Another amazing Color FUND Run takes place: 10th annual! (VIDEOS)

The temperatures approached 80 degrees today with full sunshine for B-B-E's 10th annual Color FUND Run! It was incredible! Hats off to everyone who helped pull it off! This includes an incredible level of planning. The 98 percent participation rate in the high school is just absolutely outstanding! We should all be proud of our school and community. I've got about a dozen videos to upload and process tonight.

Here's my first video recorded this afternoon:


I have a LOT to say about the naysayers who object to the Color FUND Run. None of their arguments make sense! The fact that there are so few of them speaks VOLUMES. As a parent, I would STRONGLY object to returning school fundraising ideas to peddling wrapping paper, candles, candy and more. Doing such types of fundraising for specific events like a band/choir Florida trip is one thing that I have no issue with, but for a school's general fundraising efforts - you will not find a more exciting, meaningful and fun-filled fundraiser than a Color FUND Run. There is a reason why schools from across central Minnesota REPEATEDLY approach B-B-E staff and ask how we do this Color Run each year. Think about that!

Yes, I'll get to more on this later after I record another sports show video.

Here's a video from the finish line...


I'd like to shift your attention briefly to theater...The Barn Theater!
This is a terrific show I've been asked to promote. The play is called Exit Laughing at The Barn Theater in Willmar. It is directed by my high school classmate Thomas Dougherty-Rosengren. We shared the theater stage at B-B-E high school when I was in senior high. He became a seasoned veteran of the theater at B-B-E. His first play was 35 years ago! Dang it, Thom, we are getting old!

Anyway, click here to read more at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper: https://shorturl.at/L1vsS. The website for The Barn Theater is https://www.thebarntheatre.com.

And here's my third fall sports show of the season:


Now that this is posted...we advance into the darkness...
It was tough to record that, but I wanted to get it done. I recorded this video with the distraction and heavy heart of news that is breaking across Jaguar Country about a tragic loss we have experienced in B-B-E high school with the death of a current student. It must be noted that the two competitions for Thursday that I spoke about are being postponed (which I should have realized while recording): girls' tennis in Belgrade and volleyball in Brooten. These events will not take place tomorrow. Additional information is forthcoming, but I will not share anything until it has been shared by school administrators.

I'll go back to the key point I was trying to make: we continue with a grand experiment to sustain what we've got going in Jaguar Country. It is a noble and worthy experiment. What we have here is a blessing, and this blessing of our community is needed in both good and bad times.