November 27, 2012, 7:29 pm
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A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE
OUR WEDDING, DEC. 21, 1957 |
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| PETE IN CAP & GOWN...DON KANGAS AND DON DAAVETTILA |
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PETE ON THE DOG SLED, WITH OUR CHINESE SHARPEI...THEY WENT UP AND DOWN THE STREETS OF CALUMET (5TH & 6TH) DURING A STORM....A LADY CAME OUT OF IGA, SPOTTED PETE, AND SAID
"NOW I'VE SEEN EVERYTHING!" |
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| PETE, VAARI (WITH A BUTTER BOX FROM FINLAND) & ALLAN |
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PETE WITH HIS KAWASAKI....
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PETE, AND I REALLY DID A LOT OF FISHING WHEN WE WERE GOING STEADY.
NOTE, HE HAS ON HIS MOTHER'S CAST OFF HAT. (STORY ON HIS MEMORY PAGE OF ALL THE HATS) |
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| VAARI SINGING WITH HIS MAGNIFYING GLASS |
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November 28, 2012, 8:48 am
ANNA ANTTILA WILL BE HAVING HER 80TH BIRTHDAY ON DECEMBER 8TH...SEND HER A BIRTHDAY CARD TO MAKE HER DAY! HER ADDRESS IS 485 BIRCH LANE, CALUMET, MI, 49913
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November 30, 2012, 9:08 am
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT I'VE ONLY HAD A CELL PHONE FOR OVER TWO YEARS. PEOPLE KEEP CALLING MY OLD NUMBER, AND THE NEW OWNERS OF MY OLD NUMBER ARE GETTING VERY IRATE AT ME. PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE 337 NUMBER.
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December 1, 2012, 7:27 pm
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THANKSGIVING DAY AT BRIAN & MARGIE HELMINEN'S/
EVELYN IS ON SKYPE, ON THE RIGHT, WITH SOME OF HER PEACE CORPS FRIENDS THAT WE MET WHEN WE WERE THERE.
EVERY BODY TALKED TO THEM, SHE WAS WATCHING FOR OVER AN HOUR. |
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| THE CARVER AND ONE OF THE COOKS (MAIN CHEF) HAD SKYPE ON THIS OPERATION, TOO. |
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| ME WITH ONE GR/CHILD (BRUCE ON MY RIGHT) AND THE REST ARE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN OF ANDREA AND LOREN, AND DAN & HEIDI |
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| JULIA AND GR/GRAND CHILD LIZA, (DAN AND HEIDI'S) |
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STANLEY HELMINEN, DARREN, LOREN AND CORINNA HAVERINEN
(ANDREA''S HUSBAND) |
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| UNCLE WES KANGAS AND I |
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| HELMINEN, HELMINEN, HAVERINEN, HYRKAS (& JUSSI) |
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DARLENE &JOYCE ON "CHARLIEHORSE" AND DINGO
(HAD TO SHAKE DOWN SOME FOOD SO THEY COULD HAVE SOME MORE.
VERY NICE DAY. |
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December 8, 2012, 9:54 am
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| THREE OF THEM (WHO?) |
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| ALENA ANDERSON, ANNALISA JOHNSON, KAARINA TAIVALKOSKI, ALINA HARMALA |
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| ANNIKKA TAIVALKOSKI, RUTH HARMALA, GINA ISAACSON |
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| GRETA, RUDY AND DAVID HELMINEN |
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| ROSEMARY TOROLA, KATIE HEIKKINEN, PAMELA TOROLA |
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BENJAMIN (LEAH'S SON) ANDERSON WITH WIFE KESHEENA, HAILEY, FIONA, CARTER, LILLY AND FAITH
VISITING RECENTLY (FROM KENOSHA) |
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December 10, 2012, 10:07 am
IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE SENDING ME A CARD, PLEASE NOTE THAT MY APT. NO. IS NOW 26....THANK YOU...ELLEN
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December 15, 2012, 6:20 pm
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A RECENT 80TH BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR ANNA ANTTILA
Nancy Luoma, Barb Granroth, Allan Davidson, Lana Heinonen |
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| Some of the Anttila Crew..(lynn anderson and daughter on left, Pete, Marianne Raasakka |
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| Two "old" buddies from way back...Joyce Usitalo and my Uncle Wes Kangas |
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| Lynn, Kathy Johnson, Elaine Wanhala, Beth Maki, Marylou Pesola |
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| FUZZY AND JULIE ANTTILA |
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ANNA, Junetta Ranta, Verna Daavettila, Edie Isaacson
Lynn and Carol Jurmu in back |
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| Brudders- in-law: Al Pesola and Dave Raudio |
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| The Birthday girl...with her new scarf |
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December 15, 2012, 6:26 pm
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| Christmas dinner at Laurium apts., where Wes lives; invited dick and lynn woodford, jerry and Julie Kangas, and me. |
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| Lynn Woodford, Phyllis Limanen and mother Verna Johnson sat with us. |
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| Julie Kangas and Me |
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December 20, 2012, 8:03 pm
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MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ELLEN.....
