22 Quotes by Steve Olson

The world is impermanent--the eruption of Mount St. Helens showed how quickly and drastically things can change. Yet we still can be good stewards of the things we love.

Maybe it's time to take a lot closer look at the bureaucratic decisions being made by some of our governmental agencies and to start reducing their powers back to where the citizens control instead of being controlled.

If a church represents the efforts of the devout to invite God to join them in a place created by people, then a forest is a place where God already resides, and people can choose to recognize or ignore his presence.

We started planning last year, looking for a capstone project to encapsulate a bunch of different trades and fields to give the kids an awesome co-op experience.

We know clearly where the Hutchinson convention center is. In no way will we compete with the convention facility, or want to. We're doing room additions, adding double-bedded rooms, which are in great demand here, particularly for sporting activities. That's also the reason for the more spacious lobby area.

We were hoping to get a couple of other guys through to Madison, but it just didn't happen. We knew Brad was going to do well, but we thought a couple of other guys might get through, too. It just didn't happen. But we're very pleased that Brad is going back to state.

We have a pretty good shot at doing well at the regional on Saturday. We've wrestled strong competition all season, and that helps this time of the season. Realistically, I would like to think we can get eight or nine guys through, maybe even one or two more.

Scott came very close to winning the championship at 135. He had a big day for us. In the semifinals, he beat a kid who had beaten him by technical fall earlier this season. So he had a very big day.

I believe we have the best chance of fixing deficiencies. Money is a problem, but big government is not the answer.