Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Science Fair Held at Cromwell-Wright School

03/14/2006

Science Fair Held at Cromwell-Wright School By Jennie K. Hanson

March 14th, 2006 was the date for the Science Fair held at the Cromwell Wright School.  Seventy-six Students in Grades 7, 8, and 9 displayed their Science Projects that they had been working on and researching for the past 6 weeks.  Each student or group of students picked a topic to research, do experiments with and then displayed their findings on display boards.  As you walked into the auditorium you were struck with the huge number of display boards.  They filled up the entire riser area and overflowed onto the stage.  Parents and students filed in slowly at first to look them over and later more and more people came to check them out.

Science Teacher, Mrs. Lori Wester, said that this is the 2nd year she has had her students do this project.  Most of the students picked their own ideas for their projects and the 9th Graders got to work in small groups. Wester commented that she may not have the students working in groups next year as some of the kids in the group seem to do most of the work, and other seems to try to get out of helping very much.  But, for those who did do the work, the projects were very impressive.

Ms. Wester said she got the idea for this project from seeing them at other schools and they she adapted it to her Science Classes.

Amber Witz, a 7th Grader, did an experiment called the “Freshest Fruit.” She tested apples, bananas and oranges to see which fruit stayed the freshest when kept in a Glad container for 3 days.  She said the Apple was freshest, but also said she wouldn’t eat any of the fruit after the experiment was over.  She earned a Red Ribbon for her efforts.

Ryan Hutar also a 8th Grader earned a Blue Ribbon for his experiments on Bouncy Balls.  He found that Borax or Glue would make higher bouncy balls.

Jordan Smith a 8th Grader, tested the affects of evaporation on colored or plain water.  He tested the water for 20 days before coming to the conclusion that there is no difference in evaporation.  He earned a Blue Ribbon for his efforts.

Each student had to do the research, predict their results, do the experiment and then publish their results on display boards.

The most popular type of project was testing the strength of paper toweling.  Other students tested how fast things mold, “Does Air have Weight?”, and what tastes better.

There were 11 Blue Ribbons, 11 Red Ribbons and 20 White Ribbons awarded.  2 judges judged each project and the student’s presentation was 1/3 of their grade.  So, if a student had a terrific project, but wasn’t able to give a good presentation, they may have gotten a Red instead of a Blue ribbon.

Ms. Wester said that she plans to do this again next year, as it was huge success.  The students learned a lot and so did the public who attended the Science Fair.

Wright News

03/14/2006

Wright News by March 14, 2006

I got a call from Avis Tillman the other day and she gave me a lot of information on Cromwell High School’s first Homecoming Queen, Jean Heikkila.  That was in 1948.  Jean was her cousin and was the daughter of Art and Elvira Heikkila.  Her sister was Gloria Beatty.  Since Jean had Muscular Dystrophy and was confined to a wheelchair, the boys and some of the girls in her class had to help carry her up and down the many flights of steps in the old Cromwell School to get to her classes.  My Dad, Wallace Dahlman, was her bus driver for a time and also had to carry her on and off the bus.  There were no handicap lifts in those days. She had been trained in Accounting, was a Licensed Ham Radio Operator, and was a talented artist, too.  Jean was married to Orvin Fingarson, but he died after only a year since he also had MD.  Jean was born in 1929 and died in 1976 at 46 years of age.  She is buried in the Eagle Lake Cemetery five or six miles south of Cromwell.

I got a card from Beverly Krall and she has been suffering with pneumonia.  Bev and her husband Tony came up to Eagle Lake in the summers for over 30 years.  It will be 6 years in October now since they sold their cabin.  We still miss the Krall’s on Eagle Lake and around the area.

Tony and Bev also spent three weeks in Destin, Florida this winter.  They just returned on February 2nd.  They rented a Condo on the Gulf and their children and her brother and wife came for a week’s visit, too.  It was their grandchildren’s first time on a plane, so they all had a grand old time while together.

I guess Easter isn’t too far away.  The school kids and staff will have a very nice extended Spring Break.  They will have NO SCHOOL from April 8th - 17th.
Mark your calendars for Friday, March 24th, as that is Family Movie Night at Bethany in Cromwell.  They will be watching the movie, “Luther” at 7 PM.
The Princeton Bantam Hockey Team is going to the State Tournament for the 1st time on starting on March 17th.  Two of Dick and Sue (Stone) Randa’s Grandsons, Sam and Ryne Grove are playing on that team.  Their son-in-law, Sean Miller is the coach of the team, too.

Congratulations to Beth Clark and the Hermantown Girls Basketball Team on their recent win over Hibbing and a trip to the State Tournament in Mpls.  There was only .3 of a second left in the game when the Hibbing team stormed the court not realizing the game wasn’t over yet.  A technical foul was called on them and Hermantown’s Anna Bjorlin sank both free throws and sent the game into overtime.  The Hawks prevailed and won the game 79 - 78 in the Section 7AAA finals at Duluth Denfeld on Thursday, March 9, 2006.  We all are very proud of Coach Clark who is a Cromwell High School Graduate.
Beth Clark was also on the girl’s basketball team that started up in the 1970’s. She was a starter on that team in the 7th grade.

I’d like to thank everyone who donated disposable diapers for the Carlton Crisis Shelter in Cloquet during the month of February.  There were a total of 14 packages and that equaled 664 diapers in all.  Donations will still be excepted at the church if you want to donate.

Lillia Jean Jordan is the newest member of the Jesse and Crystal Jordan family of Wright.  They also have a son, Wyatt and daughter Grace.

Jeremiah Bergland received his high school diploma at the school a few weeks ago.  Congratulations, Jeremiah.  We knew you would do it.

The Carlton County Retired Educators will meet at Gampers in Moose Lake on Tuesday, April 25th at noon.  (Note the date change) Jerry DeRungs, owner of the Moose Lake Star Gazette will be the guest speaker.  New members and newly retired are always welcome to attend.

The Annual Mother Daughter Tea and Luncheon will be held at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Wright on Saturday, May 13th at 1:30 PM.  Guest speaker this year will be Mary Rose Varo of Cromwell.  Plan to attend.

That’s all the news from Lake Changeyoursmokealarmbatteries and Hello to all the girls and boys basketball players.  Especially those from the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s.