Comments on: TCTOD: A deep and abiding love of small town roots

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:34:31 +0000

I met Jon in his short stay in IT classes at the U and we connected because of our similar small town backgrounds. I went to the previously mentioned Red Rock Central high school (Jeffers, Storden, Sanborn, Lamberton). I really enjoyed going to a small town high school because you can play any sport you want even though you may not be that athletic. Nothing beats whopper feeds and high school football on fall Fridays. Can I get a witness.

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:33:41 +0000

My favorite team to play against in baseball back in the 90s was Red Rock Central-Westbrook Walnut Grove. That combined the towns of Sanborn, Lamberton, Stordon, Jeffers, Westbrook, and Walnut Grove. That made my Heron Lake-Okabena-Lakefield school seem a little bit bigger out in the Red Rock Conference since we only had three towns combined. The kids out in the ‘burbs really did miss some fun names and times out in the sticks.

By: Stu

Stu — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:11:01 +0000

Jon: because it was a completely unfair cheap shot that had little basis in reality.

By: Dave MN

Dave MN — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:15:50 +0000

Excuse me, the cake eaters in Edina ate far better cake than I ate in Eden Prairie as a child.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:58:23 +0000

I’m sure the suburbanites here have equally fascinating stories about the time that Greta the nanny fed you your cake with a salad fork, and Daddy had no choice but to terminate her on the spot.

I laughed at this… but why? It’s not like I grew up in imporverished circumstances.

By: Stu

Stu — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:14:49 +0000

And this whole thread serves as the answer to Jon’s question about rural pride: because rural Minnesota is really kinda weird. 8 school districts smashed into one goofy acronym, nowhere to go and nothing to do.

I’m sure the suburbanites here have equally fascinating stories about the time that Greta the nanny fed you your cake with a salad fork, and Daddy had no choice but to terminate her on the spot.

By: Merx

Merx — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:07:14 +0000

Very disturbing, Nightman [redacted] the boy’s backdoor. I would like to see a full length version of the musical, maybe it will be on the DVD.

By: jama

jama — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:35:00 +0000

No mention of the battle between Dayman vs. Nightman on last nights It’s Always Sunny?

Boo season finale. Hooray Rock Opera!

By: Clarence Swamptown

Clarence Swamptown — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:30:37 +0000

Thank you for explaining, Stu.

/hides chardonnay bottle behind back.

For some reason when I hear a consolidated school name I think of WCCO radio’s snowstorm school closing reports: “Kenyon-Wannamingo, public and parochial, 2 hours late. No moring kindergarden”.

By: Mike K

Mike K — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:25:51 +0000

Since AZGG doesn’t seem to be around I’ll represent her hometown (I think).

SE is Sibley East (Gaylord, Arlington, Green Isle) which, contrary to what every person from the cities thinks, is not adjacent to Henry Sibley, but rather is the east side of Sibley county.

We absolutely despise the west side (which is pretty much identical) GFW (Gibbon, Fairfax, Winthrop)