Many people from my area have asked me about what the path that the tornado took through Joplin looks like now.  Here are photos I took as I traveled from my hotel to the build site. The first pic is one that caught my heart when I saw it, and I really don’t know why. […]
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I just thought you might like to see the progression of the Gonzalez-Ely Family’s front porch. Sometime many hands are fun to watch.
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Thought you might like to see how everyone as able to work through the evenings. The lights were on all night and many times you only realized it wasn’t daytime was by walking outside the lights  or you suddenly noticed the sky was no longer blue. The first picture was taken from the registration tent which […]
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Here are some more night time pics.  I am part of the crew that are raking out the dirt so the sod could be put down over the next 2 days. I enjoyed doing more than just the painting and the night shifts under the lights made you feel like night time hadn’t come.Â
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My first day/night painting inside a house was interesting. I need to find the names of the 3 gals on the step-ladder and put it here. However I worked with these sweethearts til 7 a.m.. They were a hoot to work with, but, we got a ton of painting done. The painters in […]
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Here are some more photos showing some of the people and what was being ressuected amongst the rubble.   Clary (blue shirt) is a local artist who came to use her talents in the build. Her and I worked in the same house on the first day I was there and the last day […]
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The 2nd Annual Toasted Owl Gives A Hoot race in Northampton, Ma. was supposed to take place on October 30th this year. Myself, Dawn Faucette(fund-raiser for the Cutchins Program), and Fred Gore(owner of The Toasted Owl Tavern) had been planning this race for a year. But Mother Nature had a different plan for what was going […]
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Mickey and Joel have come to lend a hand with the Toasted Owl Race both last year(our first race) and this year. They come early and dive right in to doing whatever it takes to help the race be a success. If you have not organized a race, you have no idea how precious […]
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  You don’t want to mess with these gals.  Let me introduce you to 5 team members of Pair ‘O Dice City women’s roller derby team. (l-r) R. Olive R. Twisted, Bootsy Killins, Halle Pain Yo, little ol’ me, Pandora’s Squeezebox and Ballistic Miss L. We are giving you our “mean” faces. These hard core scaters were nice enough […]
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One of the rewards of either running many races or putting on a road race is when some of your best friends join you.  Judy is a wonderful person that I am proud to call “friend”. I have known Judy for many years. She is great parent, a competitor, a counselor, a mentor to many […]
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