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A Boomer’s Journal: Anti-Bucket List Works Better for Me

Jane — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:24:30 +0000

By Tom Anselm

So how are you doing with those New Year’s resolutions? I resolved not to make any resolutions, and I haven’t broken it yet. Old joke, I know, but still a good one. Along with resolutions, people who are facing their own mortality have had a tendency in recent years to write a “bucket list”, you know, stuff you must do before you kick that old container.

Tom Anselm’s Anti-Bucket List

Jane — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:01:37 +0000

Anti-Bucket List Works Better for Me

Despite all the Changes, Catholic Education Continues to Thrive

Jane — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:56:09 +0000

North County Catholic Schools Rebound After Consolidation

By Tom Anselm

Back in the early 1950s, our fair neighborhood boasted a large number of Catholic schools. In this week’s edition, we feature many of such educational institutions that have taken on the challenge of faith-based education in a changing population. Just as people came from the city in the mid-twentieth century to settle the farmlands north of Interstate 70, so many more have moved across the great divide of the Missouri River to points west, almost to the point of making the Greater St. Louis area a suburb of Columbia, MO.

If Not Jeff Fisher, How ’bout John Gudun? Rams Need an Angry Coach

Jane — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:08:09 +0000

by Randy Gardner

First off, Happy 2012. I hope this year is wonderful to everyone out there, I think we all deserve it. As we all know, it was a terrible year for the Rams but it all came to a screeching halt on Sunday with a loss to the 49ers at Home. Then it came to an even more sudden stop as Stan Kroenke pulled the hat from under Spags and DeVaney.

A Look Back at 2011: The Good, The Bad and Amazing Cardinals

Jane — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:06:24 +0000

12/29/2011

By Tom Anselm

As years come to their end, it’s traditional to look back at events and people of the last 12 calendar pages. So here goes my somewhat jaded view of 2011.

Eating In Was a Much Better Option For the Dining Divas in December

Jane — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:45:51 +0000

by Lisa Kampeter

Another year has passed us by, and what a year it has been for the Dining Divas! Through the many Diva years, I’ve downplayed any mishaps that we experienced at our restaurant choices. I would hate for someone not to try out a place because of my silly issues or dislikes. I tend to believe in second chances. The one time my entire Dining Divas column was negative, I didn’t even mention the restaurant by its name. I continue to believe that for us, it’s not about the food. It’s about the camaraderie with our friends.

Opinions All Over the Place on Pujols Signing

Jane — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:36:15 +0000

By Randy Gardner

Wow, is all I can say since the last time. I don’t even have to say another word as we all know what I am talking about. It was like a bombshell that fell out of the sky as Albert Pujols signs with the Angels. I have so many opinions on this that it will almost sound like I am contradicting myself.

Boomer’s Journal: A Christmas Tale in 2012

Jane — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:32:13 +0000

(Dec. 13, 2011)

By Tom Anselm

I had just scored a great deal on wrapping paper at Walgreens, and Jill was working on some presents for a family we were helping out through our daughter Katie’s school. Not being much good at the task of paper and tape, I decided to pop in “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”