Drunk Driving – Let’s learn from each other

As most people in Antigo know, recently a young person was severely injured in a car accident and has had a few benefits to help provide support for he and his family. The Wisconsin Circuit Court records show, he was under the influence when the accident occurred.

There has been a huge amount of people who have been supporting the young person and his family, which is awesome and says a lot for some of the people of our community.

There have been images of him during his recovery process that have been published on the internet and in the media, and those images are extremely heart-wrenching.  The absolute horror, fear, and pain that he and has family has endured has to be beyond what most of us can even imagine.  It should be repeated, that the amount of support from the community has been tremendous.

As we have seen, he & his family have an abundance of friends and family, and I am sure most of them do know that he was under the influence and although that is irrelevant when it comes to his life and all that surrounds that, it really NEEDS to be voiced to this community
that drinking and driving is wrong.  Underage drinking is illegal also, and these are exactly the reasons why!

It is my hope that when he is fully recovered, which seems as though it is a certainty, he will talk with others and help all the young people who have rallied around him, to know that drinking and driving has consequences, and they are not good ones!  Now is a better time than any to voice these points with graduation season nearing.

A few years back, another young Antigo man was underage, and driving under the influence and was killed.  That man’s father had no problem telling and educating others that his son DIED because he was drinking and driving.  He is extremely well-respected because of that.  He spoke out, in hopes to stop other young people from killing themselves.

So, please, keep rallying around this young man and his family, but, let’s not “hide” or “omit” how this tragic event happened and how the young people need to learn from it!

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Larry Flannery get rehired?

I recall reading a Letter to the Editor in the Antigo paper about a month ago and I am curious if things have changed?

The letter was from Larry Flannery, who had been hired as a softball coach by one of the district employees who had been put on adminstrative leave.  Apparently, the district had decided to let Larry go after the whole drug investigation fiasco.

In his letter, he was asking for his job back, at least that is how I took it, and he listed his qualifications, which seemed very impressive.

I am wondering if anyone knows if the district did hire him back or not?

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Is the AHS Prom as archaic as it was in the 1970′s?

Has Antigo High School joined the 21st century regarding its prom?  Back in the 1970′s one needed a date to go to the prom.  I no longer live in Antigo, but my children’s school and the other high schools in our county let the kids go as singles, couples or as groups.  It’s considered a fun time for the kids to get dressed up and party.  No one is excluded.

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