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Next edition: May 24^th-30th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news;

Corrections: Corrections: Rev A.J. Kluver and I traveled to Perham on May 10^th and Wally McCollar received a 20 gallon from the bloodmobile

Weather news: for the first time this spring we have had multiple days of sunny warm weather. Personally I still have not seen much in the way of fieldwork yet or even a lot of evidence of it, saw a lot of untouched fields in my trip to and from Donnelly on Tue.

In St. John’s/ Kongsvinger news: The summer worship schedule with weekly joint services at 9 a.m. alternating between the churches  starts on May 25^th at St. John’s and continues at Kongsvinger on June 1^st, 8th, 15th and 22^nd  See the May newsletter for the complete schedule.     

Bible study resumes after services on June 1st at the host church  

        

There will be a spring cleanup at Kongsvinger on May 28^th at 9 a.m.

Good Shepherd news. There will be a 75^th birthday party for Chuck Spohr (Pr. Mike’s father in law) on May 25^th from 2:30-5 p.m. at the Morris senior center. No gifts please.

Other church news: There will be a community vacation bible school on June 23-26^th co- sponsored by Good Shepherd and Zion-Morris at Zion with staff from Lutheran Island bible camp –Henning leading the activities. Everyone is welcome 

Fund raising is under way for the “feed my starving children” packing event which will return to Morris again this year in August. Contact the Morris e Free church for more info.

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Community news: The next community mentoring program is June 12th at 7 p.m. at the Morris area elementary cafeteria.

There will be a graduation open house in honor of Beth Holland on Monday, May 26, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Old No. 1 Southside. Everyone is welcome. 

There will be a graduation open house for Bryce Jergenson on June 1^st at the Melberg residence 12457 457^thAve. , Morris

Brittany Cardwell was one of two tiger trap shooters on the Top 25 Female Members list in the Class AAAA-Conference 3 at the end of week three with a 23

The Tiger softball team won the west central north championship, Becca Holland is a member of that team.

Carter Fults is one of the beneficiaries of the Tuff luck fun run on June 7th. “The place to be” in Donnelly is one of the stops; the Headquarters for the event is the Herman bar and grill.  More info 287-0983 or 701-306-7183

Former Donnelly area resident, Alice (Devick) Hallman of Morris passed away on May 18^th. Several of us from the Donnelly area were among those who attended her funeral at the Pedersen funeral home on May 22^nd.

Ag country scholarship winner is Rebekah Aanerud; Carly Gullickson was named a recipient of a 2014 Road to Success Scholarship from Bremer Insurance of Morris and Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company of Grinnell, Iowa.

The Morris –Benson area storm squirts hockey team won first place at the MN. Hockey showcase held recently, Brady Loge was a member of that team, his dad Ryan was a coach.

Business professionals of America ambassador torch bearers were Dalton Lupke and Carly Gullickson

Isabelle Eve Marlow was born on May 5, at Stevens Community Medical Center, Morris, to Matt Marlow and Tracy Hagen of Chokio. Grandparents are Bud and Carol Marlow of Chokio, Janet Hagen and former Donnelly area resident Gary Ritzschke of Kensington

Tiger track at the west central conference meet the girls placed second, the boys third; Rebecca and Savanah Aanerud, Kortney Geise and Beth Holland are members of that team who finished in the top ten individually and/or as members of relay teams, in the   boys Dalton Lupke was a member of 4x800 that finished ninth.

May 22^nd I was one of the guests of Wally McCollar at Buddies Bar and Grill in Hancock for a surprise 87^th birthday party for Helen Peterson of Hancock.

I plan to recognize Donnelly area graduates in a future column if you have one you please let me know especially if it a post -h.s graduate. Also let me know about any upcoming open houses.

Every so often I stop into McCollar Jewelry to visit with Wally for a while one of the things he tells me is that he is planning on putting together a 60^th class reunion for the MHS class of ’55 next year so if you are a member of the class or know somebody from there be sure to keep that in mind.

Some of the events I attended in the past week in the area include open houses at Valu Ford, SCMC, Amundon Peterson, the “buck of cancer” horse show at fairgrounds; Logan benefit, GSLC SS picnic, visitation and funeral for Vern Krupke, EMT open house at the ambulance garage, and the Kummrow benefit.

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Next edition Dec 25th –Dec 31st.
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. Merry Christmas from me and my “family”!
Please note that I have early deadline for next week; Dec. 29th so please keep that in mind if you have news for me. I plan to check my boxes on the aft of the 27th
Weather news: It has been snowy and stormy during the past week we got several inches of snow on the 16th/17th and again on the 20th so snow removal equipment has been kept busy. Fortunately temps have not been to cold. I have also seen some snowmobilers out as well as the groomer.
STJ/KONG PARISH News: Christmas day worship will be at Kong at 10 am today (sat) and there will be joint services at Kong @10 am on the 26th and at st J at 10 am on Jan 2nd. No ss either Sun.
The services will be broadcast on KMRS at 11 am sponsored by Jim and Lou Eystad in memory of loved ones. There are several dates available for sponsorship in 2011. If you want to sponsor a date contact the parish office for more info.
Since I am now an associate member of Gslc I will also be providing some news from them too. The Dec 26th service will be their Christmas service there will be no ss it will resume on Jan 2nd. Confirmation will resume on Dec 29th.
There will be a community Christmas dinner at noon at first Lutheran church in Mors today (Sat) free will donation.
There will be no wam meeting in Jan the next one will be in Feb.
Most Donnelly area business will closed today (sat) some may also be closed on Mon the 27th, most will close early on New Year’s Eve, and be closed on New Year’s day some may also be closed on Mon the 3rd too. Please check with each business as to what their plans are.
Doddie overson Williams informs me that they have changed the dates for the Donnelly girls get together in Rogers, it will now be held on the last sat of Apr and Sept at 1 pm instead of in Jan and July. I will have more info later.
There will be an open house on Dec 30th from 11 am -12:30 pm at the large courtroom in the courthouse honoring Herb Kloos who is retiring after 28 years as a county commissioner.
There will be an open house at environmental controls of Morris (172s county road 22) in honor of Mike Schmidt who is retiring after 28 years of work with on Dec 28th from 1-4 pm
Congratulations to Tyler Rouske on being named kmrs athlete of the game on 12/17
Our sympathy goes out to Clay and Marlene Van horn of Donnelly whose home was destroyed in a fire on Dec 19th.
Jack, John and Joan Kopacek were among those who took in the dedication of the remodeled courthouse on Dec 17th,

Enroute to Morris on Dec 18th I stopped at the site of the gslc to see the progress being made out there. The framing for the fellowship hall is up and they were working on the roof. Enroute home I stopped to visit my aunt pearl A Anderson
Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the services at gslc on Dec 19th and the ss program at st J latter. Thanks to Laura Lehman and the rest of the teachers and staff for their hard work in putting on another fine program.
Jim and Lou Eystad brought some presents to members of the Heartland home in Morris and visited with some of the residents on Dec 18th.

