Celebrating Easter at the Bruce & Brenda Loosbrock home were Stephen & Bethany Loosbrock of Overland Park, KS; Shelly Loosbrock of Benedictine College in Atchison, KS; Earl & Nancy Wolf and Luke, Nick, Sam & Felicia of St. Paul; Randy & Kay Wolf of Worthington; and Mary Ann & Flory Loosbrock.
Lismore Cooperative Telephone Company held their annual stockholders meeting on Wednesday, April 19th with President Darwin Veld presiding. Gene Metz, Mark Knips, and Cliff Altman were re-elected as Directors. General Manager Bill Loonan gave a synopsis of the past year stating that they sold over 1100 cell phones and wireless products. The telephone company was recognized for Standard of Excellence Outstanding Customer Service. They now have service in Adrian, Magnolia, Wilmont, Iona, Luverne, Ellsworth, Brewster, Rushmore, and Chandler areas. In January, Lismore Telephone received a letter from Minnesota Employment and Economic Development, relaying the news that their application for the Minnesota “Border to Border” Broadband Development Grant was approved with matching State Grant Funds. The project entails 500 square miles in new wireless coverage, distributed through three new 300 ft towers. The co-op will also install over 82 miles of fiber optic cable. Wilmont and Leota will be built out completely with fiber as well as the businesses and homes along the fiber transport route. Work will begin this summer and will take up to two years to complete. With the expanding services the office has hired two new employees, Lucas Timmer and Tony Sieve. The Board thanked the following for their years of service: Darwin Veld for 30 years, Mark Loosbrock 27 yrs, Jeff Diekmann 19 yrs, Brad Lynn 19 yrs, Mark Knips 13 yrs, Gene Metz 10 yrs, Cliff Altman 6 yrs, Ken Leinen 5 yrs, Mark Lenz 1 year. Staff members were also thanked for their years of service: Bill Loonan 28 yrs, Tarri Joens 11 yrs, Travis Halbur 10 yrs, Torri Zins 3 yrs, Kim Haugen 2 yrs, Tim Lautt 2 yrs, Ashley Balster 1 year, and Isaac Berreau 1 year. The telephone company continues to stay abreast of the technology changes. In closing, both Darwin and Bill stated that the goal of the company is and always has been to provide the best customer service and offer the best rates for their patrons.
There will be an Open House Bridal Shower for Samantha Lenz-White on Saturday, April 29th at 1:00 p.m. at the Adrian American Legion. Samantha is the daughter of Larry & Deb Lenz of rural Lismore/Adrian. The couple is registered at Macy’s and Target.
What a great story in the Worthington Globe featuring St. Kilian’s Julie Brake! Julie spoke at an April 6th flag raising ceremony at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD to kick off “Donate Life Month”. Several months ago, Julie gave “new life” back to her father, Bernard Thier, in the form of a kidney. Bernard had been going to kidney dialysis since late 2015. In November of 2016, Julie donated one of her kidneys to her Dad. The operation went well and Bernard is now restored to good health. Julie is feeling fine and so happy that her dad is able to enjoy a better quality of life! What a testimony of love between a father and a daughter….truly beautiful.
Mark your calendar now for spring clean up on Wednesday, May 8th. Residents are encouraged to take advantage of spring clean up to remove unwanted and unused items from their property.
Only one week left to apply for the Lismore American Legion Family (American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary, & Sons of the American Legion) memorial scholarship. Interested applicants should visit the website: lismorepost636.com for an application and to read the qualifications. The scholarship will be announced at the Memorial Day program.
Congratulations to Emily and Joseph Dalen on the birth of their son, Isaiah Andrew, who was born on April 6, 2017. Isaiah, his older brother Eli and his parents make their home in Cyrus, MN. Grandparents are Jim and Marcie Cowan of Iona and Andrew and Rosine Hermodson-Olsen of Brownton. Great-grandparents are Norman and Ramona Olsen of Starbuck, Doris Diekmann of Lismore, and Judith Cowan of Wilmont.
Congratulations to the new officers for the Lismore Council of Catholic Women: Jan Weidert as Vice President and Brenda Lynn as Secretary-Treasurer. Thank you to the outgoing officers of Lisa Diekmann and Cindy Veld.
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold it’s monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 26th beginning at 7:00 p.m. Deb Lutmer will serve lunch and LuAnn Reisdorfer will provide bingo prizes.
Darwin Veld recently received the Honored Lumberman award from the South Dakota Lumberman Association. Darwin and his wife, Lois, have owned Veld Lumber for 42 years. The business now includes their sons, Todd and Troy. Veld Lumber offers general contracting, drafting, lumber, hardware, and paint. They have built houses, barns, and cattle sheds in our area and have expanded to include VLC Homes—building many homes in Brandon, SD. In addition to being a fine businessman, Darwin is a very active community member. Congratulations, Darwin!
Cindy Bullerman of Adrian and Deb Lutmer were Sunday visitors in the home of Deb’s sister, Carol Giroux in Wheaton. They also stopped by the home of her friends, Kim & Don Sykora in Ortonville. They were driving back home after attending the Minnesota State Catholic Daughters convention in Crookston.
