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June 2nd-9th

Welcome to the graduation edition of the Donnelly news. 

Since everything from community events to church services has been postponed or canceled due to the Coronavirus, I have decided not to list any events for the foreseeable future. Before you plan to attend any events I have listed in my past columns or regularly scheduled events and/or meetings, please check to make sure they are still on. Since everything is constantly changing, please listen to local media and /or check fb posts for any updated info. Some of the meetings may be held virtually instead of physically like the last rendsville The 4-h club meeting was. Also, some Donnelly business may be temporally closed, have reduced hours, limited services, access, etc.

Weather News:  It looks like most of the farmers in the area took advantage of the mild weather we have had lately and have got most of their crops in, and many are already up. Some nice rain showers in the past week mean they have gotten off to a good start.

Until further notice, there will be no regular services and events at St. John's and Kongsvinger, Donnelly, Gslc, Morris, or any other church in the area. Some churches, pastors in the area are posting devotions, "services," etc. On places like Facebook, YouTube, the radio, etc. GSLC and Hosanna worship center are having a parking lot service every Sunday at 10 a.m. at their churches, and there is also a community service at the MAES parking lot at 9:30 a.m.  KMRS will broadcast that service. GSLC also has outdoor worship at the church at 6 p.m. on Wed. Eve.

ST. John's/Kongsvinger news: we have two HS and two higher Ed grads this year in our parish. Since we were unable to have a baccalaureate Sunday this year, you can send cards to them or leave them at the parish office. You can obtain info about the grads and their addresses in the May newsletter.

Rev Rochelle Anderson of Morris will be providing pastoral care until further notice, if you need care, contact the parish office. You can also watch our "virtue" services on YouTube.

The parish office is closed due to the COVID 19 outbreak, call 246-3211 or e-mail (stjKong@runestone.net) if you need assistance.

The year's annual rod and gun club's annual father's day fishing tournament is among the many events canceled already this year

No decision has been made about the fate of this year's threshing bee, yet if you wish to express your opinion on it, please contact one of the officers.

I have brought my news box back to McCollar's Jewelry, and I will hopefully be traveling up to Donnelly more frequently in the future to check my box in the PO.

The rendsville 4-h club is looking for volunteers to help weed maintain the rain garden in Donnelly by the fire hall as they are unable to do it themselves due to COVID 19.

WCA Statistician/Manager of the year in wrestling: Ryann Long

Here is my annual list of grads along with parents

Kellie Wilts MAHS, Carrie Wilts Vermilion Community College Ellen and the late Doug Wilts

Garett Eystad Herman H.S. Jacob and Mindy

Raynne Bisgard MAHS Jill Grossman Rob and Tammera Bisgard

Karenna Johnson Ottumwa (IA) H.S.  Rev and Mrs. Mark Johnson

Kendra Wevely MAHS Matt and Allishia Gramith

Karmen Sperr MAHS Duane and Lori

Kylie Swanson MAHS Chad and Amy

Randy Papesh Mark

Raynne Long WCA Clyde and Brenda

Aryn Parker NDSU Jacob and Mindy Eystad

Britany Cardwell Messner MN STATE U Moorhead Doug and Muriel (husband Philip)

Lindsey Flogstad SW STATE Marshal Matt and Susie

On May 23rd, I spent several hours visiting cemeteries in the area and putting decorations on graves of family and friends. A sign you are getting older is that you remember many people buried there.

May 24th, I attended the parking lot service at MAES AND GSLC and, on the 28th, the outdoor service at GSLC.

May 25th I had an opportunity to visit with Pr Mike Nelson for a few minutes while attending his moving sale in Donnelly

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May 26th-June 2nd

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. 

Since everything from community events to church services has been postponed or canceled due to the Coronavirus, I have decided not to list any events for the foreseeable future. Before you plan to attend any events I have listed in my past columns, please check to make sure they are still on. Since everything is constantly changing, please listen to local media and /or check fb posts for any updated info. Some of the meetings may be held virtually instead of physically like the last rendsville 4-h club one was. Also, some Donnelly business may be temporally closed, have reduced hours, limited services, access, etc.

Weather News:  we have some sunny, mild weather the past week, and farmers took advantage of it to get a lot of fieldwork done, some crops are already up.

