One man’s voice was heard !

This bridge was going to come down, at great expense to the State of South Dakota.  One man, Jerry Cole, Director of Parks and Recreation for the city of Rapid City hopped in his car and drove to the state capitol to a meeting and said; “Hey, wait a minute, I’ve got an idea.” [...]

Habitat Home for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival.  Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general.  While perhaps religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primarily identified as a secular holiday.
 
Last Saturday I was privileged to attend the dedication ceremony of the first ever Habitat for Humanity home (note that [...]

Projects & Passion

As noted in Scott Ludwig’s new book A PASSION FOR RUNNING, “Jerry Dunn is a man on a mission.”
I suppose I’d have to agree with Scott.  It does seem that I’m continually creating new “missions” for myself.  Take 2010 for example.  In October of next year the inaugural Run Crazy Horse Marathon & Half Marathon will make it’s [...]