Governor candidate, Tom Emmer will be in Morris Wednesday September 29,2010.
I hope you can make it!
It would be great to see a crowd.
1:00 PM
East Side Park
Monday, September 27, 2010
st co re party fall rally
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New pages added for Tom Emmer for govoner and Lee Byberg for Congress
JOIN US FOR A $5.00 STEAK SUPPER FROM THE STEVEN CO CATTLEMAN'S ASS.
AND MEET THE CANDIDATES
WHEN? TUESDAY, OCT. 5
WHERE? PRAIRIE INN 200 E HWY 28, MORRIS
MEET & GREET THE CANDIDATES--
STARTING AT 5:00 PM
LEE BYBERG--CANDIDATE FOR US CONGRESS, 7TH DISTRICT
SEN. BILL INGEBRIGTSEN--FOR STATE SENATE DISTRICT 11
REP. TORREY WESTROM--FOR STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 11A
TIM TINGLESTAD--FOR MN SUPREME COURT
SUPPER STARTS AT 6:00 PM
CANDIDATES START SPEAKING AT 6:45 PM
CHECK THE WEBSITE stevensgop.org FOR UPDATES ON OTHER CANDIDATES WHO WILL BE ATTENDING.
SPONSORED BY THE STEVENS COUNTY REPUBLICANS
PLEASE RSVP, IF POSSIBLE,
(so we know how many to prepare for)
to LAURA CARRINGTON at 320-589-1999
OR E-MAIL to lcarrington@stevensgop.org
We've put the price of the meal at our cost to encourage your attendance at this event to meet the candidates in this vital election to preserve America's freedom. A freewill donation would be be greatly appreciated to help defray the rest of the costs incurred to sponsor this event. THANK YOU.
REPUBLICANS
29841 US HWY 59
MORRIS, ,MN.
56267
Home
LOCAL LEADERSHIP
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tom Emmer
Lee Byberg
Sen Bill Ingebrigtsen
Rep Torrey Westrom
7TH DISTRICT
Visitor Comments
LINKS
PHOTO GALLERY
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Home
All of Bill and Torrey’s updates for last session are under their tabs at the left
New pages added for Tom Emmer for govoner and Lee Byberg for Congress
JOIN US FOR A $5.00 STEAK SUPPER FROM THE STEVEN CO CATTLEMAN'S ASS.
AND MEET THE CANDIDATES
WHEN? TUESDAY, OCT. 5
WHERE? PRAIRIE INN 200 E HWY 28, MORRIS
MEET & GREET THE CANDIDATES--
STARTING AT 5:00 PM
LEE BYBERG--CANDIDATE FOR US CONGRESS, 7TH DISTRICT
SEN. BILL INGEBRIGTSEN--FOR STATE SENATE DISTRICT 11
REP. TORREY WESTROM--FOR STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 11A
TIM TINGLESTAD--FOR MN SUPREME COURT
SUPPER STARTS AT 6:00 PM
CANDIDATES START SPEAKING AT 6:45 PM
CHECK THE WEBSITE stevensgop.org FOR UPDATES ON OTHER CANDIDATES WHO WILL BE ATTENDING.
SPONSORED BY THE STEVENS COUNTY REPUBLICANS
PLEASE RSVP, IF POSSIBLE,
(so we know how many to prepare for)
to LAURA CARRINGTON at 320-589-1999
OR E-MAIL to lcarrington@stevensgop.org
We've put the price of the meal at our cost to encourage your attendance at this event to meet the candidates in this vital election to preserve America's freedom. A freewill donation would be be greatly appreciated to help defray the rest of the costs incurred to sponsor this event. THANK YOU.
Friday, September 24, 2010
donnelly news
Next edition Sept 25th – Oct 1st.
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.
Weather news: Mother Nature has reminded us quite vividly that fall is here with some cool days and nights. Last week’s rains stopped bean harvest over the weekend but dry sunny weather this week has enabled most area farmers to start in again. I talked to my neighbor today when they were combining beans he said they had not a chance to figure out the yields but the moisture level was about 14%
STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: There will be joint services at Kong on Sept 26th at 11 am with the ss kids singing
The play “Godly Women out of History” will be presented at Kong during KCLW family guest night on Sept 26th at 5:30 PM everyone (including men) is invited. It is an excellent program and I hope many of you will make plans to attend.
