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In chapter 7 of The Smart Kid, a student is telling another about Skatin’ Place, the roller skating rink in St. Cloud. I think that it opened some time in the 1970s. I used to skate there a lot when … Continue reading
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In chapter 6 of The Smart Kid, Charleen goes to watch a play at the Paramount Theater in St. Cloud, MN. There really is a theater in St. Cloud called The Paramount. Although, by 1979, the theater was used for … Continue reading
In Chapter 5 of The Smart Kid, the team names of the three high schools in St. Cloud are mentioned: the Tech Tigers, the Apollo Eagles, and Cathedral Crusaders. I graduated from Tech High School in 1978. (The St. Cloud … Continue reading
In chapter 3 of The Smart Kid, the St. Cloud Correctional Institution is discussed. It has the longest granite wall in the world, and is one of the nation’s oldest prisons. AKA “Graystone College” All of the granite for the … Continue reading