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 June 1st-8th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.

Weather News: more summer-like temps have prevailed in the past week; however, it is still very dry around here. Most of the crops are starting to come up.

St, John's/Kongsvinger news: if you require pastoral care or need info about service times or any other event in the parish, please call the parish office 320-246-3211, e-mail stjkong@runestone.net

The parish will be participating in VBS at Faith Morris this yr. 7\26-7/31 contact either church office for more details or to register

Destiny Pollard and Courtney Lehman were honored on baccalaureate sun at Kong. On May 23rd

Gslc news: if you need info about anything going on in the church, call 585-6868 or e-mail gslcmorris@gmail.com

  in June Wed eve services start they will be a repeat of the Sun a.m. services

BBB returns on June 2nd at 6:30 p.m. at the fireside in Morris.

Community organization meetings: The Rendsville 4-h meets on the first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at St John's Donnelly. The City council meets on the 1st Sat of the month at 4 p.m. at city hall.  The community club meetings are on the 2nd Mon of the month at the community hall at 7 p.m. & the Donnelly Fire Department meets on the 2nd and 3rd Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the fire hall. The Stevens county genealogical society will resume meeting in Sept.

 The bookmobile will resume its regular schedule today (Tue.) with stops in Donnelly on the 2nd & 4th Monday of the month on Main Street from 2:45–3:00 p.m.; for more info, call 218.739.5286 or visit https://www.viking.lib.mn.us/bookmobile. Also, the VLS is offering a summer reading program: Vlsbookmobile.beanstack.org.

Note I am planning on having my annual grad issue next month, so if you have somebody graduating, especially from higher ed, please let me know.

Rusc Kinship garden gala June 23rd, 5–7 p.m. Pomme de Park

There will be no ice cream social in June this yr.

Plans continue to have a threshing bee this year, hopefully. Anyone with ideas of activities/events we could add should contact an officer with the community club.  

From Sandy Dunn: As of now, the planning has started for the scheduling of the Bee as usual.  

Starting June 1st -20th, we will be looking for candidates interested in running for our 2021/2022 Threshing Bee Royalty.

Eligibility for Little Miss candidates are ages 8-10, and Queen/Princess candidates are ages 14-18. 

Keep a watch for more info soon to follow as we move forward in the planning stages.

Please note the "official" fb page is Donnelly Minnesota threshing bee

Congrats to Mitch Daly, the new manager at the Donnelly co-op, He is taking over from Bob Burner, who has retired after 17 years.  

 Wally McCollar's family informs me that they are planning on having a service for him in July.

Death notices: none

The past week: Legion riders brat feed legion Morris customer appreciation cookout at Heartland motors regular services bible study and adult Ed at Gs. Schs annual meeting

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May 25th-June 1st

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.

Weather News: milder weather has made it feel more like spring out. It appears most framers in the area have most of their fields planted, and a few fields are coming up. We had some rain on Tue eve.

St, John's/Kongsvinger news: services are now being held indoors again with some restrictions in place. Services are at 9:30 a.m., on the 1st, 3rd, 5th Sun at Kongsvinger, the 2nd and 4th Sun at St, John's. Communion is on the 1st and 4th Sun of the month. On May 8th, S.S. ended for the year. Rev. Rochelle Anderson is providing pastoral care. Please contact a council president if you need pastoral care or call her at 320-287-2663.  The KLCW has resumed meeting the 1st Thur. of the month at Kong. Their June 3rd meeting will be at 6:30 p.m.; S.T. J WELCA is still on hiatus. Also, Kong do-days and women's book club have returned. Contact the parish office for dates, times, and places of various events.

Two remaining dates for radio sponsorship July 25th and December 5th contact the parish office for more details

The parish will be participating in VBS at Faith Morris this yr. 7\26-7/31 contact either church office for information, details, or to register

Gslc news: services are at 9 a.m., followed by a  coffee hr.  The picture taking for our new directory has been ppd.

Adult Ed has returned following the lunch hr. S.S. has ended for the yr.

Please check with your local church for their latest update on service times and details and other events. Also, remember that there are services, devotionals, etc., available on F.B., YouTube, church websites, local access channels, radio, etc.

BBB returns in In June at the fireside in Morris

Community organization meetings: The Rendsville 4-h meets on the first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at St John's Donnelly. City council meets on the 1st Sat of the month at 4 p.m. at city hall.  The community club meetings are on the 2nd Mon of the month at the community hall at 7 p.m. & the Donnelly Fire Department meets on the 2nd and 3rd Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the fire hall.

 The bookmobile will resume its regular schedule June 1st with stops in Donnelly on the 2nd & 4th Monday of the month on Main Street from 2:45–3:00 p.m.; for more info, call 218.739.5286 or visit https://www.viking.lib.mn.us/bookmobile. Also, the VLS is offering a summer reading program: Vlsbookmobile.beanstack.org.

