It's just over a week until my favorite holiday of the year.  No, it's not quite time to devour some turkey on Thanksgiving, but two week prior to that, it's Veteran's Day.  A day to give back the chance to say "thank you" to our service men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. 
On Veteran's Day this year, much like last year, I will be in attendance at my alma mater to be part of the ceremony put together by the Legion Post 22 & Lafayette High School's faculty and admin...
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In the last few days, a lot has been accomplished. Good things happen but it takes time. Time to really figure out what you want and what is going to fit best for your purpose.
Recently I had the chance to meet with a pretty big company's corporate office about possible partnership/sponsorship for Philco's Freedom Team & Project New Hope. A meeting that lasted about a half hour, maybe a little longer, where a lot was explained and figured out between myself and one employee from this compan...

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“There’s more to life than running.”  That’s a statement I’ve been told more than once.   It sure is true, and I found that out this past weekend. 
Early Saturday morning – about 4:45am early – it was time to wake up, get some things packed up, shower and head down to Brainerd, MN for a 9:00am meeting.  This meeting was going to last all day, which I already knew coming into it. 
About a month before it, I got a call from the director of the project we’ve aligned this running ...

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It's been almost a month since the last run with the flag in 2010 - but that hasn't seemed to stop other activity and meetings coming up throughout the year. 
It also hasn't stopped the progress of this team that is starting to spread out throughout the nation.  Just this past Sunday, October 3rd - a guy by the name of James Armstrong with Soldiers Race Team of New Jersey did something very special.  I shouldn't really say it like that, because he does this for more than just one guy - but th...
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