What more can be said about the year 1971 that I have not already covered?  As a 1971 Marquette Senior High School graduate, I remain fond of that particular year.  It would take a full page…

       Model Rocketry became our hobby when my brother and I witnessed one of our Norway Avenue neighbors launch a Centuri brand model rocket in the field across from our house.  We dove in…

       At the end of Part 1, we found Steve Martin winding down a three year job at Knott’s Berry Farm where he performed in melodramas with a small troupe at the Bird Cage Theatre.  He a…

From the Vaults:  That Wild and Crazy Guy        Elvis hit the nail on the head back in 1971.  He told Steve Martin, “Son, you have an ob-leek sense of humor.”  Oblique can be added t…

Way back when we first started posting FTV on the station web page and in the Ontonagon Herald, we ran a piece on the Australian keyboard wizard.  We continue to spin the stuff we were able to get on…

       Let’s begin this month’s AstroCal with the evening planets.  Venus will be the star of the show near the western horizon shortly after sunset.  Shining at magnitude -4.3 (rememb…