Wright/Cromwell news

The Little Red School House at the Carlton County Fairgrounds in Barnum needs painting. The fair board and retired educators, who are at the building during the fair, are asking for your help. Maybe there’s a sports team or youth group that can step up and volunteer for this job. Just call Lindsay at the fair for more information at 218-389-6737. The fair will furnish the paint and supplies.

Yoga will meet 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Monday, June 28 at the Cromwell Pavilion. Gear provided. Questions, call Ann Markusen, 218-428-3300.

The Extreme Team youth group will hold a rummage sale fundraiser 4-7 p.m. Friday, July 9 and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, July 10 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Wright. Donations are welcome; please bring them to the church on Sundays, or call Liz Kabus at 218-428-6733 to set up a time for bringing your donations.

A pair of prescription sunglasses was left at the Bethlehem church on May 16. Just let me know if they are yours so you can get them back.

Great news: The sixth annual Wounded Warriors United–Minnesota event will take place Aug. 21 at the Cromwell Park and Pavilion. I reported last week that the event was on hiatus but things have changed. Details are at wwumn.org and the Wounded Warriors United-Minnesota Facebook page. If you are not able to ride but want to participate in this worthy cause, send your donations to Wounded Warriors United-Minnesota, care of Logan Shiflett, P.O. Box 5, Cromwell MN 55726. Or contact Logan at 218-390-1699 for more information or to register for the ride. All donations go to help our local wounded vets.

The whole community of Wright and Cromwell is saddened to hear of the death of Alice J. Lake, 83, of Cromwell. She passed away June 17 at the Villa Vista Care Center in Cromwell.

Shirley Westlie, 96, born in Cromwell, passed away at home in St. Paul on May 23. She was a World War II U.S. Navy veteran. If anyone has more information about her life in Cromwell as Shirley Dotten, it sure would be great to hear from you.

Wrong Days in Wright is scheduled for July 16-18 at the Wright park. A Wrong Days meeting was scheduled June 24 at Kalli’s Place. Vendors and more volunteers are welcome, just call Linda at 218-380-8987. Contact me if you are willing to run for king or queen this year, 218-357-2385. Kids, youth or adults are welcome to run.

Wrong Days buttons are now available at Farmers Co-op and Kalli’s Place, and more will be at Minette’s Village Pump Saloon in Tamarack. There will be prizes for the button drawings on Saturday after the parade at 10:30 a.m. We are looking for volunteers to go around and ask for donations for the drawings; please let Jennie know if you can help out by calling her at 218-357-2385 or 808-366-6582.

I’ve been enjoying the Minnesota Twins most of my life and recently have been hoping they would be doing better, but I still enjoy them no matter what. So, with that in mind, did you know that there are at least seven or eight ways a batter can get on first base without a hit?

Next week I will let you know those ways, but for now you can try to think of them.

That’s all the news from The Edge of Wright. Have a great week, and we sure do welcome the much-needed rain.