Reindeer tradition

As you may or may not remember, Keeda and I made rudolph treats with almond joy candy bars last year. She and Kebba liked them and could not understand their classmates not liking coconut or almonds. This year we tried something else and decided it would be a tradition to make reindeer cookies for the class.

December

Katie Nordtvedt December 10

Betty (Threadgold) Anderson December 19

Carter Anderson-Streich December 20
Alec Robert Threadgold December 22

Dan Beach December 24

Cole Weckerly December 28

Carter 6th grade

Grandson of Dale and Betty Anderson

November

November 2 --Bianka Stewart
November 4 -- Barry Threadgold and Laura (Threadgold) Barringer
November 8 --Erin & Sachin Choudhary
November 11--Terri Threadgold
November 16 --Katie Threadgold and Heidi Beach

November 16 -- Mya Leilani Fransen (great grandparents Harlyn and Audrey)
November 23 --Hannah & Branden Stewart
November 27--Keegan Stewart
November 28--Maria Palmquist
November 29--Barry & Nicole Threadgold

e-mail from Jim WIlliams

Dick died Monday evening (October 17) from an accidental fall in their home.

Miles at the Wild Bird Lodge. Don and Jan Froelich grandson

Carter's first pheasant hunt. Dale and Betty Anderson grandson.

Bianka's 6th grade picture. Dale and Betty's grandchild.

Keegan's Kindergarten picture. Betty and Dale Anderson's grandson.

2011 Beer Label

October

Megan (Froehlich) and Jack Langbehn October 3

Olivia Threadgold October 4

Derek and Janelle Nordtvedt October 7

TJ Threadgold October 12

Janice Froehlich October 14

Janelle Nordtvedt October 15

Robert and Doris Threadgold married October 23, 1943

Donald Threadgold October 25

Theresa (Threadgold) Weckerly October 27

Audrey Elaine Threadgold October 28

Kathie Nordtvedt October 29

Avis (Harvey's 2nd wife) also had an October 29 birthday

Keeda's class

Ashley first grade class. Keeda is in the orange shirt.

September

September 1 Audrey Threadgold

September 4 Harlyn Threadgold
September 8 Roger Nordtvedt
September 8 Theresa & Cole Weckerly
September 15 Dale & Betty Anderson
September 19 Diane Threadgold
September 20 Robert Threadgold
September 22 Laura and Duane Baringer
September 28 Whitney Threadgold

September 28 Dale Anderson

September 29 Isabel Weckerly

Highway 12 east of Aberdeen

I found this picture on the internet from an article about these bicycle cars called velomobiles racing across the US. About 50 started on the west coast and will end up on the east cost. Dale and I saw many of them between Webster and Groton today. They are a strange sight to see driving down the highway and reminded me of a movie I saw where high school students went to Australia for a race but their cars had batteries. These were peddled. For more information check out this link.

Mats for Haiti

30 mats ready to go to Milbank tomorrow. I have done this group since March. They took around 800 t-shirts.

August

August 1 Joan and Bryan (Willy) Edwards Anniversary
August 4 Michael and Ann Riggs Anniversary
August 7 Heidi & Dan Beach Anniversary
August 10 Nicole Threadgold (wife of Barry)
August 13 Kathie and Roger Nordtvedt Anniversary
August 14 Harlyn and Audrey Anniversary
August 16 Kaia Nordtvedt
August 16 Joe and Maria Palmquist Anniversary
August 17 Ty Barringer (son of Laura)
August 19 Paige Palmquist (daughter of Maria)
August 25 Jack Langbehn
August 30 Megan (Froehlich) Langbehn

July

Dawna Felix July 17th
Kyle Williams July 18th
Erin Choudhary July 20th
Brian Threadgold July 22nd

Michael, Ann & Pierce

Michael, Ann & Pierce in front of new home. Pierce was born 6-16-11 at 10:08 am and weighed 7lbs 6 oz. Grandparents are Donald and Kathleen.

Superintendent

June

Jim & Phyllis Williams Anniversary June 3
Wes Froehlich and Richard Shalz Birthdays June 5

Derek Nordtvedt June 6

Don & Jan Froehlich Anniversay June 8
Dick & Bonnie Williams Anniversary June 11

Pierce Riggs June 16

Kebba Beach June 21
Mark & Cheri Williams Anniversary June 23

1958 Cushman

Dale and Duane bought this when they were kids. Josh got it working again. Next step for Dale when Josh gets the handle bars fixed is his 1989 Harley.

Snow!!!

I went to my first game at Target field last night May 13th and in the 8th inning it started snowing!!! Only in Minnesota would you beleive that! Kathie

May birthdays

Thomas Threadgold May 2
Bob Threadgold May 3
Carrie Green May 7
Ann Riggs May 10
Sachin Choudhary May 12
Josh Anderson May 15
Michael Riggs May 30

Easter Fun!

