Monday, January 21, 2008

Wright - Cromwell News

01/21/2008

Wright - Cromwell News by Jennie K. Hanson January 21, 2008

It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that Leonard Aho passed away on January 18, 2008.  His funeral was held at Bethlehem Lutheran Church on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 with Pastor Janeva Stromberg Officiating.  Leonard just turned 89 on January 8th and he drove himself to the hospital just 6 days before he died.  Leonard leaves his devoted wife, Toini; children, Marvin of Forrest Lake, Mn, Elaine Kalli of Bloomington, MN, Edie (Brian) Houck of Virginia Beach, VA; one brother Art and sisters, Esther McGuire and Dorothy (Ray) Tiili; 9 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.  Please keep Toini and Family in your prayers.  Another man who has contributed so much to our community has passed on to his reward.  May God Bless his Memory!!

Have you heard of the “Souper” Bowl of Caring?  It’s a donation drive to help our local food shelf.  Nineteen years ago a small church in South Carolina decided to celebrate the Super Bowl day by sharing food with their less fortunate neighbors.  It has since grown nation-wide and the Cromwell Methodist Church is sponsoring a collection of either cans of food or dollars to go to our Tri-Community Food Shelf.  There will be various places around Cromwell where you can drop off your donations during the next 10 days.  So when you are grabbing that extra bag of snacks, think again about helping fight hunger and poverty in our home town.  You’ll be glad you did.

If you have any questions, please contact Carolyn at 310-8357 or go to souperbowl.com for more information.  Thanks!!

The Black Jack Grill, formerly the Wright Place Café, will be holding a “Grand Opening” on Saturday, January 26th from 5 – 8 PM.  You can also come in during the week of January 21st – 25th for 50 cent coffee and sign up to win a “Buy One, get the 2nd for ½ price”. Also daily drawings.  Their phone # is 218-357-EATS (3287).  The community would also like to thank the new owners for providing a restaurant for us.  By the way it looks, it has been needed for a long time.  Thanks to you all!

There was NO SCHOOL on Monday the 21st in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, JR.  So with no mail or banks, it’s a good day to get caught up on things a home. The next school holiday will be February 18th for President’s Day.

Are you ready?  Yes, next week is Homecoming Week (January 28th – Feb. 1st) at school.  There will be special events all week with the crowning of the King and Queen on Friday, February 1st.

Tyler John Pankonin was born to Dan and Sara (Smith) Pankonin in Sioux Falls, SD on December 10, 2007.  His grandparents are Danny Smith of Tamarack, MN and Deb and Rob Switzer of Cromwell, MN. Great – Grandfather is Erwin Smith of Cromwell.

Well, How did you do on the 5 letter body parts from last week’s trivia?  Here are the answers: Brain, cheek, heart, liver, elbow, wrist, thumb, tooth, scalp, chest, navel, groin, thigh, blood, femur, ankle, pupil, nerve, aorta, sinus, trunk, skull, mouth, flesh, anvil, uvula, joint, and gland.  Maybe you can find more.  Now how many 3 – letter body parts can you name?  Remember, no slang!

This week’s Trivia:  1.  Twenty-one birds are nesting in a tree.  If a man shot into the tree and killed one-seventh of them, how many would remain?  2.  A dog had three puppies, named Mopsy, Topsy, and Spot.  What was the mother’s name?  3.  A woman had 7 children, half of them are boys.  How is this possible?  Yes, it is possible.  I gave this trivia problem to some high school students at Floodwood school and it took them the whole hour to come up with the correct answer.  When I ask elementary students and they get it almost right away.

There are only 22 Cromwellian Annuals left to sell at the school.  Please order yours now as they will not be ordering any extras for you to buy in the spring when they come out.  Call the school at 644-3737 ext. 3100 to order yours.

The 1st Semester of school ended on January 17th.  Report Cards will be coming out soon.  Yes, the school year is now half over!  Where does the time go?  The new semester started on January 21st.  Most students will have some new classes for the 2nd semester.

