The Good Life – July-August 2017
Featuring WDAY Reporter Kevin Wallevand - Fargo's most famous storyteller. Local Hero - Navy Veteran, Shane Tibiatowski. Having a Beer with Dilworth Mayor - Chad Olson and more in Fargo Moorhead's only men's magazine.
Featuring WDAY Reporter Kevin Wallevand - Fargo's most famous storyteller. Local Hero - Navy Veteran, Shane Tibiatowski. Having a Beer with Dilworth Mayor - Chad Olson and more in Fargo Moorhead's only men's magazine.
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BY: MEGHAN FEIR • PHOTOS BY: URBAN TOAD MEDIA<br />
As the mayor of Dilworth, Chad Olson has a lot<br />
of responsibility, but that role is only one of the<br />
many titles he holds. Olson has honorably served<br />
in the Minnesota National Guard for 20 years, is<br />
a dedicated social studies teacher at Moorhead<br />
High School, owns his own residential insect<br />
control business called Mosquito Man, and, most<br />
importantly, is a caring husband and the father of two boys.<br />
On a lovely evening in May, I had the opportunity to sit down<br />
outside of Drekker Brewing Co. with Olson as he savored a<br />
dark brew of coffee-flavored beer. While we chatted, his wife<br />
and kids drove by in their van as the sun slanted warmly on<br />
the bustling Fargoan streets. He even swatted a mosquito at<br />
our table, free of charge.<br />
<strong>Good</strong> <strong>Life</strong>: How do you feel about interviews?<br />
Chad Olson: Okay, I can do city interviews, like<br />
government stuff. That’s not a problem. But I did<br />
a little research on what you talk about, and I’m<br />
like the last person you want to have a beer with.<br />
I’m sorry.<br />
GL: I’m having water, so it’s fine.<br />
GL: What is the population of Dilworth?<br />
CO: <strong>The</strong> last census was 4,024. Current estimate<br />
is about 4,400.<br />
GL: <strong>Good</strong>, good. That’s correct. When was the<br />
last census?<br />
CO: <strong>The</strong> last census was 7 years ago in 2010.<br />
GL: You’re good.<br />
GL: Since the ‘90s are making a comeback,<br />
what’s one thing you’d love to make popular<br />
again from the ‘80s or the ‘90s?<br />
CO: Hair metal. Mötley Crüe. Poison. Skid<br />
Row. <strong>The</strong> music of the ‘80s and ‘90s would be<br />
fantastic.<br />
GL: What about the hair?<br />
CO: Let’s bring hair back. I just want some hair<br />
back.<br />
GL: Which is the correct way to hang toilet paper<br />
— over or under?<br />
CO: Which way doesn’t it break, ‘cause that’s the<br />
key.<br />
GL: Wouldn’t it mainly depend on which ply it is<br />
and the brand?<br />
CO: Can I go check? I’m going to say under<br />
because usually things top down have a tendency<br />
not to work.<br />
GL: Wrong answer. I’m out of here.<br />
CO: Now my house is going to get toilet papered.<br />
GL: And it’s all going to get thrown over your<br />
house, not under.<br />
GL: If you could only ever watch one movie for<br />
the rest of your life, which movie would you<br />
choose to watch?<br />
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