By Jeana Doescher and Mark Thole
After 29 years, Mini has come to the end of a great era, and the hopeful beginning of a new one. Most of us, of course, are sad about this strange transition, especially after Doug and Joanne, and maybe even Randy move on to different things.
But let us not despair, for we can look forward to the possible future of our beloved Mini-School, cross over that unknown void, float through unknown space, and throw caution to the wind- for the best new era, that we the kids, must create for ourselves.
One of the biggest parts of this transition is finding that new, young, smart outdoors man to take over Doug’s job. We believe that is one of the biggest concerns of all Mini-kids: “What will become of our Mini after our founders retire? Will Mini fall apart?” Well, perhaps that would have been a concern in say, 1971, when Mini was only a year old. But today, it’s not only the teachers that make the great Mini-School possible, but the kids as well. We were all a part of of making Mini what it is today, and it’s up to us to make Mini what we want it to be in the future, for the great new era.