Wright/Cromwell news

Congratulations to Liz and Tom Kabus, formerly of Wright, on the birth of their fifth son: Waylon Edward, on May 2. His brothers Wyatt, Zachary, Charles, and Jackson welcome him to the family.

Congratulations to Oscar Eliason on being inducted into the Polar League Basketball Hall of Fame. Find his acceptance speech on Facebook.

Congratulations, also, to the Cromwell-Wright seniors for the recent scholarships they received, including $4,000 for Macie Lind, $3,500 each to Tanner Collman and Maxwell Hanni, $2,500 each to Andrew Lehti, Mya Gronner, and Emaleigh Olesiak, $2,000 to Jillian Anderson, $1,500 each to Aurora Gervais, Caya Forland, and Karina Olesiak, $1,000 each to Grace Swenson and Gracie Foley, $750 each to Kyra Granholm and Vaida Blomquist, $500 to Josie Suhonen, and $250 to Dyne Cahoon for a total of $29,950 in scholarships. The Cromwell-Wright Dollars for Scholars sincerely thanks everyone who donated funds so these scholarships could be awarded.

The public is invited to attend the Cromwell-Wright School construction project groundbreaking event at 2 p.m. Monday, May 13. Cromwell-Wright residents passed a $6.45 million referendum in February 2023. The project, expected to be completed in fall, will include renovating the parking lot, replacing a portion of the roof, and refreshing the school building common areas and main gym. Also included in the project is an expansion of the existing multipurpose (small) gymnasium. This will provide for a safer physical education space for elementary students and will include a full regulation-size court with adequate bleacher seating for spectators. Preliminary work outside to the east of the building has already begun. If you go, consider wearing boots. There may be mud in the area where the groundbreaking ceremony will be held.

This Saturday, May 11, will be a busy day, including a quilt reveal at the Villa Vista starting at 8:30 a.m. with waffle breakfast. The Gary Larson gathering starts at 11 a.m. at his home in rural Cromwell and the Bethlehem Mother Daughter Tea and Luncheon begins at 1:30 p.m. with special music by the Deviled Eggs.

Grandparents Day at school starts at 1 p.m. May 14. The last day of school is Thursday, May 16. Graduation is 7 p.m. Friday, May 17.

Enjoy a homemade Swedish meatball dinner 4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18 at Midway Christian Fellowship, 3251 Midway Road, Duluth. $15 a meal, including takeout.

Wright city cleanup starts at 9 a.m. Sunday, May 19. Bring rags, cleaning supplies, buckets, brooms, gloves, rakes, shovels, etc. Call Mark Dahlman for more information, 218-390-1280.

The next YOT Senior Dance is 1-4 p.m. May 23 at the Cromwell Pavilion.

There will be a Cromwell-Wright area community-wide garage sale June 21-23. Registration to join is online at forms.gle/yePhxzwWoCLwaaz16. Register by June 9 to be included on the map.

That’s all the news from the Edge of Wright.