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1 week ago | 
merrillfotonews.com | Kris Leonhardt
In my opinion, every NFL team is a community asset and every president is a steward of that asset, here that is literal” By Kris Leonhardt MMC Senior Editor GREEN BAY – If you’ve heard of the self-fulfilling prophecy, you may start to believe that the Packers are heading into some successful seasons. Incoming Green Bay Packers CEO Ed Policy is in the habit of making a vision a reality. Policy is a native of Youngstown, Ohio, and his future was influenced at an early age when his dad became...
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1 week ago | 
hubcitytimes.com | Kris Leonhardt
The American flag waves in countless places across this nation every day — from suburban front porches to military bases. Yet for its abundance, the flag remains one of the most emotionally charged symbols of our nation. What makes the flag remarkable is its capacity to survive our imperfections. It has flown over moments of breathtaking moral courage and over chapters we'd rather forget.
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2 months ago | 
hubcitytimes.com | Kris Leonhardt
By Kris LeonhardtMMC Senior EditorGREEN BAY – Over the last century, Green Bay Packers photography has grown synonymous with names like Stiller, Biever and Harmann, but one of those names is looking to relinquish that history to someone who might value it more. The history of Harmann Studios can be traced back to the production of black and white images in a family farmhouse in 1958.
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2 months ago | 
tomahawkleader.com | Kris Leonhardt
By Kris LeonhardtMMC Senior EditorGREEN BAY – Over the last century, Green Bay Packers photography has grown synonymous with names like Stiller, Biever and Harmann, but one of those names is looking to relinquish that history to someone who might value it more. The history of Harmann Studios can be traced back to the production of black and white images in a family farmhouse in 1958.
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2 months ago | 
tomahawkleader.com | Kris Leonhardt
By Kris LeonhardtMMC Senior EditorPart I in a seriesGREEN BAY/STURGEON BAY – “She was a very gregarious person. Everyone knew Mary Jane, and Mary Jane knew everyone else, especially in the Green Bay area,” Dave Sorgel said of his stepmother, Mary Jane Van Duyse Sorgel. “She was the epitome of the Green Bay Packers.
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Mar 31, 2025 | 
tomahawkleader.com | Kris Leonhardt
By Kris LeonhardtMMC Senior EditorContinued from last week“Before the 1963 season, the Packers’ famous Lumberjack Band changed its name to the Green Bay Packer Band and members abandoned their old outfits for green blazers and gray trousers with gold stripes. Word was Vince Lombardi wanted the band to have a more sophisticated look,” Packers Historian Cliff Christl wrote in The Greatest Story in Sports.
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
antigotimes.com | Kris Leonhardt
By Kris LeonhardtMMC Senior EditorContinued from last weekCarol Jean Collard wasn’t quite three when she started with the Lumberjack Band and is noted as the band’s first majorette. “Within the next several years, the Packers band drum majorette became a permanent fixture at Packers home games (both in Green Bay and in Milwaukee),” wrote Lee Remmel.
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Mar 17, 2025 | 
tomahawkleader.com | Kris Leonhardt
By Kris LeonhardtMMC Senior EditorContinued from last week“Those intimately concerned with the destinies of the Green Bay Packers have seen for some time that a football game, even a bang-up battle, is not quite enough entertainment for the average fan. The result has been the formation and financial sponsorship of the Green Bay Packers Lumberjack Band,” Sports Writer Ray Pagel stated in his column “Looking Up” in 1942.
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Mar 10, 2025 | 
tomahawkleader.com | Kris Leonhardt
By Kris LeonhardtMMC Senior EditorContinued from previous weekIn 1939, the Lumberjack Band “swing band” was performing at all of the Green Bay Packers home games, as well as concert dates at the Columbus Club with 25 musicians. And when the team stepped off the Milwaukee Road train that December, the Lumberjack Band was there along with hundreds of people crowding Washington Street from Mason to Chicago to welcome home the champions.
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Mar 10, 2025 | 
antigotimes.com | Kris Leonhardt
By Kris LeonhardtMMC Senior EditorContinued from previous weekIn 1939, the Lumberjack Band “swing band” was performing at all of the Green Bay Packers home games, as well as concert dates at the Columbus Club with 25 musicians. And when the team stepped off the Milwaukee Road train that December, the Lumberjack Band was there along with hundreds of people crowding Washington Street from Mason to Chicago to welcome home the champions.