(yes, I am on helminen's horse...it's real...and i grunted my way up on it! but I was determined!) |
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MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM JUHA, ANNA MAARIA, LAURA & LASSE (saransalmi)
(FROM FINLAND) |
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December 22, 2012, 10:05 am
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GINGERBREAD HOUSEMAKING, OUR 30=ISH ANNUAL TRADITION
PETE TOROLA AND HIS HOUSE |
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AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, THIS IS MY FIRST TRY AT A HOUSE!
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| EVEN THE MARRIED KIDS STILL COME! INA & MARTIN, GLEN & SHANNA |
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| EACH ONE MAKES THEIR OWN CREATION, BALCONIES, BRIDGES, OUTHOUSES, ETC. |
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GLEN WITH HIS "LOG HOUSE", BALCONY, AND SEE THE LITTLE GUY ON IT?
more later |
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December 22, 2012, 10:09 am
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HELMINEN FIRST EVER LADIES CHRISTMAS PARTY
(I was an outlaw there, but was invited anyway) |
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December 22, 2012, 8:18 pm
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OUR ANNUAL TRADITION, MAKING GINGERBREAD HOUSES (FROM GRAHAM CRACKERS, MELTED ALMOND BARK AND TONS OF CANDY)
THIS IS OUR GROUP PICTURE |
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SOME OF THE "TEENY BOPPERS" IN OUR GROUP
BOTTOM: ISIS TOROLA, NEXT ROW, JANIE TOROLA, JOYCE HELMINEN, NINA TOROLA,, LENNY TOROLA, PAUL TOROLA:
TOP: BRIAN TOROLA, ROSEMARY TOROLA, DARLENE HELMINEN, JULIA HELMINEN AND PAMELA TOROLA |
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December 24, 2012, 8:00 pm
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| MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ELLEN |
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December 27, 2012, 10:31 am
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KINDERGARTEN XMAS PROGRAM. (MY GR/CHILD IS ON LEFT IN GREY)
Dave & Ann's daughter Madelyn |
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| The other half of the kids...several kids from church in the class |
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Christmas eve visitors: Loren & Andrea Haverinen
Margie &Brian & Julia Helminen
Martin & Ina already left before the pic. Thanks for coming, I really appreciate it!!!! |
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December 27, 2012, 6:28 pm
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MY CAR IS FOR SALE TILL SAT. MORNING
8200 MILES, CHRYSLER 200, 2011
REALLY NICE, BUT TOO LOW TO THE GROUND FOR THIS OLD LADY TO GET IN AND OUT OF.
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IF YOU MAY BE INTERESTED, CALL MY SON DAVE
AT 370-8827 |
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| ITS IN MINT CONDITION, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE! |
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December 29, 2012, 1:04 pm
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DOUG TOROLA & STEVE RIMPELA WORKING DRYWALL ON THE HOWELL CHURCH
CAR IS SOLD, SORRY |
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December 31, 2012, 4:20 pm
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| 600 KYDS SINGING IN HOUGHTON CHURCH |
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ANOTHER OF THE KYDS THIS PAST WEEKEND, HOUGHTON CHURCH
PICS. BY PAUL KESKIMAKI
(CLICK TO ENLARGE) |
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| BARB AND RON KANGAS WITH GRANDDAUGHTER, AVA HALONEN |
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| KATE HELPPI AND DAUGHTER BREE |
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| Christmas dinner at Carrie Hyrkas's...front, Mike Lubinski and son Tyler (Missy's), on couch: me, Missy and Grant, Greta and Cody (Jeremy was working), and Leah Torola Schwer |
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Front row: Randy & Janina Hyrkas w. baby Bradley, Carrie, son Greg
Back: Ron and Christi (Hyrkas) Warner, Tessa Anderson (g/f of Wayne Hyrkas)
In between on R: Shanna (Anderson) &Glenn Hyrkas |
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Christi, Me, Leah in my apt.
FOLLOWING PICS. ARE FROM OUR XMAS PARTY AT THE MOHAWK GYM |
Dec. 23, 2012
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| cowgirls doing their skit: singing "Christmas is for Cowboys":Janie Torola, Rosemary Torola, Joyce Helminen, Isis Torola, Pam Torola, Nina Torola and Darlene Helminen |
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| playing 'DANIEL BOONE SHOT A BEAR"...where? over there! |
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| Where? almost to the end of the line! Pic coming of "where" later. |
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| Dave leading the electricity game. No, the kids are not praying, they are sending the electric signals by squeezing their hands...who ever gets to the end grabs the mitt that you see. Dave starts it from where he is sitting... Kids really like this game, they wanna play it every year. (If you want everybody to quiet down, this is the way to do it, takes concentration!) |
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Yearly pyramid....only girl is my gr/gr/dau/ Kiera Johnson(top)
lots of groaning and grunting |
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| Pyramid collapse! |
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January 10, 2013, 7:53 pm
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January 13, 2013, 4:48 pm
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| AUDRINA KANGAS (ROGER & LAURA'S), BORN ON ROGERS BIRTHDAY, JAN. 2, 2013, NO. 11 OF THE KANGAS CREW (sent by laura) |
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KENDRA AND BRIAN PIETILA
DAUGHTER OF JOHN & DINAH HALONEN
SON OF GARY PIETILA, MARRIED JAN 5 IN MPLS.
sent by mikko |
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