Landon Michael Cihak (mike and Jen) was baptized at Kong on Sept 19th.
The confirmation service project for this fall is collecting items for churches united for the Homeless in Moorhead. A list of items needed was included in our church bulletin (food, kitchen items, clothes, office supplies, hsd supplies etc.). You can contact the office for a complete list; it is also posted in narthex of both churches
WAM will not meet in Oct the next meeting will be on Nov 6th at the Minnewaska Home in Starbuck.
LCMC augustana district “Women of the Word” will meet at faith Lutheran in Hutchinson on Oct 2nd at 9 am. Pastor Jaynan Clark will be the speaker. For more info or to register (there is a fee for the luncheon) call 795-2477. There will also be a local wow mtg at faith in Garfield on Oct 9th.
LCMC annual national convention will be held at the Calvary Lutheran church in golden Valley on Oct 3—6th. For more info or to register call 762-2684
The following events will be held today (Sat)
LCM will have a root beer kegger at the Christus house (110 Columbia ave.) in Morris from 1:30-3:30 PM during founders’ weekend at umm
An open house bridal shower for Beth Van Horn, bride to be of Josh Kieffer, will be held from 1-3 p.m. in the Assumption Catholic Church basement.
There will be a benefit for Miranda hauglund from 4-7 PM at the Alberta city hall. There will also be a dance at the Alberta bar and grill starting at 9 PM featuring the Fat daddy’s live band. She has a rare autoimmune disease. Her parents are Jim and JoAnne Hauglund of Donnelly.
The red hatters will meet at Sax’s cafe on Oct 4th at 9 am. Please wear your favorite Halloween mask and bring your favorite candy bar to exchange.
Bev Henrichs of St Louis Park passed away on Sept 15th. Among the family members that survive her are a sister in law Jullete Banister of Donnelly and her family. She was preceded in death by her husband Marvin. Her funeral was held on Sept 21st in St Louis Park
Lucille Scribner of Morris formerly of Donnelly passed away on Sept 18th her funeral was held on Sept 23r at the WWV
Congratulations to Levin strand who recently earned a Boy Scout merit badge in coin collecting and his brother Landon who became an eagle scout on July 24th.
Congratulations to Alex Erickson (Dean and Jeri) on being crowned homecoming king at C-A HS. He was also recently elected sec tres of the Sr class and is the starting qb for the fb team. His brother Chandler was elected VP of the sophomore class.
Agnes Kruize and I were among those who spent some time in Albany over the weekend attending their Pioneer days threshing show. Her son Dennis is a member of the Stearns co Pioneer club and I had an opportunity to visit with him some on Sat. One of the people that I missed at our Threshing bee this yr. was Vern “the one man band”. I had a chance to visit with him some in Albany, he had an accident this summer and burned his fingers so was unable to play for a while, he hopes to return to Donnelly next yr. En route to Albany I stopped at the good Sam home in Hoffman to visit with Thelma Leegard.
The threshing bee royalty were among the participants in the apple fest parade in Appleton on Sept 19th. After the parade it was off to the swift co fairgrounds for a meal put on by the ridge riders trail club. En route home I stopped at the Busse farm to visit with Jim and Julie some. Later I stopped by the location of the good Shepard Lutheran church to see the progress being made in preparation for its re location to it's new home ne of Morris where it arrived on the 23rd. If all goes as planned the congregation hopes to be worshiping in the building by thanksgiving
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.
Weather news: Mother Nature has reminded us quite vividly that fall is here with some cool days and nights. Last week’s rains stopped bean harvest over the weekend but dry sunny weather this week has enabled most area farmers to start in again. I talked to my neighbor today when they were combining beans he said they had not a chance to figure out the yields but the moisture level was about 14%
STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: There will be joint services at Kong on Sept 26th at 11 am with the ss kids singing
The play “Godly Women out of History” will be presented at Kong during KCLW family guest night on Sept 26th at 5:30 PM everyone (including men) is invited. It is an excellent program and I hope many of you will make plans to attend.
Landon Michael Cihak (mike and Jen) was baptized at Kong on Sept 19th.
