Wright News

08/24/2005

Wright News by Jennie K. Hanson August 24, 2005

There are many things going on in the next few weeks and foremost of them is the start of school, the start of the fall sports season, and the annual Harvest Fest in Cromwell.

School starts on September 1st this year.  There have already been many school kids practicing for the fall sports season of Volleyball, Cross Country, and Football.  Then the Harvest Fest set for the weekend of September 9th, 10th, and 11th with all their regular events.

The regular WELCA meeting will be held at Bethlehem Lutheran Church on Wednesday, September 7th at 7 PM.

I did the worship services at the ELCA Churches in Kettle River and Sturgeon Lake on the 21st.  It was great to meet so many new folks and I really had a great time sharing my faith with them.

Bob and I attended the wedding of Penny Larson Amundsen to Kenneth Barnes on Saturday, August 20th, 2005 at Minnewashta Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota.

Penny is the daughter of the late Bernard and Deloris Larson.  Penny was raised in Cromwell and moved to Duluth in about the 2nd grade.  The wedding was a beautiful outdoor affair at a park overlooking a lake west of Mpls. Penny’s bridesmaids were her sisters, Kim, Peggy and Patty.  I took lots of pictures, so will share them with you later.

Congratulations to Sarah and Eric Lipponen on the birth of their first child, a son, on July 30, 2005.  Eric is the son of Adelia and Seppo Lipponen of Cloquet.  Welcome to little Andrew Joseph Seppo Lipponen.  Were you named after your Great Aunt Andrea Mikkola?

Congratulations are in order for Matthew and Amy DeCaigny of Sawyer on the birth of their 3rd daughter, Eliza Hope on February 17, 2005.  Grandparents are Betty Swanson of Carlton, Susie DeCaigny of Sawyer, and the late Sherman Swanson and Larry DeCaigny.

It is not too often that we get a chance to celebrate a 90th Birthday, but that is just what we can do on September 4th when Dorothy Parkki will be celebrating her 90th at the Tamarack Snow Flyers Building in Tamarack, MN starting at 1 PM.  Everyone is welcome to attend.

Derek Nyberg, Cherie Nyberg, and Lindsay Lally have recently returned from a trip of a lifetime to London, England, Glasco, Scotland, and Belfast, Ireland.  Derek went on business with the Protein Design Laboratory, Inc., Biological Pharmaceuticals.  He goes to assess the contents of drugs that are sold around the world.  He makes sure they are using the correct dosages and that the chemicals are in the correct amounts, etc.  He invited his mom, Cherie and his Aunt Lindsay to go along.  They all report that prices were very high there and that gas was over $6.00 U. S. per liter. A limo ride from the airport to their hotel cost them over $100.00 each.  The U. S. Dollar is only worth half in Euro’s.  Lindsay and Cherie were able to visit many wonderful sights while Derek was at work.  They toured Buckingham Castle, went to the Giant Causeway and also to the northernmost point in all of the United Kingdom and saw the North Atlantic Ocean.  They all report having a “Lovely Time.”

There is a new newspaper starting up in Floodwood called the “Northern Independent.” It is similar to the other area weekly papers and will be published by Editor, Sue Czarneski and Advertising Manager, Pat Murphy. Good Luck on this new venture into the newspaper business.

Get well wishes go out to Cody Scavezze after a recent truck accident near Cross Lake.  Please keep him in your prayers.

That’s all the news for this week from Lake Hadagreattimeatthefair and Hello to my new friends in KR and Sturgeon Lake.