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| AT ROGER AND LORETTA'S WEDDING, 10 HELMINEN BROTHERS, DAD, AND TWO GR/KIDS IN FRONT |
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| HELMINEN FAMILY |
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| BRAD AND RUTHANN MORRIS, PARENTS OF LORETTA |
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| TRIED TO TAKE A REAL CLOSE UP |
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| AND WE GOT MORE AND FUNNIER |
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| BRIAN AND MARGIE HELMINEN PARENTS OF ROGER |
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| ROGER AND LORETTA, MARRIED APRIL 5, 2014 IN COKATO, MN |
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| ROGER, ME AND KARJIE TOROLA, BEST MAN |
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| CRY! I CAN'T GET HERE IN MY CASITA....3 TO 4 FEET OF SNOW YET! |
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| OH, WELL, IT'S BACK TO FLORIDA....MARIA, DIANE AND VERNA WALKING DOWN THE BEACH |
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| HUGE, MANY BLOCK ART AND CRAFT FAIR IN NAPLES YOU CAN SEE ALL 3 GIRLS ...WHITE, BLUE AND PINK SHIRTS |
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| WHOOPS...MEANT TO PUT THIS MANATEE WITH OUR TOUR |
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| THESE METAL ANIMALS ARE ABOUT SIX FEET TALL AT THE ART FAIR...I SURE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAUL ONE HOME ON THE PLANE, BUT IT MAY HAVE BEEN KINDA DIFFICULT |
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| AT THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE....EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING HAD GREEN! |
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| ANTTI AND BRUCE HELMINEN LOOKING IN MY 2ND STORY WINDOW FROM ON TOP THE SNOWBANK...GIVES YOU AN IDEA HOW MUCH SNOW WE HAVE |
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| THE FOLIAGE AND FLOWERS IN FLORIDA GROWS HUGE....LOOK AT THE STREET SIGN IN FRONT OF THIS TREE.....THE TREE IS AWESOME |
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| HUMUNGOUS PARADE, SO MANY WORE GREEN, EVEN THE WATCHERS, EVEN GREEN WIGS, GREEN GLASSES, SHOES, EVERYTHING! THE PARADE WAS TWO HOURS LONG, AND THE BOTTOM PIC SHOWS THE LARGEST H.S. BAND, MUST HAVE BEEN 200. THERE WERE 16 MARCHING BANDS....I REALLY ENJOYED IT ALL. |
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| SHE THINKS SHE WON AND DIDN'T SEE MY FACE (PUFF, PUFF, PANT, PANT) |
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| BROWSING IN THE MUCKY MUCK MALL...LOTS OF WHITE SLACKS SEEN THERE, AND "MY DEAHS:...VERY EXPENSIVE, WATERFALLS, BUT WE HADDA LOOK ANYWAY. A MAINTENANCE MAN ACTUALLY TOOK OUR PIC...HE WAS FUNNY |
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| VISITED LYNN AND LARRY SLEEMAN ON MARCO ISLAND |
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| WE HEARD A PIANO PLAYING, SO WE WENT IN, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE STOCKING~FACE STUFFED MAN "PLAYING" THE PIANO |
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| WE WENT ON A ROOKERY TOUR TOWARD SUNSET THIS ONE OF THE MANY PEREGRINE FALCONS ON NESTS IN THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY |
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| WE WERE GIVEN BINOCULARS...VERNA AND MARIA |
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| IT WAS GETTING A BIT CHILLY TOWARDS DARK, BUT THIS IS THE TIME THAT HUNDREDS OF BIRDS WOULD COME AND ROOST IN THIS PARTICULAR ISLAND |
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| APPROACHING THE ISLAND... |
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| CLOSE~UP OF SOME OF THE BIRDS...EGRETS, IBIS, TERNS, CRANES, PELICANS, ETC..MANY MORE...AS WE CIRCLED THE ISLAND, BIRDS KEPT FLYING IN FROM EVERY DIRECTION. AT THE TOP, MIDDLE, YOU SEE AN EGRET SHOWING OFF, TRYING TO ATTRACT A MATE....HE WOULD FLUFF OUT HIS FEATHERS, THEN DUCK HIS HEAD WAY DOWN THEN POP IT UP HIGH...KEPT REPEATING THIS RITUAL. (YOU COULD SMELL THE BIRDS, TOO) |
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| TAKEN A FEW YEARS AGO...ANDREA AND I, PLAYING A DUET ON OUR VIOLINS. I NOW HAVE GIVEN MY VIOLIN TO ANDREA, WHO HAS CONTINUED PLAYING... |
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| TWO OLD LADIES "PLAYING TENNIS" |
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| DARLENE HELMINEN, ISIS TOROLA, JOYCE HELMINEN, NINA TOROLA NOTICE THE ICE!!! (SOMETHING TO DO WITH RAISING MONEY FOR SOME CHARITY) |
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| GETTING GEARED UP, WHILE THE REST OF US HAD WARM JACKETS ON TEMP ABOUT 50, 20 MPH WIND, SO FELT VERY COLD AIR |
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| READY, SET, GO! ALL SCREAMING! |
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| SCREAMING LOUDER! |
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| AND LOUDER! |
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| YOWEE, BRRR, LAUGH! |
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| THEY CAME OUT LAUGHING, THEY DID IT! DUNKED RIGHT UNDER! |
