When I was in ninth grade at Madison high school my physical education/health/gym teacher was Dick Newman. That was 1972. It was Dick Newman’s first year teaching at Madison, before that he had been at Bellingham high school. Today Dick is one of my good friends and a co-worker at KLQP radio. Saturday we celebrated and recognized Dick for doing the Saturday morning Coaches’ Show … Continue reading MY COACH
I was walking out of Appleton Area Health Services to my car in the parking lot when I was overcome with emotion. It came out of nowhere, and it caught me by surprise. I had just completed interviews with professional health care officials where we talked about mental health issues. I started thinking about how lucky I am to have a job where every day … Continue reading WORK DAYS
I have been thinking about how much fun I had at the state girls’ basketball tournament all week long. I’m still on a high a week later! Sure I was exhausted when I got home that Saturday night, and I’ve recovered. But my mind won’t stop thinking about my experience at state girls’ basketball with the Minneota Vikings. Watching the Minneota Vikings girls’ basketball team … Continue reading STATE BASKETBALL STILL ON MY MIND!
Dawson/Boyd boys’ basketball team played in the Section championship game, and the Minneota girls played in the state basketball tournament at Williams Arena. How blessed I am to be living in Western Minnesota and covering some of the best high school teams in the state. It is Sunday afternoon and I have had some time to reflect on the last few days. So here is … Continue reading BASKETBALL AND MORE BASKETBALL
Let me tell you about my walk to work Sunday morning. I had to fill in at the radio station for Kathy who lives in the Gary, South Dakota area. Obviously Kathy couldn’t make it in to work because of all the snow that fell on Saturday and then the nasty wind Saturday night. Madison received 8 inches of snow, but many communities around Madison … Continue reading MY SNOW WALK
I was reading other peoples blogs on my WordPress web site and some of them are really fascinating to read. A certain blog caught my eye, it was a picture blog. This blogger used his pictures to tell a story. I thought that would be a great idea for my blog this week. So here is my picture blog, it doesn’t really tell a story, … Continue reading PICTURE BLOG
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