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Archive: September, 2003

Brewing Tradition: Fifth Leinenkugel continues family legacy

A beer brewing family in Chippewa Falls, Wis., has been providing fine beverages to it's customers since 1867, but their most important contribution to society has been brewed since 1942 when the first Leinenkugel joined the Marine Corps. Today, that tradition lives on.Christopher J. "C.J." Leinenkugel has become the fifth "Leini" to enlist in the

High School band director credits Corps for success, motivatioon

More than 200 years of Marine Corps music has entertained the world, yet it's not just anyone playing the music. It takes a certain type of individual to join the elite Marine Corps bands. "The Marine Corps band has a high level of musicianship," said Ben Baldwin, band director at Lansing Everett High School. Baldwin is a former Marine who had