Want to let you know we've officially reached the 'over 200' mark for snow this season. We didn't make it last year.

It doesn't only affect the people here. It very greatly affects the Silver City people. It would be sort of like closing the Dan Ryan (a famous Chicago area expressway). It's a major feeder.

We did a dollar match promotion with the state of Michigan and the ski areas. It has had a very positive impact. It's so fun to drive to the ski areas and see lots of cars in the parking lots.

They are going to numerous chambers of commerce in Ohio and Indiana, among others. We even have a request from Detroit Metro Airport. The Michigan Department of Transportation, the next time they make a pickup here, will bring them to all the welcome centers across the state.

The map is also designed to help those with a little less local knowledge the information needed. It's going to be a tool for anybody that wants a tool.

Katie Hogan, a teaching scholar, and Mary Farmer, our fellow and an award-winning teacher from Illinois, will discuss what they think future teachers should know and things you won't learn in class.