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Bully No More: Jeff Veley’s Mission to Curb Social Aggression in Schools
by Tom Slager | Apr 19, 2021 | People
The Bully Was a Constant in LifeAt 33 years old, Jeff Veley is an internationally awarded and recognized speaker and trainer in the war against bullying. “We’ve been on this 20- plus- year war on bullying,” he states. You look at the origin of the anti-bullying...
Face Palm: Local Media Thinks The Municipality Of Chatham-Kent Not Spending Our Tax Dollars With Them Is The Real Story?
by Tom Slager | Apr 8, 2021 | Controversy, Local
Missing The Point in Chatham-KentOne component of a healthy community is having a robust media with the resources and will to ask the tough questions and demand answers from local government. This is a component that Chatham-Kent sorely lacks. It was with great...
Video Games, Movies and Nuclear Reactors: A Winding Trail To the USS Abraham Lincoln
by Tom Slager | Mar 22, 2021 | People
The USS Abraham Lincoln Wasn’t On The RadarIn January 2009, about a year after his high school graduation, Jack Ferris began what would become a 12-year career in the United States Navy. During that time, he would serve aboard two of the newest aircraft carriers in...
Being a Foodie Brings Adventure, Fun, and Maybe the Gonads of a Sea Urchin
by Tom Slager | Mar 15, 2021 | People, Places, Things
What makes a Foodie?Do you remember your last really fantastic, exceptional, and amazing meal? Marge and Dean do, but that's what you would expect from a couple of self-proclaimed foodies. Vacations and trips, for them, often involve seeking out new and different...
What The Heck Is That? Exploring A Few Great Lakes Shipwrecks
by Tom Slager | Mar 8, 2021 | People
It's Cold. It's Dark. You're An Explorer In This Foreign PlaceOutside of the shipwreck diving community, it's not a very well-known fact that the Great Lakes hold some of the best-preserved shipwrecks in the world. Dusty Klifman is a diver who is working hard to...
Great Lakes Shipwrecks: An Underwater Visual Story
by Tom Slager | Mar 8, 2021 | People, Things
Great Lakes Shipwrecks Dusty Klifman was kind enough to supply more photos than we could use in the main article! They were so cool we thought they should be shared. We hope you enjoy them! If you somehow missed it, you can read about him and his love for Great...
From Tragedy to Tradition: The Gene Yang Gang
by Tom Slager | Mar 1, 2021 | People
Born From Loss, The Gene Yang Gang Brings HealingThe train was making good time as it cruised through the Arizona desert past Picacho Peak. To the east and west, mountain peaks rose above the desert floor, casting shadows in the late afternoon sun. The crew watched...
The Baby Was Four Months Old When We Took Him To Italy
by Tom Slager | Feb 22, 2021 | People, Places
Taking Him to Italy was the Right CallFour-month-old Liam had arrived in Italy with his parents, Chad and Susie, who are professors at different small midwest U.S. universities. About ten years ago Susie had the opportunity to teach in Italy and Chad had decided that...