The confirmation service project for this fall is collecting items for churches united for the Homeless in Moorhead. A list of items needed was included in our church bulletin (food, kitchen items, clothes, office supplies, hsd supplies etc.). You can contact the office for a complete list; it is also posted in narthex of both churches
WAM will not meet in Oct the next meeting will be on Nov 6th at the Minnewaska Home in Starbuck.
LCMC augustana district “Women of the Word” will meet at faith Lutheran in Hutchinson on Oct 2nd at 9 am. Pastor Jaynan Clark will be the speaker. For more info or to register (there is a fee for the luncheon) call 795-2477. There will also be a local wow mtg at faith in Garfield on Oct 9th.
LCMC annual national convention will be held at the Calvary Lutheran church in golden Valley on Oct 3—6th. For more info or to register call 762-2684
The following events will be held today (Sat)
LCM will have a root beer kegger at the Christus house (110 Columbia ave.) in Morris from 1:30-3:30 PM during founders’ weekend at umm
An open house bridal shower for Beth Van Horn, bride to be of Josh Kieffer, will be held from 1-3 p.m. in the Assumption Catholic Church basement.
There will be a benefit for Miranda hauglund from 4-7 PM at the Alberta city hall. There will also be a dance at the Alberta bar and grill starting at 9 PM featuring the Fat daddy’s live band. She has a rare autoimmune disease. Her parents are Jim and JoAnne Hauglund of Donnelly.
The red hatters will meet at Sax’s cafe on Oct 4th at 9 am. Please wear your favorite Halloween mask and bring your favorite candy bar to exchange.
Bev Henrichs of St Louis Park passed away on Sept 15th. Among the family members that survive her are a sister in law Jullete Banister of Donnelly and her family. She was preceded in death by her husband Marvin. Her funeral was held on Sept 21st in St Louis Park
Lucille Scribner of Morris formerly of Donnelly passed away on Sept 18th her funeral was held on Sept 23r at the WWV
Congratulations to Levin strand who recently earned a Boy Scout merit badge in coin collecting and his brother Landon who became an eagle scout on July 24th.
Congratulations to Alex Erickson (Dean and Jeri) on being crowned homecoming king at C-A HS. He was also recently elected sec tres of the Sr class and is the starting qb for the fb team. His brother Chandler was elected VP of the sophomore class.
Agnes Kruize and I were among those who spent some time in Albany over the weekend attending their Pioneer days threshing show. Her son Dennis is a member of the Stearns co Pioneer club and I had an opportunity to visit with him some on Sat. One of the people that I missed at our Threshing bee this yr. was Vern “the one man band”. I had a chance to visit with him some in Albany, he had an accident this summer and burned his fingers so was unable to play for a while, he hopes to return to Donnelly next yr. En route to Albany I stopped at the good Sam home in Hoffman to visit with Thelma Leegard.
The threshing bee royalty were among the participants in the apple fest parade in Appleton on Sept 19th. After the parade it was off to the swift co fairgrounds for a meal put on by the ridge riders trail club. En route home I stopped at the Busse farm to visit with Jim and Julie some. Later I stopped by the location of the good Shepard Lutheran church to see the progress being made in preparation for its re location to it's new home ne of Morris where it arrived on the 23rd. If all goes as planned the congregation hopes to be worshiping in the building by thanksgiving
other area church and community news
Mccl is having it fall tour one of the stops will be in Alex on Oct. 14 at 7pm at the Sr. center in Alex.
Benefit for Miranda Haugland will be held on Sept 25th from 4-7pm at the Alberta city hall. A dance featuring the fat daddy's fat band will start at 9 pm at the Alberta bar and grill
Grace Lutheran Brandon will have their annual fall bazar on Oct. 2nd from 9:30 am to 1:30pm
Glacial ridge conference women's fall gathering will be held at our savior's Lutheran church in Chokio on Oct 4th beginning with registration at 4:30 pm. Rev Kristine- Braden Lee will be the speaker with music by "cross eyed".
