Chaska Herald Editor Mark Olson was invited over tonight to test out the new beer bar on the Southeast deck. Mark is editor number 14 at the Herald, which was founded in 1862. He's competently run the paper for at least five years now. Started there as a reporter. Stan was Editor No. 6 and Publisher No. 4. Some relatives think he's still the editor of the Chaska paper, though he left the job in 1978.Mark was chosen to test the new beer bar because of his close professional association with a long line of experienced drinkers.
To wit: Mistakenly thinking his car to be in reverse, a besotted predecessor once pumped the gas pedal until the car finally leaped the curb and crashed through the front window of the newspaper office.Somehow, although the entire town knew about it by suppertime, the event never made the paper.
Mark's image is a bit more wholesome. Some folks think he looks like Ron Howard and call him Opie. Tonight Mark approved of the table built by his former boss and was rewarded with a steak dinner grilled up by St. Paul Katie.
The project was inspired by Stan's Mankato brother, who hand-built a three-level deck with flying bridge this summer. Ostentatious yes. Some envy here, yes. But Steve's back at work now, so it appears we won't be submitting a joint bid for the I-35 project.
