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Monthly Archives: December 2024

FTV: Deep Down Dark – Part 2

       We left Part 1 of this story just as the surface rescue teams finally penetrated the lowest levels of the San Jose Mine.  At this point, they had no idea if there were any survivors from the cataclysmic collapse that occurred on August 5, 2010.           It was day seventeen before the drill rig labeled […]

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From the Vaults: Deep Down Dark

The first time I was underground in a working mine was in the spring of 1974. Eleven of us crammed into a thirteen passenger van and left Marquette to take a geological field trip around Lake Superior. Organized by Dr. John Hughes, our first day of travel took us all the way to Sudbury, Ontario. […]

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AstroCal – January 2025

     Happy New Year!  Evening planetary viewing this month will be great so let’s jump right to the star of the show, Venus.  Found in the SW to WSW part of the sky, Venus will be shining at a spectacular mag. -4-4, it will be hard to miss.  Setting 4 hours after sunset, Venus will provide […]

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Thomas G. Lee & WOAS FM

       As 2024 came to an end, we learned of the passing of WOAS-FM’s founder and first General Manager Thomas G. Lee (March 9, 1939 – November 26, 2024).  Tom and I both began our service for the Ontonagon Area School District in the Fall of 1975 (he as the high school librarian and me […]

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FTV: The Wild Blue

       In the summer of 1999, author Stephen Ambrose was having dinner with his old friend George McGovern.  Having been an acquaintance of the former 1972 presidential candidate, he knew of his previous service in the Army Air Force during World War II.  Over dinner, McGovern mentioned he had recently sat for several interviews with […]

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From the Vaults: Gary Tanin

       Regular readers of these FTVs will no doubt recognize the name Gary Tanin.  Having name checked him enough times to enshrine his name in the WOAS FM Hall of Fame (if and when we get around to establishing one), it seemed that a proper introduction was well past due.  Gary (and his work with […]

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FTV: The Best of the Rest

       A while ago I dedicated this space to one of the most inspirational teachers I had back in the day, the late Don Aronson (R.I.P.).  Digging back in the old memory files dusted off a lot of other memories that made me think, “Okay, what else did you pick up along the way and […]

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