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Jack's Journal
Jack’s Journal Ends for Jack O’Malley
Fifty-two segments a year, with all stories told in a visual journal. Jack O’Malley is wrapping up h...
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Jack’s Journal: Max the Reading Dog
Max loves going to school! Max is a dog, his human’s name is John. Today they are at Betsie Valley E...
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Jack’s Journal: Museum of Moses
In Missaukee County, just east of McBain, or south of beautiful downtown Falmouth, is Vogel Center: ...
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Jack’s Journal: Hogger’s Custom Sign and Design
He is one of a long line of dairy farmers. But that’s not a cow getting milked. Nope, this is a cust...
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Jack’s Journal: Collecting Cars
It’s simple: he sells new cars, but loves and collects the old ones. “It kind of can be an evil thin...
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Jack’s Journal: Steel Appeal
He goes to work every day like many across the north. He does it knowing that he’s a fourth generat...
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Jack’s Journal: New Rescue Boat
The Green Lake Fire Department is proud to show off their new rescue boat! “It’s a 21-foot air ponto...
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Jack’s Journal: Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate
Oh boy, who doesn’t like chocolate? At the Grocer’s Daughter in Empire you walk in, and oh you smell...
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Jack’s Journal: New Lyfe Restoration Bicycle Ministry
Life isn’t easy for Rob Burroughs. His disabilities can slow him down, but they definitely don’t kee...
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Jack’s Journal: Grayling Elementary Climbing Wall
It’s all about reading, writing and arithmetic… Oh, and rock wall climbing at Grayling Elementary! I...
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Jack’s Journal: Project Unity for Life
He happily goes to a place most folks pray they never end up. A jail is pretty stark, sterile, and n...
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Jack’s Journal: Christmas Wreaths
Santa’s elves come in all shapes and sizes, and work on a multitude of tasks. The folks at Barker Cr...
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Jack’s Journal: Rockin’ K Stoneworks
When is a pile of rocks not a pile of rocks? Easy, after Kevin Kaye gets done with them! Then, they ...
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Jack’s Journal: DreamLab Industries
Sometimes a dream is just that, and sometimes the dream becomes reality. This dream is all about 3-...
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Jack’s Journal: Card Wildlife Education Center
There are lions, no tigers, but bears… two kinds! It’s the Card Wildlife Education Center on the cam...
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Jack’s Journal: Toy Collector
This basement is for family fun for sure, but the room off to the right, well, that’s just for dad a...
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Jack’s Journal: COGnition Science and Discovery Center
It’s a perfect scenario: kids playing and learning! That’s the dream of the force behind COGnition S...
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Jack’s Journal: Grand Traverse Lighthouse
It was built in 1858 and decommissioned in 1972. In 1984, a preservation group took charge of the Gr...
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Jack’s Journal: Ball Bank Indicator
Driving in these parts means navigating the curves. The Michigan Department of Transportation design...
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Jack’s Journal: The ROCK
It’s called ‘The ROCK.’ The name was chosen to represent the strong foundation it was hoped to give ...
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Jack’s Journal: Bowling
Kegling, ninepin, bowling: whatever you call it, it’s fun and it’s been around a long time. One fami...
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Jack’s Journal: Fall on the Farm
When you live and work on a dairy farm, well the cows are queen. Your life is scheduled around Carl...
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Jack’s Journal: Parallel Parking
I’ve always heard peoples’ No. 1 fear is public speaking. I contend parallel parking is a close No. ...
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Jack’s Journal: Food Rescue
A proactive approach to combating food waste: that’s the mission of one Northern Michigan organizati...
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Jack’s Journal: 9/11 Memorial
Like any memory, it sits and waits for you to revisit it. In Grand Traverse County, behind the Metro...
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Jacks Journal: Matchstick Puzzle
When I first saw the collection of his work, I was amazed.
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Jack’s Journal: Lifesaving Station
Lake Michigan is beautiful to look at but, as pretty as it is, it can be deadly. The Manitou Passage...
