Wright Cromwell News

08/04/2008

Wright Cromwell News by Jennie K. Hanson August 4, 2006

The Kamunen family reunion was held in Cromwell on Friday, July 25, 2008. Dan Kamunen is the brother to the late Lydia Olesiak. Dan and his wife Sonja traveled from Littleton, Colorado to attend the Finn Feast. Dan is a Finnish interpreter.

Dan wanted to get the family together as all of his children were coming home also. Families from Texas, Colorado, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Missouri, the cities and surrounding areas were in attendance. There were over 100 people. Lempi Mattson played her harmonica and sang along with Florian Chmielewski as he played his accordion.  The little ones from the 4th generation had a great time dancing to the music.  Everyone had a wonderful time. It was great to see Ernie, Richie, and Martin Mattson and the whole Kunute family. Get well wishes go out to Lisa Kamunen who is fighting cancer. Lisa also spent the day at the reunion.

Don and Ida Rose Sunnarborg (Lydia Olesiak’s sister) from Billings, Montana were unable to attend as Ida Rose just had a hip replacement surgery.  She did call her son during the reunion and he put the telephone on the microphone for everyone to here her message to the family. Get well wishes go out to Ida Rose.

Gilbert and Dawn Kinnunen were in the area visiting old neighbors and friends.  They motored to the Ray and Lindsay Lally’s, Grace and Carolyn Krogh’s, Robert and Jennie Hanson’s, and Russell and Trish Peterson’s on Thursday, July 30, 2008.  It was quite a day for this world famous guy from Cromwell, after all he not only met the Finnish President at Finn Fest, he got a Finnish Hug from her, too.  You’ll have to ask him about that the next time you see him.  He will also be volunteering at the State fair in late August.  Maybe you will run into him there.

The school board is in the process of hiring a new principal and is looking for housing.  If anyone has a home to rent, please call the school immediately at 644-3716, ext 1000, or 1002

Harvest Fest will soon here as it’s just a month away, September 5th, 6th, and 7th.  I’d like someone to e-mail me the events so I can get them into the news next week.  Anyone??

The Cromwell Class of 1963 will be meeting at Harvest Fest for their 45th school reunion during the noon Smorgasbord at the Cromwell Park Pavilion.  Please let everyone know so as many as possible will be there.  They will also meet on Sunday, September 7th on the Vista King in Duluth at the 2 PM sailing: kids and grandkids are also welcome.  More details to follow if needed.  Other class members from earlier or later years are also welcome to join them on the ship.

The Farmer’s Co-op Store in Wright will hold their Annual Meeting will be on August 12th, at 6:30 PM in the Wright Senior Citizen building.  There will be a short business meeting, election of officers, entertainment, door prizes, and lunch.

Lonnie Bradford and Tiffany Riewe are getting married on August 2nd and his mother Melinda and her husband, Scott Ferry are hosting an Open House at their home on Tamarack School House Road the following week on Saturday, August 9th from 2 - 6 for the community of family and friends to attend.

I see that Danny Smith is running for 4th District Aitkin County Commissioner.  He drove his unique convertible in the Hey Day Parade and was campaigning for votes.  Good Luck!

Danny is also on the board of Lake Country Power for district 8.  And speaking of Lake Country Power, they are again offering a trip to the Wind Farm on August 27th and 28th and the Coal Creek Tour on September 10 – 12th.  If you are interested call 1-800-421-9959 for more information or to sign up.  These trips fill up fast, so don’t delay!

After 20 working years with Midwest Challenge, Roger Koskinen has decided to start his own Ministry named “Arise.” While the people at Midwest Challenge are disappointed to see him and his teams go, they know God has a plan.  Midwest Challenge is based in Minneapolis, Mn and works very hard to help troubled youth.

I’ve been watching a lot of the recent Twins games and was thinking that one time Bill Hoppe asked me how many ways a batter can get on base without getting a hit.  I did some thinking and then some research and came up with eight.  Can you come up with 8 ways to get on base with out a base hit?  I’ll let you know the answer next week if I remember.

And with that in mind, I heard tonight that the umpires in a series of games rotate clockwise for each game.  So the umpire that was at home plate one game goes to 3rd base for the next game, 2nd the next and so on.  That was a piece of trivia that I had never heard of before.  I guess you can “teach an old dog new tricks!” But then, I’m always looking for new things to learn.

Bethany Lutheran Church in Cromwell is again offering Faith Walk (aka Confirmation) Classes to the area youth in Grades 7 and 8 and those older who haven’t completed Confirmation.  They meet after school from 3:30 to 5 PM starting on Wednesday, September 3rd.  That’s the 2nd day of school.  If you didn’t get a letter about this, call the church @ 644-3130 for more information or Betty Deming.

Did anyone go to Duluth to see the Tall Ships?  If so I bet you had a pretty long wait to get on board these magnificent vessels.  With over 20,000 square feet of sail and thousands of nautical miles between them, Duluth welcomed three “Tall Ships” into the harbor on August 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 2008.  The “Pride of Baltimore II” came in at 157 feet and the “U. S. Brig Niagara” came in at 198 feet long.  It must have been quite a site to watch these ships sail in and also a sight to see all the tourists watching them come into port.  The Schooner “Madeline” was also on this exhibit.

I forgot to mention that Kayann Allenspach and Cameron Cahoon were the crown bearers at the Wrong Days Coronation.  Sorry about that.

After many, many years in the farming and meat cutting business, Frank Salo of Cromwell, has decided to sell his farm and machinery at an auction sale on August 19th at 10 AM.  Look for auction bills in area businesses for more information and Good Luck, Frank on your sale.

That’s all the news from Lake Dogdaysofsummer and Hello to Lonnie and Tiffany, see you on the 9th.