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Still Creating • Camp County Booming • The Final Frontier

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  The Art of Invention THOUGH THE AGE OF RETIREMENT has come and gone, it doesn’t look like local artist/inventor Earl Senchuk plans on slowing down anytime soon.  When he’s not on the golf course, he’s still arting and inventing, currently finishing up his latest creation… the Crown FireTent, seen above with the ... Continue Reading

The End is Near

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  JUST A FEW MORE DAYS and it’ll all be over.  I’m not talking about the election to determine our next president.  If this race is as close as being predicted, we won’t know who’s won until all the votes have been counted and recounted and challenged in court and counted again and litigated and relitigated and… ... Continue Reading

Unsolicited Observations

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Nobody asked, but… The Ore Dock •  I was treated to a tour of the expansion going on at the Ore Dock Brewing Company the other day, and I must say, it’s quite impressive.  Co-Founders Andi and Wes Pernsteiner are taking advantage of the prevailing interest in all things downtown, the popularity of locally crafted brews, ... Continue Reading

Northern… the new Normal

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  LIKE MANY OTHER FORMER trolls, I came to Marquette x-number of years ago to attend Northern Michigan University.  I figured I’d do my time… up here in God Knows What Country, get out, and head back to civilization to begin my career. Well… I’m still here, and frankly, my experience at that university, and its ... Continue Reading

All in a Day’s Work… 10-4?

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  OF ALL THE REASONS we may love living here in Marquette, the level of safety we feel might be one of the greatest.  Even though we can’t see it… like our natural attractions, it’s there. Sure, crime can happen anywhere, at any time, but it’s not something that typically concerns us as we go about our daily ... Continue Reading

Negaunee, Rising!

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  Back in May, just a few weeks into the season, the Detroit Tigers were one of the worst teams in baseball.  And the future didn’t look bright.  There was no reason to think any kind of turnaround was imminent.  Or even possible. Now?  They’re on the verge of making the playoffs.  Where they were in May compared ... Continue Reading

Kids Cove Keyword… Kids • Another Visit to the Hospital • UpTheSky?

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  As the new Kids Cove in Marquette’s Mattson Lower Harbor Park nears completion, the boo-birds are already out in force.  As soon as it was announced the new play area was going to be “all-inclusive,” and will cost more than many think it should, you could have predicted the complaints. Without one kid yet to ... Continue Reading

Suicide is NOT Painless

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  YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR with the melody… it’s the theme song from M*A*S*H.  But the words may have escaped you.  The title of the song is Suicide is Painless.  The song’s words however, like how we try to understand suicide, don’t provide many answers.  “Suicide is painless.  It brings on many changes.  And I can ... Continue Reading

It’s 906 Day… Yoopers Unite!

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  September 6th.  9/06.  906.  A day on the calendar to celebrate the people and places that make the 906 area code, according to TV6, Someplace Special. It was the sunrise photo guy, Bugsy Sailor, who came up with the idea of 906 Day, “on a whim,” back in 2012.  Sailor, the self-proclaimed Official Unofficial ... Continue Reading