December 3, 2013 Smith-Cotton High School's robotics team "Team SCREAM" has been awarded a $5,000 grant from NASA for the second year in a row. The grant goes toward Team SCREAM's registration fee for the FIRST Robotics Greater Kansas City Regional competition in March.
I think this is awesome. Hats off to the Smith-Cotton Robotics program. I don't know what kinds of things they're going to do at this competition, or what they're going to build, but I really hope it's Battlebots.
December 2, 2013 I grew a beard out for No Shave November. It's pretty scraggly. I've been waiting all month to shave, but now that November is finally over, I'm wondering if I should just keep it since I took all this time to grow it.
December 2, 2013 This Thanksgiving, I had the chance to head to the Plaza in Kansas City with my friend Kevin Walker and his nephews for the annual KCP&L Plaza Lighting. It was actually my first time at the Plaza, and it was a lot of fun.
November 27, 2013 On Tuesday night (Nov 26), I was lucky enough to participate in the Child Safe Dessert Auction at the Celebration Center in Sedalia. It was a great event that raised over $5,000 for the Child Safe program of Central Missouri.
November 27, 2013 The night before Thanksgiving is generally considered to be the biggest bar night of the year. Most everybody has the next day off, friends and family you don't always get to see are in town, and nobody wants to entertain at home when they're going to be doing so much cooking the next day. So everyone goes out to party!
November 26, 2013 I found a pretty interesting article about a weird Thanksgiving tradition from the past. About 100 years ago, kids didn't go trick-or-treating on Halloween, they did it on Thanksgiving. It was called "Thanksgiving Masking." Kids would dress up as beggars and hobos, wear masks and go door-to-door for candy and pennies. No one's exactly sure when it ended, but it lasted in some areas through the 1920s.
November 21, 2013 Well, I made it another week without being fired, so here's another Off the Trail Track for you. Every week we’ll select an album and showcase a song from it that you’re unlikely to hear on the radio any time soon, and give you the chance to listen to it here on our website.This week we're featuring Blake Shelton's "I Still Got a Finger" from his album 'Based on a True Story.'
November 21, 2013 This Saturday (Nov. 23), the Big Red Barn in Sedalia is turning three years old. Over the last few years Dukes and Boots has become a staple of the community. It's one of THE places to be every weekend, with great food, cold drinks and a whole lot of late night fun. I've lived in a few different towns, and I can honestly say Dukes is one of the coolest bars I've ever been too.
November 21, 2013 Kmart is no stranger to edgy commercials. They gave us the hilarious play on words advertisements "Ship My Pants" and "Big Gas Savings." These commercials were hugely popular online, but not without a little controversy. Well, Kmart is at it again.
November 20, 2013 Leaves are everywhere! It's definitely fall in Sedalia, and like it or not, we should probably start raking those yards and bagging the leaves up. But what do you do with the leaves after they're bagged up? Not to worry, if you leave in the city of Sedalia, the Sanitation Department will come pick them up for you.