Discover Russ Newton ALS Ride of a Lifetime

This will be a long story I am afraid but I feel motivated to tell it tonight so bear with me. I am going to tell you all about a friend...

for a visit. Mark is one of my oldest friends. Met him back in 1974 as a freshman in high school. We were pretty close friends through...

John LaBreche John LaBreche stopped by yesterday for dinner and conversation. I met John at the home of Steve Nashold back in 1976. He...

Tom and I go way back, to middle school. And High School. We were part of a large group of guys that hung out with some common people....

Good day yesterday but it really wiped me out. First up was John Otterson. I worked with and met John with my first full time Newspaper...

Caroline and her husband Dale. I know Caroline from my time at the Los Angeles Times. She was the Executive Secretary to the Publisher....

And that isn't the whole story. I met with a friend on Sunday at my home in San Antonio I made at the San Antonio Express News when we...

By Nina Lee's package to me today. I opened it up and there were two smaller boxes in there. One said open right away, contains a...

Met Jim and Jeane Sniff today at the infamous Friendly Spot outdoor bar. Had a good time chatting with them both. Visit for about an hour...

Heard from an old friend today that found the blog on his own. He retired nine years ago, that is why I didn't have his contact info. His...

And I have been looking for this dude for three months! Tim was who I was assigned to when I made apprentice pressman at the Madison...

Jim Creeron stopped yesterday and we had a nice chat. I knew Jim from Frank Allis Elementary school where we first met. We hung out a bit...

Jim Pagel and his wife invited me over to their house for Thanksgiving. I had a great time due in part to their understanding of my...

I met Zach Johnson very early in his life. I recall we babysat for him when he was a year or so old in Orlando, Florida. Zach is the...

Left to right Russ Steve Nashold, Tom Wiencsh, Scott McIntosh and Jim Creeron Went to the Nashold's annual barn part this past weekend....

Today Stephanie and Cathy Cruckson visited me today. They are two of Fred Cruckson, my uncle and my mothers oldest brother eight children....

This is the BAPS Team. Rob, Andre, Russ and Rocky. Andre was my successor when ALS forced my early retirement. Rob worked with me at the...

Jim in the My best friend in life, almost bit the big one today. He woke up with lower GI issues but that wasn't enough for him. He broke...

When I stopped at Joes the other day I also tried to see Joyce Vasilev a neighbor of ours. They don't gather in the park anymore with...