Above from upper left – clockwise – The 2022-23 core group who will run the 8th version of the S4SD – DbD8 program with the $1100 grant WOAS recently received – upper right – Some of the DbD7 crew with the State Police Community Service Officer who brought the driving simulator to the Ontonagon Area […]
The working title of this FTV started out as a take on Agent Maxwell Smart’s iconic line, “Missed it by that much” from the espionage comedy Get Smart. Upon further inspection, it just didn’t seem to feel quite right. The working premise here is close calls astronauts had before, during, and after their training. […]
Surfing music sites as I do on occasion, I ran into a series of interviews done by ‘The Professor of Rock’. PoR’s site (real name Adam Reader) has quite a back catalog and judging by the five and six digit number of views accumulated by many of his clips, he has been at it […]
When the new Marquette Senior High School opened for the 1964-65 school year, people were still asking, “Why do they need a planetarium?” The popular rumor at the time was the school board ran out of funds and modified the building plans as the structure began to take shape. When the available money was […]
One of the dirtiest tricks in the music business evolved when record label owners and publishers began routinely adding their names to the credit line on songs. Most artists went along with it because they were anxious to get a record out, not that they were exactly given a choice. Many times they were […]
The name ‘Micky Braddock’ not ringing any bells? His father was a film star probably most widely known for his portrayal of The Count of Monte Cristo. His mother was also ‘in the business’ but stepped back from her career to raise Micky and his three younger sisters. It was her Irish background that […]
There are so many things to learn. As a retired teacher, I still marvel at the volume of knowledge waiting out there to be absorbed. As I frequently told my students, “The key to life is to learn something new every day.” Many times, when some new piece of information comes my way, my […]
Happy New Year – here is a small and slightly late Christmas present: As of January 1, we have now regained 6 percent of our lost daylight hours. We won’t really notice the ‘extra daylight’ for a couple of weeks, but rest assured, the Sun is inching higher in the sky each day and […]
“Who is John Tristao and why do I not remember him being in CCR?” is no doubt the question that pops into one’s head when reading the above title. Join the club, because when I first heard his name attached to CCR, it didn’t ring any bells for me either. Perhaps this will help: […]
Fifty years ago this month, Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt made the last manned landing on the Moon while Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans kept vigil in Lunar orbit. The mission itself took place December 7-19, 1972, but was the culmination of President John F. Kennedy’s bold statement that the United […]