Carl Coffey

The latest EVH Stripe Series guitar features a Rosewood Fingerboard, Black and White Stripes. The distinctive body shape and black and white gloss “1980 Invasion” graphic finish was first seen in the 1980 tour when the band had just released the album Women and Children First.

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Janis Joplin was born January 19,1943 in Port Arthur, Texas. She wasn’t accepted by the kids she grew up with in the oil refining town so she put her energy into music which would be her ticket out of Texas. Janis ended up in San Francisco just as the music scene was just starting to explode. She became a major talent that took the San Francisco sound to the world.

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A Costa Rican lady is quite the magician. Check out the trick of making a flat screen television disappear between her legs. The woman makes it look easy. I’ve heard about sleight of hand tricks.

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This week in 1992, Eric Clapton’s career got kicked a notch up when he recorded his non-electric unplugged session for MTV. The set which included his current hit at the time Tears in Heaven and a acoustic Layla. This version of the song helped Eric earn six Grammy Awards for the album including Record of the Year.

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The Lapeer V.F.W. is having a Steak Dinner tonight (1/16) from 5pm until 8pm (or gone). For $10.00 you get steak, potato, salad, roll, desert and beverage. The meal is waiting for you at the V.F.W

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This morning on the radio I talked with Dianna Gruno the mother of Ken Gruno who is a missing person. Dianna is asking us to get the word out about Ken who hasn’t been seen since December 27. Take a look at the flyer and if you have any information contact the police.

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The Lapeer County Office of Emergency Management announces the next series of FREE Basic C.E.R.T. Training to be held on Wednesday January 28, from 7pm until 9pm at Mayville Fire Department. This course is free and open to the public. The (CERT) Community Emergency Response Training program is designed to teach citizens how to care for themselves, their family, and their neighborhood in case of an emergency or disaster.

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A great fundraising event A Taste of the Area is happening tonight for The Young Musicians Community and the band 3rd Degree Burns. Tickets for A Taste of the Area 2015 are $20.00 a person. You can purchase your tickets at Boulder Pointe Golf Club in Oxford tonight (1/15). Things get underway at 6:30 and go until 10pm.

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Throughout 2015, 2016, & 2017, the Lapeer Vietnam 50th Anniversary Commemorative Committee will be holding events to honor our Vietnam Veterans and their families, past and present. The events will honor and thank our veterans for their service and sacrifice, along with thanking and recognizing the families for their sacrifice.

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Police in upstate New York arrested a 46 year old woman in a Walmart parking lot where she was driving erratically. The lady submitted to a breath test which showed a blood alcohol content that was more than three times the legal limit. The woman admitted to the police she had been drinking. But it wasn’t beer, wine or whiskey it was vanilla extract which has the same amount of alcohol in it as gin or vodka.

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One of my favorite food items that appears in the produce section this time of year are those sweet little orange delights Clementines.You’ll see these juicy goodies being sold either in net bags or sometimes in small wooden boxes. My most recent purchase the other day was a bag imported from Spain and these babies were perfect.

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Since several area school districts will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Day, the children’s department of the Marguerite deAngeli Library on West Nepessing Street in Lapeer will be hosting a drop-in craft program for all aged children on Monday, January 19th, from 2 until 4 p.m.

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