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Kevin Olesen of Wrenshall replied on the Pine Knot Facebook page to Dave Chmielewski’s Dec. 6 column advocating for people to support a two-site solution in the upcoming Carlton/Wrenshall survey:
Nailed it. ... without a positive outcome on the survey, at the legislature, and in a potential referendum vote next August the Raptors are in jeopardy of becoming extinct again.
You should see what I saw [at the Carlton vs. Wrenshall basketball game] last night ... kids from both schools sitting together, laughing together and cheering for their friends together ... And I saw lots of Wrenshall fans in Raptors gear, and I saw only Bulldog gear across the gym. Not saying that’s bad ... but it is interesting. If this consolidation effort fails again Wrenshall is going to have a K-12 school in its district. Can you say the same thing, Bulldog fans? ... [Leaving the gym] I walked through the players in both uniforms and I thought about what could and should be.