Leo who is from the US, was the baby of the group. Not to say any of us were young. Although he was a very successful store manager. We still had some things to teach him. Memorable is that we showed him […]
A little over 6 years ago my wife Martha began pestering me to think about moving to a retirement community. As a typical macho male, I wasn’t interested. The subject to the best of my knowledge was done. However, Martha began a […]
Shortly after moving to Rockford, my son Dan heard on the local television that they were starting a boy’s hockey club. Dan was six and understood that you had to be at least six to join. He asked if we could do […]
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 […]