Trinity Lutheran church of Cyrus will have its annual bazaar at Cyrus school from 10 am - 1pm on Oct 23rd
The Morris e=Free Church is holding a grief seminar at the church beginning at 7 pm starting Sept 27th
Camp Emily will be held on Sat Oct 9th from 8:30 am -4 pm at the lake land hospice house in Fergus falls. .this is for children 7-18 who have lost a loved one
First Lutheran church of Keng. will have their annual BBQ ice cream and pie social from 4:30-6:30pm on Sept 26th Our lady of the rune stone catholic church of Keng will also have fall dinner on the 26th.
Lincoln Lutheran church of rural Hoffman will have welca fall supper on Oct 3rd from 9am -12:30 pm
Eden reformed church Herman will have their casserole supper on Oct 6th
St Paul's lowery will have their fall supper on Oct 6th Nora will have their annual lutefisk supper on Oct 17th
Our Savior's Lutheran church in Chokio will have their fall bake sale and raffle on Oct 9th from 9am-1pm
Herman united Methodist church will have their annual fall family ham dinner on Oct 17th.
St Charles Catholic Church of Herman confirmation class is collecting clean gently used coats mittens caps and hats. They may dropped off at the church or at Grandma b's cupboard in Herman by Oct 10th.
The youth of peace Lutheran in Barrett are collecting supplies for backpacks for distribution at wca
Benefit for Miranda Haugland will be held on Sept 25th from 4-7pm at the Alberta city hall. A dance featuring the fat daddy's fat band will start at 9 pm at the Alberta bar and grill
Grace Lutheran Brandon will have their annual fall bazar on Oct. 2nd from 9:30 am to 1:30pm
Glacial ridge conference women's fall gathering will be held at our savior's Lutheran church in Chokio on Oct 4th beginning with registration at 4:30 pm. Rev Kristine- Braden Lee will be the speaker with music by "cross eyed".
Trinity Lutheran church of Cyrus will have its annual bazaar at Cyrus school from 10 am - 1pm on Oct 23rd
The Morris e=Free Church is holding a grief seminar at the church beginning at 7 pm starting Sept 27th
Camp Emily will be held on Sat Oct 9th from 8:30 am -4 pm at the lake land hospice house in Fergus falls. .this is for children 7-18 who have lost a loved one
First Lutheran church of Keng. will have their annual BBQ ice cream and pie social from 4:30-6:30pm on Sept 26th Our lady of the rune stone catholic church of Keng will also have fall dinner on the 26th.
Lincoln Lutheran church of rural Hoffman will have welca fall supper on Oct 3rd from 9am -12:30 pm
Eden reformed church Herman will have their casserole supper on Oct 6th
St Paul's lowery will have their fall supper on Oct 6th Nora will have their annual lutefisk supper on Oct 17th
Our Savior's Lutheran church in Chokio will have their fall bake sale and raffle on Oct 9th from 9am-1pm
Herman united Methodist church will have their annual fall family ham dinner on Oct 17th.
St Charles Catholic Church of Herman confirmation class is collecting clean gently used coats mittens caps and hats. They may dropped off at the church or at Grandma b's cupboard in Herman by Oct 10th.
The youth of peace Lutheran in Barrett are collecting supplies for backpacks for distribution at wca
st j kong parish news
the deadline for our parish news letter is the 20th of ea month.
confirmation service project is churches untied for the homeless in Morehead
a list of items needed is posted in the narthex of ea church.
our parish is sponsoring a cups of compassion fundraiser coffee cups with the logo of ea church are available in the parish office for a $5 donation
KLCW family guest night will on Sept 26th at 5:30pm the play godly women out of history will be presented. all our invited including men
st j welca will meet on Oct 5 at 1:30 pm
Klcw will be held on Oct 7th at 7:30pm
seekers women's group will meet on Oct 20th at 9:30am
open house for Jon and Toni (Kloos) Hughes will be held on oct 23rd from 9-11 am at the Kong parish hall
the stewardship committee has been working on putting together a endowment fund for Kong. they will have a light lunch following the services at which time Wayne Grunklee the local thrivent agent will make a presentation about it and answer any questions about it.
parish prayer breakfast will held on Sun Oct 17th between services at about 9:45 am
confirmation service project is churches untied for the homeless in Morehead
a list of items needed is posted in the narthex of ea church.
