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Last week we spent a lot of time with our son, as he took a week off before starting a new job. On Monday we took a North Shore Scenic Railroad trip up the North Shore past Congdon Park and back. We also enjoyed a cruise on the Vista Star, which took us around the Duluth Harbor. The excursion lasted an hour and 45 minutes and, as it was on a Tuesday, the cost was only $5. Yes, they have $5 Tuesdays, and it is a great experience for those who have never been or haven’t been on the lake for y...
It seems that summer is really flying by again this year. There are just so many activities to take part in and only so many weekends to get them in. But with this in mind I am asking, no, begging, for volunteers to help out at the Little Red School House at the Carlton County Fair Aug. 15-18 in Barnum. The Carlton County Retired Educators have volunteered for many years at the Little Red School House and need more help this year, as many members have died, and many others can no longer help....
Give a “welcome home” to fire chief Lucas Goodin, who is back after teaching the last two weeks in Iowa and Michigan. He says it’s an absolute privilege getting to speak all over the country, providing valuable medical education to our rural providers. But it will be nice spending the next week with family before wrapping up a month in North Dakota. We thank Lucas for all the community services he has provided the past years in our area too! We are so fortunate to have so many first respo...
There is a new minister for the Bethlehem and Bethany Lutheran parish: Pastor Debra L. Hanson-Carlson will begin her ministry July 1, with her first worship service on July 7. She and her husband will be living in Wright at the former home of Yvonne Peterson, now owned by Tyler Grones. Let’s welcome the Hanson-Carlsons to our area. Our sincere sympathy to the family and friends of Gloria Mae Bertelsen Kelley, 73, of Tamarack, who died June 9 at her home. A memorial service was held June 16 at Be...
Well, school is out again for another year! It seems that the older we get the faster the years go by. We can be so proud of our area youth as they graduate from high school and go on to further education, the military or employment. Also, congratulations to our area college graduates. If you have any graduates to congratulate, please let me know so I can include them in this column. Congratulations to Jenifer Nieman Johnson for getting her master’s degree in educational leadership recently. She...
The 2019 Dollars for Scholars recipients and the folks and businesses that made the scholarships possible are: Madisyn Anderson, $1,700 – The Mercy Foundation, Koivisto Trucking, Jeff and Lynn Swatek, Beehive Community Club, Cromwell Medical Clinic, Cromwell-Wright Dollars for Scholars, Nextgen Foundation Isaac Shelton, $1,600 – Irving Community Association, Rudy Nikko and the Nikko family in memory of Karen (Karppinen) Nikko, David A. Winegar, DDS, Wenstrom Insurance Agency, Friends in mem...
The Floodwood VFW Post 8299 will perform its annual Memorial Day military rites at Veterans Memorial in Wright at 11 a.m. Monday, May 27. Coffee and goodies will be served at Bethlehem Lutheran Church after the ceremony, since we do not have a café in town yet. The VFW will be at the Memorial Day service at Forest Hill Cemetery in Cromwell at 8:05 a.m. Monday. The coffee will be on at Bethany Lutheran in Cromwell on Monday, May 27 starting at 7 a.m. Come and enjoy DeeDee Debele’s homemade bi...
It seems that this column is made up of mostly area announcements, but that’s just the way it is. There are just so many things going on in our area and many folks have taken the time to thank me for putting these activities in the column so they don’t miss out on the ones they enjoy taking part in. You would think that there isn’t much to do in a small town, but you would be wrong. Because we are a small-town area, members of our community seem to keep busy helping each other and parti...
Congratulations to Luc and Suzy Goodin on the birth of their third child. Daughter Ariahlyn Valinor was born May 1. She is also welcomed by her sisters Kieriahna, 10, and Emberleigh, 1, and grandparents Carol and Keith Laine, and Mark and Linda Dahlman. Our sincere sympathy to the family of Stephen Richard Krogh, 72, of Duluth, who died at St. Luke’s Hospital April 22. A memorial service is planned for 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17 at Cromwell United Methodist Church. I was saddened to hear of the r...
Summer must be on its way! How do I know? Well, the first Wrong Days in Wright meeting was held at Kalli’s in Wright on Monday, April 22. The planning committee is comprised of chairperson Linda Kalli, treasurer Leslie Hutar and committee members Darci Dahl, Faith Nyberg, and Jennie K. Hanson. Others who were not able to attend are Jake Kachinske, Rick Gresczyk, Mike Davis (buttons), and Minettie Juhl. Wrong Days will be held July 19-21 this year. It is always on the third Saturday of July, a...
Greetings to all our area folks who attended worship services and/or gathered together with their family and friends over the Easter weekend. It seems a very special time for so many, and the thought of summer to come is always a welcome idea. I did receive some sad news, though. Dennis Lowry messaged me that his sister, Kathleen Lowry, 80, was found dead in her home in Johnson City, Tenn. Kathleen was a member of the Cromwell Class of 1956. There are no details on services at this time. Last...
Hundreds of folks made the journey to the Curling Club at the DECC in Duluth for a gathering of family, friends, colleagues and classmates to honor the memory of Shirley Ann Parviainen Eichenwald Maki on April 13. Shirley, 74, died April 10 at home, after a long illness. She lived in several cities, but mostly made Duluth and the College of St. Scholastica her main stomping grounds. Shirley was an extraordinary mother who was always available to support her children and grandchildren. Now, they...
