Water tower mascots

There's an entertaining, if unfocused, story in the Star-Telegram today about towns painting their high school mascots on their water towers.

It starts by talking about O'Brien (which is way out there and I've driven through it), a town that recently installed a new water tower. And then painted on a tribute to the high school's six-man state championship. Even though the championship was in 1972. And the school has long since shut down.

I think it's a great subject. I recall Hico just recently installing one of those golf ball-tee water towers, and the local folk then grumbling until a donor came through with enough money to paint "Home of the Tigers" on the top.

I can only imagine the stories out there.

The weird thing about the S-T piece is that it's half talking about mascots on water towers and half about O'Brien's championship run. It's either two stories shoved together or one that kind of sprawled all over the place.

Still. Entertaining. I recommend it if you're interested in that kind of thing.

Also: Click on the audio slideshow. They don't show nearly enough water towers, but about halfway through the background interview, you hear a rooster going off.