our parish is sponsoring a cups of compassion fundraiser coffee cups with the logo of ea church are available in the parish office for a $5 donation
KLCW family guest night will on Sept 26th at 5:30pm the play godly women out of history will be presented. all our invited including men
st j welca will meet on Oct 5 at 1:30 pm
Klcw will be held on Oct 7th at 7:30pm
seekers women's group will meet on Oct 20th at 9:30am
open house for Jon and Toni (Kloos) Hughes will be held on oct 23rd from 9-11 am at the Kong parish hall
the stewardship committee has been working on putting together a endowment fund for Kong. they will have a light lunch following the services at which time Wayne Grunklee the local thrivent agent will make a presentation about it and answer any questions about it.
parish prayer breakfast will held on Sun Oct 17th between services at about 9:45 am
Monday, September 20, 2010
donnelly news
Next edition Sept 18th – 24th
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.
Weather news: the past week has seen several days of rain and some cool nights along with a few mild sunny days especially over the weekend. Some farmers in the area have started bean harvest as well as corn chopping.
STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: The fall schedule will resume on Sept 19th with services at st j at 8:30 am, ss at 9:45 am at Kong, and services at Kong at 11 am. There will be joint services at Kong on Sept 26th at 11 am with the ss kids singing
With fall here it is also time for church suppers/dinner the, UM and Eden reformed Herman, first Lutheran (Keng), St Paul’s (Lowry), Nora (Keng), faith (Morris), are just some of the area churches who will have one in the upcoming weeks.
The play “Godly Women out of History” will be presented at Kong during KCLW guest night on Sept 26th at 5:30 pm everyone is invited.
The musical group “go fish” will be in concert at the Lake Geneva Christian center (605 Birch Ave) in Alex on Sept 19th at 4:30 pm. No reserve seating and no tickets required. This sponsored by the local Thrivent agents in the area you can call the Morris office at 589-1731 or your local Thrivent agent for more info.
LCM will have a root beer kegger at the Christus house (110 Columbia ave.) in Morris on sept 25th from 1:30-3:30 pm during founders’ weekend at umm
The parish is collecting Items for LWR and/or Marie Sandvick center. A list of acceptable items is included in the Sept newsletter, or you can obtain it from the parish office. They should be brought to either church by Sept 19th.
The confirmation service project for this fall is collecting items for churches united for the Homeless in Moorhead. A list of items needed was included in our church bulletin (food, kitchen items, clothes, office supplies, hsd supplies etc.). You can contact the office for a complete list; it is also posted in narthex of both churches
Our parish is having a cup of compassion fund raiser you can purchase a coffee cup with either the st j or Kong church imprinted on it for a minimum donation of $5. They are available at the parish office.
St J fall festival will be held on Oct 9th. They are looking for craft and other items to sell (no clothes) so if you are doing some fall cleaning keep them in mind. You can bring the items to the church at any time for more info contact the church office or call 246-3470
Assumption Catholic Church will have its September fest on Sept 19th beginning with an indoor mass at 10 am and continuing throughout the aft.
An open house diaper shower (diapers and bathroom supplies) for Brynnlee Mae Siegel, daughter of Darrik and Misty Siegel, will be held today (Saturday), at 10 a.m. to noon at the home of Janet and Steve Sauter, 17411 US Hwy 59, Morris
The Morris area boy scouts will be celebrating their centennial on Sun sept 19th from 3-6 pm at the main shelter in Pomme de part. All past and present scouts are welcome.
An open house bridal shower for Beth VanHorn, bride to be of Josh Kieffer, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 25 from 1-3 p.m. in the Assumption Catholic Church basement.
There will be a benefit for Miranda hauglund on sept 25th from 4-7 pm at the Alberta city hall. There will also be a dance at the Alberta bar and grill starting at 9 pm featuring the Fat daddy’s live band. She has a rare autoimmune disease. Her parents are Jim and JoAnne Hauglund of Donnelly.
The st co museum is collecting items to put in a new time capsule. At the com club mtg we discussed some of the things our parish and com club would contribute to it. If you have items to contribute please contact Tina at the st co museum a.s.a.p.
