He was a husband, our father and to everyone grandpa.
He was born on a farm in Rural Western Saskatchewan.
It was May 24, the year 1931.
Here with his siblings, there were nine in all,
They would do chores and
Walk to school, spring, summer, winter, and fall.
He left the farm at a young age; the year was 1950.
He came west to Radium to do Christmas Trees.
He liked the area and noticed there was lots of work here.
And a few years later met his wife to be, Marg such a dear.
He was a farmer, carpenter, logger, jack, of all trades.
ONLINE: Jet Line: Voicemails from the Flight Path
Apr 15, 2021 6:00 PM
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A poster for the anonymous hotline depicted in the short film Jet Line, on the F-35 deployment in Burlington, Vermont.
Truax Field in Madison is currently slated to receive a squadron of F-35s in 2023. Burlington, Vermont, already has them (
Isthmus reporter Dylan Brogan
visited Burlington in 2019). What has life been like for residents living in the flight path? Documentary filmmakers Patrick McCormack and Duane Peterson III feature the voices of Burlington residents in the new short
Jet Line, and will talk about the film following a free virtual screening;
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âWhy should this investigation be secret?â
Madison school district wonât release report on former East teacher involved in hidden camera incident
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District officials are refusing to release a 2020 report detailing an investigation into a former Madison East High School educator.Â
David Kruchten allegedly placed hidden cameras in the hotel bathrooms of students he was chaperoning on school trips. Students found these cameras concealed in smoke detectors, alarm clocks and air fresheners while at a conference in Minneapolis in October 2019. Kruchten was arrested in January 2020 and faces state and federal charges for attempting to produce child pornography.
Promising in February 2020 to review âevery detailâ of the incident, then-superintendent Jane Belmore told parents in an email that a private attorney had been hired to conduct an independent, internal review of the incident. That report was completed in June 2020, but the school dist
A swing through divided Wisconsin
Isthmus talks with voters in âpivot countiesâ
Dylan Brogan
As in many swing areas in Wisconsin, voters in Galesville are divided on which presidential candidate to back in 2020.
Daniel Miller calls Richland Center âthe dipstick of America.â
âThe people in Richland County [which includes Richland Center] have voted for the candidate that won the presidential election for 100 years,â says Miller, the owner of Ocooch Books & Libations, an independent bookstore and wine shop. âAnything going on in the country is going on here.âÂ
Miller is my first stop on a five-day trek to gauge the electorate in swing areas of Wisconsin and heâs a little off on his numbers. Richland County has sided with the winning presidential candidate for the last 44 years, not 100. But the county is still a decent bellwether for how the political winds blow in Wisconsin. A majority of voters there cast a ballot for Democratic G