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| HAD A GREAT TIME IN MENAHGA THIS THANKSGIVING...21 OF US AT ANDREA AND LOREN HAVERINEN'S (MARGIE AND BRIAN'S DAUGHTER) IN THEIR BRAND NEW HOME...EVERYBODY PITCHED IN WITH BRINGING ALL KITCHEN STUFF OVER FROM A 100 FEET AWAY, WHILE US LADIES PUT IT AWAY, FURNITURE WAS BROUGHT OVER, BRIAN DID A BUNCH OF CARPENTERING WITH SHELVES, GUYS GOT THE WASHER AND DRYER SET AND WORKING, ETC.,ETC. THEN PREP FOR PIES AND TURKEY DAY...WE HAD A GREAT TIME VISITING EACH OTHER AS WELL AS SEVERAL IN THE CONGREGATION. THE NEXT DAY, THE YOUNGIES MADE ABOUT 40 PASTIES.... |
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| JULIA'S HUSBAND, JAKE AHO "SHOVELING" THE BANANA CREAM PIE IN |
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| JULIA HERSELF |
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| WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE TO SEE OUR BABYSITTER WE HAD WHEN WE LIVED IN MPLS....HELEN KERANEN, LEFT FRONT. WE HAD A GOOD REUNION....(ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO, HAVENT SEEN HER SINCE!) HELEN AND HUSBAND BILL RATH, AND SHARON AND DICK SILTALA...AT THE COTTAGE HOUSE....JUST HAVE TO GO THERE EVERY TIME WE ARE IN MENAHGA...YUM |
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| IHAZEL AND ART SKOOG, WHO LIVE AT ROSE HAVEN, AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY IN MENAHGA. GREAT TO SEE THEM....I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS PHOTO! |
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| DIGGING IN AT OUR TURKEY DAY... |
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| JULIE SALMEN, KAREN SKOOG, ?, ANDREA JOHNSON, ? (KATHLEEN AND MIKE PIETILA'S DAUGHTER, CAN'T REM. NAME....SOMEBODY GIVE ME NAMES?) IN THE NEW CHURCH....SO MANY PEOPLE TO VISIT, NOT ENUF TIME! |
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| OUR HOST AND HOSTESS...ANDREA AND LOREN (CAN YOU TELL THAT THE GUYS HAD THE HARDEST JOB? HEH!) |
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| ME AND MY BUDDY LEMPI ROIKO, 95 YEARS STRONG...LIVES AT ROSE HAVEN ALSO...GOOD VISIT, WE ARE CONNECTED TO SCRABBLE AGAIN. YEA! |
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| AT THE COTTAGE HOUSE...AARON LEHTO, HANS JOSEPHSON, NICK SKOOG AND ? NISKA (i dont think i got the names in right order...) |
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| darlene, julia and brian..... |
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| WOULDN'T YOU. KNOW!!!! OOOO, I LOVE BCP! |
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| THE NEW CHURCH IS ON THE LEFT, OLD ON THE RIGHT. THE DINING AREA WAS DONE A WHILE BACK, IT IS CONNECTED ALREADY, AND THERE'S A TEMPORARY BREEZEWAY TO THE OLD CHURCH.... |
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| MANY PEOPLE GO INTO THE NEW CHURCH AFTER SERVICES....THEY ARE SO HAPPY, AND HOPE TO HAVE THE SUNDAY SCHOOL PROGRAM THERE. THERE WILL BE CARPETING DOWN THE TWO AISLES, BUT NOT UNDER THE BENCHES. THE NEW ORGAN WILL BE IN THE FRONT. WE IN CALUMET KNOW THE FEELING AND ANTICIPATION AND THE THANKFULNESS TO THE HEAVENLY FATHER FOR THIS HAPPENING! |