Note I will have my annual grad recognition issue in early June, so if you have somebody graduating, please let me know.

 

 

Note all meetings are subject to change, so please check with somebody before planning to attend any scheduled meetings. 

Thanks to Hands for Health (Jeanne Ennen) for sponsoring the SCHS walking tour of Donnelly.  There will be brochures available at the co-op and P.O. in Donnelly and the museum in Morris or online: https://www.stevenshistorymuseum.com/uploads/Donnelly%20Brochure.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1h3Vju0wvl3fHfhcXDRolT3Y5SLmSMEJrvzDM0LNXxahOpIFboMFYqESo; if you were unable to attend the event and wish to do so on your own.

There will be similar tours of Chokio and Alberta later this year.

Rusc Kinship garden gala June 23rd, 5–7 p.m. Pomme de Park

there will be no ice cream social in June this yr.

Plans continue to have a threshing bee this year, hopefully. Anyone with ideas of activities/events we could add should contact an officer with the community club. 

The WCC all-conference team in golf includes Brady Loge. His parents are Mike & Jill. His grandfather Steve is originally from Donnelly.

Karen (Harstad) Long and Jane (Larson) Sassenfeld recently retired after 50 & 44 yrs in the nursing field.

Thanks to Anderson acres for donating the flowers and Rendsville 4-h for planting them in planters around town to help beautify Donnelly

The past week: "frozen" musical at MAHS, regular services; adult ed and bible study at GSLC.

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May 18th-25th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.

Weather News: temps are still cool, most of the fields in the area have been worked up and/or planted, and a few fields have a crop coming up, including the field by the threshing bee grounds.

St, John's/Kongsvinger news: services are now being held indoors again with some restrictions in place. Services are at 9:30 a.m., on the 1st, 3rd, 5th Sun at Kongsvinger, the 2nd and 4th Sun at St, John's. Communion is on the 1st and 4th Sun of the month. On May 8th, SS ended for the year. Rev. Rochelle Anderson is providing pastoral care. Please contact a council president if you need pastoral care or call her at 320-287-2663.  The KLCW has resumed meeting the 1st Thur. of the month at Kong. Their June 3rd meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. ST J WELCA is still on hiatus. Also, Kong do-days and women's book club have returned.

The two remaining dates for radio sponsorship are July 25th and December 5th contact the parish office for more details.

Change in schedule: On May 23rd, Rev Rochelle Anderson will preside at services at Kongsvinger at 9:30 a.m. This service will be Baccalaureate Recognition Sun. If you have a grad, please let the parish office know ASAP. Note I will have my annual grad recognition issue in early June, so if you have somebody graduating, please let me know.

Gslc news: services are at 9 a.m., followed by a limited coffee hr. and SS.

Adult Ed has returned following the lunch hr., the last day of SS is May 23rd.

Please check with your local church for their latest update on service times and details and other events. Also, remember that there are services, devotionals, etc., available on FB, YouTube, church websites, local access channels, radio, etc.

BBB returns in In June at the fireside in Morris

Community organization meetings: The Rendsville 4-h meets on the first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at St John's Donnelly. City council meets on the 1st Sat of the month at 4 p.m. at city hall.  The community club meetings are on the 2nd Mon of the month at the community hall at 7 p.m. & the Donnelly Fire Department meets on the 2nd and 3rd Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the fire hall.

 The bookmobile will resume its regular schedule June 1st with stops in Donnelly on the 2nd & 4th Monday of the month on Main Street from 2:45–3:00 p.m.; for more info, call 218.739.5286 or visit https://www.viking.lib.mn.us/bookmobile. Also, the VLS is offering a summer reading program: Vlsbookmobile.beanstack.org.

 

 

Note all meetings are subject to change, so please check with somebody before planning to attend any scheduled meetings. 

Thanks to Hands for Health (Jeanne Ennen) for sponsoring the SCHS walking tour of Donnelly.  There will be brochures available at the co-op and PO in Donnelly and the museum in Morris or online: https://www.stevenshistorymuseum.com/uploads/Donnelly%20Brochure.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1h3Vju0wvl3fHfhcXDRolT3Y5SLmSMEJrvzDM0LNXxahOpIFboMFYqESo; If you were unable to attend the event and wish to do so on your own.

There will be similar tours of Chokio and Alberta later this year.

Rusc Kinship garden gala June 23rd, 5–7 p.m. Pomme de Park

There is no ice cream social in June this yr.

Along with some family members, John Ruff spent time visiting his sister Lou (Jim) Eystad and other family & friends in the area.

