By Trish Laumann Geoff Boller has been in Mini-School since 1993. He started when he was a freshman, now he’s a super senior. Boller used to say he didn’t want to graduate because he didn’t have anything to do after high school and he likes the people in Mini. He is planning on graduating at … [Read more…]
By Kortnie Hansen I met up with Kyle Brynteson {aka} Zooty and asked him a few questions about his life outside of Mini. He’s been graduated since ‘95 and is doing good he says. He works full time at Morrie’s Mazda as a service runner and he is in the process of buying a new … [Read more…]
By Jamie O’Day You have fallen to your knees face to facewith death, under the shadows of thefallen towering trees waiting to be consumed and swept awayby the breeze far beyond the bearing street lightsout of touch and out of sight you hear an echo calling out your nametelling you that nothing can ever be … [Read more…]
By Cheryl Cermak Marti Norris, born January 26, 1981, has the qualities of an Aquarius and she is a lover not a fighter. She has perhaps the most awesome responsibility in Mini-School, keeper, guardian, Custodian of The Mini-School Spoon. For a full understanding of the talismanic properties of The Spoon, we must refer the reader … [Read more…]
By Trish Laumann On October 6th, the eleven people of Mark Warren trip #2 gathered at school. After everybody showed, we packed up the van. It was about 9:30 a.m. when we left the high school’s parking lot. Patti Heien, a former Mini-Schooler came along to help Doug out. She drove three kids up in … [Read more…]
By Leah Shoberg From what I learned first hand, Mark Warren was a pretty incredible person. Though I was wary before the trip, it was more with curiosity then nervousness. Those who shared this experience with me were; Craig Shrupp, Drew Emmings, David Larson-Hughes, Shaun Johnson, Shane Gardner, Tom Miller, myself, Laura Huberty, Jessica Turner, … [Read more…]
By Tom Miller If you could get an award for the stupidest dog in the world, my dog would get it. He does some of the dumbest things. He walks or lies in front of cars and trucks as they come up our driveway. He runs across the electric fence and will yelp and cry … [Read more…]
By Aaron Sapp Springer Spaniel. I named him Cocktail for reasons I will not say. The main reason we got him was to hunt grouse. We had him for a while and we found out that he had a type of diabetes. So we had to give him eye drops. The eye drops weren’t working … [Read more…]
By Aaron Sapp and Sam Maeder
By Aaron Hoerst Oh boy, it’s that time for the year, again. Yes, it’s the calendar drive for Mini-School with M.C. Berg leading his disciples; the determined Mini-School students. You may ask, “Why would us teens be so driven to sell calendars?” We sell them to make money for Mini-School to fund trips and make … [Read more…]