Sports Editor, Pocatello Idaho

[Idaho]

Ken Parks is a great man. Love him to death. He was my freshman hoops coach and track and field coach. Obviously, he didn't have much to work with when I was his player. Still, he worked to make me better and, after I sprouted from a 5-9 frosh to a 6-2 soph, I was of more value to the (practice) squad.

Ken 'retired' a few years ago in order to watch and not coach his youngest kid. Now, IIRC, he's back on the sidelines.

I'll throw a scary name or two at you. Glay Homer and Polly Dahlke.

 

[tyler durden 71351]

http://www.journalnet.com/articles/2006/08/19/news/breaking/news01.txt

Is this how you bury the competition?

There but for the grace of God go I. And MANY of my friends and former co-workers. I hope it works out for the guy and his family.

 

[Tom Petty]

Just gotta say that I normally would not laugh at this, but the guy's earlier posts were so dripping with self-reverence that it's hilarious.

wow lester, that's kinda cold.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

I’ll start by saying it’s not easy for me to post on here since so much of what’s written goes against what I believe in, namely discretion being the better part of valor.

 

[TRS-80]

Face it fellas, Brundage was a stalwart.

That guy got more creative ways to spell McNeely, Mcneely, McNeeley, MacNeely in print and in headlines than any man alive. Of course, his presence is sorely missed at the local lanes. He also had a wonderful rapport with Randy Rehrer.

But what happened with his replacement, the King of all Poky media? Did the crash landing in the poky cost him his new gig?

 

[Idaho]

Good heavens. It's an SEI reunion on SportsJournalists.com. Scary.

 

[Minotauro]

But what happened with his replacement, the King of all Poky media? Did the crash landing in the poky cost him his new gig?

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/31038/

 

[mose]

Face it fellas, Brundage was a stalwart.

That guy got more creative ways to spell McNeely, Mcneely, McNeeley, MacNeely in print and in headlines than any man alive. Of course, his presence is sorely missed at the local lanes. He also had a wonderful rapport with Randy Rehrer.

Randy Rehrer ... God, there's another name dredged up from the past. Even though he was chased out of town long before BS arrived on the ISJ scene, the two obviously shared some similar traits. I never heard anything about BS defiling high school girls, though.

Brundage ... the guy simply defies definition. You have to wonder if the sports staff in Reno looks at him with the same reverence we ISJ alums do.

Any of you guys ever go to his house and see his prize possession -- a lifesize Elvira cutout?

Speaking of BS, anyone know what his plans are?

 

[TRS-80]

If you knew Brundage, you had to figure by now he'd be managing a bowling alley somewhere with Rosy cutting hair in the back and flippin' burgers on the side. Is the Press Box still serving up good steak sandwiches and cold beverages?

 

[Idaho]

Is the Press Box still serving up good steak sandwiches and cold beverages?

Still there. Don't know if I'd call the steak sandwiches good, though.

that end of town (and farther north) has had a massive makeover recently.

 

[mose]

Ahhhh, Rosy ... the ISJ memory-lane hits just keep on coming. Ever since a post-deadline beer stop at Brundage's house one regrettable evening, the image of Rosy wandering around with curlers in her hair and cold cream on her face is indelibly etched in my psyche. Still need the occasional help of a therapist to deal with that.

I didn't think Bob would be managing a bowling alley by now, I figured he'd sweeping one out.

Was through Poky a couple weeks ago and made a visit to the Press Box. Same crowd, same good food -- I happen to like the steak sandwiches, although the prime rib sandwich special on Tuesday is more of a personal favorite. A trip to Buddy's is a ritual when I venture back to the Gate City ... that and getting a salad and combo pizza at Buddy's.

 

[Idaho]

Never thought I'd see a thread with more than one person waxing nostalgic about Pocatello.

I was there for five years and don't particularly miss it. The PressBox, for a guy of my particular persuasion, was regrettably not high on the to-do lists. Uma and I were more the type to stop at Wingers or Applebees for the lame chain food. ::) :-\

 

[mose]

Nor do I miss it. Was there just shy of five years, and made many close friends, the majority of whom still reside in Pocatello. What I miss is those acquaintances, mostly because I see those people maybe only once every three or so years, and establishments like the Press Box and Buddy's, where I spent many an hour drinking beer and bitching about the ISJ. But the town as a whole and the paper -- not one bit.

That said, the ISJ isn't a bad gig, especially if you're just starting out in the business. You get a chance to cover a lot of cool things -- Idaho State has it moments, and District V is easily the best high school region in the state -- and the work load is relatively light, although no one who works there thinks so at the time. It's a good place to get experience and clips, then get the hell out of.

So Idaho, your persuasion isn't condusive to Press Box patronage? What are you, a Boise State alum?

 

[Idaho]

Just not a drinker or smoker. And my wife wouldn't go to a place with smoke in the air -- though the PressBox (and the rest of Poky) is now pretty much smokefree. Plus, the Pressbox was the opposite direction from work and home for me. I live up on the hill near the hospitals.

My wife and I were just too busy with her job, my job and our kids to go out and do much. But Poky was good to us in many ways.

 

[storyteller]

Thank you for the trip down memory lane. Yes, I know the ISJ, Buddy's (great salad dressing) and the Press Box. Also, there used to be a great burger joint at the outskirts of town called the Wagon Wheel.

Randy Rehrer, Herb Williams, Brent Koetter are just some of the names from the past.

 

[Lester Bangs]

Just gotta say that I normally would not laugh at this, but the guy's earlier posts were so dripping with self-reverence that it's hilarious.

wow lester, that's kinda cold.

Perhaps, but anybody who takes themselves that seriously falls under the category "kick when down"

 

[TRS-80]

No one should forget the classic stock car racing Pocatello features on Saturday nights in the summer. An evening of getting dust and rubber blown in your face was far better than one sitting on the desk next to Brundage listening to him tell you how NO ONE put together more bang up agate pages than he did. Yep, Bob, you were overachieving by venturing beyond the agate page.

 

[Tom Petty]

Just gotta say that I normally would not laugh at this, but the guy's earlier posts were so dripping with self-reverence that it's hilarious.

wow lester, that's kinda cold.

Perhaps, but anybody who takes themselves that seriously falls under the category "kick when down"

you're a man of conviction lester. i hope i don't **** you off more than the one time i already have.

 

[JD Canon]

I don't know BS personally. Never worked for, with or against him. But I applied for a job at the ISJ when I graduated college, and he called me personally to tell me that although they had already offered the job to someone else, that he truly appreciated the work I had done in my clippings package.

Never talked to him ever again, but in a frustrating summer after I'd already been turned down for about a bajillion internships and was struggling to find a gig, it really inspired me and helped me keep a positive attitude. If he still reads this, I'll thank him for that.

Like I said, I don't really know what else he's about. But his interaction with me was a lot more stand-up than the treatment I've gotten from some other "professionals" I've worked with. It's kind of sad he had to go down like this.

 

[Ben There]

Is it too late to play the Garth Hall card?