C Notes

Tales from the mat: A look at the MHSAA wrestling state finals.

March 9, 2016
Tales from the mat: A look at the MHSAA wrestling state finals.

C Notes: by George C. Wilson. AUBURN HILLS — The Michigan High School Athletic Association conducts the largest high school individual state  wrestling tournament in the nation every year.  For over a decade the MHSAA has taken over the venerable Palace of Auburn Hills, home of the NBA Detroit Pistons, to put on a spectacle unrivaled by any other state athletic…

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Knizacky and Merrick lead the way for Spartans at state wrestling tourney.

March 9, 2016
Knizacky and Merrick lead the way for Spartans at state wrestling tourney.

By George C. Wilson, contributing writer. AUBURN HILLS — The Mason County Central Spartans concluded the 2015-2016 wrestling season this past weekend with seniors Spencer Knizacky and Logan Merrick leading a group of five teammates to the Palace in Auburn Hills seeking medals in the MHSAA Division 4 individual state wrestling championships.  Both Spartan seniors earned individual medals. Logan Merrick…

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The death of print and the golden age of information.

October 18, 2014
The death of print and the golden age of information.

C-Notes, a blog by George C. Wilson. A milestone passed today.  Not much fanfare accompanied it.  The last print issue of Time magazine crossed my desk in the library.  It’s not the last Time magazine print edition ever.  No… not quite.  But there is no doubt that milestone is on the horizon.   It is only the end of the Time magazine…

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Long.Short.Short. A trip to St. Joseph Island

August 11, 2014
Long.Short.Short. A trip to St. Joseph Island

C Notes. A blog by George C. Wilson.  There are, if you care to take the trip, great sights to see within an easy day’s drive of west Michigan. That is not new information to anyone who has traveled in the Great Lakes basin.  The lakes provide wonderment in locations both famous and unknown throughout the region.  People do tend…

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Movie review: ‘Frozen’ can warm your heart

November 13, 2013
Movie review: ‘Frozen’ can warm your heart

C Notes. A blog by George C. Wilson.  Greetings.  It has been a while.  I’m going to jump right in and post a movie review.   I attended an advanced screening of the new Disney movie with my 7-year-old son.  Frozen has enough strengths to be yet another Disney success story.  It certainly has the potential to put not one but…

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