one of the managers tells me i think a lot of people think is real snow, uh is icey or tough to skn, i ot as nice as powder you have out west. it's great snow, it's power-tilled, the guns that we have....make excellent, light snow. little switz opens for the season today at 4they have skiing, snowboarding and a restaurant and bar here so there are options for the whole family.live in slinger im jp cbs 58 just a reminder that winter parking rules are in effect. that means most residential streets will require alternate side parking...not to mention the "four inch rule."keep a look out for signs and visit our website cbs58.com for all updated parking rules. thanks julie....and make sure you download our cbs 58 ready storm all weekend right along with us...and see the most-up-to-date forecast for where you live.it's free for i- phone and android. a banking scam involving fraudulent checks and powerful painkillers has landed a local couple in trouble with the law. they're accused of illegally acquiring 374-thousand dollars to buy percocet pills. cbs 58's kyle aevermann joins us live from

. >> reporter: you pulled the skn off your arms? >> well, i was burned.s just hanging down there. >> recovery meant months of searing pain and surgeries. when doctors wanted to amputate his limbs, stratton refused. >> did you thun think you were to make it? >> don't think it ever entered my mind that i wouldn't. >> reporter: he wouldn't be kept away. a year after pearl harbor, he reenlisted and fought in the pacific. did you think you had a score to settle? >> thought about a little revenge. we had a job to do. >> reporter: over the years he has returned again and again to arizona memorial. >> very sad. very sacred place. lost so many shipmates that day. just look going back and losing them all over again. >> reporter: hatch yve you manao forgive japan? >> 1,169 on the arizona, i wouldn't shake hands with them. i'm not going to do it. >> reporter: wednesday on the 75th anniversary he will attend commemorations with his family including great grandchildren. john blackstone, cbs news. >>> still ahead -- for decades it was the floating white house. now it si