tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102867.post846536847061608700..comments2023-11-05T04:38:52.557-06:00Comments on LeftWingCracker: Looking Across The River At A MemorySteve Steffenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104688163653632284noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102867.post-44145888973607751632010-07-02T12:46:45.689-05:002010-07-02T12:46:45.689-05:00Excellent points, sir. The identity gets wrapped ...Excellent points, sir. The identity gets wrapped up in the ball teams, and Weiner doesn't even have a football team. <br /><br />The irony is that, once they merge, Weiner kids will get the opportunity to play high-school FB, which has never been available to them.Steve Steffenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104688163653632284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102867.post-6120809270123038962010-07-02T12:36:58.563-05:002010-07-02T12:36:58.563-05:00Google "Custer City, Oklahoma," put Pant...Google "Custer City, Oklahoma," put Panthers intead of Cardinals and now find it consolidated--"taken over" as the locals put it 10 years ago when I lived up the road a piece in the Big City of Thomas (1,250 versus 400)--and you will discover Weiner now. It casued a myriad of problems, but Custer had no choice given both the issues you raise with Weiner coupled with an Oklahoma Education reform bill known as "1017" (passed under GOP Gov's Henry Bellmon's leadership and he is widely-praised for having done so excpt by the Loons and Wingnuts), so within five years of the new law, Custer was forced to swallow its traditiuon and consolidate with the Hated Terriers up the road. It was very sad for the Custer folks and to my knowledge, they remain bitter about the whole business. At the same time, another Oklahoma town, that of Cyril, continues to be an ISD that barely meets the curriculum and population requirements, but has horribly inadequate class offerings (haven't had a Fine Arts program in decades, for example: just crank up the boom box at football halftimes) and graduates who are taught by certified "professionals" whose English is, well, not exactly Queen-like. Cyril, several years after I left, FINALLY agreed to consolidate with Cement ("See-miiint" as the locals say), but refuse to consider doing so the other two small locales of Sterling and Fletcher. Subsequently, Cyril and "See-miiiint" continue to field an 8-man football team (often bad, at least when I was there), but offer their children next to nothing in issues that make life worth living. That is the true sadness of which you speak.callmeishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487928923226189314noreply@blogger.com