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Jack’s Journal: Hillside Homestead
Yes it is 2017, but at the Hillside Homestead in Leelanau County it’s between 1900 and 1910.
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Jack’s Journal: Dive Team
They are Grand Traverse County deputies. They come from the ranks of road patrol, detective bureau o...
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Jack’s Journal: Elvis Tribute Artist
He’s the king of rock and roll, loved by millions. In Bellaire in Antrim County he’s loved by one gu...
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Jack’s Journal: Hammer & Dolly Auto Restoration
At first glance it seems like any other automotive garage, but if you look around you might think yo...
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Jack’s Journal: Maple Moon Sugarbush and Winery
One of the great parts of spring time is the maple syrup run. There is nothing like fresh syrup on t...
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Jack’s Journal: Beekeeping
Without a doubt it is a job most people don’t put on their top 10 list.
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Jack’s Journal: Young Jewelry Maker
She’s a high school senior. She enjoys music, horses, sewing and she loves to shop. But she also has...
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Jack’s Journal: The Harsha House
If you drive by, you might notice the Queen Anne style home at 103 State Street in Charlevoix. If yo...
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Jack’s Journal: Northern Michigan Miniature Makers
They make really little stuff. They call themselves miniature makers, and they aren’t fooling!
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Jack’s Journal: Guitar Lessons
As a high school kid in the early 70s, he worked at a music store and in the evenings taught guitar....
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Jack’s Journal: Northern Michigan Drone Company
At first glance, it’s a group of young guys working on computers.
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Jack Journal: Justice
The building’s name includes it, the phrase carved in stone proclaims it, and in these hall’s, it is...
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Jack’s Journal: Gold Star Mothers of Northern Michigan
Memorial Day is when a grateful nation remembers those who gave their lives for their country.
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Jack’s Journal: Typewriters
The sound is distinctive. When you hear it you know what it is, if you are old enough. The typewrit...
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Jack’s Journal: Shoreline Fruit
Between the tree and the table, that’s where shoreline fruit lives. We are taking a fruit we’ve cele...
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Jack’s Journal: Samels Farm
It’s historic for its age. A centennial farm on the Skegemog Point, near Williamsburg, is now in the...
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Jacks Journal: SCRAP TC
It’s a store named SCRAP TC, full of scraps! Brilliant! These “scraps” are crafting items that ne...
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Jack’s Journal: Mermaid Safety
The Little Mermaid wanted to be part of our world, and it seems there are humans that want to be par...
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Jack’s Journal: Living The American Dream
The Kingsley Lumber company has been around for as long as locals can remember, but about a year ago...
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Jack’s Journal: Man in the City
If you are always looking at your phone you might never notice him. But more and more are asking, wh...
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Jack’s Journal: Stopping Traffic
The Easter decorations are getting some finishing touches, the bunnies are ready to go. Go where, yo...
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Jack’s Journal: Mapping Michigan
When viewed from above, there is no mistaking Michigan’s two peninsulas. Its distinctive shape makes...
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Jack’s Journal: NMC Culinary Institute
At Northwest Michigan College’s Culinary Institute in Traverse City students are learning the art an...
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Jack’s Journal: The Twisted Fish Gallery
They say it’s all in the eye of the beholder… art, that is. Along the highway outside of Elk Rapids...
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Jack’s Journal: Curling
It’s winter in Northern Michigan and sometimes you have to be creative to keep things from getting d...
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Jacks Journal: AAA School Safety Patrol
Each school morning all across Michigan almost 30,000 AAA School Safety Patrol take to their corners...
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Jack’s Journal: Traverse Area District Library Sight and Sound Department
At the Traverse Area District Library they have more than just books.
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Jack’s Journal: Housekeeping
In the north, hospitality is king and in the hotel business the housekeepers are the back bone of th...
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Jack’s Journal: Grand Traverse County Road Commission Mechanics
When the weather hits the roads, counties across the north throw a lot of muscle into the fight! We...
