WRENSHALL news

There is exciting news in both the fine and industrial arts this past week. Wrenshall High School senior Jared Kelley was awarded the opportunity to sign on with the Carpenter’s Training Institute in Hermantown. Ray Riihiluoma

Construction will be sponsoring Jared for a four-year program with no tuition costs. The Carpenters Union Local 361 under the direction of Adam Johnson and Matt Camparaio offered the program to Wrenshall students, and Kelley is the first to sign on upon the recommendation of his teacher, Chris Gustafson.

Gustafson leads Wrenshall’s Industrial Technology. He believes in providing real hands-on experience.

“I’ve been really lucky at Wrenshall, I have the freedom to take on meaningful projects in the community — it’s important to not just do worksheets,” said Gustafson. “We’ve worked on decks, sheds, and other building projects all over Carlton County.”

The students start with the basics of power tool safety and move toward larger projects, learning how to be flexible thinkers and problem solvers in construction.

On the fine arts front, the Historic Scott House was excited to see one of their performing alumni appear under Broadway lights last week.

Liam Robinson is the music director for the hit new show

“Hadestown,” which has already been nominated for 21 awards since its opening. Robinson performed at the Scott House as part of proprietor James Sheetz’s first summer musical in 2008.

The Scott House will be bringing opera to Wrenshall May 15 as part of an evening of food, drink, conversation and music with the Lyric Opera of the North. More commonly known by the acronym LOON, the group is the region’s only year-round professional opera company. The troupe will play a snippet of their upcoming production of “L’elisir d’amore” (the romantic comic opera “The Elixir of Love”) along with other selections of beloved music.