It was a great night for baseball as Northern Sentry owner Ted Bolton was able to host our reporters, and their families, at a recent Hot Tots game.
The first pitch of the game between the Minot Hot Tots and the Bismarck Larks was not until 5:05, but there was plenty of reason to arrive at Corbett Field a bit early as our VIP wrist bands entitled us to get in line for a ballpark buffet that included hamburgers, hot dogs and pulled pork sandwiches to start. Next in line was the signature tater tot hotdish…how could it get any better?
Next in the buffet line was a macaroni salad and then there were bags of chips that included plain old Lays potato chips, or my favorite Frito Lays. At this point you should really have side boards on your buffet plate to make room for everything, but a little imaginative stacking allowed everything to fit as we all headed for the drink coolers.
Could it be more perfect? Well only if you used one of your tickets to pick up a beer or iced tea at the beer tent, and then we headed for an open table trying desperately to manage our plate full of food in one hand and a drink in the other.
I wish I could say that my eyes were bigger than my stomach, but that was not the case. I did manage to finish a pulled pork sandwich and a hot dog long before first pitch. And with a little bit of transparency here, none of the food was thrown away. Yep, I ate it all…feeling definitely full and not even thinking about going back for seconds on anything.
Besides Ted and I we were able to host reporters Hannah Waters, Natalie Zarella and Amy Allender. Not being to attend were reporters Kerianne Noelle and Bryleigh McBride, Managing Editor Erin Beene and our Production Manager Nikki Greening. To be fair, Karianne is very busy Mom, Bryleigh is a busy kid during the summer, Erin actually lives in Texas and Nikki is in New Brunswick.
The Northern Sentry, like so many community newspapers, is kind of a family. We know each other’s families and appreciate each other’s talents. We have a lot of fun producing the Northern Sentry, The Weekly Post Brief and managing northernsentry.com.
Our thanks to Publisher Ted Bolton and the Minot Hot Tots for a great evening of food and baseball.