For those of you with internet access you can find a copy of my annual Christmas letter on my blog.

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Next edition Mar 20th–Mar 26th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. If you have news for me please remember my deadlines are Tue eve for my “mailboxes” and Wed eve for other means (e-mail, phone call, snail mail, etc)
The past week has been cloudy, cool, and damp with rain and fog most of the wk. Mild temps have meant that the snow is rapidly disappearing and there is even some green grass showing up. Wed was the nicest day we have had in a long time.
STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: Parish Lenten services “The Sign of Jonah” with supper at 5:30 p.m. and services at 6:45 p. m. will continue through Easter. The offering this yr will be divided between the St Co Food shelf and ELCA disaster service Haitian earthquake recovery efforts. There will also be carts in the narthex to collect non perishable food items. Thanks to the Kong Men’s trio for providing special music at the services on Mar 10th
There will be an Easter Garden in both churches again this yr. Sign up sheets in the narthex of both churches. Contact the parish office for more info.
The schedule for Holy week includes :joint services at St J on Mar 28th, Maundy Thur services at St J; Good Fri services at Kong and Easter services at Kong and St J (no S.S.)

After the last WCAWA chapter meeting several local people expressed interest in offering area wide Lutheran worship services in the vacant Hancock church building. Sufficient interest was expressed for a committee to be formed to rent a building and plan a worship service. The first service will be held on Apr 11th at the former E Free Church building in Hancock. I will have more info later in my column and on my blog.

The Parish Bible study will take a break for a few wks with plans to resume in late Apr.
There will be a fundraising pancake breakfast for Niemackel Lake Park at the legion in Herman on Mar 21st f from 10:30 am -1 pm.
The Donnelly Fire Dept will have its annual fish fry on Mar 26th from 4:30 -8 pm.
Last week I mentioned that Donna Wolking Agosti had passed away. I have been told that her wedding was one of most memorable events to occur in Donnelly because her husband’s family came to Donnelly in a private rail car which they had parked on a side rail and stayed in until after the wedding. That was quite an event for our small town!
I have posted her obit, as well as those of Gloria Brouwer and Elysia Moyle on my blog.
Barry and Nancy Erdahl were among the Lions who helped serve the pancake breakfast at the KMRS/KKOK spring expo on Mar 13th, held at the Lee Center in Morris. A good crowd was on hand for both days of the event.
Julie Busse, Lyle, Verle and Della Dunn recently returned home from a trip to Calif. to visit Verle’s brother in law Marlyn Hagen and his family.
Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the Thrivent Cares program at Faith Lutheran in Morris on Mar 15th.
Dan Frank of Northfield spent some this week visiting his mother Shirley Frank and other family and friends in the area.
St John’s WELCA hosted the St Pat’s party at the WWV on Mar 17th. Thanks to Lynn Shultz for playing. After attending the party I had a chance to visit with a few of the residents there.

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Next edition Feb 6th –Feb 12th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.

The sun was out on Tue meaning the groundhog saw his shadow so we are in for another 6 weeks of winter, but I did see a sign of spring when working out at the rfc the cougar baseball team was starting it’s workouts. We had several inches of snow on Mon that made travel somewhat difficult and it has been cold with temps struggling to get above 0 most of the week.
STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: Parish Bible study on Psalms 23 continues on Thursday’s at St J (10 am) and will be repeated at Kong @ 7 PM
St Johns annual meeting has been rescheduled for Feb 7th following the 11 am services with pot luck dinner to follow.
WCAWA will meet at Nora Lutheran Church of rural Kensington (36528 130th ST.) today (Sat) with Coffee at 9:30 a.m. and the program will be at 10 am. There will a short annual meeting preceding a program on “staying informed and connected” For more info call 795-2477 UPDATE THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PPD TO A LATER DATE!!!
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There are two events upcoming at the St Co Museum in Morris: LU will present the program “Buddhism in practice” there on Feb 10th beginning at 1 pm. On Feb 14th the Stevens county historical society will have their annual meeting there. Events begin with a dinner at noon followed by the business meeting and a program at about 2 pm. Author Gordon Fredickson a former Donnelly area resident will be the guest speaker for the program. I had an opportunity to hear him last year and he has a very good program. Tickets for the dinner can purchased at the St Co Museum

The bank in Donnelly is now open on Tue and Fri instead of Mon and Fri.
The Donnelly Community Club will have their annual meeting on Feb 8th at Sax’s café in Donnelly beginning with supper at 6:30 pm. If you plan to attend please rsvp at 246-3217 or e-mail donnellycommunityclub@runestone.net. If you cannot attend you may mail your dues to the Donnelly community club or leave it one of my boxes.
Don and Tammy Sperr welcomed a new family member last week. Islande is a 10 year old Haitian orphan that they are in the process of adopting. They hope that Auddy another 11 year old Haitian orphan they are trying to adopt will be able to join her here soon.
Elroy Stock of Woodbury passed away on Jan 5th. His sister Marlys (Wally) Giese and their family are among the family members that survive him
Andrew James Adamietz was born on January 29, 2010 at Stevens Community Medical Center, Morris, to Adam and Danielle Adamietz of Morris. Grandparents are Cheryl Beebe of Donnelly, James Gerber of Colfax, Wis. and Rick and Dawn Adamietz of Staples. Great grandparents are Irene Erlandson of Cyrus and Betty Smith of Staples.

