“I enjoy playing all kinds of things, like tennis and chess. But I wanted to choose one and be decent at it. So I chose pool. I started playing when I was 14 at a place in Highlands called Pop’s Highlander...
“I would fly out to Las Vegas to play in pool tournaments, and I would see people my age as flight attendants. I thought, ‘Man, this looks like a lot of fun. If I ever decide to go back to work...
He may have turned 74 years old recently, but that hasn’t stopped Tom Shelby from enjoying his career as a flight attendant for Southwest Airlines. Related: Flight attendant still going strong at age 74 He’s a competitor, and he doesn’t...
“I was pretty much raised by my grandmother. The first thing she taught me to make was pie crust. You didn’t progress until you got one thing right. I remember not being able to see over the kitchen counter. But by...
“I was laid off from my job at one of the plants last summer. Then I went through Thanksgiving making dozens and dozens of cheesecakes out of my house. I mentioned to a friend that maybe I needed to run a...
“It’s kind of funny how my wife and I met. I was working at an apartment complex as the maintenance guy. She worked for an answering service, and she answered the phones for our apartments. So I would hear her voice...
The past few weeks, so many stories have been shared of people helping people during and after Hurricane Harvey. No doubt, there are countless more that most of us will never hear about. But in each case, someone was positively impacted...
When Kyle Cervenka left work that Friday, he picked up his airboat and hauled it to his home in El Lago. Hurricane Harvey was coming, so he wanted to be prepared. “I’ve owned airboats for years. I do a lot of...
Kenneth Clark was raised to treat everyone as equals, regardless of race, color, gender, creed or religion. He has an interesting view on the discussion around the appropriateness of confederate statues. Related: ‘I, as a human being, believe everybody is...
“My mom and dad raised me to always help people regardless of your race, your color, your gender, your creed or your religion. When I go places and meet people, I don’t look at color. I judge you as a human....
