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by George Capron
The
following are excerpts from some of the calls that George received during
his radio show on WBRV-WLLG The Moose, as well as observations he made on
the air during the week of January 23rd, 2006:
- MONDAY, JANUARY 23: Happy
anniversary wishes to Dave and Marlene Pritchard of Boonville, from
their family and friends. It was one year ago when we found out that
Johnny Carson died in Malibu, California, at the age of 79. At the
Toronto General Hospital in 1922, the first insulin injection was given
to 14-year-old Leonard Thompson. The Canadian boy was being treated for
diabetes. In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first female in U.S.
history, to be recognized as a physician, after her graduation from
Geneva College in New York. Congress decreed in 1845 that all national
elections be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November. It was yesterday’s date in 1997 that a massive ice storm
paralyzed the area, with all roads and schools closed. I couldn’t make
it to the station in my car. I ended up walking home, starting my
snowmobile, and riding the trails to the radio station. Needless to say,
I found no traffic on the trails. It was January 23, 1971, when Prospect
Creek, Alaska, dropped to 80 below zero, setting a record low
temperature for the United States.
- TUESDAY, JANUARY 24: Happy 2nd
anniversary to Jamie and Christy Broadbent of Fulton, formerly of
Remsen, from their family and friends. Happy birthday to Croghan
Postmaster Helen McHale, from all the employees at the Post Office. The
morning’s snow measurement of 3 inches on Merry Hill, matches 1995 for
the least snow on the ground in 16 years. The most snow found on the
ground was 57 inches in the woods on Jackson Hill in 1978. The Gold Rush
of ’49 was started when James M. Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutters
Mill in Northern California on January 24, 1848, while building a
sawmill. The secret got out and the rush started. The first Boy Scout
troop was organized in England in 1908. Singer-songwriter Neil Leslie
Diamond was born in Coney Island, NY, 65 years ago. The short gymnast,
whom we all rooted for in the Olympics, Mary Lou Retton, of Fairmont,
West Virginia, is 38 today. She came home with several gold medals.
- WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25:
Congratulations to Mark and Shannon Storms of Carthage on the birth of a
son this morning, named Thomas Charles, from Shannon’s mom, sisters and
brother. Stuart Dunn at the Boonville Transfer site had two sightings of
bald eagles yesterday afternoon. We seem to have a rabbit visitor in our
backyard in the village, which doesn’t seem to bother our cat. It was
January 25, 1924, when the first Winter Olympics began at Chamonix, in
the French Alps. They were first known as “International Sports Week”
events.
- THURSDAY, JANUARY 26: Happy 32nd
anniversary wishes to Wayne and Winnie Kent of Boonville, from their
children. It seems good to see many snowmobile trailers coming into the
area this morning. Bernie Howard, president of the local Lost Trail
Snowmobile Club in Boonville, reported he groomed the entire trail
network overnight and returned at 6:40 a.m. this morning. In Boonville
history, the roof of the Boonville Bowl-O-Rama collapsed because of of
heavy snow, at 9:30 p.m. this evening in 1994, and thankfully it was
rebuilt. The “Dukes of Hazard” TV series appeared for the first time
tonight in 1979 and continued for seven seasons, and is still seen
nightly on the Country Music Television Network. Celebrity birthdays
include actor Paul Newman, who is 81, hockey star Wayne Gretzky, 45, and
sportster-actor Bob Veeker, 71.
- FRIDAY, January 27: Without a
doubt, this is the most beautiful morning of the winter. The temperature
dropped to minus 3 overnight and there was enough moisture to coat every
branch of the trees with frost, and when the sun came up the trees
glowed. Country music singer Tracy Lawrence was born 38 years ago in
Atlanta, Texas, and grew up in Forman, Arkansas. He appeared at Snow
Ridge a couple of summers ago as part of the “Rockin’ Roadhouse Tour.”
We remember January 28, 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded
at 11:38 a.m., 73 seconds after lift off. All seven astronauts and the
billion dollar shuttle were lost. I’ve counted at least 40 snowmobile
trailers going by the station, headed for Tug Hill.
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