By Doug Berg Last March 14th Min-School lost a good friend, Viv Coit, of Jackson, New Hampshire. Viv was 93. Her husband, Les, passed away in September, 1994, at the age of 89. Mini-School and I first met Les and Viv in Quetico Provincial Park on a canoe trip in 1980. This fortuitous meeting led … [Read more…]
By Mike Ennis James Douglas Morrison was born on December 8, 1943. His parents were Steve and Clara Morrison. His father was a career Navy man. With his father in the Navy he did a lot of moving when he was young. While living in Albuquerque, NM in 1947 a very strange thing happened that … [Read more…]
By Kristi Dahl and Nicole Tiggas Kristi and I went around and asked people how their babies were doing and there was a lot of exciting and interesting things we found out. Collin Davis, 16 years old, and Kaylee Erica Gysland, 18 years old, and Joel Nicole Tiggas, 17 years old, and Shannon Pauline VonRuden, … [Read more…]
By Kyle Brynteson and Kortnie Hansen Doug Berg- He thought he would sell calendars for the rest of his life, until his family sends him to the Rubber Room at the looney bin. They said all he talked about is 6-foot, 200-pound racoons. Angie Peterson– When she is 30 she wins the Betty Boop look … [Read more…]
By Carrie Tiggas When I first commented to my friends that I was going in to Mini-School I heard some pretty interesting comments. “When you graduate do you get a real diploma?” “I thought you were so much smarter than that!” “No one in there works, they just sleep.” True there is an occasional student … [Read more…]
By Eric Thomas and Josh Day Mark Taylor David Larson-Hughes Sarah Goudy Jason Gaasvig Justin Streeter Steve Kopischke Gabe Peterson Carrie Tiggas Carl Anderson Josh Chowen Austin Manship Mike McGinn Dan Volklander Jeremy Lamere Matt Evans Allen Jampsa Clare Meyer Chris Robertson
By Mike Ennis METALLICA LOAD Metallica’s new album “Load” has got to be their worst album to date. They gave up their heavy metal sound to hop on the alternative bandwagon and they did a bad job of doing so. It’s not that I have anything against alternative music, it’s just when I think ‘Metallica’ … [Read more…]
By Maya Diedrich On a cool spring afternoon in 1996 almost all of the members of Mini School filed into the small auditorium of Minnetonka High School to begin the Mini-School Recognition Night. As we walked in Dan Stevens (an old Mini-Schooler) & Bill Zastara were playing the bongo drums. It set a wonderful mood … [Read more…]
By Kyle Brynteson Chris Utne: Works at Freedom. Cory Clay: Goes to Votech- lives in Brooklyn Park. Aaron Connor: Is going to college in River Falls, Wisconsin and is majoring in Art. He is on a Radio show once a week. He is in a play at his college. He is also looking at other … [Read more…]
By Geoff Boller Recently the administration has been bringing guns into our school. Is there a need? They call him a liaison, but he’s really just an accident waiting to happen. Right now, as far as I know the worst things that are brought to school by students are small jack knives on key chains. … [Read more…]