This was a week of catching up with family and friends… as well our regular Tinker Tour fun. Check out Week 5 , below:
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- Students at Phoenix Military Academy in Chicago Oct. 15 listen to Mary Beth Tinker.
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- Mary Beth Tinker talks with students at Phoenix Military Academy in Chicago during Tinker Tour stop Oct. 15.
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- Mary Beth Tinker meets with students following her talk at Phoenix Military Academy in Chicago Oct. 15.
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- Students at Phoenix Military Academy in Chicago show the Tinker Tour some love following the Tinker Tour’s stop Oct. 15.
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- Mike Hiestand talks with students at Phoenix Military Academy in Chicago during Tinker Tour stop Oct. 15.
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- Students journalists interview Col. Kevin Kelley, Director of Military Instruction, during impromptu news conference during Tinker Tour stop at Phoenix Military Academy in Chicago Oct. 15.
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- Gabby the Tinker Tour bus meets (Fred) the McCormick Foundation’s Freedom Express bus during the Tinker Tour’s stop at Phoenix Military Academy in Chicago Oct. 15.
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- Mary Beth Tinker poses in front of her photo on the McCormick Foundation’s Freedom Express bus during the Tinker Tour’s stop at Phoenix Military Academy in Chicago Oct. 15.
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- Looking inside the McCormick Foundation’s Freedom Express bus during the Tinker Tour’s stop at Phoenix Military Academy in Chicago Oct. 15. The Freedom Express takes its free speech and press exhibit to Chicagoland schools throughout the school year.
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- Mary Beth Tinker checks out the Tinker exhibit aboard the McCormick Foundation’s Freedom Express bus during the Tinker Tour’s stop at Phoenix Military Academy in Chicago Oct. 15.
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- Mike Hiestand, driver of Gabby the Tinker Tour bus, greets Mike Pellicane, the driver of the McCormick Foundation’s Freedom Express bus (formerly known as “Fred”) during their joint stop at Phoenix Military Academy in Chicago Oct. 15.
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- Mary Beth Tinker talks to students at Elk Grove High School, outside Chicago, Ill., during Tinker Tour stop Oct. 15.
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- Mary Beth Tinker meets with students at Elk Grove High School, outside Chicago, Ill., during Tinker Tour stop Oct. 15.
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- Mary Beth Tinker meets with students and teachers at a post-talk reception at Elk Grove High School, outside Chicago, Ill., during Tinker Tour stop Oct. 15.
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- Students at Elk Grove High School, outside Chicago, Ill., listen to Mary Beth Tinker during Tinker Tour stop Oct. 15.
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- Mary Beth Tinker meets with student newspaper staff at Elk Grove High School, outside Chicago, Ill., during Tinker Tour stop Oct. 15.
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- Tinker Tour visit to Marquette University, Oct. 16. The Tinker Tour’s Mike Hiestand graduated from Marquette’s College of Journalism in 1987.
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- Mary Beth Tinker speaks at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisc., Oct. 16.
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- Church of the Gesu, Marquette University, Oct. 16. Site of the Tinker Tour Mike Hiestand’s 1988 wedding.
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- Marquette Prof. Erik Ugland takes a photo of Gabby the Tinker Tour bus parked outside his Milwaukee home during visit to Marquette University, Oct. 16.
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- Nathan Hale High School in West Allis, Wisc., site of the Tinker Tour’s Oct. 17 stop during its free speech/press and civics education bus tour.
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- Students listen to Mary Beth Tinker during the Tinker Tour’s Oct. 17 stop at Nathan Hale High School in West Allis, Wisc..
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- Students talk about the First Amendment’s five freedoms Oct. 17 at Nathan Hale High School in West Allis, Wisc..
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- Students ask questions following Mary Beth Tinker’s presentation during the Tinker Tour’s Oct. 17 stop at Nathan Hale High School in West Allis, Wisc.