Megan Lange, second-year radiology student at St. Luke's College in Sioux City, Iowa, earned Chancellor's List honors for the 2009-2010 fall semester. Her parents are Keaton and Rhonda Lange. Keaton is a member of our threshing bee “family”
Congratulations to Christina Bahr and Holly Varmum who were recently named to the Dean’s list at Alex Tech.

Congratulations to Mark Dunn who won first place in the Lions local Peace Poster Contest. A check and certificate was awarded to Mark on December 14 at the Lions Banquet held at the Old #1 Southside. His poster was sent onto the District Level.
Mark and his family were invited to attend the Lions Midwinter Convention held at the Holiday Inn of Alexandria on December 30. There he was presented with a check and certificate for placing 2nd in the District Level Contest.

Jan 28th after attending bible study at St J I traveled to Morris where I visited Marlys Alm at SCMC, and later visited with Ruth Stand at her home. Lou Eystad tells me that Marlys is now at the WWV but hopes to return home soon.
Feb 1st several of us from the area attended the seminar “keeping the farm in the family” sponsored by Thrivent at the old # 1 in Morris
Andy Brevig and I were among those from the area that attended the republican caucuses at MAHS. Marty Seifert won the straw poll. The republican convention will be held on Feb 14th at Legion in Morris; the DFL on Mar 6th.
En route home from Morris on Feb 3rd I stopped to visit my aunt (Pearl (Albert) Anderson in Donnelly. Dorothy Jordheim also visited her last wk
Jody Wilke of St Cloud came home Fri to wish his mother Pearl A Anderson a happy birthday and took her out to dinner at Sax’s, her granddaughter Kris Wilke of Fergus Falls did the same on Sun. Her brother Charlie & Lavone Dupree called to wish her a happy birthday too.

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Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. Please remember that the success of this column depends in part on my readers feeding me info so if you have news for me please call or e-mail me or leave it one of my "mail" boxes

As I was writing my column last week it started snowing and then stormed most of Thur forcing most schools in the area to cancel classes and much of the weekend was spent digging out again a task made more difficult by -0 temps. They have moderated some this week but it still felt cold due to the wind.

STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS : The Jan newsletter is now out and extra copies are available in the narthex of ea. church.

Parish Bible study on Psalms 23 begins on Jan 28th at St. J (10 am) and will be repeated at Kong @ 7 PM

The area youth- org will be going tubing at Andes tower hill near Alex on Jan 17th. Meet at Kong at 1:30 PM to pool rides ,supper will follow. If you want to sign up or have any questions call 246-3293 or 246-3292

Dates for the annual meetings of both churches have now been set. St. John's will be held on Jan 24th following the 11 am worship service; potluck dinner to follow.

Kongsvinger's will be held on Jan 31st following joint services at 11 am followed by a pot luck dinner.

Habit for Humanity will have their annual pancake breakfast at the American Legion in Morris on Jan 17th from 8 am -12:30 PM, free will offering

There will be an LCMC meeting at St. John's church of rural Starbuck(17852 350th Ave.) on Jan 17th at 2 PM. A rep from LCMC will be on hand to give a presentation and answer questions. for more info call 795-2477


The Learning unlimited program "Understanding Afghanistan" that was scheduled for Jan 13th has been postponed to Jan 27th at 1 PM, at the conference room of the USDA soils lab in Morris.

The Donnelly Rod & Gun Club’s Ice House Fishing Contest will be held today (Sat) from 11-4:00 on Cottonwood Lake near Donnelly. Contact Brad Backman—246-3307—with questions

The bank and the PO in Donnelly will be closed on Jan 18th for the Martian Luther King Jr. holiday.

Jada Leigh Wittern is the first baby born in 2010 at Stevens Community Medical Center and thus was the winner of many prizes. Jada was born at 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 6. Her parents are Jeremyah and Nicole Wittern of Donnelly, grandparents are Becky and late Charlie Bergstrom, great grandparents are Burton and Irene Strand all of Donnelly. She was over to see her great grandparents on Jan 9th.

　

Claudia Anderson of Morris formerly of Donnelly passed away on Jan 4th. Her son Frederick and his father John Spohr of Donnelly are among the family that survive her.

　

Wally McCollar informs me that the MHS class of '55 in planing on having a 55 yr. reunion this yr. The kids who started school in Donnelly are planing on having their own mini reunion at the same time. My Mom was their first grade teacher. Tentative plans call for it to be held during PPD in Morris this summer. In addition to Wally some of the classmates from the Donnelly area are Joanne Frank,Wayne Speer,Edith Speer ,Ruth Stambaugh,Curtis Sax, David Aanerud. Sonja Sather went to school with them in Donnelly but did not graduate from Morris. If you are a member of this class or have a family member who is and want more info give Wally a call at 589-0127 or stop into see him at his shop in the CC Mall.

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Next edition Dec 19th -25th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. Please note that due to the Christmas and New Year’s holidays I will have early deadlines so I will need any news by the 22nd and the 29th.

The weather during the past week has been very cold with -0 temps almost every day, thankfully there has not been much wind to go with it and just a few inches of snow on the ground in this area. I took a different route home last week and saw that there were still a couple of cornfields in the area left to be picked.


STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS there will be joint services at St J on Dec 24th at 9 pm; Dec 25th at 10am at Kong and Dec 29th (STJ) time to be announced.

The parish collection of food for the St Co Food shelf will continue through Dec.

The Kong Christmas Christmas_Card Club will be held again this yr to add your name to the list contact Bertha Larson or Florentine Erickson by Dec 20th.

There will be two performances of the ST/J/Kong S.S. Program this year. The first one will be on Dec 20th during the 11 am worship service at St J, which will be followed by a roast beef dinner. The second one will be held on Dec 23rd at Kong at 7 pm followed by birthday cake, punch and coffee in honor of Jesus’ birthday.


Please remember to look at our community bulletin board when driving though town for details of upcoming events such as Santa’s annual visit to Donnelly today (Sat)

Most Donnelly business will be closing early on Dec 24th and be closed all day on Dec 25th. As far as I know HD & CO is the only Donnelly business that will also be closed on the Dec 26th. I know that several businesses will also be closing early on the 31st and be closed on Jan 1st; I will have more info next wk.

There will be a community dinner at First Lutheran in Morris on Dec 25th beginning at noon.

