Thanksgiving

A few random photos for the Holiday.

First, two good looking serious Twins fans and some old guy at the Metrodome.
Happy Anniversary!
Below, Campbell Minnesota High School basketball team 1938-39. Check out the tall guy in the front row with the fancy hair. Campbell High School Football team 1938, check out #45.


A great aerial view of Jayhawk blvd on the KU campus.

Sabo turning a buck back in the day.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Trimming the Tree at Springer

Monday afternoon all the faculty in Springer Hall at MacMurray trimmed a Christmas Tree. Here is a shot of the tree before we attacked it with the ornaments.

Khara placing one of the many bells on the tree, it is trimmed with a bell theme. Thanks to Terri Benz for putting this all together!

Ray and Joe setting up the ornaments and the bar.

Note the Mountain Dew can in a Cabella's koozie.

Everyone having a great time.

More people arrive, some even came from as far as that that "other college" across town.
The food bar with neon Jesus.

Sunday November 23rd

Today it was 52 and very sunny so we worked in the yard.
Here is a shot of Christy putting her tree toppers together for the Holidays and sporting a Fargo Moorhead Redhawks lid.

The finished product below.


Our nimrod neighbor blowing her leaves from her yard and down the street to another house. What a jackass.

Working in our yard.Yes, that is an Ottertail Lake sweatshirt.The finished product.

Concordia Seminary Springfield?

The other day I learned that Springfield had a Lutheran Seminary in the recent past, so I went on the hunt for information. As it turns out it was a Missouri Synod seminary that had a large campus on the north-central side of town . I took a trip over to the location last Tuesday and took some photos.

I located an old postcard on the Internet. Below is a photo of the same building today.

And here is a close up of the old entrance.


Even closer, you can read "Concordia _______ 1890" I assume the word "Theological" was removed, I am curious why.

Below is an old dormitory or faculty offices and classrooms. The buildings are in great shape.

Above is another building that looked like a dormitory.


The other side of the above building.
In the photo below, I located some detail work from the above building. I would think that the center of these contained Luther's Rose and they have been removed.Below is a modern building from the seminary, was it a bookstore or an administration building? I bet both, we all know who gets the new building!


Some of my loyal readers will be thrilled that all Christian symbols were removed from the campus.
However, they missed a few. The above detail work surrounds the entire new building.

The old chapel.

Some history of the seminary:

1875 -- Concordia Theological Seminary moves from St. Louis to Springfield under the leadership of Rev. Craemer. They utilize the former Illinois State University building which is soon nicknamed "die Kaffeemuehle" because of its similarity to a coffee mill.

1891 -- Luther Hall is dedicated at Concordia Theological Seminary.
1895 -- Trinity establishes a branch elementary school on the Seminary Grounds.

1951 -- Luther Statue on Seminary grounds is dedicated.

1976 -- Despite valiant efforts by local lay leaders, pastors and even city officials, Concordia Seminary leaves Springfield for Fort Wayne, Indiana. It had a 99 year length of stay here. The buildings and grounds are presently used by the State of Illinois Department of Corrections for training of employees.

Buffy makes the Blog!

Beth and Polly made a trip to Springfield this weekend and Buffy finally made it on the Blog!Cruddy and Beth hanging out in the dining room and enjoying HDs.Outside antique mall #1, The Lighthouse south of Springfield on our way to St. Louis.Outside antique mall #2, The Coliseum, a very cool old-school ball room. The last time we posed for a photo in the Colosseum it was in Rome!

In front of our favorite Italian restaurant on The Hill in St. Louis. Gian-Tony's is the best, try it!

The EXACT spot I was standing watching game 5 when the St. Louis Cardinals won the 2006 World Series.


Leaving Gian-Tony's after a huge meal.

Pennsylvania!

Last weekend (starting on Reformation Day) we traveled to Pennsylvania for the wedding of Khara Koffel and Marc Benner. They held the event at Bear Creek Ski Resort.

On the way we saw a number of these really cool hex designs on barns in the countryside.

Some were old...Some were new.The first day we took an hour long hike around the ski resort with Nadine.The next day we did the whole loop around the ski mountain, about 3 hours. On the way we discovered this really cool old building. It looked like it was used for logging back in the day.Cruddy at a window.Me standing by the main entrance. It could have fit narrow gauge rails!At the top of the ski slope, an elevation change of about 1000 feet from the start.We met Mary Anthony, Nadine and Joe on the way down. Note the stylish appearance of these three!Christy in a rock formation.Me by a stream, too shallow for trout...but hold on.....Christy sitting on a big rock eating cheese and crackers and reading while I.....Fly fish in their stocked pond!

The only flies I took with were the big ones for Bass I had from Michigan and the bluegills in the pond were too small to take them, but they did hit them. The wolf attacking Little Red Riding Hood after the wedding.

Signed wooden shoes from the Mac Faculty.