Redmen Back on the Agenda For those of you who didn’t attend Monday night’s MAPS School Board meeting, with the Redmen nickname issue being the headliner, I offer my recollection of what I saw and heard over the full 244 minutes. Yes… 244 minutes. That’s four hours and change. First, the crowd was smaller than I ... Continue Reading
Mining Their Business
HAVE YOU BOUGHT ANYTHING for a nickel lately? Probably not. A nickel doesn’t buy what it used to. I remember a pinball machine that you could play for a nickel. You could get a candy bar for a nickel. And if you had two nickels, the opportunities were endless! Now… not so much. But nickel… the mineral, ... Continue Reading
Wordle • Who Are We? • The Hospital Property Cont. • Changes Downtown
Wordle on the Street DID YOU PLAY today? How’d you do? Your Facebook friends are all waiting to see your results! Those of us who don’t play have no idea what your colored boxes and scores mean, but you seem to be proud, so we’re happy for you. Here’s an idea. Instead of setting aside a few minutes every day to ... Continue Reading
Smoking? Or… NO Smoking!
The old "smoke 'em if you got 'em" maxim isn't heard much anymore, mainly because there are very few places that will allow you to smoke 'em, whether you've got 'em or not. One exception is the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community's Ojibwa Casino in Chocolay Township. Along with the tribe's other facility in Baraga, ... Continue Reading