Khloe Anne Johnson was born on August 28, 2010 at Stevens community Medical Center, Morris, to Jada Siegel and Derek Johnson of Correll. Grandparents are Neil and Janet Siegel of Wheaton and Kevin and Lisa Johnson of Appleton. Great grandparents are John DeLong of Morris, Lorise Siegel of Wheaton, Annette Moen of Appleton, Doris Johnson of Odessa, and the late Hazel DeLong, Loran Siegel, Roger Moen and Clarence Johnson.
Evelyn Ann Ritter was born on September 2, 2010 at Douglas County Hospital, Alexandria, to Adam and Carla Ritter of Donnelly. Grandparents are Charles and Karen Long of Herman, Don and Karen Ritter of Morris, and Wendel and Deb Marotzke of Hancock. Great-grandparents are Adolph and Virginia Long, Opal Harstad, Loretta Ritter and Charles and Margie Mesenbrink, all of Morris.
Com Wyatt Orville Ray Hagen was born on August 17, 2010 at the St. Cloud Hospital to Jeff and Kelsey Hagen of Alexandria. Wyatt Orville. Grandparents are Lynn and Sheila Schulz of Morris, Neil Twetten of Cosmos, Pam and Brian McKenna of Nevis, Dolores Schulz of Parkers Prairie and great-grandparents are Betty Hagen of Hoffman, Shirley Henrichs of Donnelly, Orville and Wanda Thun of Alexandria and Lois Twetten of Gaylord
Kiersten Roy Nell Harrom was born on August 13, 2010 at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls to Jennifer Harrom and Tony Harrom of Fergus Falls. Grandparents are Nick and Sandy Kill of Morris, Mark Harrom of Wheaton, and Mary Lindner of Fargo, N.D. Great-grandparents are Barb and Don Rilley of Chokio, and Kermit and Karen Stahn of Morris. Great-great grandmother is Marlys Alm of Morris.
Congratulations to the following 4 h er’s who won awards at the general encampment at MN state fair, cammi and Rebekah Aanerud, Brittany cardwell, Sami Searle , and Jacob Sperr. It addition the Rendsville 4-h club won a blue ribbon for its banner
Congratulations to the Morris tiger vb team that finished 2nd in the Stacy Poizin mcintyre vb tournament at umm on sept 11th. Carrie Rouske is a member of that team and Mandi koehntop is a member of the coaching staff
On sept 9th I stopped in to visit my aunt Pearl A. Anderson en route home from Morris
I spent some time in Dalton on Sept 10th attending the LRPTA show and also the big iron show in Fargo on Sept 14th.
Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the WA mtg at St J in Starbuck on sept 11th. Rev Mike Hanson of Glenwood gave a presentation about the new North American Lutheran church after attending their convention in OH last month. After the meeting I traveled to Starbuck and stopped into the minnewaska Lutheran Home to visit Denny Anderson who is recovering from knee surgery. He hopes to be home in a couple of wks. From there it was off to Morris where I attended part of cougar fest and the Stacy Poizin McIntyre vb tournament. Later I stopped into the prairie inn to visit with some members of the Alberta class of ’51 who were having their reunion there. En route home I stopped in Donnelly to visit with Sam and Dorothy Johrdheim
Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the rally sun services and dinner at St J on sept 12th during which third grader Garrett Eystad (Marty and Mindy) received his bible and the ss teachers were installed. In the eve we partook in the sing a long at the Eden reformed church in Herman. Afterwards I visited Selma busse at her apt in Herman. In the aft I attended the “Godly Women out of history” play at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cyrus afterwards I had a chance to visit with a former neighbor David Jergenson.
The don community club had a very lengthy meeting on sept 13th in which we discussed some of the problems that occurred during the bee as well as some of the comments, suggestions, and ideas that were received during it, and some of the changes we might make for next year as a result of them. If you have any ideas for future bees and/or other events fill free to contact one of the officers or put something in one of my boxes. Preliminary figures show that we sold about 1500 buttons and finished in the black again. We will feature John Deere next year and are especially looking for old machinery.
The Kopacek family and I were among those who attended the Lu event at the Morris Library on Sept 15th. Author David Keeny gave a very interesting presentation based on his book, "Minnesota goes to war.” En route home I stopped in to visit Jim and Lou Eystad at their home in Donnelly
Several weeks ago Joe Mau of Isanti spent some time visiting his cousin Lou Eystad and other family and friends in the area attending the Donnelly threshing bee and a class reunion in Morris.