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| THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY WEREN'T COLD, THAT THE AIR FELT WARM. WHAT A CRAZY BUNCH! I LOVE THEM! |
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| Kathleen Storm and fiance Kent Daavettila at his Tech graduation..he graduated in Biomedical eng., they are getting married Sept. 13, 2014 |
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| At maryjean's: Verna, Sheri, MaryJean, Myrt |
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| I AM GIVING THIS PAINTING OF BLUEBONNETS AND YUCCA BLOSSOMS FROM TEXAS TO ANYONE WHO WANTS IT....IF YOU WANT THE FRAME, IT WILL COST $50, OTHERWISE I WILL TAKE IT OUT OF THE FRAME. IT'S A 12 X 16 OIL... |
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| MEANWHILE, BACK IN COKATOTOWN...DICK AND MARYANN WUOLLET |
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| HARVEY AND VERNA GRANGROTH |
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| FRED AND THELMA HALONEN |
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| GRETA ANDERSON, CONNIE HENDRICKSON |
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| KEN AND GRETA ANDERSON |
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| KAREN STONELAKE, ANNETTE TOLKKINEN |
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| ANNELI ANDERSON, BRITA HEIKKINEN AND ELLI ANDERSON |
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| LARS HELMINEN AND ISABELLA |
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| Brianne (Tolkkinen) and Peter Helminen wedding recently in Menahga, MN |
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| ABBY (STORM) AND JACOB BJORN, MARRIED MAY 10, 2014 |
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| MARY AND PHIL STORM |
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| JENNIFER AND BJ BJORN |
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| STORM FAMILY |
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| FOUR GENERATIONS: MARGIE, ME, LILLYBUG AND RUSSELL HELMINEN |
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| BLAIR AND CHRIS HALONEN, COKATOTOWN, MN |
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| COUSINS: JERRY, COOKIE, SUE (YERGES) AND I |
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| MORE MEMORY LANE...THE FOUR OF US OFTEN WENT FOR A RIDE, ATE OUT. DON AND CHARLOTTE, ME AND PETE IN EAGLE HARBOR |
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| ESKOLA FAMILY: FRONT, ETHEL, CAROL, BILL HEINONEN BK: JUDY, RICK, ANN, BARB, AND JIM |
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| AMY RUOHONEN, KATE HELPPI, ANIKKA TAIVALKOSKI, RUTH HARMALA, JULIA HELMINEN, ROWENA TOROLA, CARLA HELMINEN, BECKY KANGAS |
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| JEREMY, CODY, GRETA (HYRKAS) AND NEW BABY SEAN..2014 |
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| GRETA, SEAN AND ME |
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| HYRKAS CREW AT TAAVI'S FIRST BD PARTY |
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| LEAH AND I MET IN DULUTH ON MY WAY HOME FROM COKATO IN APRIL LEAH LIVES IN DULUTH |
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| MARK KANGAS AND SON, COKATO, MN |
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| UNCLE WES KANGAS IN JACOBSVILLE, OUT FOR A RIDE WITH MARGIE AND BRIAN, AND WE FOUND OUR FINNISH SURNAME ON AN OLD GARAGE |
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| PEARL LOUKUS AND , BEST BUDS |
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| KATRINA (RUSSELL) HELMINEN AND LILLY |
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| MARGIE CUDDLING LILLYBUG |
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| HAVING BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR MARIE COOPER RECENTLY AT MY NEIGHBOR, CAROL JURMU'S... |
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| UNIQUE TREE IN OUR LOCAL CEMETERY |
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| AT MARYJEAN'S, DELANO, MN. APRIL LIL YLITALO, DIANE PETERSON, ELAINE KIILUNEN, ESTHER TOROLA, ME |
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| BACK IN FLORIDA, TRAM TOUR, EVERGLADES IN APRIL |
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| COKATO, APRIL...FRED HALONEN, MARTIN KOTOLA, GARY JANKELA, DICK WUOLLET |
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| JENNY KANGAS, KAREN MOE...COKATO |
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| BIG BIRTHDAY BASH FOR KAREN DAAVETTILA'S 60TH BIRTHDAY, (thanks Annmarie p. for the pic!) |
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| when leah was 11, she wrote this note and taped it above the upstairs toilet...for our st. john's company! It was worth saving! |
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| cokato again....verna, joyce, vickie, thelma, me and myrt |
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| TIM YLITALO (MY NEPHEW) AND JULIANNE MORRIS |
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| VINCENT AND MARCY YLITALO, COKATO |
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| FOUR YEARS AGO |
