An introduction to a few of the reasons that vocational education is "out" and career and technical education is "in".
The Missouri Veterans History Project (MVHP) interviews and records the stories of Missouri veterans.
The 13th annual Make A Difference Day in Shrewsbury and Webster Groves will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2011.
Please take a minute right now, and put ICE (In Case of Emergency) and a phone number in your wallet and your phone. Then it will be there if you end up in an emergency room.
Introducing a new bi-weekly travel adventure blog from author, photographer Bruce A Raisch. If you like Indiana Jones movies, you’ll like my books and blog. They are non-fiction, real life adventures.
The best way to live into the present and release the past is to practice smiling all the way down into your liver.
A friend's class ring is found and traced back to her after 37 years and hundreds of miles.
The firefighters of the Affton Fire Protection District extend an invitation to a barbecue this Friday and Saturday to benefit Firefighter Dan Gruener who is recovering from surgery.
The Rogers Middle School event promoted fitness and exercise.
Back to Football Friday, fun, games, and football. GO RAMS!
Charlie Dooley visits, educates and entertains Grantwood Village.
The Affton Fire District welcomes its newest addition, Firefighter Paramedic Tim Hughes.
City of Green Park National Night Out successful despite heat.
Immunizations and other back to school health notes.
An update on the effort to preserve one of our favorite places.
Examining the numbers behind the best opportunity to purchase a home in decades.
I love summer but not necessarily the heat.
How a sister is running from St. Louis to New York to raise awareness and find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis.
Be Careful!
Holidays are often the most difficult time for persons who have lost a loved one in the past year. Their absence is often the real "elephant in the room."
How one little left turn lane improved a nasty situation.
A local band makes and effort to help diabetes patients in need.
It pays to be nice because you never know who you will run into.
Grantwood Village is using social media and old school methods to open up lines of communication.
Ours in a culture of stories on the TV, computer, in books and at the movies. But we have stopped telling our own stories. So to live and die well, pass along the stories about your life.
After being deployed with the St. Louis Metro Task Force to assist with initial search and rescue efforts, Affton Firefighters and Rescue Technicians were humbled by the gracious people of Joplin.
Christ Memorial Productions presented Uncle Phil's Diner. An evening out for dining and entertainment as well as fundraising.
My inner five-year old.
A longer death allows us to say "thank you," "forgive me" and "I love you." Those are words to wrap our lives, but also words to use daily.
Grantwood Village's Board of Trustees Chairman explains why they like being a small municipality.
Math was not my strength.
If you are estranged from someone, don't wait until death, make peace now.
Rogers Middle 8th graders learn how to make healthy after school snacks.
What does an illustrator do all day?
I drew this cartoon ago while pondering dreams about flying. But I've actually never had one of those dreams.
Self Portrait
Green Park Lutheran School on Green Park Road and Union Road recently collected food for Feed My People.
In sudden death, our outrage,loss, and the desire for more time is multiplied ten-fold. So how can we possibly prepare for sudden death? The key is to live life well in the moment.
Dying has become an experience that is alien and mechanical. I hope in my blog to address this subject of dying, a subject often shunned in our culture.
Water main breaks causing flooding at the entrance to the Indian Hills Subdivision.