The dawn of the 1980s had to be a revelation for Lita Ford.  She was 22 years old, an  outstanding but newly unemployed guitar player living back home with her parents in Long Beach…

       It is getting to be that time of the year when our senior’s minds begin to look to the future.  With the last marking period of the last semester of their school careers in progres…

 Did you get to enjoy the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024?  Ontonagon County got to watch the overcast sky darken and listen to the birds roosting, but seeing the actual eclipse had to be done …

     In FTV:  Student Teachers (4-10-24), I recounted some of my experiences with the rite of passage called ‘student teaching’.  The state wants teaching candidates vetted in an actual cla…

     So much attention seems to be given to certain names in the music business, it is a wonder that the majority of artists out there even get the chance to get their music heard.  All too ofte…

The day FTV: Name That Tune came out in the Ontonagon Herald (March 13, 2024), my phone rang. On the other end of the line was one of Ontonagon’s favorite singers, Jim Brogan. He said, “You know t…