Life RIP to the man who brought real beer to Wichita.

Braincase · 05-01-2012, 12:08 PM

Back in the early 90's, I worked with Carol Griffin at the Wichita Business Journal, and she asked me to play a prank on her husband. I pretended to be from ABC and had a few questions for the owner the day before River City Brewery opened. Needless to say, he was not amused, but Carol got a pretty good chuckle out of it. Monte and I became friends, and found out we had a number of friends in common.

Guess he fell on some hard times, and had a hard time coping. I'm pretty damn bummed about this. I always thought he had his shit together, but I guess in the end, the depression got to him.

My deepest sympathies to his wife and daughter.

He had ties to Ark City, Wichita and Manhattan, a one-time walk-on wide receiver at K-State. He was also involved with Colbert Hills in the early days as well.

RIP Monte Griffin

05-01-2012, 12:08 PM	Topic Starter
Braincase Banned Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Pond> Me <Barn Casino cash: $11298284	RIP to the man who brought real beer to Wichita. Back in the early 90's, I worked with Carol Griffin at the Wichita Business Journal, and she asked me to play a prank on her husband. I pretended to be from ABC and had a few questions for the owner the day before River City Brewery opened. Needless to say, he was not amused, but Carol got a pretty good chuckle out of it. Monte and I became friends, and found out we had a number of friends in common. Guess he fell on some hard times, and had a hard time coping. I'm pretty damn bummed about this. I always thought he had his shit together, but I guess in the end, the depression got to him. My deepest sympathies to his wife and daughter. He had ties to Ark City, Wichita and Manhattan, a one-time walk-on wide receiver at K-State. He was also involved with Colbert Hills in the early days as well. RIP Monte Griffin
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