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For the Gazette In the ’50’s, the Houghton School had grades K – 12, all in the grand old four-story school on Houghton Avenue between Pewabic and Quincy streets. The stately “old school” was well-designed to accommodate all 13 grades, and even had a large auditorium and gym, both with balconies. Grade school recesses were a highlight of the day – even in winter. Marbles was a common game on the playground, and getting “skunked” simply meant “losing all your marbles.” Occasionally the boys would actually stoop to joining the girls in jump-rope play. For the high schooler...

IRVINE, CA - R.D. Olson Construction, an award-winning general contracting firm in California, announced the groundbreaking of Vistas at Glendora, a Clearwater Senior Living project, which is a 117-unit, 107,980-square-foot assisted living and memory care facility in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County. Construction is expected to complete Fall 2022. The senior living community will be comprised of 88 assisted living units and 29 memory care units, offering specialized care for people living with Alzheimer’s or another form of memory impairment. Residents will have the option...

9 hours ago Two White papers and Infographic Available Free For Download WAKEFIELD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#NFC–The NFC Forum, the global standards-body for Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, unveiled two white papers and an infographic today ranging in topics from Internet-of-Things (IoT) data acquisition and mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) to event management and improving the customer experience with NFC. The white papers share best practices, recommendations, use cases and examples and can be downloaded for free along with an infographic here. NFC...

GARRETT NEESE Jan Tucker, 85, broadcasts one of her final shows before her retirement Wednesday. (Photo provided by Jan Tucker via the Houghton Daily Mining Gazette) ONTONAGON — As Jan Tucker’s retirement approached, people sent her memories of the radio show. One woman came by Tucker’s house with a folder full of yellowing recipes her aunt had jotted down from her radio program in the ’60s. Another remembered waking up in the morning as a child and hearing her mother and aunt listening to the show and talking. “I suppose that when they listened as kids, with their parents listening...

gneese@mininggazette.com Photo provided by Jan Tucker Jan Tucker, 85, broadcasts one of her final shows before her retirement Wednesday. ONTONAGON — As Jan Tucker’s retirement approached, people sent her memories of the radio show. One woman came by Tucker’s house with a folder full of yellowing recipes her aunt had jotted down from her radio program in the ’60s. Another remembered waking up in the morning as a child and hearing her mother and aunt listening to the show and talking. “I suppose that when they listened as kids, with their parents listening, it’s a tie with history...