Thank you. Thank you thank you thank
you thank you thank you.
If you've been reading these you know
it's been a rough few days thanks to the weather. Among the things I
haven't even complained about was a power outage at the station that
fried one of our computer networks. I was working on trying to fix
it when someone came into the station. Because I was busy I didn't
get a chance to speak with that person, but when they left one of my
co-workers came into the studio in which I was working and gave me a
package, which had been dropped off by that visitor.
Here's what they left for me--
And with that hand-carved spoon was a
hand-written note, which read like this--
“Dear Jim—For years you have shared
your talents to make the community better. I very much appreciate
hearing my name and those of my family and friends as we come across
finish lines. I made this spoon as a way to say 'thank you'. It's is
spalted birch from a tree that the BLP cut down on the side of the
Noque Trail”.
Wow. I was floored when I read the
note. I was even more gobsmacked when I looked at the spoon. Here
was a gift from someone I don't think I've ever met, someone who skis
the Noque and rides the Ore-To-Shore. And that someone thought
enough of me babbling out a stream of names to take a part of a tree
from the trails on which those races are run, form a work of art out
of it, and give it to me in appreciation for, you know, babbling out
a stream of names.
I'm not worthy.
I'm often amazed at just how incredible
the people who live around Marquette can be, and this is yet just
another example. I didn't do anything I thought was out of the
ordinary. I just did what I do. But someone thought enough of me
doing that to craft a work of art and to give it to me in
appreciation. I announce the races because they're fun, and because
they're a big part of what makes Marquette Marquette. I don't expect
anything for doing them. I'm just doing my little bit, at least as
far as my limited skill set goes. So to receive a gift like this
just, you know, blows my mind.
I was able to get in touch with the
person who left the gift and thank him properly. He said he was just
happy to show his thanks, which was in no way required but which is
still massively appreciated. So if you've ever wondered where the
greatest people on the face of the earth live, I have your first
nominee.
And the wooden spoon to prove it.,
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