Sept 11 Pearl A. Anderson traveled to the Jim and Bonnie Fabian home of rural Herman to help her daughter Bonnie celebrate her birthday.
Thanks to the Kopacek family you will all know who I am now when I am out and about covering various events. I will be wearing a Donnelly reporter hat that they gave me. Mange takk!
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.
Weather news: the past week has seen several days of rain and some cool nights along with a few mild sunny days especially over the weekend. Some farmers in the area have started bean harvest as well as corn chopping.
STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: The fall schedule will resume on Sept 19th with services at st j at 8:30 am, ss at 9:45 am at Kong, and services at Kong at 11 am. There will be joint services at Kong on Sept 26th at 11 am with the ss kids singing
With fall here it is also time for church suppers/dinner the, UM and Eden reformed Herman, first Lutheran (Keng), St Paul’s (Lowry), Nora (Keng), faith (Morris), are just some of the area churches who will have one in the upcoming weeks.
The play “Godly Women out of History” will be presented at Kong during KCLW guest night on Sept 26th at 5:30 pm everyone is invited.
The musical group “go fish” will be in concert at the Lake Geneva Christian center (605 Birch Ave) in Alex on Sept 19th at 4:30 pm. No reserve seating and no tickets required. This sponsored by the local Thrivent agents in the area you can call the Morris office at 589-1731 or your local Thrivent agent for more info.
LCM will have a root beer kegger at the Christus house (110 Columbia ave.) in Morris on sept 25th from 1:30-3:30 pm during founders’ weekend at umm
The parish is collecting Items for LWR and/or Marie Sandvick center. A list of acceptable items is included in the Sept newsletter, or you can obtain it from the parish office. They should be brought to either church by Sept 19th.
The confirmation service project for this fall is collecting items for churches united for the Homeless in Moorhead. A list of items needed was included in our church bulletin (food, kitchen items, clothes, office supplies, hsd supplies etc.). You can contact the office for a complete list; it is also posted in narthex of both churches
Our parish is having a cup of compassion fund raiser you can purchase a coffee cup with either the st j or Kong church imprinted on it for a minimum donation of $5. They are available at the parish office.
St J fall festival will be held on Oct 9th. They are looking for craft and other items to sell (no clothes) so if you are doing some fall cleaning keep them in mind. You can bring the items to the church at any time for more info contact the church office or call 246-3470
Assumption Catholic Church will have its September fest on Sept 19th beginning with an indoor mass at 10 am and continuing throughout the aft.
An open house diaper shower (diapers and bathroom supplies) for Brynnlee Mae Siegel, daughter of Darrik and Misty Siegel, will be held today (Saturday), at 10 a.m. to noon at the home of Janet and Steve Sauter, 17411 US Hwy 59, Morris
The Morris area boy scouts will be celebrating their centennial on Sun sept 19th from 3-6 pm at the main shelter in Pomme de part. All past and present scouts are welcome.
An open house bridal shower for Beth VanHorn, bride to be of Josh Kieffer, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 25 from 1-3 p.m. in the Assumption Catholic Church basement.
There will be a benefit for Miranda hauglund on sept 25th from 4-7 pm at the Alberta city hall. There will also be a dance at the Alberta bar and grill starting at 9 pm featuring the Fat daddy’s live band. She has a rare autoimmune disease. Her parents are Jim and JoAnne Hauglund of Donnelly.
The st co museum is collecting items to put in a new time capsule. At the com club mtg we discussed some of the things our parish and com club would contribute to it. If you have items to contribute please contact Tina at the st co museum a.s.a.p.
Khloe Anne Johnson was born on August 28, 2010 at Stevens community Medical Center, Morris, to Jada Siegel and Derek Johnson of Correll. Grandparents are Neil and Janet Siegel of Wheaton and Kevin and Lisa Johnson of Appleton. Great grandparents are John DeLong of Morris, Lorise Siegel of Wheaton, Annette Moen of Appleton, Doris Johnson of Odessa, and the late Hazel DeLong, Loran Siegel, Roger Moen and Clarence Johnson.