Plans continue to have a threshing bee this year, hopefully. Anyone with ideas of activities/events we could add should contact an officer with the community club. 

The past week: Gary Brunkow funeral, regular services, & bible study at GSLC, NDP Morris E Free church the farewell reception and last service for Pr Dell Sanderson, at Faith-Morris; the community club mtg Donnelly; Holmberg field dedication

 

donnelly news

May 11th-18th 

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. Sorry for there being no column in last week's paper; I did not realize it did not get sent in due to computer problems until too late.  You can read it at Donnelllyminn.blogspot.com or Facebook: Donnelly news.

Weather News: after a super lovely weekend temps wise things have cooled off some. I still have not seen a lot of field activity, but I can see that many more fields have been worked up and/or planted in the past week or so.

St, John's/Kongsvinger news: services are now being held indoors again with some restrictions in place. Services are at 9:30 a.m., on the 1st, 3rd, 5th Sun at Kongsvinger, the 2nd and 4th Sun at St, John's. Communion is on the 1st and 4th Sun of the month. On May 8th, SS ended for the year. Rev. Rochelle Anderson is providing pastoral care. Please contact a council president if you need pastoral care or call her at 320-287-2663.  The KLCW has resumed meeting the 1st Thur. of the month at Kong. Their June meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. ST J WELCA is still on hiatus. Please check with the parish office for the status of any other meetings or events 246-3211.

Two remaining dates for radio sponsorship July 25th and Dec. 5th contact the parish office for more details

Change in schedule: 0n May 16th, Rev. John Smith will preside at services at St John's, and on May 23^rd, Rev Rochelle Anderson will preside at services at Kongsvinger, both at 9:30 a.m. This service will be Baccalaureate Recognition Sun. If you have a grad, please let the parish office know ASAP. Note I will have my annual grad recognition issue in early June, so if you have somebody graduating, please let me know.

Gslc news: services are at 9 a.m., followed by a limited coffee hr. and SS.

Adult Ed returns on May 16TH following the lunch hr., The last day of SS is May 23rd.

Please check with your local church for their latest update on service times and details, and other events. Also, remember that there are services, devotionals, etc., available on FB, YouTube, church websites, local access channels, radio, etc.

Community organization meetings: The Rendsville 4-h meets on the first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at St John's Donnelly. City council meets on the 1st Sat of the month at 4 p.m. at city hall.  The community club meetings are on the 2nd Mon of the month at the community hall at 7 p.m. & the Donnelly Fire Department meets on the 2nd and 3rd Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the fire hall.

 The bookmobile will resume its regular schedule June 1st with stops in Donnelly on the 2nd & 4th Monday of the month on Main Street from 2:45–3:00 p.m.; for more info, call 218.739.5286 or visit https://www.viking.lib.mn.us/bookmobile. Also, the VLS is offering a summer reading program: Vlsbookmobile.beanstack.org.

 

 

Note these are scheduled meetings and subject to change. There are restrictions, i.e., masks, social distancing, etc., in place for community club meetings, and I also assume at other meetings. Please check with somebody before planning to attend any scheduled meetings. 

Thanks to Hands for Health (Jeanne Ennen) for sponsoring the SCHS walking tour of Donnelly. If you were unable to attend the tour and would like to go on the tour on your own, there will be brochures available at the co-op and PO in Donnelly and the museum in Morris. There will be similar tours of Chokio and Alberta later this year.

Hailey Lesmeister was one of the MAHS speech participants who took 2nd at the section speech meet; as a team, she and her partner took 1st in duo interpretation, they went on to the state where they made it to the finals and took 4th place.

Kaylen Running Hawk was honored by the Morris area school board for his National heart of the arts award.

Congratulations to Sandy Kopel on her recent election as VFW Aux Jr. Vice and Jack Kopacek, who was elected Patriotic Instructor. Joan Kopacek continues as Auxiliary President.

Isabel and Lydia Fynboh and Destiny Pollard are members of the MAHS girls track team that recently took 2nd at the Sauck Centre invite. You can find complete results here: https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=414293&show=all.

Justus Moser was part of a Morris area FFA livestock judging team that placed 2nd in the state.

Jackson Loge has been selected to participate in the MN Basketball Coaches Association Showcase at East Ridge high school in Woodbury on June 18-19.

Death notices: Joyce Hanson of Herman passed away on Apr. 25th survivors include her brother Lowell (Barb) Simpson of the Chokio-Donnelly area and their family.

Arne Stein of Morris passed away on Apr. 23rd survivors include his niece Kathy (Scott) Bahr of the Donnelly area and their family

 

The past couple of weeks: Adult Ed with Pastor Erica Varcoe from Table Ministry in Sioux Falls; workday; regular services and Bible Study at GSLC