As Riley Autore tells her story to her friends at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Marinette campus, a lot of eyebrows get raised. You took a ferry to school? Even in the winter? You had to travel two hours, one way, just to play a high school game? You’re a volunteer… what? Did you say, firefighter? “They find it hard to believe that I’m actually a firefighter,’’ said Autore, a sophomore nursing major. And that whole ferry boat thing?“ Our ferry boat can break through six feet of ice, so it runs year-round,’’ said Autore. “So, our school buses just drive right on the ferry, and we stay on the bus the whole time.’’
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9 Jan, 2020