Monday, May 19, 2008

Wright Cromwell News

05/19/2008

Wright Cromwell News by Jennie K. Hanson May 19, 2008

Clyde and Roxy Homstad became new grandparents times two in April.  A Grandson, Hunter Lee Baars was born to daughter Sara (Homstad) and husband Dan Baars on April 9th.  And exactly one week later a granddaughter Larissa Rae Homstad was born to son Dustin and wife Linnea (Anderson) Homstad on April 16th.  All are doing well, and enjoying every minute as parents and grandparents.

Mary Purcell’s granddaughter, Krista is in the hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla. with a deep vein thrombosis.  Her mother, Dianne, has flown down to be with her.  She graduates in a couple of weeks from college—we will put her on the prayer list up here.

Jasper Beseman was laid to rest on Saturday, May 17,2008 in the Catholic Cemetery in Wright, Mn.  He died on February 16, 2008 and had to wait for a spring burial. May he Rest in Peace.

Dolly Niemi’s sister was also buried on Saturday in the Catholic Cemetery in Wright.

Speaking of the Catholics, Karen Dahl informed me that they have a piano and church organ for sale as they are getting a mechanical musical machine for the music at the church.  Please Call Karen at 357-3611 if interested. They must go, so Best Offer will be considered.

Volunteers are needed to help Ray Gurske plant over 3,000 plants on the bank at his home on Tamarack Lake on June 7th.  Please call him if you or your group can help him out.

A Senior Dance at the Pavilion will be held on Thursday, May 22nd from 1-4 PM.  Music provided this time by Mr. Morgan.

Do you think gas is expensive?  Well actually it’s only about 25 cents a cup.  Coffee at our local restaurants is over $1.00 a cup, so coffee would be over $25.00 if you bought only one cup with no refills at a restaurant.  Wonder if that makes us feel any better?

The Senior Awards Banquet was held at the school on Friday, May 16th.  This year’s Valedictorian is Kristy Groth and the Salutatorian is Ronni Pihlaja.  Many other awards and scholarships were also given out with over $20,000 in total scholarships given.  Megan Shelton and Adam Smith were selected to the National Honor Society.  They were inducted at this event, too.

There will be many graduation parties coming up this weekend and next.  There are 26 seniors in Cromwell-Wright who will graduate on Friday, May 23rd at 8 PM.

They Did It!  The students in Mrs. Lea Tiili-Anderson’s class have reached their goal of collecting one million one pop tabs.  It has taken several years to reach this goal, but they did it!  Ronald McDonald was at the school to visit the kids and thank them for the tabs.  The tabs will be donated to the Ronald

McDonald House in Mpls.  So, since 1989, the students in the Cromwell Wright area have collected over 2 million tabs as my 4th graders collected a million tabs back in 1989.  The kids are still collecting so keep the tabs coming to help others in need.

On Sunday, May 18, 2008, five young people were confirmed from Bethany and Bethlehem Lutheran churches and one young man received a certificate of attendance.  Those confirmed were Jaime Marie Bridge, Damian Michael Carlson, Kaicee Elizabeth Hakala, Dylan Tauno Johnson, and Marlene Rose Wester.  Gwang Ho Lee received a certificate of attendance for his year of attendance at confirmation classes.  Because Gwang is an exchange student, he is not permitted to make any life changing choices, so therefore he was not able to be a confirmed Lutheran.

Brooke Christine Aili and Orrie Robert Bergstedt were United in Marriage on May 18, 2008 at the Apostolic Lutheran Church in Esko, MN by Pastors Bruce Bergstedt and Gary Kangas.  Parents are Philip and Julie Aili and Keith and Cynthia Bergstedt.  Brooke choose her sister Erin as her Maid of Honor and her sister Anika Aili as her Junior Bridesmaid.  Her friends Lindsey Lindteigen, Brittany Carlson, Laura Smith and Erica Bryant were the bridesmaids.  Orrie choose his cousin, Nicholas Bergstedt as his Best Man and Groomsmen were his brother; Buckley Bergstedt, friend; Tyrel Messer, Brother of the Bride; Alex Aili, and cousin of the Groom; Benjamin Bergstedt.  Ushers were Jordan Johnson and Cody Hendrickson, friends of the Groom.  Personal Attendants were Maggi Newell and Amanda Norgren, friends of the bride. Music was provided by Robin Johnson, Ruth Juntunen, Diane Juntunen, Jim Erickson and Kerry Juntunen.  The congregation also sang 3 hymns in this very traditional wedding.  A reception was held at the Greysolon Plaza in Duluth. The newlyweds will be at home in Cloquet, MN.

The Carlton County Retired Educators will be meeting at the Eskimo Pies Restaurant in Esko on Tuesday, June 10th at 11:30 AM.  They will hold their meeting there and also have sign up sheet for working at the Little Red School House in Barnum in August.  Then they will proceed to the Esko Historical Buildings for a tour of their exhibits.  All newly retired teachers and staff are also welcome to attend.  CCRE is an organization of retired teachers, administrators and staff. You can call Jennie Hanson for more information at 357-2385.

The Y.O.T. (Young Old Timers) Club of Cromwell is planning an excursion to Finn Fest in Duluth on Friday, July 25.  We will have a bus to take us to the DECC leaving from Cromwell at 8:30 in the morning and returning at 4:30 in the afternoon.  The cost for the bus ride, if you care to join us, is $6 per person.  We also have made arrangements for group discount admission tickets for Friday, regularly $30 per person, discounted to $20.  If you would like to order a ticket or reserve a seat on the bus, please contact Carolyn at 644-3670.  I’ll need to order the tickets no later than Thursday, June 12th to get the discount.  This offer is open to all area residents. There is a wide variety of events scheduled for each day.  Friday, they also expect to have President Halonen from Finland speak at 10:00.  Come along and join us!!

Wright Little League meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Wright ball field.  T-Ball will be on Tuesdays only from 6:30 – 7:30 PM

Housewares are needed for the Area Clothing Depot.  Please drop them off on Tuesdays, Thursdays or Saturdays.  Thanks in advance for any and all donations.

The Luminary Service Committee meeting will be held on May 27 at 7:30 PM at the Pavilion.

The other night we were watching “The Rifleman” on satellite TV and Bob was asking me some questions about the stars of the show, so I went to the computer and looked it up.  Chuck Connors was the star and he was born Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors on April 10, 1921.  He died at age 71 on November 10, 1992.  He was an athlete before becoming a movie star.  He was a professional baseball and basketball player and even played for the newly formed Boston Celtics and later joined the Brooklyn Dodgers.  In 1951 he joined the Chicago Cubs and played 66 games as first baseman and occasional pinch hitter.  He started acting in 1952 and stared as Lucas McCain as “The Rifleman” from 1958 – 1963 with Johnny Crawford who played his son Mark.

That’s all the news from Lake Happytohelpoutourneighbors and Hello to all our area graduates. Make it a great week!