Good morning. Northern Michigan. This is Cup of
Traverse City for the 01/08/2026.
I still wrote 2025
on the one check I've wrote this year
so far, but, there we go. I got
my coffee.
Let's take a look at the weather.
Today, a 20% chance of showers after 4PM.
Mostly cloudy with a high near 44.
Wow. That's crazy, and
that'll work. South wind around 10 miles per
hour.
Tonight, showers before 1AM and then showers and
possibly a thunderstorm
between 1AM and 4AM.
That'll be interesting.
Then showers after 4AM. Temperature falling to near
41
by 8PM
and rising to around 46 during the remainder
of the night.
Southwest winds around 10 miles per hour and
gusts as high as 25. Chance precipitation is
100%.
New rainfall amounts between half and three quarters
of an inch possible.
That ought to add to our slushy.
And on Friday rain showers,
likely before 1PM and a slight chance of
rain and snow showers between 1PM, 4PM,
and a slight chance of snow showers after
4PM.
Mostly cloudy with a temperature falling around
to around 36
by 5PM. Northwest winds
10 to 15 miles per hour with gusts
as high as 25.
Chance precipitation is 70%,
little or no snow accumulation
expected.
Now with those temperatures,
so yeah, that's
that's a bit warm and like I said,
it's gonna add to our slush effect here.
Like
I said yesterday,
it is a slushy mess
in certain places.
So today is National
Argyle Day. National Argyle Day is celebrated
on
January 8, and the pattern derives from a
tartan of Clan Campbell of Argyle in Western
Scotland.
Scottish highlanders have worn the design in kilts,
plaids,
patterned socks known as tartan hose
since the seventeenth century. Each year is recognized
and honored on this day.
So today I want to talk about a
thing that started back in 2020
called Project Feed the Kids,
that's a nonprofit here in Traverse City. It's
run by Tiffany McQueer and her husband
who also own J And S South Airport
and J And S Kingsley.
Really good,
little diner
in both,
both Traverse City and Kingsley.
But they started this project
feed the kids,
where they make lunches for kids because, you
know, during the
COVID nineteen
pandemic
and, you know,
some sense,
you know, the kids weren't going to school
and a lot of kids, the school lunch
was their
thing and, you know, that's where they got
their food for the day, was at the
school. So
when the schools were closed, you know, everybody
was work you know, doing their school from
home online or
however they were doing it.
You know, a lot of lot of families
had a little trouble,
you know, making ends meet. So they now
have, and they did back then, they'd have
coolers,
set outside,
and they would fill them up with these
little
bag lunches
for kids, you know, sandwiches, whatnot.
Each
meal costs about $2.50,
but it was free to anybody. They just
pull up to a cooler and take what
they need and
and go. And, they've been maintaining this now
for, you know, coming up on six years,
and, they're they're doing rather well with it.
In fact, the next to J And S
South Airport, they have a whole
a whole facility now where volunteers go in
there and and make the lunches and,
you know, Costco and a bunch of other
places
donate food for it, and
it's, it's quite the deal. And, now they
have six coolers,
spread around the county pretty much.
And, you know, every once in a while,
they'll have a big donation from Costco, so
they'll put out, you know, bread
and bagels and, you know, just whatever on
on tables next to the coolers, and people
can just
take what they need.
And so far, it's been pretty good. They've
had a little bit of trouble with, you
know, some vandalism
and and whatnot, but, and they had one.
It was a windstorm. They have a cooler
out
by Chum's Corner somewhere. I forget where. I
think it's by Tractor Supply, maybe. I don't
remember.
But, it got blown over
in a windstorm,
but, they got that repaired and put back
and I think locked down a little bit
more so it doesn't blow over.
Hopefully,
hopefully, that's not
the the norm and it hasn't been.
So,
but, yeah, check them out. You know, I
frequent
the diner there over at J And S
South Airport, and
and, you know, they have a big donation
thing there. Usually, I'll pay in cash and
then, throw the change in the
in the, feed the kids
bin there.
And and, you know, they do a lot
of things around Christmas time. They have a
huge,
toy donation thing where they
they help families
that that need it. So
but, yeah, this week
or well
yeah. So, anyway, a little bit of history.
Says, they packed 81 meals that first week,
and
and they had hundreds of calls and whatever
whatever, and they ended up packing about 500
meals that second week.
And now they're up to about 3,000 meals,
in a weekend,
you know, so they'll spend, you know, a
lot of time doing that
and keeping those coolers stocked.
But, it's quite an operation over there. So
if you're in the area and know somebody
that
that is in need,
send them over to J and S and
the cooler's there, and at least they can
get some lunch.
And
that's a good thing. Anyway, we'll catch you
tomorrow.