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Dr Pat Burke informs me that his daughter Sarah is following in his footsteps and has been accepted into medical school. Congratulations!

Congratulations to Jake Long who recently won the championship in his weight class at the Jaguar wrestling tournament and the Grant Co Wrestling tournament at West Central Area.

The following were welcomed as new members of the Rendsville 4-h club recently; Travis Fults (Randy and Joan) Kalley Johnson (Richard and Karen) Blake and Konner Koser (Darren and Nichole) Miranda Papesh (Mark and Michelle) Hope Speer (Rollie and Tami) Carrie and Kelly Wilts (Doug and Ellen) Gage and Morgan Wevely (Kevin and Lori)

David Flugel and I were among those who attended the Sons of Norway bake sale and Fårikål lunch at the Morris Sr. center on Dec 12th.

Several of us from the area took in the open house at the Thrivent office in Morris on Dec 15th




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Next edition Dec 5th -11th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.

The weather during the past week has been mostly cloudy and cool although there were some periods of sunshine and milder temps. It has been dry though which has enabled most farmers in the area to finish harvesting and to get their fall field work done.

STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS The parish is collecting items for the food shelf during the months of Nov and Dec. Non perishable items may be left in the shopping cart located in the narthex of both churches. There will also be a cap and mitten tree in the narthex of both churches for the SA until Dec 13th.

A community Christmas carol sing will be held on Dec 6th at 4 pm at St J followed by a light supper, everyone is welcome to come and help celebrate the Christmas season.

There will be a poinsettia Garden in the parish this yr. To buy one in memory or honor of somebody, please contact the parish office by Dec 14th.

The Kong Christmas Card Club will be held again this yr to add your name to the list contact Bertha Larson or Florentine Erickson by Dec 20th.

Thanks to Tom and Pearl Horning for playing and singing at St J on Nov 29th.

The following events will be held today (Sat):

The KCLW Christmas Advent family potluck brunch will be held at 9 am at the parish hall.

WCAWA will have their annual Advent potluck dinner at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cyrus today. The program will begin at 10 a.m. with dinner to follow.

Thrivent is sponsoring a bus to the Concordia College Christmas concert today from Glenwood. For info about this trip or the WCAWA event call 795-2477


The Holidazlle trim a tree contest at the Donnelly Hall concludes today from 2-5 pm. The public can vote for their favorite tree display as well as sign up for the door prize. Winners of the Trim a Tree and door prize will be announced at 5 pm. Tickets will be available at the door. The money raised will go towards the Donnelly Town Hall remodeling of the kitchen and bathrooms. Stop in for some fresh Coffee, hot Cider, and baked Goodies! Contact Sandy Dunn at 246-3292 if you would like to bring in a tree to display or for more information. I stopped by the hall on Dec 2nd and there were already a lot of nice looking trees on display.

The SCHS holiday open house will be held today at the museum from 9-12 pm.

The Sr Citizens bazaar will run from 9-1:00
pm today at the Sr Center in Morris

Pederson Funeral Home’s “A time to remember” will be held on Dec 6th at 4 pm at the funeral home in Morris.

The Red Hats will meet on Dec 7th at 9 am at Sax’s café in Donnelly. This is the Christmas party so bring your favorite cookie or candy to pass.

Santa will be stopping in Donnelly on Dec 19th.

Learning Unlimited will meet on Nov 9th at 1 pm at the Morris Public Library. Laird Barber will trace Jesus’ ancestry through the Gospel of Matthew.

Congratulations to Nichole Gillespie who was recently named the AAA winner for the ‘09-‘10 school year at C-A H.S.

Congratulations to Jake Long of the West Central Area Knights FB team who recently won several awards from the team and the Heart of Lakes conf at their fall sports banquet.

Ida Johnson of Donnelly passed away on Nov 29th. Her funeral was held on Dec 4th at St J. Her son Lloyd Bendt of Donnelly and his family are among her survivors.

Carol Erickson passed away on Nov 14th. Her sister in law Peg Wischnak of Morris formerly of the Donnelly area is among the family that survives her.

Several of us from the area took in the craft show at the Nat Guard Armory in Morris, on Nov 27th .Enroute home I stopped by St J where Jim and Lou Eystad were among those of us who helped decorate their church. Later in the aft Sandy Dunn and I decorated Kong.

Lowell and Sandy Dunn and family traveled to Wendell on Nov 26th to celebrate Thanksgiving with her mother Vivian Johnson

On Nov 28th Pearl A. Anderson and I were among the family and friends from the area who attended the 90th birthday party for Ruth Moerke at the Sr Center and the Golden Wedding celebration for Delroy and Gloria Heuer at Faith Lutheran in Morris. We were also among those from the area that took in the open house at Unger’s furniture on Nov 29th, enroute home I stopped to visit Sam Jordheim in Donnelly.

Jeff and Gayle Gibson and family of Avon were supper guests of Sam and Dorothy Jordheim on Nov 26th and also spent some visiting other family and friends in the area during the weekend. Mark Hofer of St Cloud traveled to Donnelly last week and picked up his mother- in law Shirley Frank and took her back to his home St Cloud to stay for a few days over the Thanksgiving weekend.

Jim and Lou Eystad and I were among a good crowd from the area that attended the community meal at the Sr Center Morris and later Rev King’s presentation at the MAHS. If you were unable to make it to the meeting you may buy a DVD of the event contact me for more info about ordering one.

Dec 2nd I stopped into McCollar Jewelry to wish Wally an early Happy Birthday.

Pearl A. Anderson and Larry and Peggy Wilke traveled to Fergus Falls on Nov 25th to have dinner with Kris Wilke.

Jim and Lou Eystad were Thanksgiving dinner guests of Tom and Colleen Dogotch of Morris

Verle and Della Dunn were Thanksgiving guests of their granddaughter Chandra and her husband in Alex
















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Next edition Nov 7th – Nov 13th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. Please note that I have a new cell # 320-287-1219.

As I was finishing my column last week it started to rain again which then turned to snow on Fri. This week started out promising with several days of sunshine but then it rained again on Tue. The forecast calls for sunny warm days this weekend hopefully it will come true. Some farmers were able to take advantage of the nice weather to get some beans and corn out but progress has been very slow. A neighbor said some of the corn they picked was about 28%. I talked to a friend who raises cattle and it has been hard on them too dealing with all the mud in the feedlots. He said they were fortunate as they can chop a lot of their corn.

STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: St J beef supper is Nov 10th at the Donnelly hall from 4:30-8 pm
Advance sale tickets are now on sale at the parish office or call 246-3436 or 589-3155.

Lefse baking day in preparation for the Kong fall festival on Nov 22nd will be held on Nov 14th at 9 am. Everyone is welcome to come and help. If you want to help please call 677-2784 so they have enough supplies on hand.

Videos of the Sept 27th and Oct 10th Mt Carmel events have been donated to the STJ/Kong parish and are available for checkout at the parish office.

Thanks to the S.S. kids for singing at St John’s on Nov 1st, always a delight to hear them.

The WCAWA chapter will resume its regular schedule with a meeting today (Sat) at Trinity Luth Church (700 Nevada Ave) in Benson. Coffee and fellowship at 9:30 am program at 10 am. This will be a “town hall’ meeting to discuss the recent actions of the ELCA assembly in Minneapolis and how we can respond. Everyone is welcome. Video and audio tapes of the Sept 27th and Oct 10th events at Mt Carmel as well as some other church related video’s will be for sale there and there will also be copies available of some of the handouts distributed at them and the one in Willmar. For more info call 795-2477.

On my blog site I have posted a copy of an e-mail I got from “Weddings and More Video Services” of Glenwood that lists the most popular church/WA related DVD/cd’s that they have for sale. I will also print it and post it the narthex’s of our churches.

HD & co 10th aniv celebration and open house concludes today (Sat)

Learning Unlimited will meet on Nov 11th at 1 pm at the St Co Museum. The program will be “American Indians and the US: New perspective” presented by Julie Peletier and Bert Ahern.

There will be an 80th birthday party for Agnes Kruize at the Old #1 Southside in Morris on Fri Nov 13th from 7-11 pm No gifts please.

The Crazy sisters Market will have a ladies night out at the Nat Guard Amory in Morris from 5:30-8 pm on Nov 13th. They are also the featured business on the KMRS-KKOK web page.

Congratulations to Sami Searle who recorded two firsts and a fourth place finish at the state horse show in St Paul recently. Cammi and Rebekah Aannerud were part of a horse and hippology judging team at the event; Rebecca finished 10th individually in Sr. horse judging.

Britney Marie Woodke was born on November 1, 2009 at Stevens Community Medical Center, Morris, to Derek and Elysia Woodke of Hoffman. Grandparents are Steve and Molly Woodke, Morris; Bruce Riedner, Morris; and Cindy Riedner, Morris. Great grandparents are Irene Riedner, Alberta and the late Don and Bev Woodke.

Ben Dorweiler was born on Oct 23rd to Matt and Anna; grandparents are Dennis and Karleen (Bakken) Wernsing of Chokio great grandfather is Clarence Geise of Donnelly.


One of the new teachers at the H_N School this year is Sara (Gulbrandson) Larson; her parents are Jeff and Cindy; grandmother is Arlene.

David Flugel and I attended the non profit workshop at the Ag Country Services building in Morris on Oct 29th. This was a follow-up to the summit held last month.

Several of us from the area attended the “Costumed for a Cure” open house at the bank in Donnelly on Oct 30th.

Jim and Lou Eystad were among those from the area who attended the community Halloween party and meal afterwards on Oct 31st. Thanks to our royalty and their families and every one else who helped out for all the hard work they put into making the event a success and to everyone who contributed food for the meal. Special thanks to the judges who had their work cut out for them again this year as there were a lot of great costumes. Thanks also to the area business that furnished prizes, breverages, and other items for the event.

On Nov 1st the Rendsville 4-h club hosted a well attended Halloween party for area 4-h clubs at the Donnelly fire and community halls with a hay ride afterwards. In the eve Andy Brevig and I were among those who attended the potluck supper and the presentation afterwards on Alzheimer’s disease at the community hall by Lisa Denzer of Legacy Living in Morris. We were also among those who attended the St Co Rep party mtg at Detoy’s in Morris on Nov 2nd. We made plans for the fall rally on Nov 17th. Enroute home I stopped to visit Verle and Della Dunn in Donnelly.

The St Co Gen Soc had a short meeting on Nov 3rd at the library in Morris to put the finishing touches on the plans for their 25th aniv celebration.

Many of us from the area took in the lutefisk supper at First Lutheran on Nov 4th. It was very, very good. Many of you may have read the looking back section of the Morris S-T several weeks ago; where Kong served 900 people at their supper 40 years ago.

Jim and Lou Eystad attended the funerals for Lucille Anderson on Nov 2nd.










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Next edition Nov 7th – Nov 13th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. Please note that I have a new cell # 320-287-1219.

As I was finishing my column last week it started to rain again which then turned to snow on Fri. This week started out promising with several days of sunshine but then it rained again on Tue. The forecast calls for sunny warm days this weekend hopefully it will come true. Some farmers were able to take advantage of the nice weather to get some beans and corn out but progress has been very slow. A neighbor said some of the corn they picked was about 28%. I talked to a friend who raises cattle and it has been hard on them too dealing with all the mud in the feedlots. He said they were fortunate as they can chop a lot of their corn.

STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: St J beef supper is Nov 10th at the Donnelly hall from 4:30-8 pm
Advance sale tickets are now on sale at the parish office or call 246-3436 or 589-3155.

Lefse baking day in preparation for the Kong fall festival on Nov 22nd will be held on Nov 14th at 9 am. Everyone is welcome to come and help. If you want to help please call 677-2784 so they have enough supplies on hand.

Videos of the Sept 27th and Oct 10th Mt Carmel events have been donated to the STJ/Kong parish and are available for checkout at the parish office.

Thanks to the S.S. kids for singing at St John’s on Nov 1st, always a delight to hear them.

The WCAWA chapter will resume its regular schedule with a meeting today (Sat) at Trinity Luth Church (700 Nevada Ave) in Benson. Coffee and fellowship at 9:30 am program at 10 am. This will be a “town hall’ meeting to discuss the recent actions of the ELCA assembly in Minneapolis and how we can respond. Everyone is welcome. Video and audio tapes of the Sept 27th and Oct 10th events at Mt Carmel as well as some other church related video’s will be for sale there and there will also be copies available of some of the handouts distributed at them and the one in Willmar. For more info call 795-2477.

