Eric Weicht is a former Cook County resident known for adventuring on bodies of water. He chats here with Will Moore about his most recent trip--canoeing down the Mississippi from northern Minnesota to Memphis through the month of November.
Eldon Anderson was a tank officer in Korea in 1979-80. Korea had lost a lot trees during the Korean War. But one day one of his tanks accidentally ran over a farmer’s apple trees. Here’s Britt Aamodt.
Eldon Anderson was in the Army 1979-83. He grew up in Austin and earned his commission through the ROTC program. He became a tanker after training at Fort Knox. Here’s Britt Aamodt.
Dave Rowlands and his crew at Tachikawa Air Base in Japan worked at remote receiver site, where meals came courtesy of a man with takeout in boxes on the back of his motorcycle. Here’s Britt Aamodt.
Soojin Lee moved to Rochester for the same reason a lot of people do—because of the Mayo Clinic. Her husband got a job there. But she brought her Korean traditional instrument, the kayagum, to introduce to Rochester and the state.
Hollywood stars had come through Rochester International Airport. But today, the airport itself was the star, or at least the setting, for the crew filming scenes for the new Disney movie,, Mighty Ducks 3.
Virginia was a waitress. Gordon was a retired Rochester cop. Together, they collected old furniture—including 1,500 chairs—and ran Granny’s Antiques in Mazeppa.