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| AT THE CASITA, LOOKING DOWNHLL...PLANTING ALMOST DONE |
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| TODAY, WE BOUGHT FLOWERS FOR DESIGNOTYPE PRINTERS, AND WE STOPPED TO DROP THEM OFF ON THE WAY HOME. I GOT A "DO IT NOW" THOUGHT IN MY HEAD, SO BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING, I TORE A PLASTIC BAG AND PUT IT ON MY HEAD. I WAS ALSO HUNGRY, SO MARGIE PUT A LOLLIPOP IN MY MOUTH, AS YOU CAN SEE, IM SUCKING ON IT, (CUZ MY HANDS ARE ALL MUDDY)...AND I PLANTED 4 DOZ. PETUNIAS...GOT 'ER DONE. |
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| BIRTHDAY LUNCH FOR DIANE PETERSON RECENTLY. FIRST R:CAROL JOHNSON, MARIA STUROS, DIANE, VERNA D., JANETTE PETERSON 2ND R: PEARL LOUKUS, JUDY STORM, GRACE TORMANEN, JEANETTE K., ME |
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| I AM NOT SURE WHO THESE BOYS ARE, SO ENJOY (THEY THOUGHT IT WA FUNNY, AS U CAN SEE) COUPLE HALONEN'S, ANDERSON??? SAME WITH THE NEXT PIC. I WAS SURPRISED WITH THE BOYS BELOW, WHEN I ASK FOR A PIC., HALF OF THEM RUN, BUT THESE NICE BOYS LINED UP RIGHT AWAY. I THINK THEY ARE FROM HANCOCK, HOUGHTON |
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| HOW ABOUT THOSE "BABY BLUES"...BODIN ANDERSON |
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| MORE KIDS AT CHURCH...MADDIE TOROLA IN WHITE DRESS AND ??? |
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| GABBY ANDERSON CAME TO GIVE GRANDPA JIM RANDELL A HUG |
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| Pete, after the baptism of Annie and Ken Helminen's triplets, David, Kathleen and Peter, who were born Sept. 2, 1989 |
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| Same triplets after Peter's wedding in Menahga |
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| CHICKWEED AND IRIS BLOOMING AT THE CASITA COME HAVE COFFEE W. ME! |
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| LIISA AND ANTTI HALONEN WITH THEIR LITTLE ONE |
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| PETE AND HELEN KINNUNEN |
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| FIRST 4 ARE GR/DAUGHTERS, JOYCE HELMINEN, ISIS TOROLA, DARLENE HELMINEN, NINA TOROLA, KATIE (?)HEIKKINEN, AND EMMA TERVO |
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| THREE CRAZY LADIES ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO (REASON I KNOW IS, LOOK AT THE COLOR OF OUR HAIRS)ME PLAYING THE PIANO, JEANETTE KANGAS AND EVA STORM SINGING....WOO, WOO, EVEN A MIKE FOR ENHANCEMENT |
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| BRUCE HELMINEN WITH GIANT RHUBARB AT THE CASITA |
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| DAVE AND ANN WITH MORE RHUBARB |
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| ONE OF THE FEW PICS TAKEN WITH US TOGETHER THE LAST YEAR OF PETE'S LIFE, NEVER DREAMING THAT GOD HAD HIS OWN PLANS (thanks amy loukus) |
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| GRANDPARENTS DAY IN MAY, 2014...STAN HELMINEN, SVEN TOROLA, ME, WARREN TOROLA...HAD A FUN MORNING, THEN WE WENT TO THE CASITA |
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| BRUCE PIETILA SMILING BIG |
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| CAROLYN KOVALA AND ME |
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| I CAN'T REMEMBER WHOSE BABY THIS IS, BUT EVERYONE WAS GETTING A KICK OUT OF HIM AND HIS MANY EXPRESSIONS....SO WAS BOB ORTON ON THE RIGHT. |
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| KATHRYN AND DAVIN TOROLA ENJOYING AN ALASKA VACATION |
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| WOODFIRED SAUNA ON WHEELS IN DICKENSON, NO.DAK.....4 X 8 |
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| BIG BIRTHDAY BASH EARLY FOR DON DAAVETTILA (80TH) DON, NANCY, BILL, DOROTHY, SALLY AND LAURA |
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| HYRKAS CLAN...AT GLEN AND SHANNA'S IN MAY |
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| KAI ANDERSON |
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| HELMINEN'S, KIILUNEN'S, KANGAS GANG AT KIILUNEN'S IN MAY A HAPPY DAY |
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| MORJAV SWEDEN ...... VISITORS AT CHURCH, JULY 2014 |
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| ANTTI HELMINEN'S BD PARTY...HE TURNED THE GREAT AGE OF 12 |
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| LENNY TOROLA'S BD, HE TURNED 15 ON THE 9TH OF JUNE |
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| SARAH AND RALPH SHEFFER |
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| OUR LOCAL "UPS" MAN DECIDED HE'D LIKE PEELING SPUDS INSTEAD.....JUST KIDDING...PEELING SPUDS FOR ST. JOHN'S SERVICES..KURT ANDERSON |
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| MARTIN AND INA HELMINEN'S STOPPED OVER LAST TIME THEY WERE HERE FROM NO.DAK. |
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| THE "OLDSTERS" FROM ZION, AT THE SUN. SCHOOL PICNIC...: AL TOROLA, LES LINDRUS AND LEONARD STANG...(thanks yvonne) |
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| first pool swimmers at the casita: Liz, Maddie and Peter Torola |
