קאַמבאַט ספּאָרט היסטאריקער און מאַרשאַל קינסטלער
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אויף מאנטאג, נאָוועמבער 13, 2023, I achieved a major goal when I hiked the entire length of Chubb Trail, an out-and-back 13.6 mile trail in West St. לוי קאָונטי. The hike took me seven hours and thirty minutes to complete. When my oldest son “Trey” was completing the requirements for the Gold Medal of Achievement in Royal Rangers, equivalent
אויף דאנערשטאג, יאַנואַר 31, 2020, גראַנדמאַסטער פּאַט וועסעמאַן פּראָמאָטעד מיר צו 4 דן אין טאַעקוואָנדאָ אין די אַוואַנסירטע קלאַס. ווען איך סטאַרטעד קלאסן מיט גראַנדמאַסטער וועסעמאַן און איר מאַן קונסט, איך האב נישט פאראויסגעזען צו דערגרייכן דעם מיילסטאָון. איך ערידזשנאַלי סטאַרטעד צו נעמען קלאסן מיט מיין פּלימעניק דזשים אין פרילינג 1995. נאָך חתונה געהאט אין 1996, איך פארשטאפט נעמען קלאסן פֿאַר עטלעכע
אויף נאוועמבער 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. לוי”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. לוי, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, עדואַרד און מאַגדאַלענאַ מאָסבלעטש, and their 14 children. די סט. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
Last Monday, I was able to scratch a big item off my bucket list. I attended a Liverpool Football Club game in person. Liverpool FC came to my hometown of St. לוי, Missouri on August 1, 2016 to play a preseason game with AS Roma. My daughter Caity attended the match with me, which made the day extra special. איך
הייַנט, Tam and I will be married twenty years. צומ באַדויערן, life in Missouri is 20 יאָרן, so I hope she doesn’t want to apply for parole. I’m hoping she decides to keep me around for a few more years. אויף יולי 27, 1996, Tam, my mother and sisters prepared the clubhouse for our wedding later that afternoon. They wisely kept
This week my oldest son Kenneth turns 19 יאר אַלט. Besides finishing school, Kenneth’s biggest focus is the martial arts. He is particularly passionate about teaching self-defense. Over the years, I have trained 14 nieces and nephews plus all three of my children in the martial arts. לעצטע וואָך, the first member of the third generation started with us. צו
לעצטנס, my youngest son Caleb obtained his first job at a local fast food restaurant. I was proud of him because Caleb decided he wanted a job, filled out a number of applications and obtained a job close to the house. Caleb found the job to be a good fit because of the location and working environment. It is interesting
Yesterday, my maternal grandmother Alvina M. Ellis nee Mosblech would have been 100 יאר אַלט. Born in St. לוי, Missouri on May 15, 1916, Grandma was the seventh of fourteen children. She married an only child in 1938 and they would have two children, my mom and Aunt Maureen. גראַנדמאַ האט אַ גרויס השפּעה אויף מיין שוועסטער און מיר ווייַל
אויף מאי 7, 2016, my daughter Caity returned to Taekwondo competition for the first time in eight years. As her dad but also her coach, I tried to dissuade her from sparring until we had a few more months but she was adamant about sparring at the tournament. Caity likes forms but she always preferred sparring. Reluctantly, I agreed. איך
A few weeks ago, my second foray into the martial arts came full circle. My daughter started studying Taekwondo again after more than five years away from the sport. It is actually Caity, who brought me back to martial arts in the summer of 2000. After my natural father passed away in July 1999, איך געגאנגען אויף אַ יאָר-לאַנג טויגיקייַט