by Hank Nuwer | Feb 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Hank Nuwer My wife Gosia’s dream to ride at top speed in a stockcar will come true next month. That’s her birthday gift from me. 10 years ago, I seized my own stockcar opportunity on the Lucas track in Clermont, Ind. “Dear Hank. Congratulations. Drivetech...
by Hank Nuwer | Feb 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Hank Nuwer “You sure put on a poopy face when something doesn’t go your way,” my wife Gosia said to me. I walked with dejection beside her as we headed toward the parking lot of the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park in Cross Creek, Fla. “It’s not a poopy...
by Hank Nuwer | Feb 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Hank Nuwer In May of 1972 in Northern New Mexico, I earned my fire-fighter card from the Forest Service. The training at Hermit’s Peak mountain was unpaid. The fire fighters worked us trainees hard. I was in good condition, easily completing all tests. I recall the...
by Hank Nuwer | Feb 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
I enjoyed Scott Shaffer’s “A Look Back” article last week as he recalled the Randolph County (Indiana) severe blizzard of Jan. 17, 1978. He highlighted the unselfish determination of Union City’s fire chief and crew who partnered with local snowmobilers to haul grub...
