The recent floods that sometimes plague Ewen and Chassell are a reminder that we are not immune to weather related problems here in the Upper Peninsula. Annual flooding of the South Branch of the Ontonagon River at the M28 bridge in Ewen and the Sturgeon River Slough area crossed by US41 near Chassell seem […]
Sometimes an unfamiliar name used as a title for an FTV article doesn’t have enough information to be a real ‘grabber’. On the other hand, filling out the title of this installment with more details would be a little overwhelming. With that said, let me add this to go with the * above to […]
We begin this month with a rather unique observing challenge known as ‘opposing crescent Moons’. This happens when the last faint crescent Moon of the latest cycle of phases is seen one day and the first new crescent Moon of the next cycle is seen the next day. On December 31, 2013 and January […]
Sing the following to the tune of My Way (with apologies to Old Blue Eyes): Flat Tires, I’ve had a few, everywhere from Melstrand to Timbuktu . . . Okay, I have had more than a few and I have never been to Timbuktu, but I have had a flat in Melstrand. The last […]
(l-r): Graduating senior DJs Halle, Austin, Mason, and Will – the last in line, Matt is a Junior and we hope to have him back with us next year! As the 2022-2023 broadcast year comes to a close, we would like to say a big ‘thank you’ and wish our seniors well in their future […]
When I jotted down the title of this FTV, I was looking at the cartoons taped to the outside of our WOAS-FM studio door. They were drawn by the late Dan Rosandich, a 1976 Ontonagon Area Schools graduate who we lost to a heart attack in January of 2023. It jogged my memory that […]
There was a time when Europeans looked down at just about everything that happened in England’s former colony. Throughout the early decades of the 1800s, the general European view of the young United States was less than flattering – we were considered the rude, crude cousin no one wanted to associate with at a […]
Greetings sky watchers – let us kick off May with a run down of things to look for in the morning sky. Saturn can be found in Aquarius, the Water Bearer in the ESE to SE as dawn brightens. Shining at +0.9 magnitude, a telescopic view would show the rings tipped just 8.0 degrees […]
“Okay,” my father said, “Push in the clutch, pull out the choke, turn the key, and step on the starter pedal.” When the engine came to life, he had me adjust the choke until the engine was idling smoothly and then continued: “Now put the shift down into first like I showed you. Give […]
On November 1 , 2022, an Earth orbiting probe ended its three and a half year mission with a firey plunge through the atmosphere. Amazingly, the mission was slated to last a year, so the sponsoring organization, The Planetary Society, got a lot more bang for their buck. Launched on June 25, 2019, the […]