I am a Detroit native who got into radio in the mid 1970s after a stint in the U.S. Army. My favorite artists include The Four Tops and Bob Seger. My career stops have included Kenosha, WI; Bloomington, IN; and Ocean City, MD; before landing in Lake Charles in 1994. My wife Ginger and I have four cats: Hokey, Lady Jane Grey, Nefertitti and Brutus (Buckeye). Needless to say, we go through a lot of cat food! I still root for my hometown sports teams, the Detroit Tigers and even the Detroit Lions, and I also enjoy watching college football. In fact, my wife and I bet dinner on the outcome of the Michigan/Ohio State football game and Detroit /Cleveland baseball and football standings.
Dave Morgan
This Day in History for February 22 – ‘Miracle on Ice’ and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1732 - The first U.S. President, George Washington, was born in the Virginia Colony.
1819 – By the Adams-Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for $5 million (More info)
1879 – In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores (More info)
Remember Perfect Attendance??
Perfect attendance isn’t just a thing of the past (i.e. elementary school). Believe it or not, some people have actually never missed a day of work! These are the people who never get sick (or show up to work even when they’ve got the sniffles- which is a story for another day) and schedule appointments on weekends and days off.
Happy Presidents’ Day
What is now called Presidents’ Day used to be two separate holidays- Abraham Lincoln’s birthday on February 12th and George Washington’s birthday on February 22nd.
It’s The VW Beetle…Today In History, February 17
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1801 – The electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is broken by the House of Representatives, which elected Jefferson president (More info)
1820 – The US Senate passes the Missouri Compromise, an attempt to deal with the dangerously divisive issue of extending slavery into the western territories (More i
Things That Make You Go Hmmmm…
I always took lunch to school when I was a kid, mainly because it was too far to walk back and forth...our school did not have a cafeteria. A school in North Carolina was really thinking outside the lunch box when they took away the food one four-year-old student brought from home and gave her chicken nuggets instead!
This Day in History for February 16 – Castro Assumes Power and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1923 – English archaeologist Howard Carter enters the sealed burial chamber of the ancient Egyptian ruler King Tutankhamen (More info)
1937 – Wallace H. Carothers receives a US patent for nylon (More info)
Rogers Knows How To Play ‘Em
Country and pop star Kenny Rogers knows a thing or two about gambling, and he’s betting a court will deal him a winning hand in his lawsuit against Capitol Records over what he alleges are unpaid royalties owed to him.
You Know You’re Getting Old When…..
What ARE they teaching kids these days? After last weekend’s Grammy Awards, a sad-but-true Twitter trend was born- people posting tweets asking, “Who is Paul McCartney?”
This Day in History for February 15 – Teddy Bears Introduced and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1879 – President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the US Supreme Court (More info)
1903 – Teddy bears, named after President Theodore Roosevelt, first go on sale (More info)
Does It Feel Good To Be Bad? Oh Yeah!!
Between 75 and 80% of American adults admit to having at least a few vices, according to a new Yahoo/Fitness Magazine survey.
Happy Valentine’s Day!!!
In case you forgot (and you better not have), today is Valentine’s Day!
This Day in History for February 14 – Penicillin Discovered and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1920 – The League of Women Voters is founded (More info)
1929 – Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone’s gang, are murdered in Chicago in what would come to be known as the Saint Valentine’s Day massacre (More info)