In August of 1964, the kids who worked as volunteer crossing guards for the Marquette Area Public Schools were rewarded with a trip to the Upper Peninsula State Fair in Escanaba. We were told to wear our iconic Safety Patrol belts to gain free entry to the fair, but it seemed unnecessary as we […]
On October 19, 2018, my wife and I were on the way to Houghton in the late afternoon when we happened to notice one of the cars from the Lake Superior Performance Rally (LSPR) traveling in the other direction. They were headed toward the Friday evening starting point of their weekend rally. Just for […]
After reading Cormac O’Brien’s book, Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents – What your teachers never told you about the men of the White House (Quirk Books – 2009), I thought it might be interesting to examine some of the ‘one and done’ U.S. Presidents. We ended Part 1 with the death of #11 (James […]
Being an election year, the above title will give some the wrong idea right off the bat. While I have my political opinions, it has been a cardinal rule of mine to not spend time trying to convince anyone else that what I think about politics is ‘right’ while their opinions are ‘wrong’. When […]
We have entered the ‘July hiatus’ – meaning I may finally get through all the junk that got stashed in the studio when I retired on July 1, 2018. I have actually made great progress during the COVID-19 shutdown – it seems like it is easier to get things done when you are the only […]
Some musicians wear hats and I never gave it much thought until I saw Dwight Yoakum in the movie Sling Blade (1996). As a disciple of the Bakersfield Sound, I always assumed Yoakum’s ever present cowboy hat was symbolic of his country music roots. Despite the ample locks of hair that streamed from under his […]
Growing up only two blocks north of the tennis courts located at the Marquette Senior High building gave me plenty of opportunities to play tennis. There were four more courts between the NMU dorms and the National Guard Armory just north of our house and many public courts sprinkled across town. Taking two free […]
VOTING IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 – A Public Service Editorial WOAS-FM is an educational-public service station and as such, we tend to stay away from ‘taking sides’ in political matters. The ‘educational’ part of our mission includes airing many Public Service Announcements with themes concerning ‘public wellness’. It is with this intent we reprint […]
SONCO SPOTLIGHT (Submitted by Christine Raisanen, Secretary, SONCO Board of Directors) HISTORY On August 4, 2020, citizens of Ontonagon County will have the opportunity to support vital emergency medical services by voting for SONCO Ambulance’s millage proposal. This millage is the primary funding source for the volunteer ambulance service. Did you know that the seven […]
Previously in this column, we covered some of the history of plastics and how pervasive this material has become in all of our lives. As I delved deeper into Susan Freinkel’s book “Plastic: A Toxic Love Story” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2001), the more alarmed I became. In the previous article (FTV: Waste Not, Want Not […]