Evelyn Ann Ritter was born on September 2, 2010 at Douglas County Hospital, Alexandria, to Adam and Carla Ritter of Donnelly. Grandparents are Charles and Karen Long of Herman, Don and Karen Ritter of Morris, and Wendel and Deb Marotzke of Hancock. Great-grandparents are Adolph and Virginia Long, Opal Harstad, Loretta Ritter and Charles and Margie Mesenbrink, all of Morris.
Com Wyatt Orville Ray Hagen was born on August 17, 2010 at the St. Cloud Hospital to Jeff and Kelsey Hagen of Alexandria. Wyatt Orville. Grandparents are Lynn and Sheila Schulz of Morris, Neil Twetten of Cosmos, Pam and Brian McKenna of Nevis, Dolores Schulz of Parkers Prairie and great-grandparents are Betty Hagen of Hoffman, Shirley Henrichs of Donnelly, Orville and Wanda Thun of Alexandria and Lois Twetten of Gaylord
Kiersten Roy Nell Harrom was born on August 13, 2010 at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls to Jennifer Harrom and Tony Harrom of Fergus Falls. Grandparents are Nick and Sandy Kill of Morris, Mark Harrom of Wheaton, and Mary Lindner of Fargo, N.D. Great-grandparents are Barb and Don Rilley of Chokio, and Kermit and Karen Stahn of Morris. Great-great grandmother is Marlys Alm of Morris.
Congratulations to the following 4 h er’s who won awards at the general encampment at MN state fair, cammi and Rebekah Aanerud, Brittany cardwell, Sami Searle , and Jacob Sperr. It addition the Rendsville 4-h club won a blue ribbon for its banner
Congratulations to the Morris tiger vb team that finished 2nd in the Stacy Poizin mcintyre vb tournament at umm on sept 11th. Carrie Rouske is a member of that team and Mandi koehntop is a member of the coaching staff
On sept 9th I stopped in to visit my aunt Pearl A. Anderson en route home from Morris
I spent some time in Dalton on Sept 10th attending the LRPTA show and also the big iron show in Fargo on Sept 14th.
Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the WA mtg at St J in Starbuck on sept 11th. Rev Mike Hanson of Glenwood gave a presentation about the new North American Lutheran church after attending their convention in OH last month. After the meeting I traveled to Starbuck and stopped into the minnewaska Lutheran Home to visit Denny Anderson who is recovering from knee surgery. He hopes to be home in a couple of wks. From there it was off to Morris where I attended part of cougar fest and the Stacy Poizin McIntyre vb tournament. Later I stopped into the prairie inn to visit with some members of the Alberta class of ’51 who were having their reunion there. En route home I stopped in Donnelly to visit with Sam and Dorothy Johrdheim
Jim and Lou Eystad and I attended the rally sun services and dinner at St J on sept 12th during which third grader Garrett Eystad (Marty and Mindy) received his bible and the ss teachers were installed. In the eve we partook in the sing a long at the Eden reformed church in Herman. Afterwards I visited Selma busse at her apt in Herman. In the aft I attended the “Godly Women out of history” play at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cyrus afterwards I had a chance to visit with a former neighbor David Jergenson.
The don community club had a very lengthy meeting on sept 13th in which we discussed some of the problems that occurred during the bee as well as some of the comments, suggestions, and ideas that were received during it, and some of the changes we might make for next year as a result of them. If you have any ideas for future bees and/or other events fill free to contact one of the officers or put something in one of my boxes. Preliminary figures show that we sold about 1500 buttons and finished in the black again. We will feature John Deere next year and are especially looking for old machinery.
The Kopacek family and I were among those who attended the Lu event at the Morris Library on Sept 15th. Author David Keeny gave a very interesting presentation based on his book, "Minnesota goes to war.” En route home I stopped in to visit Jim and Lou Eystad at their home in Donnelly
Several weeks ago Joe Mau of Isanti spent some time visiting his cousin Lou Eystad and other family and friends in the area attending the Donnelly threshing bee and a class reunion in Morris.
Sept 11 Pearl A. Anderson traveled to the Jim and Bonnie Fabian home of rural Herman to help her daughter Bonnie celebrate her birthday.
Thanks to the Kopacek family you will all know who I am now when I am out and about covering various events. I will be wearing a Donnelly reporter hat that they gave me. Mange takk!
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