A Movie Review by Anthony R. Cruikshank Do you like James Bond films? Do you like spoof films? Two great tastes that taste great together. Austin Powers, the groovy swinging British agent of the 60’s, is played by Mike Myers. Austin Powers is a combination of a bad British rock star, James Bond, and Gingivitis. … [Read more…]
By Jessica Juneau Independent study is a class where you can take Science, Math, History and English. It’s a great opportunity to make up credits, or graduate on time. It is a lot of fun. People can even be in independent study if they’re not in Mini School or if they’re in main stream. I … [Read more…]
By Lacey Landt Tuesday, June 10th, at 7:00 p.m. the end of the school year. A night of fun, we will be handing out awards, hearing from various speakers, such as Debbie Ennis, and checking out some slide shows from the beginning of the year all the way to the end. Last year was Randy’s … [Read more…]
By Doug and Randy Tom Riordon {81}- Recently called from his home in California and is doing great. Has a super family and is really proud of his kids. Tom was in town to attend the wedding of Jeff Thompson, brother of former Mini-Schooler, Dave. Melissa Quigley {76}- More about her in this issue, but … [Read more…]
By Trish Laumann At $7.20 an hour and the great people I work with, it almost makes me forget I’m working with artificial meat and vegetables that have been pre-packaged for McDonald’s use only. I remember when I first started working there in December 1995. I worked in the back assembling the food that we … [Read more…]
By Jessica Juneau Trisha Laumann Heather Trowbridge Jake Spagenske Leah Shoberg
By Leah Shoberg My first impressions of Mini. The first communication I had with the Mini-School class, as a whole, was during a Tuesday meeting, on my 2nd day in Mini. Doug led the most diverse group of people in “Happy Birthday” in the most creative fashion I’d ever heard. Well, at least that’s how … [Read more…]
By Marcelle Dorenkamp I first entered Mini-school with an overwhelmingly negative perspective on life. I thought, ‘Yes! Now I can just slack off and skip whenever I feel the need to do so’, but boy, did I have another think coming. I did skip, and as a result of that I used up my eight … [Read more…]
By Marcelle Dorenkamp, Jessica Juneau, Mike Phelps, Lacey Landt, Chris Robertson, and Eric Thomas The Drive UpWe all met at school at six in the morning on May 14th (with the exception of Hondo, who decided at the last minute that he would not be joining us.) Of course each of our faces grew long … [Read more…]
By Bobby Lopez April 5, 1997 It’s Saturday morning and we’re getting ready to leave because we have a long drive ahead of us. The concert is in Lacrosse, Wisconsin. From the cities it’s about three hours away. The drive to Lacrosse was long and boring because my friend’s car has no stereo, but the … [Read more…]