On my blog site I have posted a copy of an e-mail I got from “Weddings and More Video Services” of Glenwood that lists the most popular church/WA related DVD/cd’s that they have for sale. I will also print it and post it the narthex’s of our churches.

HD & co 10th aniv celebration and open house concludes today (Sat)

Learning Unlimited will meet on Nov 11th at 1 pm at the St Co Museum. The program will be “American Indians and the US: New perspective” presented by Julie Peletier and Bert Ahern.

There will be an 80th birthday party for Agnes Kruize at the Old #1 Southside in Morris on Fri Nov 13th from 7-11 pm No gifts please.

The Crazy sisters Market will have a ladies night out at the Nat Guard Amory in Morris from 5:30-8 pm on Nov 13th. They are also the featured business on the KMRS-KKOK web page.

Congratulations to Sami Searle who recorded two firsts and a fourth place finish at the state horse show in St Paul recently. Cammi and Rebekah Aannerud were part of a horse and hippology judging team at the event; Rebecca finished 10th individually in Sr. horse judging.

Britney Marie Woodke was born on November 1, 2009 at Stevens Community Medical Center, Morris, to Derek and Elysia Woodke of Hoffman. Grandparents are Steve and Molly Woodke, Morris; Bruce Riedner, Morris; and Cindy Riedner, Morris. Great grandparents are Irene Riedner, Alberta and the late Don and Bev Woodke.

Ben Dorweiler was born on Oct 23rd to Matt and Anna; grandparents are Dennis and Karleen (Bakken) Wernsing of Chokio great grandfather is Clarence Geise of Donnelly.


One of the new teachers at the H_N School this year is Sara (Gulbrandson) Larson; her parents are Jeff and Cindy; grandmother is Arlene.

David Flugel and I attended the non profit workshop at the Ag Country Services building in Morris on Oct 29th. This was a follow-up to the summit held last month.

Several of us from the area attended the “Costumed for a Cure” open house at the bank in Donnelly on Oct 30th.

Jim and Lou Eystad were among those from the area who attended the community Halloween party and meal afterwards on Oct 31st. Thanks to our royalty and their families and every one else who helped out for all the hard work they put into making the event a success and to everyone who contributed food for the meal. Special thanks to the judges who had their work cut out for them again this year as there were a lot of great costumes. Thanks also to the area business that furnished prizes, beverages, and other items for the event.

On Nov 1st the Rendsville 4-h club hosted a well attended Halloween party for area 4-h clubs at the Donnelly fire and community halls with a hay ride afterwards. In the eve Andy Brevig and I were among those who attended the potluck supper and the presentation afterwards on Alzheimer’s disease at the community hall by Lisa Denzer of Legacy Living in Morris. We were also among those who attended the St Co Rep party mtg at Detoy’s in Morris on Nov 2nd. We made plans for the fall rally on Nov 17th. Enroute home I stopped to visit Verle and Della Dunn in Donnelly.

The St Co Gen Soc had a short meeting on Nov 3rd at the library in Morris to put the finishing touches on the plans for their 25th aniv celebration.

Many of us from the area took in the lutefisk supper at First Lutheran on Nov 4th. It was very, very good. Many of you may have read the looking back section of the Morris S-T several weeks ago; where Kong served 900 people at their supper 40 years ago.

Jim and Lou Eystad attended the funerals for Lucille Anderson and Hazel Moser this week.










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Next edition Oct 31st – Nov 6th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. This week’s edition is dedicated to the memory of my Dad who passed away Oct 31st 2005 and my aunt Mabel Van Olst who passed away on Nov 10th 2002.


After enduring snow, sleet, rain, and fairly cold weather most of the month the weather has moderated somewhat in the last week with some periods of sunshine, milder temps, and drier weather but it is still cold esp. in the eves and they are talking about rain and/or snow again this weekend. I have seen a few farmers out picking corn but there are still a lot of corn and beans fields out there that have not been touched yet.


STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: St J beef supper is Nov 10th at the Donnelly hall from 4:30-8 pm
Advance sale tickets are now on sale at the parish office or call 246-3436 or 589-3155.


The S.S. kids will be meeting and singing at St J on Nov 1st

The following young ladies were confirmed at Kong on Oct 25th Paige Strand (Kelly) Jana Loher (Jerry Jr. and Jody) Samantha Larson (Jon and Bev) Lacey Eystad (Robert and Bernie) Aryn Parker (Mindy and Jacob Eystad). Jim and Lou Eystad and I were among the many friends and relatives who attended the service. Thanks to Aryn Parker for playing trumpet, Paige Strand for singing and the others for reading the scripture lessons. Special thanks to Jeanne Ennen for making the beautiful banners for the event and to Pastor Judy for sponsoring our broadcast on KMRS in memory of her parents and grandparents

The Oct edition of Meyer Mission news is now out extra copies are posted in the narthex of ea church for you to read as well as on my blog.

The WCAWA chapter will resume its regular schedule with a meeting on Nov 7th at Trinity Luth Church (700 Nevada ave) in Benson. Coffee and fellowship at 9:30 am program at 10 am. This will be a “town hall’ meeting to discuss the recent actions of the ELCA assembly in Minneapolis and how we can respond. Everyone is welcome. Video and audio tapes of the Sept 27th and Oct 10th events at Mt Carmel will be for sale as well as copies of some of the handouts distributed at them and the one in Willmar. For more info call 795-2477

There will be a Halloween party at the Donnelly Hall today (Sat) beginning with games at 3:00 pm and costume judging beginning at 3:45 pm. At 4:30 pm there will be a pot luck meal at the hall. Everyone is welcome. For more info call 246-3451. This is a separate event from the Rendsville 4-h club which will be having their own Halloween party on the 1st.

There will be a community learning/ fellowship event on Alzheimer’s disease at the Donnelly hall on Nov 1st beginning with a pot luck supper at 5 pm. It will be followed by a presentation at about 6 pm by Lisa Denzer from Legacy Living along with a Q & A session.


