NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Eric Banitt of Marquette may have amazed us local folks with his musical skills over the past several years, but according to him, he's now just a regular guy banging away on the piano down at the University of Michigan. Nothing exceptional, he says. He's modest, to say the least. He built a heckuva ... Continue Reading
StraightTalk: Fred Stonehouse
Brian Cabell probes the mind and the life of 70-year-old historian and writer Fred Stonehouse, who also happens to be Marquette's mayor. BC: You're not a native Michigander, right? FS: Right. I was brought up in New Jersey, we had a house down at the seashore. Seaside Park. My mother, father, two brothers and a ... Continue Reading
A Disease with No Name
YOU LOOK AT him and you see a handsome nine-year-old boy. A wave of brown hair swept across his forehead, a shy smile, a gentle voice. But there's more to Will Chittle of Negaunee than that. Much more. His mother Janice, who works out of her home, will tell you about him. "It was a normal birth but then he wasn't ... Continue Reading
From the Anchor Desk to the Pulpit
SHE STILL HAS that trademark smile, that ready laugh, that persistently upbeat attitude. But Vicky Prewitt--formerly Vicky Crystal on TV6--has traded in her anchor's chair for a place on the pulpit, and her wire copy for the Bible. She's now Pastor Vicky at Christ United Methodist Church in Crystal Falls and Grace ... Continue Reading
Discovering New Perspectives
TEDX RETURNS TO Marquette on Saturday. Specifically, the Forest Roberts Theater. And this year, unlike last year, everyone in the community is welcome. "Last year was frustrating," Allison Opheim, the event chairperson. "We were limited in seating and it was only for students. A lot of community members told us they ... Continue Reading