Wednesday, October 12, 2011
While Wisconsin sports teams are showing us a good time right now, it's important for us to remember it's all about the game.
I’m watching the Brewers play St. Louis, second game of the league championship series. The Brewers are taking it on the chin. It’s currently seven to two. But "hope springs eternal" as the poem (Casey At the Bat) says. The Brewers have an explosive offense, so "it ain’t over ‘til it over." I believe that one was Yogi Berra. The series started badly for me. My clock radio awakened me from a deep sleep yesterday morning with the DJ quoting a Brewer saying something not nice about one of the St. Louis players. My tendency is to take that sort of hearsay with a grain of salt. First of all, "boys will be boys." Wikipedia lists thirteen citations for that quote. It must have originated with Eve. On second thought, she would have said, "Boy …
Saturday, February 5, 2011
A weekly recap highlighting the week's news.
Port Washington-Saukville Patch's weekly recap of the week's five most newsworthy stories covered on the website from Jan. 29 to Feb. 4. Winter weather hits Wisconsin hard Port Washington and Saukville prepared on Monday for what the National Weather Service called a potentially paralyzing storm in much of Southeastern Wisconsin. Gov. Scott Walker declared a state of emergency the day after the blizzard, which also caused area schools, businesses and city buildings to shut down. Tentative agreement orders razing of downtown historic buildings The city attorney and Port Harbor Investment LLC, as well as the company's attorney, have reached a tentative agreement that calls for the razing of two downtown buildings at 122 N. Franklin St. The …
Friday, February 4, 2011
Port Washington’s Jim Biever in Dallas all week.
ARLINGTON, Texas – This is an old hat for Jim Biever. Though special in every sense of the word, taking photos at the Super Bowl is a venture of habit for Biever. The Green Bay Packers photographer and Port Washington resident has been in Dallas all week, soaking in the football and snapping away. His flashes will be one of hundreds of thousands seen during Sunday’s game between the Packers and Steelers at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. This is his 15th Super Bowl, including Green Bay’s win over New England in 1997 and their loss to Denver the following season. “I know my way around pretty well,” said Biever, 52, the son of legendary Packers photographer Vernon Biever and brother of John, a photographer for Sports Illustrated. “It’s one of …
