Huh? What's Up With That?

  the 1st saturday in may...                                                                      It was one of the most memorable sporting events I had ever witnessed and all because of the circumstances that placed me in the midst of tens of thousands of horse race fans.      HUH ?   What's up with that ?   Here's how those circumstances came to happen.   The year was 1976 and the venue,  Churchill Downs , was just a name that prior to that year was barely known to me.  I would soon learn it was as iconic a name in sports venues as  Yankee Stadium  and  Soldier Field .      My goal for the first years I had been in broadcasting was to work for a 50,000 Watt AM radio station.  There were only 12 clear channel (50K) stations (no other s...

  encore performances #8...                                                    This post explores the activities retirees turn to after the decision has been made to pull the plug and step down from regular, gainful employment.  Forty hour weeks to get a financial reward at the end of the week are in the past;  OT means OFF TIME;  any raise comes from Social Security, and;  negotiating on any level is now only for personal benefit or personal gain without regard to a company, business, or organization      HUH ?   What's up with that ?   Throughout the past two years, dozens of people, both men and women, have been interviewed for these posts.  Their words are their own.  Every word is recorded and then transcribed to a working paper.  Some people decline to be interviewed, while others d...

a ukrainian view...                                                          Dr. Bogdan Graboviy, his wife, Natalia, and their eldest child, Aleksey, 30, were all born in Ukraine. The couple's two youngest children, Marianna, 15, and Patrick, 13, were born here in America in Louisville, Kentucky.   Natalia, Aleksey, and Dr. Graboviy were refugees brought to America by a Catholic charity.  HUH ? What's up with that ? Doctor, tell me a little bit about your background. Gladly, he responded . I was born in Lviv (l uh-veev) in Western Ukraine. I'm a dentist and I practiced for five years before leaving Ukraine and coming to the United States. I went back to school when I got here. Natalia and I had two children after coming to America. We arrived in the United States in 1996. Do you have extended family in Ukraine? ...