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Paul is Vice President of Content for Mid-West Family celebrating his 50th year in broadcasting and celebrated his 25th year in Southwest Michigan in 2021. He has been hosting the COSY Morning Show since 1996. He is married to wife Anne 20 years with 5 grown children/stepchildren and nine grandchildren. Paul is President of the We Care Community Resource Center, a past President of Kiwanis, has chaired the Van Buren County United Way Campaign, was awarded the South Haven Chamber Business Person of the year, Community Impact Award and Living Legend Award as well as Citizen of the Year Award by South Haven Rotary Club. He attends South Haven’s Peace Lutheran Church, love family time, music, theatre and time on the water!
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, Dec. 20, 2024 1891 YMCA instructor Dr. James Naismith organized the first basketball game between his students in Springfield, Massachusetts. The original game used a soccer ball and a peach
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024 1918 Robert L. Ripley’s ‘Believe It Or Not!’ comic strip debuted, featuring items of the strange and unusual. In 1929, one of its cartoons pointed out that
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds., Dec. 18, 2024 1878 Joseph Swan demonstrated his carbon filament electric light, almost a year before Thomas Edison. 1917 Prohibition! The 18th amendment prohibiting intoxicating liquors in the U.S. was
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024 1843 Charles Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol” was published. 1903, the Wright brothers made the first successful flight in a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft. 1933 The Chicago Bears beat
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, Dec. 16, 2024 1901 Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit was first released. The story is about Peter Rabbit and his triplet siblings. 1951 The TV series Dragnet debuted
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thursday, Dec 12, 2024 1927 Henry Ford introduced the ‘Model A’. It had a 200.5 cubic inch motor that delivered 40 hp and came in nine body styles, with a starting
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, Dec. 16, 2024 1901 Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit was first released. The story is about Peter Rabbit and his triplet siblings. 1951 The TV series Dragnet debuted
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds., Dec 11, 2024 1934 Bill Wilson founded Alcoholics Anonymous. Wilson achieved sobriety when he had what he called a religious experience after asking God to help him get sober. 1941
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024 1884 Mark Twain’s classic novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published. 1964 Dr. Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent campaign
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, Dec. 9, 2024 1907 The First U.S. Christmas Seals went on sale. The proceeds went to the fight against tuberculosis. 1965 “A Charlie Brown Christmas”, the first in a series
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, Dec. 6, 2024 345 A.D., the real St. Nicholas died. He secretly gave gifts to poor brides-to-be. 1884 the Washington Monument was completed. 1964 “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” first aired
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thursday, Dec. 05, 2024 1933 Prohibition was repealed when Utah becomes the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment giving it the necessary 75% of states needed to enact it. 1952
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thursday, Dec 4, 2021 1969 The U.S. selective services conducted its first lottery to determine the order of call to military service for the Vietnam War. The first date drawn was
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024 1621 Galileo invented the telescope 1947 Tennessee Williams play ‘Streetcar Named Desire’ opened 1952 The first TV broadcast in Hawaii 1967 First human heart transplant took place
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, Dec 2, 2024 1927 Henry Ford introduced the Model A. It had a 200.5 cubic inch motor that delivered 40 hp and came in nine body styles, with a starting
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, Nov. 29, 2024 1934 The Chicago Bears beat the Detroit Lions in the first NFL game broadcast. 1942 The U.S. began rationing coffee as a result of World War II.
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds., Nov. 27, 2024 1755 Joseph Salvador established the first American Jewish settlement in America in South Carolina. 1896 Also sprach Zarathustra, Richard Strauss’ masterpiece was first performed in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024 1942 The film classic Casablanca premiered. It starred Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. Did you know, Bogart’s character Rick never says the famous line. “Play it again,
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, Nov. 25, 2025 1956 Segregation on interstate buses is ruled illegal by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Earlier that month, segregation on interstate buses was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, Nov. 22, 2024 1718 British soldiers boarded the ship of Blackbeard the Pirate and shot him. They then cut off his black beard and flew it from the ship’s bow.
