If you know anything about ‘George in the morning’, you know that the man is a preacher at a Baptist Church in Shingleton.
George is very passionate about his job and he is also extremely passionate about children learning about the church.
Recently, George had the opportunity to interview Carol Horn. Carol is part of Child Evangelism here in the UP. If you get a chance, you should listen to this interview and find out what they are up to and who they really are. You can get on our website and click on interviews or you can simply follow the link below~

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Kudos to you Munising!!! Not far to go for the $30K in 30 Days needed to be raised to get our bake path!
I had word from Char Carberry herself this morning letting us know that they are down to needing $6500! WOW! Congrats to Munising for opening your wallets to this great cause!
Now, we are doing well but we do need that last push for the remaining $6500. If anyone can do it, Munising can! What a town!
Thanks for the word Char, keep us posted!
~Stephanie

Munising – Riptide Ride in Munising will offer to Alger County residents any unsold seat for the rest of July for a $10 donation to the bike path fund.

Proof of residency is required and children must be accompanied by an adult.

The 116th Annual Volunteer Firefighters Tournament came to an end Saturday, July 24th, here in Munising. The  final day of the three day tournament featured a commercial parade and the closing ceremony where winners were announced and trophies were awarded. This year third place went to Skandia-West Branch, second place was awarded to West Iron County, and Crystal Falls took first place overall. The tournament featured numerous events which were scored and judged on several factors…even crowd reaction was taken into consideration. Saturdays commercial parade featured not only firetrucks and firefighting apparatus. In fact, the firefighters built unique and elaborate floats based on this years theme: The Battle by the Bay. More than 15 departments and over 1,200 volunteer firemen and women from around the Upper Peninsula participated in the  numerous competitions and events. However, Munising’s Department was unable to compete simply because they were hosting the tournament, as is tradition. The events proceeds will benefit the participating fire departments where it will be utilized for such things as lifesaving equipment and training. Congratulations to all the Fire Departments on a very successful and exciting tournament, and thank you to all those brave volunteers from across the Upper Peninsula.

The Crystal Falls Fire Department team with their first place trophy.

West Iron County's Fire Department took second place this year.

Champion/Humboldts fantastic recreation of the East Channel Lighthouse on Grand Island.

Replica of a fire boat which sank in the 1800's also built by the Champion/Humboldt team.

The Crystal Falls team created a very impressive "Baywatch" float, relevant to this years Battle by the Bay theme.

The Skandia-West Branch fire department showed off their 1963 fire truck which served them for over 20 years.

Most teams chose float ideas that would portray Munisings landmarks and keep with the Battle by the Bay theme. Here West Iron County has recreated Miners Castle featuring a burning cabin sitting on top.

The commercial parade featured many other impressive and unique ideas including a pirate ship built by the Caspian Gaastra team and several very old fire trucks.

Be sure to stay tuned into AM 1400 WQXO for the big Battle by the Bay happening this weekend!
I will be LIVE off and on on Thursday evening starting at 6:30pm. The Dress Parade will be starting at 7pm on Cedar and Chocolay. I’ll be down there checking it out and giving you the details- you should come down too! Show your support for your local Volunteer Fire Department!

On Friday, I’ll be live starting at 8:30pm for the Firefighter’s Ball and that will rap up with the raffle and awards ceremony at 11pm. The public IS welcome to this event and it’s sure to be a ball hehe Come join us!

Also, WQXO will be live Saturday morning starting at 9:00 am for the Commercial Parade and Closing Ceremonies.

Remember- if you can’t make it, we’ll make it for you! Just tune in and listen for all of the events!
~Stephanie

What do you have going on in or around Munising? Let us know!
There are so many things always going on- this weekend we have the BATTLE BY THE BAY!!! A sweet event that you can’t miss! There are all sorts of exciting things happening with this- check out our calendar for more info.
If you have something else going on, let us know, we love to hear from YOU Munising!!!
~Stephanie

I’ve had alot of listeners that call in every week to qualify for the weekly Kewadin Casino Giveaway- DO YOU? You can’t win if you don’t call!
We’ve had alot of fabulous winners EVERY SINGLE WEEK! You could be one of them! Every week, Monday through Friday from 9 to 10am I take qualifiers and then on Friday, we randomly choose a winner here at the station. You could either win 4 rolls of the gold Kewadin tokens or dinner for two of up to $40!
You can’t win if you don’t call!!!
(906)387-1400
~Stephanie

If you get a chance, be sure to check out the second installment of the interviews that are being done with Char Carberry about the $30K in 30 days that Munising is working on gathering to get our new BIKE PATH!!!
Late last week I had Char Carberry in here and we talked and talked! By the time our interview was over, I had the opportunity to break it up into a few interviews. She had so much good information for us and she is so passionate about this- it was a blast with her! I played the first part on Friday and was able to get the second part played this morning.
Be sure to get on our website and listen to BOTH of these interviews or just follow the link below…
Have a great Monday!
~Stephanie

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Melissa Gould!!! Congrats to Melissa!

Remember, if you’d like to qualify for our weekly Kewadin Casino Giveaway, you can call me between 9 and 10am, Monday through Friday! It’s REALLY that EASY!!!

Hope to hear from you next week!
~Stephanie

Check out my first installment of the interview I had with Char Carberry if you get a chance. What a wonderful woman with so much passion about this bike path for Munising and really for Munising in general! The 30K in 30 days is really off and running quite well! This is definitely something that I see happening and Char is certain of!
Like I said, check out this first interview and there will be more to come! Either click on interviews from our website or simply follow the link below!
~Stephanie

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