The Evolution of a Cause Long before most of us were around, in 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt founded the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, to combat polio. After funding Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine, and essentially eradicating that disease, the organization closed up shop and everybody went ... Continue Reading
An Intervention • Mqt. Mt. Update • Curling?
An Early Intervention What a beautiful sight… filled with hope and inspiration. It signals beginnings and the promise of great things to come in the new day. I’m talking of course about the sunrise, that one thing, along with death and taxes, that we can actually count on. The sun rose yesterday, it may have already ... Continue Reading
OUR Ski Hill… Marquette Mountain
IT'S A SIGHT WE OFTEN see on our cold winter nights. It’s a sign of life on those quiet evenings when it’s already dark at 5pm. And it’s a seasonal reminder of one of the area’s more popular winter activities. I’m talking about the illuminated slopes of our ski hill, Marquette Mountain... brightly bordering the ... Continue Reading
Marquette Mountain’s Search, Marquette’s Tourism Trend, and an Actor’s Pivot
Top candidate turns down the job STILL LOOKING FOR a leader. That's the status of Marquette Mountain as owner Eric Jorgensen and his team continue their search for a new general manager at the Mountain. This, following the surprise dismissal last month of previous GM Andrew Farron who Jorgensen decided was not the right ... Continue Reading
Marquette Mountain GM Terminated
HERE'S SOMETHING NONE of us expected. Andrew Farron, the young, ambitious, personable engineer who took over as general manager at Marquette Mountain a year and a half ago, is out. "We gave him a fair shot," says Marquette Mountain owner Eric Jorgensen. "He's a smart, driven young man. He's a great engineer, but he ... Continue Reading