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Jack’s Journal: Chill Out for Winter Safety
Sliding down a slippery snowy hill is a lot of fun, but it can be dangerous.
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Jack’s Journal: Coin Cut Art
A penny saved may be a penny earned, but for one Northern Michigan gentleman coins are the canvas he...
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Jack’s Journal: 100-Year-Old Wood, Timeless Application
As a young boy, he and his dad would fly over the lakes enjoying the bird’s eye view of the ships wr...
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Jack’s Journal: Fred Kelly Picks
In a small shop in the woods outside Grayling, a product is being made that has loyal followers like...
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Jack’s Journal: PEACE Ranch Cabin
It’s an essential part of the Christmas wish — peace on earth. But for some veterans, that can be ha...
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Jack’s Journal: The Bells Of Christmas
As you head north out of Northport you will happen by a great store. When you walk in, you are trans...
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Jack’s Journal: Christmas Pastries
Christmas is about family, friends and food. Sweets to be exact.
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Jack’s Journal: The Barracuda
All this month, Jack O’Malley’s having a blast taking us through the history of American muscle cars...
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Jack’s Journal: The Ford Mustang
“The Mustang debuted in April of 1964, and it absolutely was a runaway sales success and it created ...
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Jack’s Journal: Halloween Haunted House
Halloween is his favorite holiday, and the reason is simple.
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Jack’s Journal: Cheerful Cashier
Grocery shopping is one of those weekly duties that’s more work than fun sometimes, and waiting in t...
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Jack’s Journal: Disney Princess
As a young girl she watched all the Disney movies and dreamed of being a princess.
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Jack’s Journal: Truck Driver
It might be a bucket list item, since when she was a kid she’s always wanted to drive a semi truck, ...
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Jack’s Journal: Hartwick Pines State Park
With fall upon us, might I make this suggestion, don’t forget our state parks.
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Jack’s Journal: Fred Bear
In the small village of Fredrick, the local snowmobile shop is quiet on a fall morning, so it was a ...
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Jack’s Journal: Antrim County Habitat for Humanity ReStore
If you just drive by and glance, it kind looks like the turn of the century lumber mill it once was,...
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Jack’s Journal: Virtual Mandolin Lessons
He’s known across the state and the country as one of the premiere mandolin players, and it all star...
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Jack’s Journal: Historic Hall House
Owning an historic home comes with responsibilities, like keeping it in shape for future generations...
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Jack’s Journal: Learning To Fly
Northwestern Michigan College is about to celebrate 50 years of teaching students how to fly.
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Jack’s Journal: Harley Davidson Racing Motorcycle
When you walk into the shop, you know that this isn’t the average garage.
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Jack’s Journal: Celebrating Historic Fishtown
The Leelanau Historical Society and Museum is celebrating a new addition to its building, opening up...
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Jack’s Journal: Knife Craftsman
A quality knife is forged in fire…it is made by a craftsman. Someone who understands the metal and u...
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Jack’s Journal: Workers On Wheels
As crazy as this may sound, an automobile in our society offers opportunity and freedom. Goodwill o...
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Jack’s Journal: The Rock Stop
Yes, this is a rock band. Yes, they are young, but everyone has to start somewhere!
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Jack’s Journal: Firefighting
Quiet is good at a fire station, because when the call comes in, that changes fast.
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Jack’s Journal: Fish Carving
I’m always being asked, where do you get your ideas? Suggestions from viewers, some I come up with ...
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Jack’s Journal: Cherry Growers
This week we celebrate the cherry, but I thought it would be interesting to find out who grows them!...
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Jack’s Journal: Traverse City Archives
It might look a little cluttered and unorganized, and that might be because right now it is.
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Jack’s Journal: The Accordion
Its heyday seems to have been in the 60s, but this old favorite always brings out the smiles of the ...
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Jack’s Journal: Finding Hope
Greg is an addict. He’s been in long term recovery since June 26, 1987. His path has been an intere...
