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A winning program for March madness

Published by admin on Fri, 03/27/2020 - 7:35pm

Brad Luepke is hanging up coaching basketball at St. Paul Lutheran School in Bonduel, and as his assistant, I will, too. I’m writing this for two reasons. First is to thank Brad for the fun ride. Second is to alert any high school in the area that has had the same dismal, depressing ending to their season year after year, you can change that. Ask Brad to be your varsity coach, if you’re tired of losing and would like a winning program.

Class of 2020 has been forged through adversity

Published by admin on Tue, 03/24/2020 - 11:50am

Over the past two weeks, nothing has weighed more heavily on my mind than you, Wittenberg-Birnamwood Class of 2020. I know your emotions have to be running between disappointment, sadness and confusion.

Happy hour just got a little easier

Published by admin on Tue, 03/24/2020 - 11:41am

For about 30 years now, I have been getting together with former roommates for a few weekends each year. The ritual helps us reconnect and blow off a little steam. I jokingly refer to those getaways as our Wild Women Weekends, the joke being they never were all that wild and seem to be getting less so with the passage of time.

Social distancing already put into practice

Published by admin on Fri, 03/20/2020 - 1:58pm

Those who know me well know that I’m a hugger by nature, and family and friends look forward to a healthy embrace from me. I learned early on that some people don’t like, need or want to be hugged, and you learn to leave them alone or simply greet them with a happy smile. I’m pretty good at reading body language, and it’s important not to violate the personal space of those who cherish it.

Coronavirus creating new business opportunities

Published by admin on Wed, 03/18/2020 - 12:02am

THE SCENE: A dark alley somewhere in the city just after midnight. A car is parked, its lights off. A man sits inside in the driver’s seat, waiting. Another vehicle slowly pulls into the alley and parks behind him. The headlights are switched off. After a moment the driver of the car that just pulled up gets out of his vehicle and walks over to the other car. He knocks on the driver’s side window. The driver rolls down his window.

“Yeah?”

“You got the stuff?”

“Maybe. You got the money?”

“Not till I see the stuff.”

Another great reason to visit or live in Wittenberg

Published by admin on Wed, 03/11/2020 - 4:15pm

Another theatrical production has come and gone, and the WOWSPACE sits empty — waiting for the next event.
It’s a lot of work to put a show together — learning the lines, blocking the scenes, finding the right costumes and props. The fact that it’s all done by volunteers, who have lives of their own to run, makes it all the more special when it all comes together.

No need to make Shawano a sanctuary county

Published by andynewsengin on Thu, 03/05/2020 - 12:18pm

To the editor:

Second Amendment protects people’s gun rights

Published by andynewsengin on Thu, 03/05/2020 - 12:18pm

Today, states and cities are passing gun confiscation and red flag laws. Did you know that Shawano County is considering a Second Amendment resolution?

Conspiracy theories another virus we need to beware

Published by andynewsengin on Thu, 03/05/2020 - 12:17pm

BREAKING NEWS: The coronavirus was masterminded and spread by Budweiser to get people to stop drinking Corona beer.

When the Webb Street Gang roamed the streets

Published by admin on Wed, 03/04/2020 - 3:25pm

It was an age of innocence — a lifetime ago. We called ourselves the Webb Street Gang. There was no malicious purpose, just a bunch of neighborhood kids playing after school, on weekends and all summer long.

It was a time when that’s what kids would do — just hang out. Sometimes we played badminton, sometimes baseball and sometimes we just let our imaginations take us to scenarios of running businesses off the sidewalks using non-existent lines to define the boundaries.