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A Cosmic Variety Show - Friday, May 15 - 6pm, Delta College Planetarium, Bay CityChristmas In London - December 4, 2026 - 7 days, 9 meals

What has Michigan's modern lumber industry learned from the past? 

Credits 

Producer/Director: Bob Przybylski 

Videographer: Marshall Fulmer 
Additional Videographers: Brian Gulliver, Matt Hock 

Host: Eric Jylha 
Narration: Larry Maples 

Writer: Kim Gleason 

Music: Pat Cronley 

Editors: Bob Przybylski, Marshall Fulmer 
Graphics & Animation: Matt Hock 
Engineering: Bernie Litzner, Dave Neuchterlein 
Program Promotion: Scott Seeburger 

Archival Materials: Bay County Historical Society, Historical Society of Saginaw County, Midland County Historical Society, Public Libraries of Saginaw, St. Mary’s of Michigan, White Pine Historical Society, MI Department of Natural Resources 

Special Thanks: Ron Bloomfield, Lenette Brown, Don Comtois, Joanna Jacklin, Jeremy Kilar, Michael Laitinen, Forrest Meek, Mark Morley, Kevin Nehil, Tom Powers, Sandy Schwan, Gary Skory, Mike Slasinski, Angela Thorton, Denny Willise 

Additional Thanks: Edward Gravlin, Mary Beth Looby, Matthew Forest Service, Mid-Michigan Community College, Perry’s Schuch Hotel & Bar, Jillian Rose, St. Laurent Brothers, Willise Lumber Company

Mental Health Minutes

The Placebo Effect

How can a treatment make you better just because you believe it will?

Second Act

Watch and Clock Repair

We spend a day with Saginaw watchmaker Dick Groening.

Lifelines

John Hancock

In an age of rabid reformers, John Hancock was a moderate, yet he found himself as one of the instigators of the Boston Tea Party.

Revolutionary Moment

Friedrich von Steuben

This Prussian officer played a crucial role in the Revolutionary War.