Until further notice, there will be no services and events at St. John's and Kongsvinger, Donnelly; Gslc, Morris, or any other church in the area. Some churches, pastors in the area are posting devotions, "services," etc. on places like Facebook, YouTube, the radio, etc. GSLC and Hosanna worship center are having a parking lot service every Sunday at 10 a.m. at their churches, and there is also a community service at the MAES parking lot at 9:30 a.m.  KMRS will broadcast that service. Pr Mike Hanson tells me he hopes to have summer services on Wed. eve again this year at GSLC

ST. John’s/Kongsvinger news: we have two H.S. and two higher Ed grads this year in our parish. Since we were unable to have a baccalaureate Sunday this year, you can send cards to them or leave them at the parish office. You can obtain info about the grads and their addresses in the May newsletter

Rev Rochelle Anderson of Morris will be providing pastoral care until further notice, if you need care, contact the parish office. You can also watch our "virtue" services on YouTube.

Pr Mike Nelson is scheduled to leave Donnelly later this month, since we were unable to have a farewell service/dinner /program for him earlier this month; we are hoping he can come back later this year for such an event. If you wish, you can send him a card at box 97 Donnelly MN. 56235 or leave one at the parish office for him.

 The parish office is closed due to the COVID 19 outbreak, call 246-3211 or e-mail (stjKong@runestone.net) if you need assistance.

Thanks to Bob Burner for this. After celebrating 100 years of doing business in 2019, the balance of the year was not a good year for the co-op. A very limited fall season of fertilizer and application reduced revenue resulting in negative earnings for the year. Due to COVID 19, there was no annual meeting in March; two new directors were to be elected, but with no voters, two new directors were appointed to replace David Larson and Chris Smith. At the next annual meeting in March of '21, a vote will take place for two new candidates Brad Searle and Mike Kill. The spring season of 2020, with an early start and increased productivity, has a good feeling for the New Year. Hopefully, we will see all of you at the next annual meeting in March of '21

Some members of the Rendsville 4-H took the time to spruce up the area around the community sign this week. Thank you.

Les Bruns of Barrett formerly of the Hoffman/Donnelly area passed away on May 17th

I have brought my news box back to McCollar's Jewelry, and I will hopefully be coming up to Donnelly more frequently in the future to check my box in the P.O.

The rendsville 4-h club is looking for volunteers to help weed maintain the rain garden in Donnelly by the fire hall as they are unable to do it themselves due to COVID 19.

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May 19-26th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. 

Since everything from community events to church services has been postponed or canceled due to the Coronavirus, I have decided not to list any events for the foreseeable future. Before you plan to attend any events I have listed in my columns, please check to make sure they are still on. Since everything is constantly changing, please listen to local media and /or check fb posts for any updated info. Also, some of the meetings may be held virtually instead of physically, i.e., the district 12 rep nominating convention on May 19th.  Also, some Donnelly business may be temporally closed, have reduced hours, limited services, access, etc.

Weather News: We have had a few sunny, mild days in the past week; however, it is still cool esp. in the evenings we had some "frost on the pumpkin" late last week.  I do not get out to town much nowadays, but as far as I know, widespread fieldwork has yet to get underway

Until further notice, there will be no services and events at St. John's and Kongsvinger, Donnelly; Gslc, Morris, or any other church in the area. Some churches, pastors in the area are posting devotions, "services," etc. on places like Facebook, YouTube, the radio, etc. GSLC is going to have a parking lot service every Sunday at 10 a.m. at the church, and there is also a community service at the MAES parking lot at 9:30 a.m.  KMRS will broadcast that service. Pr Mike Hanson tells me he hopes to have summer services on Wed. eve again this year at GSLC

St John' s/Kongsvinger news: we have two h.s. and two higher Ed grads this year in our parish. I plan to have my annual graduation issue in a few weeks.

Rev Rochelle Anderson of Morris will be providing pastoral care until further notice, if you need care, contact the parish office.

Pr Mike Nelson is scheduled to leave Donnelly later this month since we were unable to have a farewell service/dinner /program for him at this time; we are hoping he can come back later this year for such an event. If you wish, you can send him a card at box 97 Donnelly MN. 56235 or leave one at the parish office for him. The Kopacek family and I were among those who took part in the farewell "parade" for Pr Mike and Sue Nelson and family in Donnelly on May 3rd. You can watch his last service at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxuI6HbSZpE.

