In the early 80s Bill Faulkner and I were talking about the health of the Rockford Hockey Club. It consisted of eleven teams, but the problem was feeders into to these teams. We came up with a plan to develop a system […]
In my early days of coaching my whole concern was in teaching kids how to play hockey. I wanted nothing to do with the problems of running the club, ice time, dues, rules etc. However, there were growing problems in the club. […]
Raising kids is not the easiest occupation in the world. You have to learn how to teach and protect without becoming a hovering parent. One has to allow them to learn by experience, which sometimes is painful. At a time when my […]
During my career as a hockey coach, I spent a couple of years coaching midgets which are players of 15 and 16 years old. One advantage of that age group is there is less parental interference. I guess that is the age […]
Rockford Blackhawk Boy Scout Council had a camp in the upper peninsula of Michigan by the name of North Woods. It was in the same area of Michigan where the great Peshtigo Fire occurred. It happened the same night as the great […]
During my career I have done trade shows all over North America. In every city there are different impediments that you must overcome. The word comes from the Latin which translates as baggage. And it certainly usually turns out to be baggage […]
Halloween has always been one of my favorite days. As a kid I was always excited to figure out what costume I would wear. Finances being as they were, we had to make whatever we were going to be. Then the hurrying […]
My granddaughter Libby when she was young had a bit of a problem. She had a terrible fear of thunderstorms. The sky would darken, flashes of light, and the resultant rumble would send her into a panic. I had never been around […]
Our friendly little golf group consisted of eight guys, five Canadians and three US. Although Gary from Toronto was on the US team when we had the Canadian US shoot out every year. The other Canadians swore that Toronto is not actually […]
The actual filming of the video was quite an experience. It was filmed in the old Midway Theater, which was unused and barely heated. We filmed in the dead of winter. We hire Jim Huffington as the producer and one professional actor. […]