st at the church from 10:30 A.M. – 1 P.M. bake/white elephant/card sale and lunch served

GSLC NEWS: there will be a family fun day at Gs on April 8th starting at 3 pm with board games and a potluck dinner at 5 pm

There will be an open forum after Sunday service's on April 22 and 29 to begin our discussion.  Pastor Randy Freund of the Augustana District will join us on that day to give us an overview of mission needs in our area as well as abroad

Bridges of Hope, a support group for those grieving the loss of a loved one is being held Monday evenings at 6:30 p.m., and Tuesdays at 10: 00 a.m., call the funeral home for information  

Widows and widowers meet on April 8th for lunch in the basement of the old #1 there is an elevator in the front of the building

CROP walk on April 8th starting with registration at about 12:30 p.m. at the Federated Church

Glacial ridge women of the elca will meet on April 23rd at Trinity –Benson, with registration starting at 4 p.m., at 6:15 p.m. there will be a concert by the Benson 9th grade girls’ choir and a presentation about 25 years at the Heartland Ranch of Benson

Marian Grossman will be performing at Zion Lutheran-Morris on April 8th potluck lunch at 11:30 am the recital at 1 pm

The following events are being held today (Saturday) Kurt Kruize memorial scholarship dinner starting at 3 p.m. at the Hancock community center. ( His grandfather is from Donnelly ); the Donnelly city council at city hall at 4 p.m., RUSC Kinship 3rd annual Quarter Kraze at 3 p.m. at the legion Morris, An open house bridal shower honoring Laura Johnson, bride-to-be of Tyler Roske, will be held from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at Federated Church in Morris. The couple is registered at Target. Please bring your favorite recipe for the bride to be, Easter egg hunt at Hosanna worship center at 11 a.m. (ppd from last week) Morris community church fellowship 4-8 p.m. at the church

We are happy to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of Laura Johnson and Tyler Roske. Parents of the bride are Amanda and Chris Graham, Ellabell, GA and Paul Johnson, Morris. Parents of the groom are Holly and John Riley, Morris and Russell Roske, Donnelly. A June 2, 2018 wedding is being planned.

Donnelly community club meeting scheduled for April 9th has been postponed to April 16th 7 p.m. at the community hall. The firemen will also meet at 7 p.m. at the fire hall that night. Stacy (Volker) Peterson was the winner of the hoodie for those that joined the community club.

A belated 102nd birthday wish goes out to former Donnelly area resident Ruth (Jergenson) Strand

Death notice David Pederson of Woodbury passed away on March 31st Local survivors include his sister in law Lorraine (Jim) Aanerud of Donnelly

Past week:  visits to my aunt Pearl in her apt ; Maundy Thursday , Good Friday services and Easter services at Gs w/Eystad’s; Jerry Anderson visitation at funeral home, and  memorial service at first; fish fry at Eagles, Jerry Lesmeister visitation at funeral home and service at assumption, NAPS with Eystad’s  at senior center, BBB at met lounge