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Jack’s Journal: Recycle-A- Bicycle
It’s a hobby turned obsession, one that helps people get around in Northern Michigan. It’s the Recyc...
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Jack’s Journal: Volkswagen Club
Volkswagen has made history for some of its vehicles’ unusual shapes. A group has formed around the ...
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Jack’s Journal: Northern Transitions
The idea is to provide work experience and training for people with barriers to employment. And in ...
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Jack’s Journal: Restoring The Champion
Grandpa was the captain of The Champion for 10 years when it was a passenger ferry in the St. Marys ...
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Jack’s Journal: Point Iroquois Lighthouse
Point Iroquois Light Station sits where Lake Superior meets the St. Marys River.
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Jack’s Journal: Sault Ste. Marie
At the southern end sits Miami, a large dynamic city, sunshine and surf. 1,178 miles away at the tip...
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Jack’s Journal: Students Building A Car
If you remember back in December, I visited the Wexford-Missaukee Career Tech Center and met some gr...
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Jack’s Journal: Alliance Rugby
It’s been around for a long time, but it seems to be coming into its own here in the north. The spor...
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Jack’s Journal: Lineman Appreciation Day
When the lights are on, all is well. When they go off, not so much. Today, April 11th is Lineman Ap...
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Jack’s Journal: Charlevoix Barber Shop
It’s a new shop based on an old idea. The barber shop, a customer in the chair, others waiting their...
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Jack’s Journal: Snow Grooming Equipment
In a quiet workshop in the woods of Emmet County, these snow enthusiasts are watching the sun rise h...
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Jack’s Journal: RPM Records
Stepping into the RPM Records was a step back in time for this reporter.
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Jack’s Journal: ACT Grand Traverse
They are students, just like any other. It’s just that the path to learning may be a little differe...
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Jack’s Journal: Cherry Capital Airport Grooming
With winter on the wane, we can reflect back on clearing our snow or driving on slippery roads.
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Jack’s Journal: Leap Day
How many times have you thought, “There aren’t enough hours in the day”? Leap Day might not be the p...
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Jack’s Journal: Dream League
There’s a little shop in downtown Traverse City that’s home to some very big dreams. Source focuses ...
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Jack’s Journal: Farmer Foot Drums
It’s a small shop in Leelanau County. On this winter’s day, the very energetic Pete Farmer moves abo...
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Jack’s Journal: Magic School
A big part of growing up is using your imagination, to play, but to also envision yourself doing gre...
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Jack’s Journal: Latte Art
The world is full of bad things, wars, and corruption. Sometimes, it’s the little things that can g...
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Jack’s Journal: Alpine Ski Collector
Lots of folks collect lots of stuff. Enter Dick Wagner. He is a lover of Alpine skiing. He stands ...
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Jack’s Journal: Wooden Trucks
He works with wood every day as a finish carpenter. So he knows wood, he knows what it can and can’...
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Jack’s Journal: Shop Class
Back in the day shop class was wood, slide rules and drafting tables. Today it’s computers, robots a...
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Jack’s Journal: Quality Time Components
We live in a rural part of the state, but that does not mean we aren’t worldwide.
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Jack’s Journal: Grand Traverse Mall Community
The Grand Traverse Mall is like any mall, really. A place where folks come to shop and to meet.
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Jack’s Journal: Christmas Village
Christmas and trains just seem to go together. As do trains and model villages.
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Jack’s Journal: Kids Building A Car
In Mr. Mackey’s power sports and equipment class at the Wexford-Missaukee Career Tech Center, kids g...
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Jack’s Journal: Doll Museum
It’s the Dolls and Things Museum in Cadillac. It’s the lifelong collection of one woman who cherishe...
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Jack’s Journal: Bottle Cap Museum
It has been a fixture in downtown Grayling since the 1930’s.It started as a drug store with a lunch ...
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Jack’s Journal: Hospice of Michigan
It’s a job that most would not think of, but a very important one. Being a hospice spiritual care a...
