Entries by Brad Wester

2022 Century Ride

“Tuck my head!” I mentally yelled at myself. THUD! I felt the full weight on my body land directly on the right shoulder blade of my back. I wasn’t racing down the trail, but I was going fast enough to keep my body sliding through the dirt on my shoulder blade for several yards before […]

Happy 100th Birthday, Grandpa!

Such a fun day celebrating Grandpa’s 100th birthday! He’s roughly 99.5 years older than his (currently) youngest great-grandchild. News Stories of Grandpa’s 100th Birthday KFVS 12 – https://www.kfvs12.com/2021/07/14/community-holds-surprise-parade-celebrate-wwii-veterans-100th-birthday/ (Cape Girardeau, MO) WSIL TV – https://wsiltv.com/2021/07/14/parade-honors-wwii-vet-on-100th-birthday/ (Southeast Missouri / Southern Illinois / Kentucky) KMOV – https://www.kmov.com/southern-illinois-wwii-vet-gets-special-parade-for-100th-birthday/video_13fa703c-0f84-59a7-ac53-9f5a2b3d7ead.html?block_id=666647 (St. Louis, MO) NEWS 12 – Bronx – https://bronx.news12.com/world-war-ii-vet-surprised-with-massive-100th-birthday-parade (The Bronx, NY) KXNET – […]