School
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Betty Gorham’s Caramel Rolls
Betty Gorham was a cook for many many year at the Big Lake High School. Friday mornings coming into the school was a treat due to the mouth watering smell of her Caramel Rolls fresh from the oven. Betty also cooked in the summers for Camp Wells for many years. Chris Serflaten Geisler shared “Betty’s
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High School Football All-Time Performances and Honor Rolls
I was at the Big Lake Football year-end banquet and they had a great packet laying on the tables of All-Time Performances and Honor Rolls. It’s quite extensive and they have it posted on www.BLfootball.org. But I wanted to give a shout out to some top performers that I know are members Chuck Woolhouse, Denny Wold, and Clyde Stein. There
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A tour of the High School Industrial Arts room
My husband volunteers with the Big Lake Robotics team. They are building this year’s robot in the Middle School shop which for some of you was the High School shop. I figured some folks might want a video walk down memory lane.
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School Memorabilia?
The High School is looking for historical school memorabilia. They want to put up some school history displays in the media center. For all of us old timers, the “media center” is like the library only a lot less books and more computers! Oh, I loved the dewey decimal system…I digress. Sarah Hillebrand Scharf contacted me
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Big Lake School Building History
The Big Lake School was built in 1903 and still stands as a testament to our forefathers value of education. The new school was built in 1974 (now the Middle School) and followed with the new elementary school (Independence) in 1979-80 school year. The west wing of the school housed a variety of businesses since
