A Zebrass in Tyndall?
I drove to Tyndall yesterday and came across a Zebrass. Or was it a Zedonk? Or a Zonkey?
What do you call a cross between a donkey and a zebra? In South Africa, the question arises because both species are found there. It wasn’t part of the South Dakota language until Jeff Rueb added a gray donkey with stripes to his small petting zoo on the edge of Tyndall.
Rueb also has alpacas, llamas, dogs, full-blood donkeys, deer and a kangaroo-like wallabee from Australia that winters just fine, so long as he has a heating pad for his long, thick tail.
But the Zedonk is one of the most popular residents of the two-acre zoo with a cute red barn and white picket fence. Rueb's zoo is always open to neighborhood kids as well as out-of-town travelers. There’s no admission charge, but you might leave a dollar or two to help with the grocery bill.
How about Zenkey or Zebrass or Zebronkey?
Here's A Tip — The little zoo is at 19th & Redwood, but even locals who know the way will stop and ask at Tyndall Bakery, run by Jeff Rueb’s parents, Bob and Judy, for nearly four decades. What better excuse to try their kuchen, a German pastry pie, and lots of Czech and American-style sweet rolls and breads? I brought a cherry kuchen back to the office and I'm just about to cut a slice.
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The cross between the donkey and zebra reminds me of the
establishment parties: Demicans and Republicrats. No purebreds there.
Comment by Tom Gerber — August 23, 2006 @ 2:04 pm
My thoughts exactly. We need some politicians of a different stripe altogether, someone who’ll kick some ass!
Comment by Charlie — August 23, 2006 @ 8:07 pm
A friend sent me this article on Tyndall. Tyndall is my home town, so it was interesting for me to read about the petting zoo, which is new to me. And of course anyone who’s grown up in Tyndall knows about the “famous” Tyndall Bakery. I don’t believe the residents really understand and appreciate how lucky they are to have a hometown bakery. There are few left in the country. When I pass through Tyndall, that’s the one place I always stop to pick up my favorite pasteries that I remember from my childhoold 40 years ago. There are a lot of memories for me on Mainstreet Tyndall, as my Dad owned a business on main street for years. These days I do not often make it back, as my parents are both gone. —Dan Mueller
Comment by Dan Mueller — August 24, 2006 @ 5:29 am
Whoa, Wilbur! We used to complain that there was no difference between Republicans and Democrats. What you’re seeing here isn’t an accumulation of stripes, but their evolutionary disappearance. Now both parties are pure to an extreme, extreme right wing and left wing morons. Be careful what you wish for. Now we have two parites with different idiologies but bought and paid for by the same people. Maybe we just can’t see the stripes. Besides, whoever thought we would see jackasses with tatoos all over the place in South Dakota. Can’t afford food, can’t afford child support, but tatoos are affordable. The pudgy pundit.
Comment by hemmingsen — August 24, 2006 @ 6:12 am
I could live in any town with a coffee shop, bakery, grocery store, bar and library. That’s all I’d ask. Is it too much? I’m living in a town with only a bar and a grain elevator now and I’m happy enough but are those simple requests too much? I read the other day in the Argus Liar that the downtown planners want to make a downtown neighborhood by the falls with 3000 people that will be self sustaining. So then why can’t a town of 2,000 to 3,000 be self sustaining and have some of that same nice stuff? I suppose I should just get off my butt and start a store or two but I’m too damn lazy.
Comment by JK — August 24, 2006 @ 11:38 am
Tyndall is very lucky to have a good little bakery. What a blessing for a little city.
Comment by Lee Jacobs — August 24, 2006 @ 11:39 am
Yes….there’s nothing better’n “a home town bakery”….. South Dakota seems to be one of the last places to attract “neigborhood bakeries”…..Dunwody Institute in Minneapolis turns out wonderful and creative bakers….young people that seem to head to every neighborhood of the Cities….and open a bakery and become almost “overnight” successes…. In fact, most of these bakeries will bake only “so much”….and will sell out every day…. Plus have coffee, tables, rolls and so much more to just enjoy at “The Bakery”……
We are tired of “Supermarket Bakery’s”……in most places in South Dakota……
We talk about young people leaving SD…..Won’t bankers loan money to start a bakery ? Do we not have young people that would like to become bakers ? Are we “that far behind” the modern trends ?
It is my belief that many young people could not only become successful finacially….but, could become a vital part of our communities…..as bakers….
Just some thoughts… GP
Comment by G P — August 24, 2006 @ 5:50 pm
Hey, Number 5 (I’m glad you weren’t Number 1 or Number 2, designations reserved for politicians, particularly Number 2) you’re talking about Hendricks, Minnesota. I’ll be addressing the very issues you raise in a near-future Hemmingsen Weighs In at keloland.com. Sorry to dip into your ink well again, Bernie, but you’ve been blogged!
Comment by hemmingsen — August 25, 2006 @ 7:13 am
Thats ok Steve. Being blogged isn’t as painful as being flogged (as in running for office as a Democrat in South Dakota). We’ll look forward to your piece. But in the spirit of transparency, are you being well paid as president of the Hendricks Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau?
Comment by Bernie Hunhoff — August 25, 2006 @ 10:15 am
Not after the latest Herald hit the grocery store, Bernie. I’m the local King James II at the moment, but the golf widows and the poor love me.
Comment by hemmingsen — August 26, 2006 @ 6:57 am
What the hell were we talking about?
Comment by mikeyc, that's me! — August 26, 2006 @ 11:15 am
Hi, I was wondering if someone could tell me the name and location of a cemetery between Tyndall and Tabor where some of the first Czechs that came in that area are buried? Where do I find someone that has a list of burials? Thanks for the help.
Comment by carol tramp — September 1, 2006 @ 6:59 am