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Jack’s Journal: ER Nurses
It is a 24/7, 365 kind of place. The hospital emergency room is one of those places that you don’t ...
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Jack’s Journal: Tuesday Toolmen
Some call it the “honey do list”, those fix it jobs around any home that need to be taken care of. ...
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Jack’s Journal: Meals on Wheels
Every weekday, volunteers spread out delivering meals to homebound senior citizens.
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Jack’s Journal: Shaggy’s Copper Country Skis
They make skis, plain and simple. We’ll OK, maybe not so plain and definitely simple. It’s Shaggy’s ...
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Jack’s Journal: National Champion Archer
1953 was a long time ago. That was when he scored his first championship while a junior in high scho...
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Jack’s Journal: Red Fox Inn Bookstore and Ernest Hemingway
On the Boyne City Road, in Charlevoix County is a little village, Horton Bay, home to less than 100 ...
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Jack’s Journal: Old Indian Motorcycle
He’s one of those guys that likes old cars and likes to tinker with them.
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Jack’s Journal: Piper the Airport K-9
Air crafts come and go safely daily from Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City. An entire crew tak...
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Jack’s Journal: Rex The Biking Dog
He is a well-known photographer in Traverse City, John Robert Williams. Like many, he brings his dog...
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Jack’s Journal: Wildlife Rehabilitator
Shes a real life Dr. Doolittle. She talks to the animals as a wildlife rehabilitator.
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Jack’s Journal: Empire Area Museum
It all started when they found the Roen brothers dead in their house, and the money was raised to pr...
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Jack’s Journal: The Quilting Lady
Quilting is a creative pastime many people turn to for relaxation.One Northern Michigan woman has be...
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Jack’s Journal: Spring Emergency Vehicle Operations Training
Yes even law enforcement has to have drivers ed! More specifically, “spring emergency vehicle operat...
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Jack’s Journal: G.T. Butterfly House and Bug Zoo
It’s good to have a dream. Now most dreams don’t usually include bugs. But in this case, bugs are th...
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Jack’s Journal: Archangel Ancient Tree Archive
He’s a third generation arborist, based out of his home town of Copemish. His is a simple notion; th...
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Jack’s Journal: Sleder’s Family Tavern
In 2014, this neighborhood eatery and meeting place was designated the longest continuously operatin...
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Jack’s Journal: Singing Lessons Part Four
They say anyone can sing. I set out to see if it’s true. Now after just four lessons, it’s show time...
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Jack’s Journal: Singing Lessons Part Three
As my instructor and I got together for our next lesson, I wanted to know a little bit more about my...
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Jack’s Journal: Learning to Sing, Part Two
Quick recap, the word is everyone can sing, we just don’t. So I’m testing this with the help of NMC ...
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Jack’s Journal: Finding Morel Mushrooms
Woody and his dog Mr. Bill, might seem like they are just walking in the woods, but oh you are wrong...
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Jack’s Journal: Family Pot Luck
They arrive, carrying tasty treasures. One Wednesday a month they gather to eat, tell story’s and sh...
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Jack’s Journal: Chris Craft Boats
It’s a slow process, one board, one screw at a time. The task is daunting, taking the ghost of a onc...
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Jack’s Journal: Carved Fish Decoys
They look real, but they are carved and painted wood. It’s the work of a very well known artist.
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Jack’s Journal: Wings of Wonder
Twenty-five years ago, a veterinarian friend of her’s “challenged” her to care for an injured red ta...
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Jack’s Journal: Rent-A-Chicken
It’s all about the chickens and the Suitor family is all about the chickens.”We love doing it, it’s ...
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Jack’s Journal: Ice Boating
The long winters in the north make us self-reliant. Sometimes we have to make our own fun. And the i...
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Jack’s Journal: Making a Fly Rod
This is where works of art are created. Ask any fly-fisherman and they know the name Bob Summers. Th...
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Jack’s Journal: History Behind Culinary Uniform at NMC
At Northwestern Michigan College the Great Lakes Culinary Institute students are learning how to pre...
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