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Greetings and Welcome to The 405 Coffee Break with O.K. Solberg
New episodes tend to air over the local KMMR radio station @ 5 minutes past 4PM each M-F. And have been doing so, nearly every week since Sept 2018.
I'm D.J. Rasmussen, O.K.s friend since junior high, possibly your neighbor & this websites maintainer, whom strives to get each episode's show notes written, the transcript proofed and the audio posted to the internet within a few hours of that days KMMR air time. NOTE: recently been publishing most new releases by 4:30PM.
Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoy the time we can spend together.
I wanna again welcome you to The 04:05 Coffee Break Tuesday. Guys, get you a cup of coffee, Coca Cola, Pepsi, whatever you'd like. Let's see what's happening.
OK Solberg:Spring wheat $5.51 a bushel. 550lb steer calf. I kid you not. $5 and a penny. $5.01 Butcher hog in Iowa, 61ยข a pound, and a 100lb fat lamb in Billings $2.57. But guys, there's more. Much more.
OK Solberg:Okay. Bible verse right up front. The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother. Proverbs 29:15
OK Solberg:Now I shared that verse because today I'll be sharing the one and only time I got sent to the principal's office for discipline. You're listening, Gary? I went to Mr. Knudson's office. Realized that by 5 grade, I was liking the school business, like, really well. Sure. We always look forward to summer vacation. Sure.
OK Solberg:We would rather be doing something else other than being in school. But since we were destined to go to school, we knew it had to happen. So we just accepted it, made the best of it. And let me tell you now, school ain't for book learning, it was for people learning and being with your friends is what made school go round.
OK Solberg:Now by 5th grade, I had made many friends. You know, guys, friends are the spice of school. I think now how long it was since I graduated high school, and I'm still very close to many friends from way back then. Isn't life about friends?
OK Solberg:Why stay in touch with Todd Smith, talk to him today, my friend in Longmont, a friend I made in junior high the fall of 1969. I stay in contact with Boone Lundstrom and Mike Sams, Stan Green, Barb Garlie, Debbie Cummings, Grace Clausen, Brian Schuffelmeyer, Vince Smockle, Mark Hunkerford, Pete Lumsden, Brad Hickson, just to name a few. Sorry. I know more. I just drew a blank.
OK Solberg:But it was school where I met all these people for the 1st time. Going to school together makes us family in my book. So if you remember and if you listen to my second grade account, it looked pretty bleak for this hick kid, but then came my friends. That's what makes life worthwhile. So today it's 5th grade.
OK Solberg:5th grade in Malta Elementary School and Mrs. Hulte's class. Remember, I'll do you a favor. I won't tell you everything I remember just some of the things. 5th grade is when Bobby Silz joined us. 5th grade, we had Martha Chaney in our class.
OK Solberg:It was 5th grade that Mrs. Hulte read us The Yearling after lunch. But this account I wanna relay happened in the 1967. I don't remember having one best friend in 5th grade. The network had enlarged so much and remember now, we're growing up. So anyway, it's recess time and Dean Hassler and I were horsing around on the playground.
OK Solberg:Not fighting, just doing what boys do. You know, wrestling around. Nobody mad. Just boy stuff. It's guy stuff. And all of a sudden, I feel this big hand on the back of my neck. I think it's Boone. And I'm gonna turn around and and give him the what for. By 5th grade, you could give any of your classmates the what for real good. So I turn around and it isn't Boone.
OK Solberg:Oh, no. It's Mr. Knudson, the principal. In one felt swoop, my life flashed before my eyes figuratively speaking. And I'm not ashamed to admit it because it's the truth. I started crying like a baby right there.
OK Solberg:I did. This was worse than Mrs. Anderson announcing to the class that I wrote on the playground and now I had to go wash it off. This was way worse. So I'm crying and Mr. Knutson he's scolding us and he points towards his office and says, I wanna see you boys in my office. Tears are running down my cheeks and I wish I was dead.
OK Solberg:And I remember my friend Dean Hassler consoling me as we walked across the playground. Yes. Dean was consoling me and telling me it wasn't that bad and stuff like that. And I think back and I'm really happy I was with Dean. See, Dean had been to Mr. Knudson's office more than once.
OK Solberg:Dean may have been to Mr. Knudson's office a dozen times so far in this 5 years of school. So it's always good to have someone that knows the ropes and I was with Dean. Well, Mr. Knudson comes in and he scolds us and tells us we can't horse around on the playground. He doesn't wanna see or hear of us doing it again. And well, it got over.
OK Solberg:But by this time, recess had all also gotten over. And when I returned to Mrs. Holti's class, they were working on an art project. Color crayons on every desk. Now I sat right behind Brent Waters in that classroom. And guys, Brent, he had the 64 pack of color crayons with a built in sharpener.
OK Solberg:I had the 16 pack. Many kids had the 24 pack, but Brent, no, Brent, he had the 64 pack with the built in sharpener, the envy of every child in school. Well, Brent, he saw my tear streaked cheeks and he knew I wasn't having a real good day. Do you know what he did? Yep.
OK Solberg:He handed back his 64 count color crayons with a built in sharpener and let me use them. Guys, do you know how much that meant to me? Wasn't that nice? And that's what school is all about, Charlie Brown. And now, sadly, both Dean and Brent are gone, but I'll never forget them.
OK Solberg:So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.