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June 2nd-8th

Welcome to part 1 of my annual graduation edition of the Donnelly news. This week I have MAHS graduates, next week I will have graduates from other high schools and higher Ed

Weather news: temperatures have been sunny and hot the past week with a few rain showers mixed in, I think most farmers are either done or just about done with planting, the crops that are up look good

St. John's/ Kongsvinger news: the summer schedule with joint services at 9:30 a.m., at Kongsvinger on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sundays; St. John’s on the 2 and 4th Sundays of each month is now in effect until further notice.  You can find the schedule in the May newsletter; copies are available in the narthex of both churches or from the parish office.

Registration is now open for VBS this summer to be held at Faith-Morris July 30th- Aug 2nd together with Faith, First and Trinity Cyrus, contact the church office for more information 

GSLC NEWS There will be worship services on Wednesday evenings starting in June at 7 p.m.

Dan and Wendy Luthi benefit June 9th 4-7p.m. at GSLC he needs another kidney transplant and his daughter in law (Wendy) is donating hers

Other church news: At faith Morris: outdoor worship on June 3rd at 9 a.m. and a Father’s Day Picnic and Fundraiser June 17th at 11:00 a.m.

Father Stan Wieser will celebrate his 50th Anniversary of his ordination on June 24th in Wheaton; at the Ava Maria Catholic Church .Mass will be at 2 p.m. with a reception to follow. No invitations will be sent all are welcome. Fr. Stan was a priest in Donnelly for a number of years.

There will be a Potluck dinner at the Morris community church on June 2^nd at 5 p.m.

Gathering for widows and widowers June 10th at noon at old # 1 –basement, there is an elevator in front of the building.

The city council meets today (Saturday) at 4 p.m. at city hall

On June 4th the bookmobile will be in town on main St. at 3:45 p.m. and the Rendsville 4-h meets at 7 p.m. at ST. John’s

On June 11th the community club meets at the town hall at about 8:30 p.m. and the Donnelly Fire and Rescue will host its Bike Rodeo June 11th at 6p.m. All ages welcome! Don't forget your helmets! Their monthly meeting will follow at 7 p.m.

Herman red hats meet on June 4th at 9 a.m. at A J’ S in Herman. Bring favorite dairy recipe.

RUSC Kinship garden gala June 14th 5-7:30 p.m. at Pomme de park –Morris

Donnelly Rod and Gun club fishing derby June 17th starting with registration at 9 a.m. on Pome De Lake public access ,more info 320-808-3490 or 320 -287-2070

Congratulations to former Donnelly area resident Virginia Long who celebrated her 95th birthday on May 23rd.

MAHS grads:

Sam Greiner, Greg and Dona, (Rollie and Jan)

Sydney Sperr, Rollie and Tami (Paul and Betty)

Islande and Auddy Sperr, Don and Tamela (Paul and Betty)

Carrie Wilts, Doug and Ellen

Cheyenne Baumgart; Scott and Jodi Ahrndt

Amber Uphoff Alan and Mary (Gary and Karen)

Kali Berlinger, Steve and Angie (Kevin and Rhonda Asmus) great grandparents Don and Barb Riley, Kermit and Karen Stahn

Kate Geise, Brian and Holly (Howard and Ditto)

Shannon Kill; Joe and Julie (Dick Cady)

Damon Disselkamp, James and Pam

Past week:  visits to my aunt Pearl in her room at the courage cottage, Mahs graduation adult Ed and bible study at Gs, Memorial Day services at armory, graveside services, breakfast at legion, DeGier visitation at funeral home visit to Cal and Jan Bumgardner at their home, ll baseball game at Wells Park, BBB at met lounge

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May 26th-June 1

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. This edition is dedicated to the memory of my aunt (and “mom”) Pearl who passed away on May 27th, 2010

Weather news: temps have been sunny and mild a lot of field work going on, see some crops are up already, and some farmers are winding up field work.

St. John's/ Kongsvinger news the summer schedule starts on May 27th with joint services at Kongsvinger at 9:30 a.m. In June, July, and August there will be joint services at a 9:30 a.m. at Kongsvinger on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday’s St. John’s on the 2 and 4th Sundays.  You can find the schedule in the May newsletter; copies are available in the narthex of both churches or from the parish office

Registration is now open for VBS this summer to be held at Faith-Morris July 30th- Aug 2nd together with Faith, First and Trinity Cyrus, contact the church office for more information 

GSLC NEWS There will be worship services on Wednesday evenings starting in June at 7 p.m.

Dan and Wendy Luthi benefit June 9th 4-7p.m. at Gs he needs another kidney transplant and his daughter in law (Wendy) is donating hers.

Other church news: Father’s Day Picnic and Fundraiser Sunday, June 17th at 11:00 a.m. faith Morris

Father Stan Wieser will celebrate his 50th Anniversary of his ordination on June 24, 2018, in Wheaton; at the Ava Maria Catholic Church . Mass will be at 2 p.m. with a reception to follow. No invitations will be sent all are welcome. Fr. Stan was a priest in Donnelly for a number of years.

