Earlier in the week, the Tigers prevailed over Litchfield by a healthy margin, 72-50.. That too was a road game. The Tigers stand at 2-1 with the lone loss coming against New London-Spicer.
Well, almost anyone could lose to New London-Spicer. Hasn't this been the norm for years and years? The key for understanding that? A well-known Morris community leader told me at church coffee one morning, "They have a good coach." The comment was kind of a faux pas by Morris community standards, because we've been encouraged to think that we don't judge coaches by wins and losses.
Maybe my grasp of this is dated. I can't help but be reminded of old community politics. It was once a very serious matter in our community, I assure you. I have lived through boycotts of businesses. All in the name of high school sports? And the irony is that the people pushing the boycotts - specifically a problem faction of the Morris teachers - actually felt that wins and losses should not be weighed highly. Or at least they claimed to think that. I should add that several of the "bad apples" - they came in pairs as married couples - have left Morris and re-settled elsewhere for retirement. Meanwhile yours truly has been quite happy to stay in Morris.
Believe me, I was once in the crosshairs of a fair number of people. Over high school sports? Well I guess so. Morris was seriously underperforming in sports in the early in mid-1980s and I could see exactly what the problem was. But you were treading rough water if you dared say anything about it. Let me just add that I came to hate public school teacher unions more than anything in the whole world.
It's 2025
We all roll forward in life. Live and learn. And doesn't it seem as though there are disproportionate deaths among people we know and love this time of year? Yesterday I wrote a post for my companion blog "Morris of Course" memorializing Pat Tanner and Arden Granger. Previous to these two we lost Lucy Imholte. Absolutely iconic names from UMM's past. So I wrote the post and perhaps I went afield with my thoughts a little. I am now over age 70 and I recently tweaked my medications a little, so maybe my focus isn't ideal right now. I apologize for that.
People long familiar with my writing will know that I occasionally go afield. Regardless of this, I think anyone who knew Pat or Arden will enjoy looking at the post. I include their pictures!
I knew Pat and her family better so I had more to share on her. Here is the link and I do thank you. It goes without saying "Merry Christmas."
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| Dean Monson |
More holidaytime bad news: I got word Friday night of the passing of Dean Monson. I wasn't prepared for this. God determines when our time will come. I heard Jesse Ventura speak on this once: "There is nothing we can do" to change God's arrangements in this regard.
Dean was known to be quite committed in his political thoughts! I sometimes got concerned that his loud talk about this might alienate customers at DeToy's Restaurant. What political party was he? If you don't know, then you didn't know Dean at all.
I talked to him very recently when I passed on news about the coyote advisory coming out of Breckenridge. Lots of coyotes around and they aren't bashful. Dangerous? We cannot be 100 percent sure that they are not. If a prime food source becomes scarce, who knows what such animals might do?
I never got around to telling Dean that I did vote Republican in an earlier phase of my life. Right now I am hugely concerned about what Republicans may be doing to America. I'm hugely concerned about Donald Trump's personal nature and character. And yet our "Christian churches" fight for him. I will try to mark Christmas appropriately anyway. If there is no hope with Christianity, then there is no hope.
I just wouldn't want to go to a church and be surrounded by Trump supporters. I'd have to walk out.
Dean Monson RIP. Pat Tanner RIP. Arden Granger RIP. Lucy Imholte RIP.
So the girls won
Obviously I'd love to be writing with some details this Saturday morning about the MACA girls win. Or, about the boys' win over Osakis last night, 65-55. As of 9 a.m. Saturday I can't find any game details. I think this is very unfortunate.
Why can't the newspaper collect some details and get them on their website? Is it such a heavy lift? The paper pulls out all stops to try to get us to "buy" their weekly print product, the old "dead tree" product. All I can do is observe, I guess.
I am embarrassed to look at the Stevens County Times website.
My next-door neighbor is a key player on the MACA girls team, Addie Cihak. She might wait on me tomorrow at DeToy's. We no longer have Brett Miller at the radio station. I have never met him. I have been crushed in trying to get timely information about MACA teams.
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| Lucy Imholte RIP |
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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