 The parish office is closed due to the COVID 19 outbreak, call  246-3211 or e-mail (stjKong@runestone.net_) if you need assistance.

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New address: Pr Mike and Sue Nelson

30 First Avenue East 

Federal Dam, Minnesota, 56641

Former Donnelly resident Leo Overson of New Hope MN passed away on May 10th.

Robin Root of Pine City SD passed away on May 11th; survivors include her husband former Donnelly resident Dennis, brother in law Tim (Deb) Root of Donnelly.

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May 12-19th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.  Happy Mother's day to my mom up in Heaven

Since everything from community events to church services has been postponed or canceled due to the Coronavirus, I have decided not to list any events for the foreseeable future. Before you plan to attend any events, I have listed in my columns, please check to make sure they are still on. Since everything is constantly changing, please listen to local media and /or check fb posts for any updated info. Also, some of the meetings may be held virtually instead of physically, i.e., the MN state GOP convention on May 16th. Also, some Donnelly business may be temporally closed, have reduced hours, limited services, access, etc.

Weather News:  warmer, milder, weather has enabled some farmers to get started with fieldwork, but most days are still a bit on the chilly side as I am writing this Tuesday evening they are talking about frost later this week.

Until further notice, there will be no services and events at St. John's and Kongsvinger, Donnelly; Gslc, Morris, or any other church in the area. Some churches, pastors in the area are posting devotions, "services," etc. on places like Facebook, YouTube, the radio, etc. GSLC is going to have a parking lot service every Sunday at 10 a.m. at the church, and there is also a community service at the MAES parking lot at 9:30 a.m.  KMRS will broadcast that service. Pr Mike Hanson tells me he hopes to have summer services on Wed. eve again this year at GSLC

St John' s/Kongsvinger will honor this year's graduates from the parish in our newsletter(s). If you have a graduate from h.s. or higher-ed this year, please let the parish office know a.s.a.p.,   I will have my annual graduation edition in early June again if you want to give me their names

Pr Mike Nelson is scheduled to leave Donnelly later this month since we were unable to have a farewell service/dinner /program for him at this time; we are hoping he can come back sometime later this year for such an event. If you wish, you can send him a card at box 97 Donnelly MN. 56235 or leave one at the parish office for him. The Kopacek family and I were among those of us who took part in the farewell "parade" for Pr mike and Sue Nelson and family in Donnelly on May 3rd. You can watch his last service at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxuI6HbSZpE.

 The parish office is closed due to the COVID 19 outbreak, call, or e-mail if you need assistance.

Since it has been almost two months since I have been in Donnelly, I had to drive around town a little after the parade on Sunday to make sure everything was still there.

New address: Pr Mike and Sue Nelson

30 First Avenue East 

Federal Dam, Minnesota, 56641

There will be no Stevens County genealogical society meetings until Sept.

Postponed until a later date the annual VFW poppy drive

Former Donnelly resident Wally McCollar of Hancock passed away on May 1st; the family is hoping to have a memorial service for him later this year. His family built, owned, and operated the café in Donnelly for many years.

Former Donnelly area resident Greg Smith of Fridley passed away on May 4th; survivors include his brother Mike (Rhoda) Smith and family of Donnelly.

Deloris Braun, of Burnsville MN formerly of Donnelly, passed away on May 3rd

Like most towns, Donnelly has a # of organizations that have monthly meetings, i.e., rendsville 4-h, DFD, community club, etc. hopefully soon we all can start having regular meetings

Annual community events: Ice Cream Social in June, threshing Bee in August, Halloween party October. DFD turkey bingo in November, Santa Day in December except for the bee, all events take place at the community hall

Other events: Donnelly rod and gun club sponsors a summer and winter fishing contest and have their annual meeting at West Pomme in the spring

Tri-County Horseshoe league has games every week during the summer at the horseshoe courts uptown

Men's and/or women's SB games at Aanerud field during the summer

Annual church events: Kong Fall festival Nov. community block party July St John's. ; SS program(s) Christmas time Stj & Kong

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May 5th-12th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.

