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Michigan's weather has been insane this week with drastic changes from 74 degrees here Tues. to tornados and freezing cold Weds. Recently my student Max and I processed and described a reel#180 of Channel 9 & 10 News from January 1976. Below are some still images of snowy scenes reminding us of how much the winter weather has changed since then.  The reel started with a Coast Guard Icebreaker breaking up ice near the Soo. This year the Great Lakes never froze over completely. The first three images below are from a segment titled Governor's Cup Ski Race at Crystal Mountain Jan. 17, 1976. Then we have two general snowy MI scenes, unidentified, which is not uncommon. Then we have what is described as Sault Ste Marie Bowl/Bowling in snow, Jan. 17, 1976, although they are not bowling. We could not figure out what they were really doing. Next are four images of snowmobiling at Tahquamenon Falls. This entire segment, Snowmobile #182 Jan. 2, 1976, has red dye deterioration damage.

Once again, I'm very proud to post about CMU junior Kenndall Wallace and her awesome playwriting accomplishments. In January Kenndall (pictured above third from right) again attended the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region 3 in Flint. She was the KCACTF,  John Cauble One Act Play Regional Finalist for her play “Momma’s Boy.” Kenndall thought it was a great experience. She gets feedback from the actors performing her play. From the Writers Guild she learned a lot about writing style and tailoring material for specific audiences and that you don't always get the audience you want. Next year when a senior, Kenndall hopes to participate with a two-act play. She received a lot of advice in Flint about how to approach writing a two-act play. An established playwright encouraged Kenndall to continue forward, to submit plays to theatres, and to be find ways to continue practice writing free-lance on the side while pursuing full time work as a playwright. When Kennda