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.