Since everything from community events to church services has been postponed or canceled due to the Coronavirus, I have decided not to list any events for the foreseeable future. Before you plan to attend any events I have listed in past columns; please check to make sure they are still on. Since everything is constantly changing, please listen to local media and /or check fb posts for any updated info. Also, some of the meetings may be held virtually instead of physically.

Weather News:  although we have had a few beautiful days, we still have not had the sunny, mild weather needed to get spring fieldwork going in full gear.

Until further notice, there will be no services and events at St. John's and Kongsvinger, Donnelly; Gslc, Morris, or any other church in the area. Some churches, pastors in the area are posting devotions, "services," etc. on places like Facebook, YouTube, etc. GSLC is going to have a parking lot service every Sun at 10 a.m. at the church, and there is also a community service at the MAES parking lot at 9:30 a.m.  KMRS will broadcast that service.

If you planned to purchase an Easter lily for Kongsvinger this year, instead, you can donate the price of one ($13) to the Kongsvinger furnace fund in memory or honor of someone. Contact the parish office for more info.

 St John's/Kongsvinger will honor our graduates from the parish in our newsletter(s). If you have a graduate from h.s. or higher-ed this year, please let the parish office know a.s.a.p.,   I will have my annual graduation edition in early June again if you want to give me their names

Pr Mike Nelson is scheduled to leave Donnelly later this month since we are unable to have a farewell service/dinner /program for him at this time; we are hoping he can come back sometime later this year for such an event. If you wish you can send him a card at box 97 Donnelly MN. 56235 or leave one at the parish office for him

New address: Pr Mike & Sue Nelson 30 First Avenue East in Federal Dam, Minnesota, 56641

May 7th is the national day of prayer, unsure if there will be any local activities.

There will be no Stevens County genealogical society meetings until Sept.

Postponed: The annual May VFW Buddy Poppy drive to a later date

If you have news for me, please keep in mind that the paper comes out on Tue. , but I need to submit my column to them by 1 p.m. Thur. some additions/ changes are possible after I send it in.

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Apr 28th-May 5th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. ,

Since everything from community events to church services has been postponed or canceled due to the Coronavirus, I have decided not to list any events for the foreseeable future. Before you plan to attend any events I have listed in past columns, please check to make sure they are still on. Since everything is constantly changing, please listen to local media and /or check fb posts for any updated info. Also, some meetings may be held virtually.

Weather News: spring is slow to arrive this year, still have a lot of cold days and too cold for any real fieldwork yet although I have seen a couple of farmers applying some fertilizer

  Until further notice, there will be no services and events at St. John's and Kongsvinger, Donnelly; Gslc, Morris, or any other church in the area. Some churches, pastors in the area are posting devotions, "services," etc. on places like Facebook, YouTube, etc. GSLC is going to have a parking lot service every Sun at 10 a.m. at the church, and there is also a community service at the MAES parking lot at 9:30 a.m.  KMRS will broadcast that service

If you planned to purchase an Easter lily for Kongsvinger this year, instead, you can donate the price of one ($13) to the Kongsvinger furnace fund in memory or honor of someone. Contact the parish office for more info.

 St John's/Kongsvinger will honor our graduates from the parish in the May newsletter. If you have a graduate from h.s. or higher-ed this year, please let the parish office know a.s.a.p.,   I will have my annual graduation edition in early June again if you want to give me their names.

Rev. Mike Nelson is scheduled to have his farewell service on May 2^nd at 9:30 a.m. at Kongsvinger, followed by a potluck dinner and program. It is unknown at this point in time if that will take place.

May 7th is the national day of prayer, unsure if there will be any local activities.

May 2nd is the new date for all Republican Congressional district meetings which are all going to be virtual ones, contact your local BPOU chair if you want more info about attending them

Becca Holland was a co-winner of the cougar excellence award at UMM

No Stevens County genealogical society meetings until Sept.

Thanks to Kopecks for this: Sandy Kopel was elected Trustee at the April VFW Auxiliary meeting.

She joins Kay Jacobson and Jack Kopacek. Sandy replaces long –time Trustee Liz Ascheman who continues as the Patriotic Instructor. Joan Kopacek continues as President, Janet Malo, as Treasurer, Helen Kill as Secretary, and Phyllis Rickmeyer as Chaplain.

