Next edition July 11th-17th
Welcome to another addition of the Donnelly news
Weather news: crops continue to look very nice. My neighbor’s
rain gauge said we got 3 inches of rain on Sun eve which I understand caused
some local flooding in Morris. People I have talked to in the Donnelly area
said they got anywheres from no rain to about an inch
St John’s/Kongsvinger news: there will be joint services at
9 a.m. at Kongsvinger every Sunday and at 7 p.m. every Wed. eve at St John’s throughout
July and Aug.
The Kongsvinger Krusaders will again be participating in the
Stevens county relay for Life on July 17th from 6 p.m. to midnight
at Pomme de Park; contact Algene Larson or Sandy Dunn for more info, to make a
donation, purchase a luminaire, or to participate as a walker
Other church news: the new location for “Burgers, Beverages
and Blessings” on Wed evenings at 7 p.m. is at the old #1 Southside unless it
is in use then it will be held in the basement.
Community news, on July 13th the community club
and firemen will meet all @ 7 p.m. in Donnelly at the fire and community halls
in Donnelly
There will be two open house bridal showers today (Saturday):
the first is for Breanna Kruize, bride to be of Mitch Daly, from 9:30 to 11:30
a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Morris. Parents are Peg and Brian Kruize and
Pam and Paul Daly. Bring your favorite recipe; the second one is for Miranda
Hauglund, bride to be of Josh Roaldson, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the residence of
Vicky Dosdall, 44725 175th St., Morris. Miranda is the daughter of Jim and
JoAnn Hauglund of Donnelly. The couple is registered at Target, Bed Bath and
Beyond and Fleet Farm gift cards.
From Sandy Dunn: Nominations for our 2015 Donnelly Threshing
Bee Royalty candidates are now open July 1 - 15. Look for drop boxes in Donnelly at these
locations. Donnelly Coop, Donnelly Post
Office and HD and Co. As of August 29, you must be between the following age groups.
Little Miss 8-10 yrs. and Queen/Princess 14-18 years For those that
are eligible to run for 2015 royalty, you will receive addition information by
mid- July. Note change of date for "Meet the Candidates" is Monday
July 27th. Donnelly Threshing Bee will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary this
year. The Royalty Committee will be
hosting a Past Royalty Reunion to be held on that Saturday (29th) of the Bee. It
is going to be a fun, busy "Bee" weekend.
Also a reminder that Corrine Larson is looking for units for
the parade on the 30th, esp. anyone or anything associated with 1965.
If you were born, married, graduated etc. or have a car, truck, tractor, piece of
machinery etc. made in ’65 please contact her at 246-3434
Death notices: Greg Durke of Blaine passed away on July 1st
survivors include his sister Peg (Brian) Kruize and aunt former Donnelly area resident
Norma Osterman
Former Donnelly area resident Sherman S. Thurmer of Shakopee
passed away on June 27th.
Jeanette Saunders of Benson passed away on June 27th;
survivors include her brother former Donnelly area resident Delbert (Bev) Henrichs
of New Richland Wis.
Celebrations: Brady Cardwell was a member of the all-camp
team at the Greg Swartz memorial wrestling camp held recently in Morris
Sydney Beyer and Mac Kampmeier were married on June 27th
in Chokio
Raymond and Linda Ellingworth of New York Mills along with
Dean and Leila Hormann of Starbuck are happy to announce the engagement of
their children, Rebecca and Dexter. His grandfather is former Donnelly area
resident John Delong
Sarah Jackson was crowned Miss Minnewaska princess on July 3rd
her parents are Darwin Jackson of Starbuck and Deb and Kyle Smith of the Donnelly
area
The Donnelly fire dept. won third place at the water fight
in Graceville on July 5th and second in Morris on July 8th
The threshing bee royalty were part of the starbuck heritage
day parade on July 4th
Good shepherd news:
summer book club One Way Love starts July 12th after services, and
continues for 6 weeks
Past week July 3rd Paul and Lori Dornquist, Helen
Peterson, Wally Mccollar and I had supper together at the Lake Geneva Christian
center in Alex. On the 4th of July I started the day at Kongsvinger,
traveled to Hancock for their parade and then to starbuck for their parade,
queen coronation, and fireworks, July 5th Durke visitation at
funeral home ,services at WWV w/Pr mike Hanson officiating. July 7th
visited Verle and Della Dunn in Donnelly, July 8th helped out at naps;
attended BBB at Old # 1 and the Morris fire dept. water fights.
Rocking c horse ranch will have its grand opening on Aug 1st
59312 150th St Donnelly, MN
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