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Driver’s tests in the late 1950s

For driver’s education, most of us had straight-arrow, hard-line, strict-disciplinarian, cut-you-no-slack instructors. We learned everything in the book, such as all the hand signals, which we had to use on the road. Also, we learned with an on-the-column, below-the-steering-wheel stick shift, clutch pedal, non-power-steering car. We had to be able to stop, hold the car on steep hills and then start forward without rolling backwards, smoking the clutch plate, spinning the drive wheels or killing the engine. Another test was backing up long distances and parallel parking the car within ...

Big difference between being inconvenienced, rights infringed

EDITOR: I want to get my hair done, my eyebrows waxed, I need a pedicure, I miss getting a massage, I want my cleaning lady to come back and help me wash the windows and screens, I want to go to the Tap Room on Fridays at 5:05 p.m. and see my friends and then go out to dinner. To quote a Queen song, “I want it all and I want it now.” We used to play that song for our girls when they were little and the whining was becoming a bit much. I feel like there are a lot of whiners out there who need a refresher course on being responsible adults and continue doing what science says will ...

Convinced crimes were committed

President Richard Nixon resigned before he was impeached because he covered up a plan to steal the opposing parties’ campaign plans. The scandal was named Watergate. The Democratic party, with the full knowledge of former President Barack Obama, used its surveillance tools to spy on the Trump campaign and then covered it up for three years with their Russia hoax. President Trump calls it “ObamaGate.” Obama can’t be impeached and he probably can’t be prosecuted, but he should be completely exposed and disgraced in history. Those who committed crimes — James Comey, Sally Yates, ...

Reflect on those in law enforcement who made the ‘ultimate sacrifice’

National Police Week is May 10 through 16. In a normal year, there would be numerous Law Enforcement memorial services or events all across this nation. This, of course, is far from a normal year. Events of this nature are being cancelled, including our local annual observation. It is still important and appropriate to pause this week and reflect upon the “ultimate sacrifice” many law enforcement officers have made with the loss of their lives in the performance of their duty in the past year. In 2019 we mourned the loss of 135 officers nationwide, two of which were here in ...

A poem for a frigid spring

My son, Kyle Kreider, wrote this poem after he came from Chicago to stay with me in early April, after self-quarantining for 14 days due to COVID-19. We thought it was appropriate to publish this locally now, given the arctic cold and supposed spring/loon season. The Mountain Calls The Mountain calls so I must go To the place of Nordic snow With Moon touched lakes that frost and freeze And a winter wind that creaks the knees. Orion peers from up on high As winter seems to never die. But hark and hope, for spring is coming Soon birds fly, often humming. Lend an ear to ...

Appreciation for corrections officers’ work

National Corrections Officers Week is May 3 through 9. It’s important, especially this year with what we’re facing with our health emergency, to honor the corrections officers who serve us in our jails and prisons. Marinette County is fortunate to have a good staff of both officers and support personnel who work around the clock every day of the year. The role of the modern-day corrections officer has evolved into a multifaceted position in public safety. We are well served here in Marinette County and our positive annual inspections reports are a testimonial largely due to the ...