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- Students meet with Mary Beth Tinker during the Tinker Tour’s Oct. 17 stop at Nathan Hale High School in West Allis, Wisc..
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- Students listen to Mary Beth Tinker during the Tinker Tour’s Oct. 17 at Nathan Hale High School in West Allis, Wisc.
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- Students share their concerns during roundtable talk during the Tinker Tour’s Oct. 17 stop at Nathan Hale High School in West Allis, Wisc.
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- Students share their concerns during roundtable talk during the Tinker Tour’s Oct. 17 at Nathan Hale High School in West Allis, Wisc.
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- Mary Beth Tinker signs a student’s history book discussing her case during the Tinker Tour’s Oct. 17 at Nathan Hale High School in West Allis, Wisc.
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- Award-winning social studies teacher Michael Ellery (bottom right) and students at Nathan Hale High School in West Ellis, Wisc., show the Tinker Tour some love during their stop at their school Oct. 17
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- Nathan Hale High School in West Allis, Wisc., Oct. 17
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- Gabby overnighting in Packer country before heading off to KEMPA conference Oct. 18
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- A beautiful, early fall morning drive to the 2013 KEMPA fall conference at Univ. Wisconsin-Whitewater Oct. 18.
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- Univ. Wisconsin-Whitewater, site of the 2013 KEMPA fall conference and Tinker Tour stop on Oct. 18
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- 2013 KEMPA fall conference at Univ. Wisconsin-Whitewater Oct. 18
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- Mary Beth Tinker addresses students and teachers attending the 2013 KEMPA conference at Univ. Wisconsin-Whitewater Oct. 18
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- Mary Beth Tinker greets students attending the 2013 KEMPA conference at Univ. Wisconsin-Whitewater Oct. 18
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- Mary Beth Tinker greets students attending the 2013 KEMPA fall conference at Univ. Wisconsin-Whitewater Oct. 18.
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- Mary Beth Tinker greets students attending the 2013 KEMPA conference at Univ. Wisconsin-Whitewater Oct. 18
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- Mary Beth Tinker greets students attending the 2013 KEMPA conference at Univ. Wisconsin-Whitewater Oct. 18
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- KEMPA conference organizer Sandy Jacoby and her son Kregg, recipient of the 2013 KEMPA Hall of Fame award, sign the official guest registry aboard Gabby the Tinker Tour bus Oct. 18.
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- Mike Hiestand surprises college friend Chistianne Cone, unexpected Tinker Tour host, at her home near Chicago, Ill., Oct. 18.
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- Promo poster and photos featuring The Tinker Tour’s Mike Hiestand and roommate Greg Cone hosting The Alaskan Pipeline radio show, Marquette University, c. 1986. The Tinker Tour spoke to students at Marquette University Oct. 16 as part of its free speech/press and civics education bus tour.
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- Marquette University Alaska Pipeline hosts, Mike Hiestand and Greg Cone, nearing their big 5-0’s, still giving a good mix! The Tinker Tour made an unexpected overnight stop at the Cone’s Chicago home Oct. 18.
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- Gabby the Tinker Tour bus parked outside Mary Beth Tinker’s brother Paul and wife Claire’s Ann Arbor, Mich., home Oct. 20.
Miles traveled this week: 1,009
Miles traveled on Tinker Tour to date: 3,833
(Does not include Mike’s 2,989 mile trip from Ferndale, WA, to deliver the Tinker Bus to the Liberty Bell for the tour’s official kickoff Sept. 17.)
Coming Up in Week 6:
Monday: Michigan Interscholastic Press Association fall conference, Lansing, Mich. (MIPA)
Tuesday:
AM: Boggs Center, Detroit, Mich.
PM: University YES Academy, Detroit, Mich.
Wednesday:
AM: North High School, Indianapolis, Ind.
PM: Franklin College, Franklin, Ind.
Friday-Sunday: College Media Association national convention, New Orleans, La.
