Rebecca Wee and her siblings grew up in a home full of books, with parents who read to them. She loved nursery rhymes and fairy tales, and apparently, had passages of Beowulf memorized by age 3. Children feel rhyme and meter with their bodies, and as…
Wayne Granneman remembers pieces of the car fly around him, as a crack made its way across the windshield. He was in an intersection in Montana, just a short distance from his fishing destination. A Dodge Ram pickup truck had just hit his car. Once e…
It began with a question. A woman named Mavoreen Briggs was an auxiliary volunteer at what is now Genesis Medical Center. And there was a rule that bugged her. So she asked: “Could we change the rule about not talking to patients when we take the Not…
The story of Missey Andrews completing the Boston marathon begins with dabbling with getting out and walking 11 years ago. As she walked, she would see how far she could run. At first, it was not so far. Then she signed up for her first 5k and finish…
St. Paul kids will experience God’s unstoppable love and learn how to live life with God by their side, at Vacation Bible School 2015. VBS, with the theme of G-Force: God’s Love in Action, will be Monday, June 8-Friday, June 12. St. Paul will come al…
Christian Frieden and Carolyn Wehr are students at Moline High School. They are both super involved in the arts. For the recent production of Grease, he was Danny Zuko, she was Cha Cha. They’ve played Romeo and Juliet and countless other roles throug…
Remember your first car? It may have been an Oldsmobile with a falling-off bumper and cracked windshield. Or, maybe it was a small blue pickup truck with a passenger door that only opened from the outside. Or, it might have been a muscle car you save…
Regina Haddock has fought some pretty tough battles in her life. Her family had few resources growing up. But she saw her mom working, sometimes multiple jobs, to keep the family going. She’s been divorced, twice. Regina found herself underemployed –…
Alex Johnson had to think just a little bit about what he would do with $100 he received at school. His mom, Katy, had given clothes to Ms. B’s Boutique, an effort at Hayes Elementary School in Davenport to provide for kids whose families don’t have…
Ellen Weiss comes from a family of musicians. Her mother, grandparents, and generations of great-grandparents all practiced the art of music. As a young child, Ellen started to sing in her local church’s children’s choir in Sweden. The director of th…
Matthew Coomber first remembers learning about Nazi Germany at a young age, horrified that such a profound evil had such a great influence in the world. As he grew older and learned that some still adhere to Nazi ideology, he was driven by a need to…
Where did you grow up? I was born and raised in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. I am the oldest and have two younger brothers. I grew up singing in choirs and playing sports, particularly soccer. My mom was our church musician, so I spent much of my time gro…