Offered without commentary: @minnesotabrown will be visiting Cherry tomorrow to talk politics and social media— Kristen Cooper (@cherrytech) January 29, 2013 @cherrytech Before return to alma mater, I demand amnesty on matters pertaining to the beaver cartoon published in the school paper in 1997.— Aaron Brown (@minnesotabrown) January 29, 2013 @minnesotabrown @cherryprincipal Mr. Carey will… Read More →
Hey! Hey! Hands off my hay!
December 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This morning, NPR aired this story about hay thefts on the Great Plains. With drought across much of the country, hay is a precious commodity these days, commanding double the normal price. This has prompted hay rustling, which is funny when you think about the size and highly visible location of most hay bales. I… Read More →
Mesaba Park holds midsummer event June 22-23
June 13, 2012 by 1 Comment
One of the quirky throwbacks to the Iron Range’s labor tradition is the Mesaba Co-op Park on the edge of Hibbing. It is a cooperative recreational park where labor organizers and early socialists once met, sometimes under the watchful eye of labor spies and the FBI. Built largely by the Finns who settled the Cherry… Read More →
Cherry Tigers are state softball champs!
June 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Congratulations to the girls from my alma mater, Cherry High School, for their state championship victory today. Cherry is a tiny school. I graduated from a class of 38 and it’s much smaller now. Their only other team championship prior to this was the 1997 baseball title won when I went to school there (and… Read More →
MPR: When your high school is torn down, progress seems like a mixed blessing
June 24, 2011 by 2 Comments
I’ve got the feature commentary at Minnesota Public Radio today. This is a longer piece about my feelings seeing a picture of the old Cherry School being torn down and replaced. I mentioned this last week, with the picture. Read and recommend the essay over at MPR. It helps! Related posts: No related posts.
The old Cherry School is gone
June 15, 2011 by 4 Comments
I attended Cherry High School, graduating in 1998. Cherry is a township at the edge of Hibbing’s rural eastern borders on the Iron Range of northern Minnesota. On Tuesday the old part of the school, built in 1928, was torn down to make way for a major renovation. I’ve written more on the topic to… Read More →
Mesaba Co-op to hold annual youth arts camp
May 20, 2011 by 2 Comments
Mesaba Co-op Park is seeking applicants for its summer youth arts camp. The Co-op enjoys a lengthy political and historical tradition on the west side of Cherry Township, but often overlooked is its tradition as a social gathering place. The 17th annual Northstar Arts Camp will be held June 20-23 at Mesaba Co-op Park near… Read More →
My Range alma mater now has just 24 graduating seniors, and other tales of woe
May 27, 2010 by 2 Comments
Some statistics from a recent regional high school graduation story in the Hibbing Daily Tribune:Cherry School: 24 seniorsNashwauk-Keewatin High School: 52 seniorsChisholm High School: 44 seniorsHibbing High School: 146 seniorsThe headline for the story was “Graduates abound” and these stats were included with information such as class colors, motto and song. For instance, Nashwauk-Keewatin’s senior… Read More →
Better off Red
June 19, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The Mesaba Co-op Park near Cherry holds its 80th annual Midsummer Festival starting tonight and running through this weekend. Related posts: No related posts.
Legendary socialist lair to hold 80th anniversay with picnic, lectures
May 27, 2009 by 7 Comments
You know what you don’t see much of these days? Cooperative recreational parks in which membership is based on shared maintenance of the grounds. The Mesaba Co-op Park between Cherry and Hibbing is legendary on the Iron Range and beyond. Of course, part of that might have more to do with its reputation as a… Read More →
