Monday, February 26, 2007

Wright News

02/26/2007

Wright News by Jennie K. Hanson February 26, 2007

Welcome winter!  Yes, for those of you who read my news from out of the area, we got over a foot of show over the weekend with lots of drifting and wind, too.  It’s beautiful, but creates a lot of unwanted work for many. Ttons of fun for the children, though

Over 150 area folks attended the funeral for Ken Lind, 61, of Wright.  His funeral was held at Bethlehem Lutheran church in Wright on February 23, 2007.  Pastor Janeva Stromberg officiated, Rick and Sherry Clyde provided special music and the Pallbearers were Doug Wilson, Lawrence Line, Dave Stenson, Bub Stenson, Al Houck, and Dick Billmeier.  Ken grew up in the Wright area and stayed for his whole life.  He worked as a heavy equipment operator and logger.  He leaves behind his wife, Geri and his children Vickie (Mark) Burg of McGregor, Robert (Chelle) of La Port, Mn and Brandon (Heidi) Lind of Montgomery, MN.  Also his step-children, Lea, Trent, and Kim (Pfisthner), and Kim Walli.  So to his wife, mother, Eleanor, brothers, Jim and Wayne and sister Lois and other friends and relatives we bid a fond Farewell to our friend and neighbor, Kenny Lind!

Dale and Kristy Aho are the proud parents of Jacob Dale. He was born Feb 19th, 2007. He was 7# 10 oz and 20 inches long.  Welcoming him home are his sisters, Miranda and Avery and brother Justin.  His Grandparents are John and Gerry Aho, Kathy Jokimaki, and Dean Huhta.  Great grandparents are Lillian Aho, Marlys Huhta and Edith Jokimaki.  Congratulations to this very active and busy family.

Don’t forget to go to the Wright Senior Citizen’s Annual St. Patrick’s / St. Urho’s Day BINGO on Saturday, March 17th starting at 7 PM at the Senior Center in Wright.  Fun for all ages.

They are out!  The new Presidential Dollar Coins.  I got some last week and they are magnificent!  They feature a president on the front and the Statue of Liberty on the back.  This is the only coin issued that has the words: “E Pluribus Unum and In God We Trust” on the edge of the coin along with the date and mint park.  These coins will be issued every 3 months for the next ten years and will have each president on them in the order they were elected.  So this year we will get George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.  Some may ask when Benjamin Franklin will come out?  Well good old Ben never was a president even if he was very influential in the founding of our country.

I got an email from Dave and Michelle Hedin’s daughter, Marnie Johnson. She just wanted to share with you that her grandma Gladys Clark and herself had Arnold and Marcella Dahl over to Gladys’ home for lutefisk dinner on Feb. 18th after church.  She came up from Houston, MN with her three children, Lucas, Johanna and Jacob to stay at Grandma’s house. They also had a birthday party for Gladys that afternoon attended by many relatives from Wright and Cromwell. What a terrific day!

I also asked Marnie if she would fill me in on her life and she did.  Marnie has been married now for almost nine years and has three children, Lucas , 8, Johanna, 6, (named after Grandma Gladys Johanna), and Jacob, 4.  Her husband is from Winona and they are also expecting a fourth baby at the end of May. Marnie works as a registered nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital of the Mayo Clinic, in the Neuroscience Intensive Care, and they live on a farm about 60 miles east of Rochester. Her parents live just outside of Rochester, as do all of her siblings and their spouses, except for her youngest brother Tyler, who is a freshman at UMD. Since her parents sold their home in Carlton, the Cromwell/Wright area has become he only home she has left up north!

You know you’re a Geezer when you forget to go to the Geezer’s meeting. That’s what happened to the geezers on the “turd Tursday” of February.  No one came to the meeting!  Better luck in March.  That’s the 15th. The next Jubilent service will be on Wednesday, March 7th at Bethany with Sharry Waldriff performing at 7 PM with Soup Supper preceding the program. Lenten Services also continue at St. John’s on Thursday evenings at 5:50 PM. There will be a Varo Family Benefit Breakfast at the pavilion in Cromwell on March 17th starting at 8 AM – 1 Pm.

The Benefit for Mike Nobis will be on March 31st at the Cromwell Park Pavilion.  Check out the posters for more information.

Trivia:  Did you know that those little mini carrots that we have become so fond of are actually big, irregular carrots cut into two inch pieces and then shaped to look like baby carrots?  Yes, baby carrots are made, not born.  They actually come from whole carrots.  The idea originated with a California farmer in the 1980’s.  Mike Yurosek was tired of wasting tons of perfectly good, but not perfectly looking carrots so he transformed the lowly carrot into one of the most popular healthy snacks in the U.S. today. Kids and adults love to scarf them up!