The Stevens county genealogical society will meet on May 31 at 1:30 p.m. at the Morris public library note change of date

Herman red hats meet on June 4th at 9 a.m. at A J’ S in Herman. Bring favorite dairy recipe.

Congratulations to former Donnelly area resident Virginia Long who celebrated her 95th birthday on May 23rd.

Tiger track true team state meet boys 3rd: discus Brady Cardwell 15th, 100 m dash 23rd

Past week:  visits to my aunt Pearl in her room at the courage cottage, Ellard Larson memorial service Peace –Barrett, visit to Iver Aal in the Barret care center, Baccalaureate Sunday at ST. John’s Donnelly Dick Goldenstein committal service at Vinger, visit to Sam Johrdhiem in his home, play legally blond at Morris high school, funeral service for Vivian Johnson in Wendell, Agralite annual mtg in Benson, bible study at Gs with Eystad’s F.I.R.I.ST. Supper at the legion, bbb at the met lounge

I am planning on having my annual graduation issue next week please let me know if you have an h.s. and/or higher Ed grad

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May 19th-25th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.

Weather news: well temps have been relatively mild for most of the past week. Although I have not personally seen much field activity I have been told that most farmers are very busy in the fields

St. John's/ Kongsvinger news: Baccalaureate Sunday will be held on May 20th, at St John’s starting with Brunch at 10 A.M. followed by joint services at 11 A.M. We have two H.S. graduates this year one from each church, plus several higher Ed grads. Also, I tentatively plan to have my annual graduation recognition column on June 2nd, so if you do have any graduates in the family or know of any, please let me know ASAP

The summer schedule starts on May 27th with joint services at Kongsvinger at 9:30 a.m. In June, July, and August there will be joint services at a 9:30 a.m. at Kongsvinger on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday’s St. John’s on the 2 and 4th Sundays.  You can find the schedule in the May newsletter; copies are available in the narthex of both churches or from the parish office

Registration is now open for VBS this summer to be held at Faith-Morris July 30th- Aug 2nd together with Faith, First and Trinity Cyrus, contact the church office for more information 

GSLC NEWS There will be worship services on Wednesday evenings starting in June at 7 p.m.

Dan and Wendy Luthi benefit June 9th 4-7p.m. at Gs he needs another kidney transplant and his daughter in law (Wendy) is donating hers

Other church news The Federated Women’s Fellowship will meet on May 25th, at noon at the Brick house. Please bring a dollar for the health kits. After lunch we will go to the church and put the health kits together. On May 20th at 11 am Federated church will be cleaning up their portion of the highway meet at the county garage.

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On May 21st The Bookmobile will be in town on Main St from 3:45-4 p.m. and at 7 p.m. the firemen meet at the fire hall

The Stevens county genealogical society will meet on May 31 at 1:30 p.m. at the Morris public library note change of date

Herman red hats meet on June 4th at 9 a.m. at A J’ S in Herman. Bring favorite dairy recipe.

Donnelly collected$100 and 216.5 lbs. of food in the recent “stamp out hunger” campaign

Death notice Vivian Johnson of Wendell passed away on May 14th survivors include her daughter Sandy (Lowell) Dunn and family of the Donnelly/Herman area.

Committal service for former Donnelly resident Dick Goldenstein will be held on May 20th at 2 p.m. at Vinger cemetery by Donnelly

Track and field Ortonville invite: boys 1st girls 2^nd, 100 m dash Lydia Fynboh first, 3200 m run Cheyenne Baumgart 4th, shot put Islande Sperr 7^th, 110 hurdles Micah Aanerud 5th, West Central conference boys & girls 2^nd; Brady Cardwell discus 8^th, 100 m dash 16th, 100 m Lydia Fynboh 8th 3200 Cheyenne Baumgart 12th, Islande speer 17th, Lydia was also part of the 4x100 relay team that placed 5th

The Donnelly community club held another lengthy meeting Monday evening as we continue to make plans for the bee and other events. As of now we are not planning any major changes to the schedule that we have had for a number of years. The 2019 feature will be gas engines, the next meeting on June 11 about 8:30 p.m.

Congrats to Monroe and Cheryl (Armstrong) Estenson who recently received the St co pay it forward award Cheryl is a former Donnelly area resident

Past week:  visits to my aunt Pearl in her room at the courage cottage, Hancock all town rummage sales, Muffins for Mom and bible study at Gs with Eystad’s ,pancake breakfast at first-Morris, community club mtg in Donnelly, LL games at wells park ,bbb at met lounge

If my column does not appear in the paper like last week, check out my blog donnelly.minn.blogspot.com or it is posted on the bulletin board at cc mall.

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May 12th-19th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. I want to wish my Mom a Happy Mother’s Day up in Heaven.

