By Chad Zaback In the spring of 1992 our fearless leader Doug Berg led a group of eight Mini-School students (Chris Bagdons, Josh Rockstad, Mike Heuerman, Jesse “The Bod” Carlson, Terry Vincent, Chad Zaback, Meatball and Karlene “Token Woman” Knacke ) and one veteran (Jim “J.J.” Jensen) into the great southwest U.S. We covered a … [Read more…]
By Elliot Tan At a frozen campsite far away, lived eight men. These eight men were huddled around a fire, deep in the woods. They had donned a look of hard, emotionless stone, a cowl needed if one was to survive the conditions these men faced. The wear, the pain, the leathering effect that the … [Read more…]
By Chris Thompson This was one trip that we all really didn’t know what to expect. The only one with a clear idea in his head was Doug Berg. It was 6:00 A.M. and the only thing we as a group cared about was going back to sleep. As the trip proceeded we all started … [Read more…]
By Ronilyn Rasmussen Concert band had the opportunity to travel to Chicago from May 10th to the 12th. Our band stayed at the Hyatt Regency, which was a real nice hotel. Concert band went to experience a different place and learn some things about music, art, and other interesting things, and also to have fun. … [Read more…]
By Josh Hendrickson Day 1. At about 6:00am Josh Kilen, Artie McLain, Ryan Putt, Jeremy Meyers & Myself met at Perkins on Highway 7 to put all the stuff in Randy’s van. There was an ex-Mini-School student along, Terry Smith. After everything was loaded up we left for Northfield. When we got to Northfield we … [Read more…]
By Chad Zaback Another Mini-School trip has successfully journeyed through one of the world’s seven wonders without injury or critical complications. This wonder I speak of is the one and only Grand Canyon. My first words upon arrival were simply, “Wow, that’s BIG!” That place is really…well…words can’t describe all the beauties and mysteries it … [Read more…]
By Aaron Vick On Thursday, April 12, Mrs. Norton and Lester took Dave Webster, Ann Voegel, Suzanne Ward, Nichall Barth, Justin Weitnauer, Jerry Erickson, Heather Naegele, Bob Colehour, Ami Mueller, Trisha McGuire and myself, Aaron Vick, out of school. We went to the Country Kitchen for breakfast. Then we went to the Omni Theatre at … [Read more…]
By Dan Fish At 6:35 on March 28th, Dan, Jenny and myself sat and watched in frustration as our train left the depot. The frustrating part was that our 4th party, Keith, the one who was late, was the one that assured us that he was the best man to hold on to our tickets … [Read more…]
By Chris Waldroff Well, the day was here for the somewhat annual Florida trip. Dan Nestberg, (Beefy) Jeff Rohr and I (Chris Waldroff), decided to have our own trip this year–since Norm is not able to do the trip anymore. Dan and I picked everyone up: Jeff (Beefy) Rohr, Christine Ottum (Chris’ girlfriend), Amy Blessing … [Read more…]
By Rhett Rasmussen and Doug Berg From April 24th to May 4th a Mini-School group of 9 people took a canoe trip on the Buffalo River in the backwoods of the Ozark Mountains in northern Arkansas. The group consisted of: students–Chris (Odie) O’Dell, Rob (alum) Stundahl, Greg (Treatment) Anderson, Karl Rehpohl, Brent Thompson, Jarrett Harrington, … [Read more…]