Do It Yourself

December 10, 2013

Do-It-Youself By Grant Gaines It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas is just around the corner and gifts are wrapped under the tree. Every good little girl and boy is erupting with nervous anticipation as they eagerly await the arrival of Christmas morning so they can see what Santa Clause brought them while […]

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What Do You Want

December 3, 2013

What Do You Want? By Grant Gaines “What do you want for Christmas?” This will be one of most frequently asked questions during this post-Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas Day season. The answers will range as wide at the Grand Canyon. Kids from one to ninety-two will ask for any and everything under the sun. And if you […]

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Show Me

November 26, 2013

Show Me! By Grant Gaines While it’s not certain where the state of Missouri got its nickname “The Show Me State”, many credit US Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver with coining the phrase. In the late 1890’s Vandiver was speaking to Philadelphia’s Five O’Clock Club and began to question the accuracy of an earlier speaker’s remarks […]

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Come and Take It

November 19, 2013

Come and Take It By Grant Gaines Located in the heart of the Wild West, the small town of Gonzales was a prime target for robbers and bandits to frequent in the early 1830’s. Knowing this, a high ranking political officer in the Mexican-controlled, Texas-based colony sent a request to the Mexican government for weapons […]

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