Weather news: well temps have been relatively mild for most of the past week. Farmers are busy in the field, although as I am writing this Wednesday evening, we got about 2 “of rain on Tuesday

St. John's/ Kongsvinger news: Baccalaureate Sunday will be held on May 20th, starting with Brunch at 10 A.M. followed by joint services at 11 A.M. at St John’s, we have one H.S. graduate from each Church this year. If you have an H.S. or a Higher Ed grad this year, please let the parish office know ASAP. Also, I tentatively plan to have my annual graduation recognition column on June 2nd, so if you do have any graduates, please let me know too

The summer schedule starts on May 27th with joint services at Kongsvinger at 9:30 a.m. In June, July, and August there will be joint services at a 9:30 a.m. at Kongsvinger on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday’s St. John’s on the 2 and 4^th Sundays.  You can find the schedule in the May newsletter; copies are available in the narthex of both churches or from the parish office

Registration is now open for VBS this summer to be held at Faith July 30th Aug 2nd together with Faith, first and trinity Cyrus, contact the church office for more info

GSLC NEWS Muffins for Moms on May 13th during coffee fellowship a free will offering to raise money for new playground equipment

There will be worship services on Wednesday evenings starting in June at 7 pm

Other church news: Today (Saturday) from 9:30 until 11:30 a.m. there will be a Ladies Brunch to celebrate Mother’s Day in the dining hall at Faith Lutheran.

Pancake breakfast at 1st-Morris May 13th 10:40 a.m.

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On May 14th at 7 p.m. the Donnelly community club and the firemen meet at city hall and fire hall

The Bookmobile will be in town on May 21st on Main St from 3:45-4 p.m.

Death notice Edna Knopp of Starbuck passed away on May 3rd survivors include her daughter in law Nancy (Stoneberg) (Glen) of Morris and their families Nancy is a former Donnelly resident.

Evelyn Bolluyt of Hancock passed away on May 6th survivors include her daughter Shirley (Darrell) Uhden of Kensington, Darrel is a former Donnelly area resident

Committal service for former Donnelly resident Dick Goldenstein will be held on May 20th at 2 p.m. at Vinger cemetery by Donnelly

Tiger track true team Brady Cardwell 12^th 400-meter dash discus throw 10^th, girls shot Islande Speer 15th

Past week:  Augustana dist. Convention –Faith Hutchinson. Schief benefit –Hancock h.s, Barry & Donna Gades’s golden wedding Celebration-hotel 200, steeple dedication and bible study at Gs-Morris (w/Eystad’s) ice cream social scmc, BBB met lounge

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May 5th-11th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news

Weather news: well temps have been relatively mild for most of the past wk. Some strong winds have made it feel cold. Saw a few farmers had been out in the field, I am unsure if there have been any crops planted yet.

St. John's/ Kongsvinger news: There will be an open house bridal shower for Katie Skadeland bride to be of Danny Ennen today (Saturday) at Kongsvinger 9:30-11:30 a.m.

On May 6th at during services at Kongsvinger, there will be a dedication of the barbed wire cross given in memory of David Haynes and the defibrillator provided in memory of Steve Larson. It is also cradle roll Sunday and adopted grandparents day at Sunday school

There will be a special congregational meeting at St. John’s following services on May 6th, to vote on a change in the constitution to reduce the number needed for a quorum for a meeting; however, 20 members still need to be present for this meeting

Baccalaureate Sunday will be held on May 20th, starting with Brunch at 10 A.M. followed by joint services at 11 A.M. at St John’s, we have one H.S. graduate from each Church this year. If you have an H.S. or a Higher Ed grad this year, please let the parish office know ASAP. Also, I tentatively plan to have my annual graduation recognition column on June 2nd, so if you do have any graduates, please let me know too

I will have info about the summer service schedule in future columns, or you can contact the church office for more info.

 GSLC NEWS There will be a steeple dedication during the May 6th service

Muffins for moms on May 13th during coffee fellowship a free will offering to raise money for new playground equipment

Other church news: On Saturday, May 12 from 9:30 until 11:30 there will be a Ladies Brunch to celebrate Mother’s Day in the dining hall at Faith Lutheran.

Pancake breakfast at 1st-Morris May 12th 10:40 a.m.

The Federated women’s fellowship supper will be held on May 8th at 6 pm speakers will be Penny & Paul Rhoda “trip to the holy land.”

 The City council meets today (Saturday) at 4 p.m. at city hall

The Bookmobile will be in town on May 7th on Main St. at 3:45-4 p.m. The Rendsville 4-h meets at 7 p.m. at St. John’s

Herman Red Hats will meet May 7th at 11:00 a.m. at Hunan Spring Restaurant in Fergus Falls

An open house 50th wedding anniversary for Barry and Donna Gades will be held today (Saturday) from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Hotel 200 Pool Area. No gifts, please.

Widows and widowers will meet on May 6th for noon lunch in the basement of the old# one there is an elevator in front of the building

On May 14th at 7 p.m. the Donnelly community club and the firemen meet at city hall and fire hall

Death notice none

Thank you to everyone who took the time to send/give me a card and/or wish me a happy birthday last week

Past week:  services at Lwlc –Alex, a visit to pr norm and Ramona Olsen in their home, funeral pre-planning seminar at old # 1 Southside, bible study at Gs w/Eystad’s, Martha Williams memorial service at first-Morris, BBB at the met lounge

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