Frosting Easter Cookies

Miles and Brody

Miles, Carter, Chase, and Brody

April Birthdays

April 1 -- Hannah (Anderson) Stewart
April 4 -- Ty Nordtvedt
April 6 -- Aydan Palmquist
April 6 -- Lucas Froehlich
April 20 -- Brady Barringer
April 23 -- Joe Palmquist

March celebrations

Donald and Kathleen Anniversary -- March 3
Duane Barringer -- March 3
Jim Williams -- March 3
Logan Williams -- March 3
Mark & Mike Williams -- March 5
Cheri Williams -- March 9
Don Froehlich -- March 14
Keeda Beach -- March 15
Kellan River Stewart -- March 16
Phyllis (Threadgold) Williams -- March 20
Hayley Anderson -- March 28
Harvey Threadgold -- March 28
Josh Williams -- March 29

More t-shirt news

(Do not think I am putting this on the blog to have anybody collect t-shirts. We have enough. It is just so you can see what kind of response we are getting. It makes our church seem pretty impressive.)

Recycled T-shirts woven into sleeping mats for Haiti's poor

Hugo resident Gretchen Boyd has collected about 600 shirts that will be used to create thick sleeping mats for homeless in haiti. - Photo by Paul Dols

by Debra Neutkens
Staff Writer

Published:

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 3:02 PM CST

HUGO — Old T-shirts are providing a small amount of comfort to Haiti’s homeless.

A South Dakota church is collecting the cotton discards and weaving them into thick mats for the multitudes who sleep on the ground.

Hugo resident Gretchen Boyd is helping the small congregation collect the shirts. She has about 600 in her garage at the moment waiting to make the trip to tiny LaBolt, S.D.

Her great-grandparents attended LaBolt Evangelical Covenant Church, as did her grandparents and mother; Boyd and her sister were baptized there. The ladies in the congregation felt woven mats made from old T-shirts was a worthwhile ministry for the earthquake-stricken inhabitants of Haiti, so the call went out.

Boyd felt the collection drive tied in nicely with a “Pay it Forward” program started Nov. 6 by the promotional product industry in which she works. The idea is to promote volunteerism as a way to build a sense of community and make a positive impact, she said. “T-shirts happen to be a big part of what we sell, so it’s a nice fit.”

After years working in radio, the small business owner started Boyd’s Promos over a year ago, selling imprintable marketing and promotional items. Before that, she was a disc jockey, or on-air personality, for KTIS, a Christian station, and then sold advertising for CBS radio. Boyd left the corporate world of broadcast to “be my own boss and focus on things important to me.”

One priority is devoting time and energy to the Haiti program. “It happened to be something my family’s church was working on and I wanted to support the program,” she said.

Promotional material Boyd hands to friends and clients describe the T-shirt program and the plight of Haiti’s 90 million inhabitants. Statistics are included like the number who live in poverty: About 80 percent and the number who never go to school: almost half. Unemployment is 70 percent.

“The need is great” she said. “Thousands of children are sleeping directly on cold and hard dirt floors.”

T-shirts are cut into long strips that are tightly twisted and crocheted into the woven mats. “They’re like the old rag rugs made by past generations,” Boyd explained. It takes about 20 T-shirts per mat.

She is also offering a 10 percent discount off the purchase of new T-shirt orders from churches, sports organizations or businesses that donate five or more shirts.

She is making the three-hour trek to South Dakota early next month with the hundreds of shirts collected to date. No doubt, it will be nice to have her garage back, at least temporarily. Boyd is collecting shirts as long as people choose to donate.

February Birthdays

Jace Palmquist February 1
Miles Choudhary February 3
Anna Threadgold February 9
Kathleen Threadgold February 22

New baby

Oscar LaMoine

Born January 24

Parents Thomas & Terri

Grandparents Donald & Kathleen

Oscar and Hannah

This is from the Artesian Centennial Book. There is more information about each of the children that I can type in if anybody wants to know more.

Oscar Christian Threadgold and Hannah Bergette Gruthoug were married September 9, 1890 at Argyle, Wisconsin. There is no exact record of when they came to South Dakota, but it seemed it was about 1895 that they came to Benedict Township near Artesian. They had two children then. Henry Robert and Blanche Sylvana. They had six more sons born after coming to Artesian. James Orville, Frank Freeman, Harvey Bernell, Victor William, Twins Ray H. and Ralph O. Blanche died at age 4 of spinal meningitis. Ralph died at age 12 of heart trouble. Oscar had a fine team of horses. He was a house mover and did any other type of work which required strong teams. He also helped dig wells. He was one of the first men in the area to own a steam threshing machine. Hannah had milk cows. They were her pride and joy She and the boys delivered milk and cream in town. She also raised large flocks of turkeys and gardens which were bountiful and beautiful. Oscar, in later years, operated the Fairmont Creamery in Artesian. Hannah was a very faithful worker in the Lutheran Church. She, Julia Moe and Bessie Severson spent many days baking Lefse and other goodies for the big Ludefish and Lefse dinners that the church sponsored. She also make and quilted many beautiful quilts which she sold to ladies from Mitchell, Huron, Sioux Falls, and Woonsocket. She was a victim of glaucoma and spent the last 10 years of her life without her eyesight. She died in 1947 and Oscar in 1950.

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