Who’s Representing For You????

On the WTCM Morning Show today, we talked about gas prices.   4.18 per gallon today, throughout most of Northern Michigan.  Crazy.  Time to let your elected officials go to work for you.  You employ them after all.  If you’d like to contact one or more, here are a few to get you started.  I’m sending along links and phone numbers because many of the websites do not accept e-mails until you personally enter your zip code.   (For a broader scope, see www.house.michigan.gov)

Senator Carl Levin:  202-224-6221

http://levin.senate.gov/contact

Senator Debbie Stabenow:  313-961-4330

http://stabenow.senate.gov

Congressman Bill Huizinga:  231-775-0050

http://huizinga.house.gov/contact

Representative Dave Camp:  231-929-4711

http://camp.house.gov/contact

Congressman Dan Benishek:  989-448-8811 or 231-348-0657

http://benishek.house.gov/contact

**Want to go straight to the top?  Governor Rick Snyder:  517-335-7858**

Congratulations, Joel!

Our very own Joel Franck was honored by the U.S. Forest Service today, for his work in spreading the word to help prevent forest fires!  Congratulations!

Hail, yes.

We’ve definitely had some weather in Northern Michigan over the past few days!   A sunny Saturday, warm Sunday.  And then it was the hail!     These came raining down on us while trying to barbecue on Sunday evening….ouch!!!

Underpantry

Who are these women and why are they holding underwear????  It’s Liz & Leah from the Goodwill Inn.  Urging you to donate to the Underpantry.  See wtcmi.com for a list of drop-off locations.

Loyal Listener Party

By now you know that the WTCM Loyal Listener Party is Saturday night April 30th at Streeters…gotta have a ticket, though!  Your first chance will be today from 11-1 at  Fireside on Garfield in Traverse City.  Show up and get registered for your free tickets….next thing you know, you’re there!  (don’t tell anyone, but you’ll have a few more chance to get tickets….we’ll keep you posted)

Post-Cruise

Thank you to everyone who came on the WTCM Caribbean Cruise!  Oh boy…we had a good time.  I have hundreds of photos to go through, and our friend Ken Shultz is putting together a video of some of the highlights.  If you’d like to submit some photos or video clips for him to use, drop him an e-mail at k_dshultz@hotmail.com!  Meantime, give me a little time to wade thru the pics and I’ll post a whole batch of them soon.  :)

Happy Hunting, Y’all! :)

An Exceptional Week End

Those of you who know me, know that I have been a Neil Young fan for forever and a day.  I lived out a little dream this past week end, when I met up with a dear friend in San Francisco to see the annual Bridge School Benefit Concert (organized by Neil Young, and always including a performance by Neil).  It far surpassed my already-high expectations…so, so good!

Why am I telling you this?  Well, partly because I think you’d like to know, but also to encourage you to make your bucket list and start doing the things you’ve always wanted to.   Life is short.   Live it up!

xo

Justine Blazer

Thought you all might like to see a photo of Justine Blazer, who was in the studio with Jack and me last week, prior to her Northern Michigan performance.   Cutie.  And talented, too.  :)

Oldest Search and Rescue Dog Retires

Jack and I talked this morning, about the beautiful Golden Retriever , Val the National Disaster Search Dog in Montebello, CA , who is retiring after 13 years of service…and his replacement, Rico, who’s a three year old black lab who’ll be FEMA-certified this month.  Thought you might like to see a photo of these two heros.