kiernan
April 27, 2017
Another new month brings another two new wines to sample and enjoy at Wine Wednesday at Bonefish Grill, next to West Towne Mall. I couldn’t be more excited about May’s wine offerings, because they both come from one of my favorite vineyards: Coppola Vineyards in California. Yes, you know Francis Ford Coppola for being a […]
Magic 98
April 24, 2017
Meet our latest Kid of the Week, Stella, who lives in Cambria. Stella is six years old, and she was nominated by her dad, Dan. Dad says, “Stella is happy all of the time. She is a very sweet girl who can make new friends within minutes. She loves movies and is into everything from […]
Kathryn Vaughn
April 19, 2017
I have been clearing out things I have had under my bed these past years, and have come upon some mighty fine memories. My son, Gregg, is in this picture of his Oregon baseball team. (He’s third from the left.) It was taken all the way back in 1992, and it really made me pause […]
Lanette Hansen
April 18, 2017
When you’re in the middle of your crazy life, it gets hard to reconnect with friends. In the last week, I’ve had the opportunity to catch up with a couple lifelong friends. The first was someone who has known me since we were in kindergarten. He’s going back to school and really wants to make […]
April 17, 2017
Say hello to Lauren from Monroe, our latest Kid of the Week. She’s 10, and she was nominated by her mom, Tracie, who says: “Lauren is a brave, intelligent, kind, and generous young lady. Diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at age seven and having gone through so much testing and hospital visits at a young age, […]
Jim Bartlett
April 16, 2017
When I was five, the Palm Sunday Tornado went through my hometown of Monroe. It made a big impression on me—and one of the biggest was the way my parents would forever after turn on the radio whenever the skies got dark. When I started working in radio as a little baby disc jockey in […]
April 13, 2017
Ever since I can remember, I have always loved animals. When I was three, my parents bought me a Persian kitten for my birthday. I named him Frosty. That cat would let me do whatever I wanted to him, and he was just so patient and sweet to me. We had an understanding. I could […]
April 10, 2017
Meet Annabelle, our Kid of the Week. She’s 4 1/2 and she lives in Evansville. She was nominated by her grandmother, Deb, who says, “Annabelle has the best smile in the world, she’s sassy, and smart and very outgoing. She brings smiles to everyone’s faces as soon as she walks into the room. She absolutely […]
April 6, 2017
On one of the very first American Top 40 shows, dating back to 1970, Casey Kasem is baffled by the title of Chicago‘s song “25 or 6 to 4.” “We’ll figure it out as the weeks go by,” he says. Lots of people are still baffled by that title, but the meaning of the song […]
April 5, 2017
After being a pretty great runner in my prime (pre-kids), I haven’t run any real distance in quite a while. And now with my new “dark-and-early” work schedule, it’s really hard to find the time. But I signed up for a 5K that’s up in June. It’s the Her Madison 5K, and I’m really looking […]