Postponed: The annual May VFW Buddy Poppy drive to a later date

Monday the 20th, Jack Kopacek opened the garage door, backed out the car and ran over a skunk that had been locked in there since Saturday. No smell detected.

Looking back Apr.24th 2015

Next edition April 25th-may 1st

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.

Weather news: well, the past week has been another reminder of Minnesota's Ever-changing weather going from summer-like weather with temps in the '70's, back to more winter-like winter with temps in the 30's cold NW winds and some light snow. I have seen very little evidence of fieldwork in the area have heard too cold and too wet yet to do much. Did talk to one farmer who had planted some corn and was now 2nd guessing that decision.

St John' s/Kongsvinger news:

services will be broadcast on KMRS (1230AM) April 26th at 11 a.m. sponsored by Gary and Pat Smith and family in memory of Ervin and Leana Smith

The woman's book club has been rescheduled for May 4th a 9 a.m. at the Bertha Larson home in Donnelly

Good shepherd news: Delores Hauggorde memorial service will be held today at 11 a.m. at the church

 Adult education "William Tyndale—bible translator and martyr," will be held on April 26th after our coffee fellowship at about 10:45 a.m.

Other church news:

the Augustana district convention of the LCMC will be held today (Sat) at Christ the King Lutheran church Hutchinson beginning at 9 a.m.

Burgers Beverages and a Blessing is held every Wed eve, in the back room of the met lounge at 7 p.m.

St John's Starbuck service (sermon) is broadcast on kmrs every Sunday at 5:40 p.m.

New wine desert performances will be on May10 and 16th at first-Morris at 7 p.m., tickets are available at either faith or first Lutheran

Community news: On April 27th the bookmobile will be on main st at 3:30 p.m., on May 3rd the city council and rendsville 4-h will meet in a 7 p.m. at city hall and st John's in Donnelly

The West Central Lady Ducks Unlimited Banquet will be held on April 29th at 5:00 p.m. at Old No.1 Southside-Morris, contact Muriel Cardwell or Judy Johnston for tickets. Please note the time; some posters in the area do not have the time on them.

There will be a presentation on the Boener family cemetery by Rebecca Dean from UMM and former Donnelly area resident Scott boener at 4 p.m. today (sat) at the odd fellows' hall in Herman.

Death notices: three former Donnelly area residents passed away recently Lawrence Kloos passed away on April 16th, Grace (Gulbrandson) Derby passed away on April 18th, and Ruth Benston passed away on April 19th. I was among those who attended Lawrence's funeral at Peace –Barrett and Grace's visitation at the um church -Herman on April 20th.

Amanda Dohlen of Cyrus passed away on Apr. 17th survivors include her daughter in law Sharon Geise (Gerald) Dohlen of Cyrus and their family. I was among those who attended her visitation at the funeral home on April 20th

Annette Veum of Morris passed away on Apr. 21st survivors include her brothers Tom (Roxanne Stevenson) Lesmeister of Morris and Tony Lesmeister of Donnelly

Celebrations: Bennet and Gabi Nienhaus made the honor roll at Hancock H.S.

Tiger track: Marv Meyer invite in Morris; The boys and girls both finished first girls: Savanah Aanerud was 2nd in the 800 m dash, a member of the 4x400 m relay team that finished first, and the 4 x 800 m that finished third, the 4x100 m relay team that placed second, Islande Speer was a member of that team; boys: 3200 m, Dalton Lupke (6th );110 m hurdles, Bo Gullickson (6th ); discus: John Huebner( 8th  )   ); Levin Strand was a member of the 4x 100 m relay team that finished second  and  the 4 x200 m relay that finished first

The past week I attended the St. John's spring fling, and the Wayne Lemmerman benefit and, the spring rummage and bake-sale both at Faith-Morris and burgers and a blessing at the diamond supper club

Gail and Owen Gibson of Avon and Laurie Hofer of St Cloud spent some time this weekend visiting family and friends in the area and attending the St John's spring fling.

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Apr 21st- 28th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. ,

Since everything from community events to church services has been postponed or canceled due to the Coronavirus. I have decided not to list any events for the foreseeable future, please double check on the status of any events I have listed in my past columns before planning to attend.

