Grateful Memories

Have you survived a Spring blizzard?

Tell us your favorite story of making it through a big storm. Who knows, maybe part of your story will be a good lesson for someone out there to help them survive in a blizzard.

As I write this, Cheyenne has received about 2 inches of snow from this Arctic blast but the winds are howling and creating drifts more than a foot high in places already.

When I left the radio station Monday night, a drift in the parking lot must have been ten inches deep and the heavy wet snowflakes hurt as they blew sideways into your face. Visibilities on the roads home were diminished to whiteout conditions when I passed Holliday Park on 19th Street.

Over the years, I've lived through several blizzards in Wyoming and have Grateful Memories of many of them. Thought I'd share one, if you have one, share yours too.

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Were you watching when Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon?

If you haven't watched the historic black and white footage, here's a YouTube video collage. Watching it took me right back to July 20, 1969.

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Did you attend McCormick Junior High School in downtown Cheyenne?

Outside our KING FM studios at the ANB Bank, I've been watching the crews renovating the exterior of the Emerson Building on Capitol Avenue this Summer.

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Are you headed to the carnival during Cheyenne Frontier Days?

The Bill Hames Show and midway is back in town for the 'Daddy of 'em All.'

What's your favorite ride at the carnival?

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Do you have a favorite sports stadium?

Mine would have to be the L. A. Memorial Coliseum.

When I was growing up, I'd watch quarterback Roman Gabriel and the Rams playing football at the huge structure in southern California.

On June 1, 1991 I was sitting in the coliseum watching the Grateful Dead play.

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Where did you attend elementary school?

From kindergarten through sixth grade, I went to Pioneer Park Elementary. The school at 1407 Cosgriff Court celebrates it's 55 anniversary tomorrow, May 19.

Former students and staff of Pioneer Park are invited to an open house and lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m on Saturday.

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Goober Takes Off on Cary Grant (YouTube)

Do you have a favorite memory of actor George Lindsey?

When I asked myself that question, I realized how big an influence the actor who played Goober on 'The Andy Griffith Show' was on my childhood. He was in some of my favorite movies and TV shows.

George Lindsey died last Sunday, May 6, in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 83.

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What's the best show you've seen in Las Vegas?

Sin City is a mecca for entertainers, but one of the best shows I've seen there wasn't at a casino or theater, it was a concert at the UNLV football stadium.

The Grateful Dead played the Sam Boyd Silver Bowl on the last weekend of April in 1991.

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Do you have a favorite memory from the six-decade-long-career of Mike Wallace?

The '60 Minutes' interviewer influenced my career in communications. Wallace worked in radio, played on the Broadway stage, acted in films and talked to the most famous people in the world. Last Saturday, April 7, he died at 93.

Wallace became a character in movies based on actual events; in 'Frost/Nixon' he was played by Stephen Rowe and Christopher Plummer portrayed the journalist in 'The Insider' about corruption in the tobacco industry.

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