Dad was an outdoorsman, and October marked the passage between the summer’s fishing trips and November’s hunting outings. Sometimes after dinner, he would walk the mile or so from our house to a pair of sporting goods stores—Mages and Klein’s, right across the street from each other on Harlem, a block or so north of Grand Avenue.

He collects all kinds. In fact, Silva has been collecting hats from different parts of the world for years.

His name is Kurt Kuehnert, and after ten years, he recently retired from his Advertising Manager position.

Sun City resident Kari Freeman has a collection of small bottles filled with samples of sand from all over the world.

The dog was shot and killed by Hal Phipps, who is the husband of current Wayne Village President Eileen Phipps and the neighbor of Ludwig’s owner, Joe Petit.