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 … [Read more…]
By Lacey Landt Matt Thompson: Move out of Minnesota and work, maybe go in the service. Matt Evans: Take over Doug’s position Dan Jensen: Making at least 6 digits a year. Aaron Hoerst: Most famous radio personality in the world. La’kaysa Bollig: Go to college and hopefully the Olympics. Elissa Johnson: Work mostly maybe college. … [Read more…]
By Leah Shoberg As the time of change approaches for Mini-School, we are all waiting, anticipating the possibilities. On one hand, people like J.J. Day hold high hopes for the future of Mini. But on the other hand…..some hopes have been suppressed by the myths and rumors of those not so optimistic. And that’s why … [Read more…]
Doug’s Note- I wrote up the following story for the MHS faculty on 5/10/99. It still blows me away. I was going to tell this story to you at the faculty meeting last Wednesday, but Teresa Rosen’s presentation didn’t leave me any time, so I thought I’d write it up for you. I led a … [Read more…]
By Kari Opheim and Mark Thole A lot of things are going on this year. It’s an end of an era and a new beginning all at once. We decided to interview Randy to see his point of view on what will come for the future years of Mini-School. Q: What was your goal when … [Read more…]
By Lacey Landt Well I think this year could be the year I finish. After five years of High School, four years in Mini, I am pretty sure I don’t want to be here anymore. I have just been waiting for Doug to retire so we can finish together. My first year as a sophomore … [Read more…]
By Doug Berg A really good book I read this winter was King of the World by David Remnick, editor of the New Yorker. King of the World is the story of Cassius Clay/Muhammed Ali, particularly about his development as a boxer and as a personality who influenced not only the fight game, but politics, … [Read more…]
By Joanne Johnston Joanne Elliott-Storlie Johnston says, “See ya, ‘bye!” It’s a heart-wrenching experience to be leaving Mini-School. Unlike Doug, I’m not retiring, just changing jobs. It’s been on my mind the last few years as my job, Mini-School, and the world has changed. Am I being true to myself? Or am I shooting myself … [Read more…]
By JJ Day and Carrie Tiggas One of our featured people for this issue of Com-mini-cations is Marlene Berg, wife of Mini-School’s own Doug Berg. Marlene and Doug have been married for 30 years {one year longer than Mini-School} and have a son, Charles, 28. Marlene has been very involved in Mini-School over the years … [Read more…]
By Seth Stiebinger Y2K, or year 2000 for those of you that don’t know, is a computer term for a problem brought up by lazy programmers. Y2K breaks down to this. When programmers write programs that contain the current date they use a 2-digit system {e.g. 2-10-99} as opposed to a a 4-digit system {e.g. … [Read more…]