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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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WAY BACK WHEN for Friday, June 13, 2025 1920, for some reason, the U.S. Post Office Department ruled that Children May NOT Be Sent by Parcel Post. 1966, police became Required to Tell Suspects Their Rights because of the Supreme Court’s
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thurs. June 12, 2025 1987 U.S. President Ronald Reagan made his famous proclamation, “Tear down this Wall!”, in a speech calling for the leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds. June 11, 2025 1742 Ben Franklin invented the Franklin Stove. 1776 Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Ben Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert Livingstone were appointed to prepare the Declaration of Independence.
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, June 10, 2025 1752 Reportedly on this day, flying his kite, Benjamin Franklin identified lightning as electricity. 1902 American inventor A.F. Callahan patented the envelope with a window for viewing
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WAY BACK WHEN for Monday, June 9, 2025 1790, the First Book Was Copyrighted in the U.S. John Barry’s “Philadelphia Spelling Book”. 1934, Donald Duck made his debut in Disney’s “The Wise Little Hen”. 1980, Richard Pryor suffered third degree burns over most of his body while “freebasing” the cocaine.
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN TODAY” for Friday, June 6, 2025 The YMCA was founded on this day in 1844 The first ‘drive in’ theatre opened in New Jersey in 1933 The D-Day invasion of Normandy took
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WAY BACK WHEN for Thursday, June 5, 2025 1968 Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded after claiming victory in California’s Democratic presidential primary. Sirhan Sirhan was arrested at the scene. 1977 The Apple II
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Wednesday, June 4, 2025 1896 Henry Ford completed building his first automobile, calling it the Ford Quadricycle. It had a two-cylinder 4 horsepower engine and a top speed of 20 mph.
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WAY BACK WHEN for Tuesday, June 3, 2025 1800 President John Adams arrived in Washington D.C. as the new capital city was being built. The New York Knickerbockers were the first baseball team to wear uniforms. 1965
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WAY BACK WHEN for Friday, May 30, 2025 1431 – 19-year-old Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in France, after being found guilty on charges of sorcery and heresy. 1868 – General John Logan was
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thursday, May 29, 2025 1819 The poem The American Flag by Joseph Rodman Drake was first published, in the New York Evening Post. “When Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her standard to the
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds., May 28, 2025 1738 French physician Joseph Guillotine was born. His campaign for the use of a machine to provide humane executions led to the invention of “the guillotine.” 1959
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WAY BACK WHEN for Tuesday, May 27, 2025 1937 The Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco, California to Marin County (the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula) opened. Many experts believed that a bridge could not
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WAY BACK WHEN for Memorial Day Monday, May 26, 2025 1637 The first battle of the Pequot War (the first war between the settlers and Indians) begins, near present-day New Haven, Connecticut. 1994 The King of Pop
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WAY BACK WHEN for Friday, May 23, 2025 1701 Scottish pirate, Capt. William ‘Billy the” Kidd was hanged. He had been commissioned by the King to hunt pirates, but instead became one, for which he was hanged
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WAY BACK WHEN for Thursday, May 22, 2025 1891 Thomas Edison gave the first public demonstration of his motion picture camera, the Kinetoscope. 1956 The NBC Peacock airs its feathers, making its first on-air appearance. NBC used
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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds., May 21, 2025 1738 Charles Wesley experienced a profound religious conversion that played a key role in the start of the Methodist Church. 1881 The American Red Cross Society was
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WAY BACK WHEN for Tuesday, May 20, 2025 1927 The first ‘solo’ transatlantic flight by a man. Charles Lindberg, in The Spirit of St. Louis, left New York. He landed in Paris the following day. Five years later… 1932
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WAY BACK WHEN for Monday, May 19, 2025 1906 The Federated Boys’ Clubs was organized. It is now known as the Boys’ Clubs of America. 1910 The earth passed through the tail of Halley’s Comet. The comet’s
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WAY BACK WHEN for Friday, May 16, 2025 1886 The nickel 5-cent piece was authorized by the U.S. Congress replacing the silver half-dime. 1920 The First Academy Awards were held. “Wings” won the Oscar for