Weather News: It has again felt like early fall during much of the past weeks with cold temps and cold winds. We even had some light snow in the past week. Too cold for any fieldwork yet

Until further notice, there will be no services and events at St. John's and Kongsvinger, Donnelly; Gslc, Morris, or any other church in the area. Some churches, pastors in the area are posting devotions, "services," etc. on places like Facebook, YouTube, etc.

If you planned to purchase an Easter lily for Kongsvinger this year, instead, you donate the price of one ($13) to the Kong furnace fund in memory or honor of someone. Contact the parish office for more info.

May 2nd is the new date for all Republican Congressional district meetings, which most likely will be virtual ones.

There is a card party for Virene Olson in honor of her 90th birthday. Her address is 815 w 4th st Morris mn 56267

Congrats to Kendra Wevely, who made the WCC all-conference team in girl’s bb and Jackson Loge in boy’s bb.

Congrats to the Donnelly kids on the honor roll at MAHS, too numerous to list here, please look at the list in the latest edition of the Stevens county times.

New address:

Ardis Gullickson

3338 20th st S

Fargo ND 58104

I called Lou Eystad on Apr.10th to wish her a happy 85th birthday. She said she and Jim are doing just fine at the Legacy Living in Morris.

I have been informed the elevator in Donnelly has been closed. All operations and the manager transferred to Herman. Note this has nothing to do with COVID 19 virus, but as many of you know, they are building a new elevator in Herman. My understanding is that 1922 was when the Donnelly elevator became a part of the Donnelly skyline, and Joe Ehlen has been the manager there for about 40 years.

Looking back, Apr. 23rd 2010

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.

Temps have remained mild during the past week, but it is still very dry, some good rains would be very welcome. Many farmers are busy preparing their fields and putting in their crops, although I suspect some are holding back waiting for some warmer weather. Most nights are still cool. I even saw a little snow in a ditch a few days ago. I also see there are still some corn fields that need to be picked esp. north of here.

STJ/KONG PARISH NEWS: On Apr. 25th, there will be joint services at Kong at 11 am with the SS kids singing. Our services will also be broadcast on KMRS sponsored by Gary and Pat Smith. At 10 am in the church basement, there will be cake and coffee in honor of Lou Eystad’s 75th birthday and Denny Bouressa’s 70th birthday served by Jim Eystad and René Thompson (Denny’s sister). Happy Birthday, Denny! We all hope and pray that you will able to celebrate many more.

May 23rd is baccalaureate Sun. Everyone who has a graduate(s) in the parish this yr is asked to submit their name(s) to the parish office. I also plan to recognize graduates in this column in late May/early June.

Our parish, in conjunction with Bethel Lutheran of Herman, will again be participating in a VBS day camp, led by counselors from Luther Crest on Aug 1-5th, from 9-4 pm. Registration forms were included in the Mar newsletter or may be obtained from either parish office.

WordAlone Ministries will meet on May 1st at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Chokio, coffee at 9:30 am; program at 10 am Prof. Jon Sorum will speak on "Why We Need a New Beginning." Everyone welcome

Correction: There will be citywide garage sales in Donnelly on May 21st & 22nd. If you are interested in having one that weekend, please call Kathi Biesterfeld at 246-6271 or Kathy Eystad at 246-3262. If you are having one, let me know, and I will post it on my blog.

The red Hat society will meet on May 3rd at sax’s café. Those attending are asked to bring a small plant for exchange. The note in my box did not have a time on it, but I recall from reading previous announcements it is usually at 9 am

Friday, April 30: Heritage Days program featuring Tim and Kathy Ray performing "Scenes and Songs of Minnesota." Morris Area Elementary Concert Hall, 2 p.m. Sponsored by Learning Unlimited.

Russ Stier of Hoffman, formerly of the Donnelly area, passed away on Apr 13th. Among his survivors is his brother Lloyd (Glenda) Stier of Donnelly. Many of you will remember that Russ was the owner of Vern’s produce, and for many years he bought produce in the area. When we had chickens, we sold him our eggs. On Apr 18th, a big crowd of family and friends filled the Messiah Lutheran Church in Hoffman for his memorial service. Lloyd told me that between visitation and the funeral, there were over 500 visitors, he was unable to attend as he was not feeling well that day.

