Here at The Gazette, we have our share of wacky moments. We decided to share some of them. Former Gov. Lee Sherman Dreyfus, who is also a former chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, is returning to Stevens Point on trivia weekend. Dreyfus, president of Wisconsin State University-Stevens Point when radio station WWSP 90FM began its annual trivia contest in 1970, is coming back to be honored in a ceremony on the front lawn of Old Main on Sunday, April 22.
Trivia attracts a large number of alumni who return to play in the annual contest.
Brian Hooey, who cuts hair in Plover, tells of a barber on Velp Avenue in Green Bay who had an old Pepsi vending machine in his shop. The Rev. Robert Schaller, pastor of St. Peter Catholic Church in Stevens Point, says he always tries to introduce himself when he meets people or makes rounds in the hospital because people are usually familiar with him only in his vestments at church. He does so, he said, because people would tell him they didn't recognize him without his clothes on. Officials deny all reports that the 24 Americans held in China were busy making all the black berets the U.S. Army plans to buy from that country. A lot of people like to complain about the weather, and when a person works outside, they should have the right to complain louder.