2. Town where you live? Slater
3. Where did you grow up?
Sheldahl
4. What is (or was) your occupation? Farmer
5. What word best describes your personality?
Reserved
6. What is your favorite TV Show? "Andy Griffith"
7. What type of music do you like to listen to? Johnny Cash
8. If you could live in any other state, which state would you live in and why?
South Carolina - nice weather
9. What's your favorite season of the year and why?
Spring - everything is starting to sprout and grow
10. Do you have a favorite card game or board game? 500
11. What meal do you like best at suppertime? Fried chicken w/chicken gravy
12. What hobbies or pastimes do you enjoy most? Watching NCAA basketball games
13. What's your favorite color and why? Bright red
14. Would you rather live in a very old house with lots of character or a new house where everything worked perfectly? New house
15. What worldwide news item most captured your interest over the past 50 years? The news item would be the 9/11 attacks. There are many items to choose from over the last 50 years, but the 9/11 attacks would be the one that comes to my memory.
16. What's your favorite breakfast cereal? Oatmeal
17. Who are the members of your family? Sons - Tron and Tim, daughters - Tracy Scott, Linda McNeil, Valerie Coffman, wife - Marlys
18. What's your favorite thing to eat with chocolate in it? Hershey's candy bar
19. What was the best present you ever received as a child? Shetland pony
20. Who do you consider the greatest athlete of all time? Jim Thorpe or Jesse Owens. But I would choose Jesse Owens. He had a tremendous Olympics.
21. What place in the world have you not visited, but would most like to visit? Italy
22. Did you ever learn to play a musical instrument?
No
23. Do you love waking up in the morning or hate waking up in the morning?
Love- I will get up at 3 a.m. and listen to the radio
24. What's one of your fondest childhood memories? 1939 at Sheldahl High School, when we won the Polk County basketball tournament vs. all the towns in Polk County.
25. What do you consider the "good old days," and what do you miss most about them? 1930 - summertime; Sheldahl had outdoor movies and Slater had band concerts. Both towns were packed. There was no TV, and this is what people did for entertainment.
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