Vigil Maus of Chokio passed away on Apr 14. Survivors include his wife Mildred (Lange) of Chokio, formerly of Donnelly.

Mary A. Blair, age 61 of Mesa, Ariz. and formerly of Morris, died of Renal Cancer on April 17, 2010. Among her survivors is a nephew Casey (Danielle) Lesmeister, and their family of Donnelly. A memorial service will be held at the Old # 1 Southside on May 1st at 2 pm

The class of 1955 will be holding their 55th class reunion on July 17th at the Prairie Inn in Morris with a mini-reunion of Donnelly classmates on July 16th at Sax’s café. Anyone who wishes to visit with the members of the class may do so at Sax’s restaurant beginning at 4 pm on the 16th and/or poolside at the prairie Inn starting at 7 pm on the 17th. For more info, call Wally McCollar at 589-0127. I stopped in to see him again on the 21st he had gotten some nice pictures from Sonya Skyrdal for his reunion some taken at the all-school reunion 20 yrs ago.

Congratulations to Bailey Armstrong (Jason and Niki) for winning a poster contest at the WCA elementary school.

Foley was the site of the recently held regional 4-h project bowl in general livestock. The sr red team won first place and will advance to the state competition. Jake Moser, Natalie Johnston, and Kendra Speer are members of that team, and they are coached by Lee Johnston. Jon Moser coached the sr green team which finished 4th, Mackenzie Smith is a member of that team. The Jr. Red team finished 5th, Jonna Moser is a member of that team.

Congratulations to the MAHS student council that was recently named masc student council of yr. Sydney Beyer and Kayleene Mecklenburg are members of the council.

Congratulations to the MAHS boys track team that recently won its own invite. Tyler Rouske is a member of that team and finished 5th in 400 sprints and long jump.

Congratulations to Rhoda (Mike) Smith, who is one of the finalists for the St Co-Coordinator position.

Kale Jon was born to Kevin and Michelle Kruize on 4/16/10. Grandfather is William (Billy) Kruize Jr. Congratulations.

Tate Jeffery Olson was born on Apr 11th to Scott and Stephanie Olson. Grandparents are Joyce and Allen Olson of Donnelly; Jeff and Kathy Wilcox of Morris; great grandparents are Sid and Carol Wilcox of Morris.

An open house Baby shower will be held for Trent and Robyn Grossman on May 1st from 2-4 pm at the Morris sr center. Trent is the son of Tim and Tammie Grossman and grandson of Bob and Myrna Tomalla.

A good crowd was on hand for MAP’s 16th aniv celebration on Apr 15th. Thanks to “Kopel’s Kooker” for the delicious meal they prepared and served.

On Apr 17th, I attended the estate sale at the Lloyd Bendt farm. She informs me they are moving to Waseca. From there, it was off to Donnelly, where a good crowd attended the spring fling at St John's. Judy Burner won the quilt. Other winners were gift set Peggy Wilke; gift cert HD & co, Jeff Gibson; kitchen clock Peggy Wilke; snack set Bernice Eystad; gift cert sax’s colleen dogatch (2) Becky Diehl; toolbox jerry itzen; gift cert willies & nature clock Karen Janachovsky; cookbooks Jim Gibson, Leroy Diehl; Janelle and Kaylene Vipond. In the aft, I traveled to Morris, stopping to visit with Wally McCollar for a while. Later I was part of the good crowd that helped Walt Hokanson celebrate his 100th birthday at the Sunrise Apts. Many of you will remember that he was a collector of cream separators for many years, and we were among the many from who he bought eggs. Afterward, I visited Chuck Heinrich in his apt. In the eve, I attended the St Co Humane Soc annual mtg.

On Apr 19th, I attended the diabetes workshop at SCMC. The next one is scheduled for July.

Apr 21st, I stopped into the center for small towns to visit with David Flugel. He asked me to remind people about the symposium on small towns and rural-urban gathering to be held on June 9 & 10th on the UMM campus and that there are scholarships available for the event.

Gail, Jenna, and Own Gibson of Avon and Donna Frank of Starbuck spent some at the same and Dorothy Jordheim home in Donnelly over the weekend attending the st J spring fling and visiting family and friends

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