On November 5th from 2 to 6 P.M. the Stevens County Genealogical Society will be celebrating their 25th Anniversary with an open house at the Public Library (102 E 6th st) in Morris. There will be tours of our resources, info about the club, coffee and bars and visiting. Everyone is welcome. Come help us celebrate. You can contact me for more info.

HD & co will be celebrating the 10th aniv of their store on Nov 6th and 7th and are the featured business in the business showcase in today’s paper.

Learning Unlimited will meet on Nov 11th at 1 pm at the St Co Museum. The program will be “American Indians and the US: New perspective” presented by Julie Peletier and Bert Ahern.

I need to clarify an item from last weeks column about the museum wanting memorabilia from Donnelly merchants, Tina tells me that they need the items by Thanksgiving as they will be opening the exhibit during their annual open house in early Dec.

Congratulations to Kelsy Marie Tweeten and Jeff LaRay Hagen (Sheila and Lynn Shultz)who were married on October 3,in Alexandria

Congratulations to Sami Searle who won the Jory Anderson Memorial sportsman award at the 4-h awards show on Oct 3rd. This award is given in memory of the long time 4-h member who was killed in a traffic accident while attending the state fair a number of years ago. Jory’s parents are former Donnelly area residents Lloyd and Janet Anderson of Alberta

The following were recently elected to serve as Rendsville 4-h officers for the upcoming year, Mackenzie Smith, president, Camellia Aanerud, vice pres; Maria Cin, sec, Rebbecca Aanerud, Tres., Brittany Cardwell and Natalie Johnson reporters. This year’s key leaders are Pat Smith and Julie Kill.

On Oct 21st the confirmands presented their faith statements to a group of family and friends at Kong. Thanks to the ladies who prepared and served the nice lunch.


Former Donnelly area residents Barry and Nancy Erdahl were among the Lions that helped prepare and serve the community meal at the Sr Center on Oct 26th.


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Next edition Oct 17 Oct 23rd

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.

The weather during the past week has been almost a repeat of last week; cloudy, cool, and wet although this week we had snow rather than rain. I cannot remember the last time we had this much snow this early in the year although thankfully it has all melted. We also had a hard freeze so the crop growing season is done. Area farmers have been making use of the periods of semi-decent weather we have had in the last week to get the crops out but there is still a lot beans left to be picked.

STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: Advance sale tickets for the St J beef supper on Nov 10th are now on sale at the parish office or call 246-3436 or 589-3155.

Confirmation will be held on Oct 25th at Kong at 8:30 am. The Kong Thrivent chapter will host a reception for them in the church basement after services. An open house for Aryn Parker will be held at the Kong parish hall beginning at noon on the 25th. Confirmation statements will be given on Oct 21st at 7 pm at the Kong Parish hall. Everyone is welcome to attend all the confirmation events.

On Oct 11th the STJ/KONG parish voted to call Rev Judy Gellinske as the new full time pastor.

There will be no S.S. on Oct 18th due to MEA.


There are two baby showers today (Sat) the one for the expected baby of Tylise and Brock Graff will be held from 2-4 p.m. at the Morris Senior Center. Brock’s parents are Keith and Brenda Graff; grandparents are Arven and Joan Graff. Everyone welcome

The one for the expected baby of Jen and Mark Mellgren will be held from 9-11 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church (304 Elm st) Sauk Centre. Jen's parents are Jeff and Brenda Volker of Morris formerly of Donnelly.

On Thursday, October 22, at 1:30 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church, there will be a
Fall Get -Together sponsored by the Stevens County Eldercare Coalition, featuring local jazz musicians followed by pumpkin pie and coffee. For more info call Elaine Simonds-Jaradat at 589-4394 ext 7.


Kelsy Mae Hacker was born September 2, 2009 at Glacial Ridge Hospital in Glenwood to Chris and Becky Hacker of Starbuck. Grandparents are Charlie and Deb Hacker of Hancock and Ron and Anita Henderson of Glenwood. Great grandparents are Don and Janet Hacker (she was one of Dad’s home help aides) of Hancock, Wanda LeSage of Arizona, and Jim and Pam Wevely of Florida. Great-great grandmothers are Milla LeSage (formerly of Donnelly) and Adeline Wevely, both of Morris.

Congratulations to the Morris FFA horse elevation team that finished first at the contest held at Paffrath’s stables near New London on Oct 9th. Sami Searle is a member of that team and she placed 2nd individually. They will now advance to the state contest in Apr. The Morris Area Dairy Product Evaluation CDE was held at the New London High School on Oct. 9th. The team placed 3rd and will also advance to state in April. Katlin Van Horn (Mark and Karen) and Mackenzie Smith (Mark and Pat) are members of that team.

Congratulations to Hannah and Samantha Larson (Jon and Bev) of Herman who were recently chosen to represent their classes at the homecoming court at the Herman- Norcross School


On Oct 10th I attended the visitation for Fern Pasche at the Erickson- Smith funeral home in Hoffman. Her son Dan is a good friend of mine, he and his family used to come and get apples from us for several years.


On Oct 10th a good crowd of about 150 people including several of us from the Donnelly area braved the icy roads to Mt Carmel for a special Word Alone event. Rev Dale Wolf of Atonement Lutheran church in Fargo explained what LCMC is (Lutheran Churches in Missions for Christ). There are video and audio tapes for sale of this meeting as well as the one on Sept 27th. Contact me for details about ordering them. While at the meeting I had a chance to visit a little with Rev Dave Gran who was an interim pastor at STJ/Kong about 25 years ago.

After leaving Alex I stopped in Hoffman for the one year celebration of the Main St Galleria. The next stop was at the Regional Fitness Center in Morris for their 10th aniv celebration. Several current and former Donnelly area residents were recognized as 10 yrs members. Enroute home I stopped to visit Jim and Lou Eystad in Donnelly

Oct 11th several from the area attended ‘UMM Sun” at First Lutheran in Morris. Services were led by “PK” and her student leaders from Lutheran Campus Ministries. After services we enjoyed dinner together. In the aft several Donnelly area residents were among a goodly crowd that attended the 40th anniversary open house of the Day Activity Center in Morris.

Pearl A. Anderson and I were among the many friends and relatives who attended
the visitation for Donna Enquist at the Pederson Funeral Home in Morris on Oct 12th, and also
her funeral on the 13th at the Assumption Catholic church. She was a wonderful lady and will be greatly missed by those of us who knew her.


