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Coldwater hosts Michigan’s shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade
COLDWATER — Monday morning, Ken Delaney, decked out in green and a kilt, walked from Four Corners Park to the nearby Jeannie’s Diner.
“Because I’m Irish,” he said.
The WTVB morning personality calls the event “Michigan’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade.”
Because his show is only on weekdays, the parade took place Monday along West Chicago for less than 20 yards.
Delaney said the idea started as a pub crawl 25 years before. “That got to be too much,” he said.
About a decade later, the parade time moved from an afternoon pub crawl to just after he finished his morning show when he headed to a downtown restaurant.
Those who join the parade usually join him for a corned beef and cabbage lunch.
In 2020, with COVID-19, he held the parade ending at JTs, with everyone wearing special St. Patrick’s Day masks.
With the shutdown, Delaney held the 2021 parade in his backyard, drinking Guinness with friends.
This year in the snow was the biggest crowd ever, with 25 people surpassing 17 in 2023.
Delaney is proud of his parade music, recorded in an Irish pub 15 years ago. “The Hudson Valley Drum and Pipe Corp, guys from New York, police officers and firefighters that were actually in a pub in Ireland,” he said.
There Delaney recorded the two minutes and 19 seconds song on his iPhone.
Delaney got his St. Patrick’s Day idea from WJR Detroit radio legend JP McCarthy. His party was held in the Fisher building in Detroit.
Delaney said McCarthy “used to just open the doors and everybody who was anybody would come by. The mayor, Wayne County Commissioners, and the bishops, everybody would come live for his morning show on St. Patrick’s Day.”
The parade is Delaney’s small market version.
Delaney traces his Irish heritage back to “My great-grandmother. My dad’s side was born in Ireland.”
For Delaney, “My whole family’s Irish, seven kids, an all-Irish Catholic family.”
“I love it everything about Ireland. I’ve been there three times,” he added.
His wife, Chris, bought him authentic Irish kilts for Irish events and parties.
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Over Memorial Day weekend, Delaney will celebrate his 40th year at the Coldwater radio station, where he is the market manager for Midwest Broadcasting.
Over those 40 years, he always did something different for St. Patrick’s Day before starting the parade. “It’s fun. I think everybody can be goofy. But since I’ve been to Ireland a couple of times, I guess it’s gotten even more so. Why not have a little fun?”
— Contact Don Reid: dReid@Gannett.com
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Michigan City native Braden Fiske picked by LA Rams in NFL Draft
DETROIT (WNDU) – A homegrown talent from Michiana has found a new home in the NFL after getting picked in the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft on Friday night.
Michigan City native Braden Fiske was picked 39th overall by the Los Angeles Rams.
Fiske began his collegiate career at Western Michigan before transferring to Florida State last season. The Michigan City High School alumnus started 30 games in Kalamazoo and had 148 tackles and 13.5 sacks.
At Florida State, the 6′5″ defensive tackle had six sacks and 43 tackles for a Seminole team that was one of the best in the country.
The Los Angeles Rams went 10-7 last season and earned a Wild Card berth into the playoffs, where they lost to the Detroit Lions in the first round.
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Chargers News: Jim Harbaugh Drafts Michigan Comrade With No. 69 Pick In Third Round
The Los Angeles Chargers are continuing their youth movement rebrand with their second draft pick of the night.
After trading up to draft Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Ladd McConkey with the No. 34 selection in the second round, the Bolts have opted to stay put in the third.
With the No. 69 pick in the third round, Jim Harbaugh is reuniting with one of his College Football Playoff national champion players, linebacker Junior Colson.
Here’s a highlight reel, via Bleacher Report Gridiron’s official X account:
Colson, 21, was a two-time All-Big Ten Second Teamer during his tenure with Michigan. Last fall, he was honored with the Lott Trophy. Last year during Michigan’s undefeated 15-0 run to the title, the 6’3″, 247-pound Colson recorded 95 total tackles (44 solo, 51 assisted) and two pass deflections.
Colson’s addition marks the third pick by the Bolts thus far, in the first draft of Harbaugh and new general manager Joe Hortiz’s tenure. On Thursday, Los Angeles selected another Big Ten product, Notre Dame Fighting Irish offensive tackle, with the fifth pick in the first round. Together, this initial triumvirate of Alt, McConkey and now Colson represents a tough, resilient, distinctively Harbaugh-flavored start to the draft.
LA is now done drafting for the day (barring any late trades), but has several picks ahead of it when Day 3 of the draft kicks off tomorrow at noon.
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