It’s good to be back in Minnesota and my home, after traveling to Washington, D.C. with my son and grandson. We had a wonderful time visiting the many memorials and monuments, and especially the cherry blossoms which were at their peak, but it’s always great to get back home. Congratulations to Sara and Dustin Rahja on the birth of their son, Riley Leonard, on April 5, 2019. Proud grandparents are Carrie and Wayne Lind, and Pam and Bob Rahja. Also, congratulations to Vance Anderson on his rec...
As I type this week’s news, I am in a hotel in Alexandra, Va. I have been on a 10-day trip to Washington, D.C. with my son and grandson. We have seen most of the important monuments and memorials and are on our way home tomorrow. We were able to spend a lot of quality time together sharing the experiences of D.C. First, we stopped at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Penn., then on to our motel for the night in Bedford, Pa. We stopped at Gettysburg for a wonderful tour of the m...
Hello, readers! I guess the results of the state boys basketball tournament appearance didn’t go as hoped for, but our team, the coaches, the students and fans represented Cromwell-Wright in spectacular fashion. We couldn’t be more proud of you and it sure was a great ride for this group of guys. The goal of one more was reached, so what more can you say? As many of you know, when Minetties burned down, I also lost my complete collection of Wrong Days Buttons. It is sad to realize they are gon...
Our area communities were shocked and saddened to hear of the death of Darrel L. Johnson, 78, of Tamarack, on March 12, 2019 at his home. We offer our sympathy to his wife Katy, and especially to Marty and Linde as they say their final farewells to their loved one. Darrel’s funeral was held Monday at Bethany Lutheran Church in Cromwell. Congratulations to our boys basketball team on winning Section 5A. They played in the quarterfinals of the state tournament on Thursday (after this was w...
Congratulations to our boys and girls basketball teams on great seasons. Leo Dahlberg celebrated his 85th birthday at the Villa Vista March 10 with family and friends. He thanks everyone for the cards and well wishes. Some of you may have known Barry LeVesseur from Hutchinson, Minn. He died Feb. 13. He will be missed by his wife Marjory; children Muriel and Mike; several grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. Barry spent many years in the Wright-Tamarack area during hunting season and Marjory...
Why is that we spend most of our lives wishing we could stay in bed longer during our working life, and now that we are retired and can sleep late, we can’t? I hear so many retired folks saying they wish they could sleep longer in the mornings, but with the habit of rising early for so many years, the body clock just wants to get up and get going at the same time when we are retired. Oh, and speaking of early risers, this coming Sunday we turn our clocks ahead so will lose another hour of s...
The U.S. Postal Service depends on you to meet postal requirements regarding delivery and collection of mail to curbside boxes. With all the snow we have had lately, Marsha Peterson has asked me to ask rural route mailbox owners to please try to make it easier for her (and any other rural route mail deliverers) to get up to the mailboxes. She suggests that you clear at least a 30-foot arc of snow so the approach and exit can be made without her having to exit her car and putting the mail into...
I’m not really into NASCAR that much but I do follow Denny Hamlin in his FedEx race car, and this weekend he won the Daytona 500. I follow him because he drives the FedEx car and our family and friends play the “FedEx game” whenever we are out on the highways. It all started more than 10 years ago when I was spending a lot of time helping a friend interview for jobs and, as the miles and miles got pretty boring after a time, we started spotting FedEx trucks and giving each other points for e...
The local performance of the One Act Play “Check, Please” has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium at the high school. They will be accepting free-will donations. In other school news, this year’s Cromwell-Wright School homecoming candidates are Madisyn Anderson, Amanda Hakamaki, Elizabeth Risacher, Lauren Slama, Zayde Smith, Payton Suhonen, Cameron Cahoon, Jaden Gronner, Kannon Korpela, Andrew Libbon, Marcus Pocernich and Isaac Shelton. First-grade crown beare...
This week I’d like to stray from the usual news that I write about and dedicate this article to Minetties Roadside Diner in Wright, which burned down last week. About 25 firefighters from four area fire departments responded to the blaze. We are so fortunate in our area to have so many brave and capable firefighters. Owner Minette Juhl said they are rebuilding as soon as they can. In the meantime, customers who relied on breakfast at the diner will be able to visit her other business in T...
I remember last winter our grandson-in-law took a pan of boiling hot water outside and threw it up into the air to see what would happen. Our granddaughter even recorded it with her cell phone, posted it on YouTube, and it was just beautiful. Almost looked like a mushroom cloud with hundreds of icicles falling from its center and edges. But the trick is to use boiling water, because cold water just won’t work for some reason, I guess it’s the intense heat mixing with the intense cold that really...
Did you stay up late on Monday to observe the eclipse of the Super Blood Wolf Moon? As I looked out our porch door at 11 p.m. or so, it was overhead a bit to the southeast. We were so fortunate to have a clear sky for this very special celestial event. I'm sure my brother John will be posting some great photos on Facebook. I tried to take some, but my camera just doesn't do justice to the sighting. Did you know that there was a primary election Tuesday, Jan. 22 in Senate District 11? We didn't...
Our water is back! We were out for six days, but thanks to my husband and son, it was restored and is working better than ever. It seems that there was a crack in the water pump for years, and now with the new pump we have water, and the water pressure is really great too! The pump must have frozen when the power was off for several hours last week and caused the problem. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a public holiday. It is a day off for most of us, and schools and most businesses are closed....