Later I took in the Cliff Anderson sale in Morris and enroute home I stopped in to visit Denny Anderson in Donnelly.

On Oct 14th I stopped at the museum to see some of their exhibits. Tina Didreckson the curator told me that they are planning a Christmas exhibit and are looking for memorabilia from Donnelly that merchants used to give out as customer appreciation gifts at Christmastime i.e. calendars thermometers etc. If you have any please drop them off at the museum.

When I was doing some research in the genealogy room of the library in the afternoon I met a former Donnelly area resident Willie Dornquist from Red Wing so we had an opportunity to visit for a while.

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Next edition Oct 2nd Oct 8th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.

After enjoying several weeks of summer like weather, fall made its appearance over the weekend with some very cool temps. It did get down below freezing on Tue a.m. here but I did not think it hurt the crops too much. Bean harvest is under way and I did see one farmer chopping corn for silage.

STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: St J Fall festival is Oct 10th from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm. Their beef supper will be held on Nov 10th; the Kong fall festival is scheduled for Nov 22nd.

There will be special congregational meetings on Oct 11th after services at both Kong and St J for the purpose of voting on calling a new pastor for the parish. Please plan to attend



Thanks to the S.S. kids for singing at Kong on Sept 27th, and to the confirmands for sharing their experiences during their visit to the “Churches United for the Homeless” shelter in Morehead on the 26th.

It has been a while since I have mentioned the prayer chain that our parish has. It is open to anyone to use to ask for prayer for themselves, a family member, friend, acquaintance etc., who are sick, in sorrow or a special occasion such as a birth. Guidelines for using it are posted in the narthex of each church or contact the parish office for more info.

There will be an open house baby shower for the baby to be of Josh Erdahl and Kayla Harstad on Oct 3rd at Faith Lutheran Church in Morris from 10:30 -11:30 am

An open gathering for interested ELCA members is being held today (Sat) from 9:00 am to noon at Calvary Lutheran church (302 Olena Ave) in Willmar. The gathering, generated by recent church wide assembly decisions, is sponsored by Word Alone, but is not a Word Alone meeting. For more info call 795-2477. Note this event will replace the regular WCWA meeting scheduled for Oct 3rd. The next chapter meeting will be Nov 7th.





On Wednesday, October 7, from 8:00 - 10:00 a.m., at the Morris Elementary School concert hall there will be a community forum on “Coping with the Cost of Health Care” .The event is co-sponsored by Learning Unlimited and Service Learning (Morris Community Education). A panel presentation by students and local stakeholders will be followed by open discussion. Coffee, juice and donuts will be available.

The Dom Community Club will meet at the town hall on Oct 12th at 7 pm.

Congratulations to Jenna Heinrich and Jim Burough who were married on July 18th .The couple is now living in Owatonna


Congratulations to Sami Searle who won two firsts and a fourth at the state youth 4-h horse show held at the sate fair showground’s recently.



Congratulations to Amanda Henrichs of Donnelly and Josh Anderson who were married in Alex on Sept 19th



Congratulations to Wade Backman who was crowned homecoming king at MAHS; to Jake Long who was crowned at West Central Area on Sept 21st and also to Nicole Gillespie who was crowned homecoming queen at C-A on Sept 14th. Wade’s parents are Steve and Cathy; Jake’s are Sherman and Sherry; Nicole’s are Curt and Judy. Steve, Sherman and Judy are all former Donnelly area residents. Nicole was also named to the all tournament team at the VB tournament at UMM recently.

Margaret Miller of Morris passed away Sept 23rd. Some of the family members that survive her include her daughter, Jeanne (Dan) Koehntop of Donnelly, a brother, William (Gen) Braun of Morris formerly of Donnelly as well as several nieces, nephews and other family members in the Donnelly area. Wally McCollar and I along with many others from the area attended her visitation on Sept 25th at the funeral home. En route to Morris I stopped to visit my aunt Peal A. Anderson.

Deborah Denise Pritchard of Walker passed away on Apr 12th. Her mother is Alice (Devick) Hallman of Morris formerly of Donnelly.

Janet Riley of Morris passed away Sept 29th, her funeral was held on Oct 1st at Assumption church. Her son Eric (Jen) Riley and their family of Barnesville, formerly of Donnelly, are among the family members who survive her.



Melvin Reynolds of Cyrus formerly of Donnelly passed away on Sept 19th. Jim and Lou Eystad were among the family and friends who attended his funeral on Sept 24th at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cyrus.



Emily Lou Oachs was born on Sept 18th to Kelly and Chrissy Oachs of Herman. Grandparents are Ben Delong Jr. of Brainerd; Janet Hoernemann of Herman great grandparents are Pat Hoernemann of Morris and Ben and Yvonne Delong Sr.







Sept 26th a good crowd was on hand for the auction at the 4 Wheel ranch of rural Morris. En route to the sale I stopped by Craig Loge’s moving sale. They are moving to Morris and their son Kevin and his family will be moving onto the farm. They have been good friends and neighbors of our family for many years and I will miss them. In the evening I spent some time at the wedding dance for Carla and Adam Ritter at the Eagles Club in Morris. Carla is a relative of mine.

Jim and Lou Eystad & I were part of an overflow crowd of about 600 people that attended the WA regional meeting at Mt Carmel in Alex on Sept 27th. Pr Jaylan Clark president of WA, Bishops Wohlrabe and Rindy shared their thoughts on the aftermath of the recent ELCA assembly. A video and/or audiotape of the meeting will be available in the future call 795- 2477 for more info. After the meeting it was off to Morris where a good crowd was on hand for the Faith Discovery Series at the MAHS Auditorium.



Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the community meal at the Morris Sr. Center on Sept 28th.

A good crowd attended the Resource Connections Non-Profit Summit on Sept 30th at the Old # 1 in Morris. Many non- profit org from Stevens County were represented at the meeting. In the eve I took in the MCCL fall tour at St Mary’s school in Morris.

On Sat Sept 19th Jim and Lou Eystad were guests Shawn and Wendy Sansack for Delia’s 12th birthday and Kourtney’s 5th birthday. On Sept 20th they were to the “Sing a Long” at the Eden Reformed Church in Herman.