Wright Cromwell News

11/24/2008

Wright Cromwell News by Jennie K. Hanson November 24, 2008

Here’s a short note from Jon Sloan that I thought you’d be interested in.

Hope everything is going well with you, things are busy here with work and everything.  Jan is doing fine, busy as well.  I don’t know if you had heard, but Brenda Deterling is going in for surgery next month, she has cancer, and has finished her first stage of treatment before surgery.  She’s doing good so far, keeping really upbeat about everything.

In addition to working, I finished teaching 4 workshops on cartooning at the Franklin Library in Minneapolis, it was fun, and the kids enjoyed it.  I’m also corresponding with another library about setting up another series of cartooning workshops to teach in January.

Martial arts are keeping me busy as well, I was tested and promoted last Saturday, and now I am a 5th Degree Black Belt.  There are 9 levels of Black Belt in traditional Tae Kwon Do, each level requires a number of years in between before promotion: 1st degree to 2nd takes 1 year, 2nd degree to 3rd takes 2 years, etc. so I’ll have to practice and train for five years before my next rank test to 6th degree.

Sounds like things are going well with your new exchange student.  I hope he’s enjoying his stay in the U.S.  Hope the rest of the family is doing well.  Take care! Jon

Here’s an e-mail we got from our exchange son, Gwang Ho from last year: “Just since today, it has begun snowing here in Korea. Woo… today was cold, I wore a coat which I brought from Minnesota. The word “Cardinal” is on it. I miss you a lot too, all of you including Bob, Sonet, Devon, Mandy, and even the absolutely no taste-noodles!* Anyway I hope your new son from Pakistan is really friendly and will have a great time with you. (I’m sure about it) It is really great for him to have such a great host parents like you!  Anyway, it will be really good for you to have him, too. Devon and Mandy aren’t there, neither Sonet and I am.  It can be solitary if there’s no noise maker in your house but only a bunch or stuff.  I’m really glad about that you have new one (exchange student).  Sorry about that I haven’t just used my camera since I got back Korea. I will just send you some pictures soon.  Anyway, it’s going fine here.  I passed the entrance exam of my high school. Now I’m going to get in the school that is 18 hours a day!  Sincerely, Gwang”

*I have to explain, last year, I thought that since Gwang Ho liked rice so much, I would make him some egg noodles.  I fixed them and served them to him with a little butter.  After a few seconds of eating them, he put his fork down and said, “These noodles have absolutely no taste!” So, from then on we teased him about the “Absolutely No Taste Noodles!

Here’s an email from Wil Tamminen:  “Good morning Jennie. Wil here.  Enjoy your newsy news. I got a kick out of your comments about the Little Icon on Gas gauges. I have been working for Enterprise car Rental in Forest Lake for 3 years. We have 100 cars to rent and there are 37 agencies in the Mpls St. Paul metro area, including the Airport. Within the last year Enterprise purchased National and Alamo and are in the process of combing the three into one entity. The reason for the tremendous growth at Enterprise is our ability to pick up customers and bring them back home after they rent a car, plus at Forest Lake I deliver cars on a tow dolly w/a Chevy Pickup! How’s that for service. I love my job...Anyway, I drive every imaginable type of vehicle and w/o this Gas Gauge convenience that has been installed in recent years, one never knows which side to fill upon. You are not alone in this predicament. In my 44 year career in transportation, this job is the most rewarding in meeting new people every day while picking them up or delivering a vehicle to them in Central Minnesota and western Wisconsin.. again, Judy and I enjoy your news, keep up the good work...”

Thanks, Wil and Judy for the very nice comments.  I too enjoy writing the news and trying to slip in a fee educational items at times. 

Please try to remember the Ken Peterson Benefit Pork Dinner and all the trimmings for World Hunger and the local food shelf.  Thrivent is supporting us with Supplemental funding for the food shelf portion of the dinner.  It will take place on Saturday, December 6th starting at 3 PM - 7 PM with entertainment during the supper, too.  Jerry Mowers and Judy Von De Linde from 3 – 4 PM, then Harold Haapoja, and 8 of his friends along with Diane Hansen and Bill Haapoja from 5 – 7 PM.  Please come, enjoy the dinner and plan to stay for the fun and memories.  A free will donation will be taken.

The Downbeats will be performing your favorite Christmas songs at Bethany in Cromwell on Sunday, November 30th at 2:30 PM.

The Bethany Lutheran Church in Cromwell will be having their Annual Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, November 29th.  Sale starts at 11:30 AM with white elephant, baked goods and craft sale, and Auction starting at 1 PM.  Pie and Coffee for lunch will also be served. 

The Finnish Pikku Joulu Celebration will be held on December 7th at the Holiday Inn in Duluth.  Buffet and program tickets are available from Bob Seppanan at 644-1034, Elaine Ahlgren at 525-4435, or Joyce Ilola at 729-9316.  All tickets are sold in advance only. 

Joey and Lea Anderson would like to say a huge Thank You to everyone who embraced Robert Holm and his family with so much love and support.  Your donations, time, hard work, and appetites were very much appreciated.  It is wonderful to live in such a kind and generous community. 

I’d like to end with a warning.  I see so many people own cell phones now and they leave the re-charger cord plugged in all the time whether the phone is charging or not.  Do you know that the cord has live electricity flowing through it?  If a little child or anyone for that fact accidentally put the live end of the cord in their mouth, they would be shocked or even electrocuted?  This happened years ago to my friend’s child with a vacuum cleaner cord and he lost most of his tongue, so please unplug those cords when not in use, or at least keep them out of reach of children.

That’s all the news from Lake Hopeyougotyourdeer and Hello to all the friends and relatives coming home for Thanksgiving.  Gobble, Gobble!