Friday Night Lights: A Town

variety of sample-sized handcrafted cocktails as you explore their sensational flavors and properties. http://www.frankfortspirits.com/ WHY: Taste the weekend. WHERE: Frankfort Spirits: 23320 S. LaGrange Road, Frankfort WHEN: Noon, 1:30 and 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23 Holiday Movie Showing WHAT: Celebrate the holiday season with a seasonal moving showing of "It's…

Every town across america is prideful for some aspect of their community, some more than others. Big Cities like New York city, Chicago and Boston have a never ending list of community interest and pride in many different matters from city infrastructures to education and even culture diversities. In contrast to all of this Oddessa a small town in texas that only has one particular interest and that is football. The town’s and its resident’s pride all lay on the high school football team much…

of my sophomore year of high school, my parents went out of town for a few days to go up to Maine with their friends. They left me and my brothers, who are both adults, home alone. The last time they left for a few days, I had to stay with a babysitter. Therefore, it was a major independent experience for me because it gave me a sneak-peek of how to do everyday things without my parents. My parents left for four days; Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, which means I had to make sure I got…

the fact that it is the only place where it is socially acceptable to eat candy found on street. It is difficult to find somebody who dislikes parades. On an beautiful Friday night a parade was held in Madelia for the 41st annual Madelia Park Days. There was no raining on this parade. The event was planned to take place on Friday evening in an attempt to avoid the heat that usually accompanies it, while also leaving the Saturday events to go on uninterrupted by the parade. Long before the…

On an ominous, dark night it was extremely evident that there was something lurking in the trees. The feeling of a secret was lurking amidst the swaying trees. Luckily, I was inside cuddled underneath a freshly knitted blanket that concealed my body from the cold. It was on this night that I vividly remember the story of the Woman in the Mirror. Being unfamiliar with the urban legend, my grandmother continued to ask if I wanted to hear it, but my mom’s ‘no’ ringed throughout the air. She knew…

In 2012 a friend of mine said “there were 10 people that went missing in the summer of 1988 here in Kanabec county.” Kanabec county, Minnesota is the county I grew up in. I will not name the town I grew up in to protect my identity. I talked to a deputy at the Kanabec county sheriff 's office about the disappearance 's of 1988. The deputy told me I should talk to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. I called the BCA and asked them and they refuse to talk about it. I sent them a…

Friday nights in the small town of Odessa, Texas have always been dedicated to football, the whole town comes to a stop to support their football team. In 1988 at Permian High School, racism, education, sexism, and life have major impacts on the team’s performance and the player’s futures. The town will do whatever it takes to make the most successful team, including hindering the players future. The fathers, whose lives are a drag and unsuccessful, live vicariously through their sons and push…

It was a beautiful Friday afternoon. The May weather was perfect, with a slight refreshing breeze. Excitement was in the air as we all prepared for the 23 hour drive to Colorado. This was going to be the trip of a life time for our family. This much awaited trip had everyone on the edge of their seats. The Thomas family loaded their white Ford Expedition, said a prayer, and headed down the road. The whole family felt like little kids again. We might have looked like hillbillies going down…

at this desk for 35 years and retire as a jaded old white man who has a farm in the country where I breed little murderous horses that only attack on the second Friday of the month during golden hour so they look great for Instagram (please help me Kickstart this b movie that I am trying make more appealing to a new demographic (small town farmers who are cross breeding animals for new age cute internet memes)). This isn 't some…

never really went on “dates,” I still consider this a relationship to myself. There was a physical connection that I felt towards this person, but I wonder if he felt the same connection that I did. Life in a small town… I grew up in the small town of Shenandoah – one of those small towns where everyone knows everyone, word gets around and rumors spread like wildfire. Even though my “relationship” was kept under wraps, kind of like one of those deep dark secrets you share only with your closest…