Household Hint: Keep your scissors sharp by cutting a piece of sandpaper occasionally. I don’t know if this works so try it on an old pair first. Bible Verse for the week:  Choose you this day whom you will serve…we will serve the Lord.  Joshua 24:15.

You can email me at or read the news on my website at jkh.cwhanson.com The website has all the news for the last several years posted, so if you miss, you can still read it bygoing to my sebsite!

That’s all the news from Lake Remembertoturnthoseclocksaheadonmarch11th and Hello to all the Clarks and Hedins.

Monday, February 19, 2007

Wright News

02/19/2007

Wright News by Jennie K. Hanson February 19, 2007

Happy President’s Day a little late, but since I’m typing the news today, just thought I’d mention it.

I just heard that life-long resident; Ken Lind died last night, February 18, 2007.  His funeral will be held on Friday, February 23rd at 11 AM at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Wright, Mn.  Our sympathy to the Lind Family.

There are many community events going on as usual and I will try to include them in this week’s news.

First off, the Benefit scheduled for March 31st is for Mike Nobis, not his dad Brian.  Somehow I didn’t catch the mistake in last week’s news and hope you forgive me.  Mike was in a car accident and a benefit will be held at the Cromwell Park Pavilion on March 31st for him.  I’ll have more about that in a week or two.

St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church of Wright, MN has set up their Lenten schedule for 2007.

Lenten midweek services will be at 5:30 pm on the 5 Thursdays of March: That’s March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29.  Maundy Thursday and Good Friday worship will also be at 5:30 pm.

Easter worship will be at the regular time of 10:30 AM on the 8th of April. The focus of their Lenten services is “You are My beloved Son”.

Remember: We don’t change the Gospel; the Gospel changes us.

WRONG DAYS IN WRIGHT has been scheduled for JULY 20th, 21st, AND 22nd. A Wrong Days Organizational Meeting will be held on Tuesday March 6th at 7PM at the Fire Hall.

The committee welcomes anyone with ideas and all volunteers with time and energy to help to continue the 42 year tradition.  We need you! The Lenten Services have been scheduled for the Bethany/Bethlehem/United Methodist Church (UMC) in the area.  They will continue with their Jub-i-Lent Musical Series.  Ash Wednesday Service was held at Bethlehem in Wright and services will continue on the 5 Wednesdays in February and March at 7 PM.

February 28th – UMC Diane Hansen, Deb Switzer and Kathleen Entner

March 7th – Bethany - Sharry Waldriff

March 14th – Bethlehem – Mary Rose Varo

March 21st – UMC – Jerry Mowers and friends Hymn Sing

March 28th – Bethany – BILL AND LAURIE BASTIAN

April 5th (Thurs)– Bethlehem – Bill and Diane Hansen.

April 6th Good Friday – Bethany Sunrise Service Hosted by Villa Vista at 8:30 AM

April 6th Bethany – “Tenebrae Service” with Karen Atkins on the harp.

Easter Sunday, April 8th All Church at their regular times.

Thomas Miller of Cromwell placed 9th in the State Brain Bee a few weeks ago.  Way to go Thomas!

Don’t forget to change your clocks to daylight savings time on March 11th. That’s a bit earlier and it will go till November 4th.  Remember Spring forward and Fall Back.

Presidential Trivia:  FDR’s Scottish terrier, Fala, had something in common with President Zachary Taylor’s horse, Whitey.  Fala, who went almost everywhere the president did, became so popular that when FDR took the dog on an official trip aboard the USS Baltimore, sailors cut hairs off the dog as souvenirs.  They cut so many that little Fala was left almost completely bald!  FDR was also a very superstitious man.  He wouldn’t sit at a table of 13 people, and he refused to leave for a trip on Friday, even though he traveled quite a bit.

George W. Bush has a collection of over 250 signed baseballs. Abraham Lincoln was America’s tallest president.  He was six feet four inches tall but looked taller in his stovepipe hat.  He used that hat to store his important papers.  So the old saying, “Keep it under your hat” may have come from those stovepipe hats.

Household Hint:  A tray of ice cubes run through your garbage disposal once a month will keep the blades sharp.

Bible Verse:  Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved and thy house.  Acts 16:31

That’s all the news from Lake Rememberyourlovedones.  I hope you and all your loved ones are doing well.  Let me know if you have news you want included in the “Wright News” and I will try my best to get it in.  I usually send it on Mondays.  My email address is or check out my web site at jkh.cwhanson.com/