Get Well wishes go out to Art Jauss, Esther Broadway, Sulo Kangas, Nina Hart, Ruth Karki, Robyn Larson, Wally Schulke, Donna Finnila, Shirley Pearson, Bob Howard, Tia Nistler Hayes, Paige Larsen, Lawrence Line, and Unto Kahara.  Donna Lehti is now at St. Eligius in West Duluth.  We greet her, too!

Our Sympathy is extended to Ken & Trudy (Kahara) Okerman on the death of their daughter, Carrie.

1. None, the rest would fly away. 

2. “What!”

3.  They are all boys.

That’s all the news from Lake Ijustlovetrivia and Hello to Clare Voyant, Matt Tress, and Jim Nasium. 

Monday, January 14, 2008

Wright/Cromwell News

01/14/2008

Wright/Cromwell News by Jennie K. Hanson January 14, 2008

Our best wishes go out to Donna Lehti who is in St. Eligius Health Center in West Duluth at this time.  I’m sure she’d love to hear from you.  Her address is St. Eligius Health Center, 7700 Grand Ave. Duluth, Mn 55807.

Also get-well wishes go out to Art Jauss who had surgery recently for an intestinal problem.  I think he is in Community Memorial Hospital in Cloquet, MN.  Address is 512 Skyline Blvd, Cloquet, MN 55720 if you’d like to send a card.

If you’d like to write to Fred Olesiak, he has a new address.  Call me if you’d like it.

Art Aho, Tom and Sandy Nistler and Family want to thank everyone for everything you did for Mary Aho over the past year or so before she died.  Kenny Peterson would go over almost everyday to help out and Bailey would write back and forth with Mary and Mary just loved that.

Do you like Trivia?  If so, this year I plan to have a few trivia questions in the news once in a while.  I’ll put the answers at the end of the news, but please try to figure out the answers before you look at the answers.

This week’s Trivia – How many cars are on the back of the older ten dollar Bill?  (It has to be older than the 1993 bill.) A man left home one day and made three left turns and met a man with a mask on.  What was the first man’s profession?  And here’s one without an answer but try it anyway.  How many body parts can you name that have only 5 letters in their names. No slang, abbreviations or plurals.  Examples; Brain, wrist, or thumb.  There are at least 30.

Do you remember the Gronbeck’s?  Well I got a Christmas letter from them and I’d like to share parts of it with you.  As most of you remember, Jim Gronbeck was Pastor at Bethany/Bethlehem Lutheran Churches in the 1980’s or 90’s.  Jim, Julie, and Kristen were part of a Mission Trip to Jamaica in the early part of last year.  They spent time with the children at the Westhaven Orphanage and their evenings at the Sunset Beach Resort on Montego Bay.  Andrea and Matthew are in college now.  Matthew is in his final year of computer engineering at ND State i8n Fargo and Andrea is at Southwest State in Marshall majoring in Elementary Education.  Kristen is busy in high school with all her athletic, musical, church and drama activities.  Jim is still at Zion in Amor, and Julie is at Battle Lake School in the Title I Program.  Sounds like they are all happy and healthy.  Good to hear from them!

Little Alexis Joy Obando, daughter of Rozzie and Fabio Obando was baptized at Faith Lutheran Church in Coon Rapids, Mn on Sunday, January 13, 2008.  Those from this area that attended were Great Grandmother; Thelma Johnson, Grandmother; Linda Dahlman, Aunts; Angie Luna and Suzie Goodin and children, Megan Lally, Brook Norman, Nichole Suhonen, Jennie Hanson, Mandy and Devon Egge, Sonet Chowdhury and Gwang Ho Lee.

PLEASE HELP

The Food Shelf Wish Tree and Food Shelf Wish Box at Bethlehem Church in Wright and

Bethany Church in Cromwell are still active thru the month of January.  The boxes are active all year at each church.  For some it is tough, lend a hand --- non-perishable food, dollars or your time as a volunteer.  (Dollars enable us to purchase food from the food bank.  We can get a lot more through the food bank than you can get at the grocery for the same amount of money.)

Trivia Answers: 3, Baseball player,

It must be January.  Not much news this week, if you have some, please e-mail me or call. Thanks.

That’s all the news from Lake Maggieincoonrapids and Hello to all those in nursing homes or hospitals.