What are the chances of a jet assembly plant coming to Kansas City?Pretty good, I’d say.But the deal is far, far from a sure thing.
It’s hard to grasp the scope of Bombardier’s potential project. It’s a $375 million facility that will create a complex of 1.3 million square feet.
Once it’s up and running, the facility [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Margin Call: Taking flight on jet factory dreams
Posted in Margin Call on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a celebrity
Posted in Uncategorized on March 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ll be playing on the News-Press “Celebrity Basketball Team” Saturday night.
That shows you what a small town this is. The newspaper and Cablevision will be taking on a team from KQ2 and Eagle Radio. I’ve been assigned No. 23, in honor of Michael Jordan. I’m still trying to figure out what the two of us [...]
Margin Call: 29 Reasons to Be Glad It’s Spring
Posted in Margin Call on March 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
1. You can open the windows and let fresh air flow through the house.
2. No more snow shoveling.
3. Retailers are looking for shoppers to peel back the covers and venture out of doors. After all that time snowed in, we’re eager to spend money.
4. More hours of daylight.
5. The price of gas can’t get much [...]
Margin Call: Wild about wings and other things
Posted in Margin Call on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Before last week, I’d never heard of Buffalo Wild Wings.But news of the chain’s plans to open a restaurant swept through St. Joseph like wildfire.
The prospect has energized every male under age 35 in this town. We got an e-mail from one young man asking, “Is it true?” When his dad told him Buffalo Wild [...]
First Bank of Grace, N.A.
Posted in Ministry on March 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I overdrew my checking account today.
Oh, yeah, and they still let me write the business news!
It was not completely unexpected. My checkbook had been showing negative numbers for about a week, but knowing there was a little cushion in there, I kept swiping the debit card. I logged on at about 11:30 to see if [...]
At the Intersection of Faith and Stupidity
Posted in Ministry on March 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s a fine line between faith and stupidity.
That’s what I used to think. Now I believe the two can overlap.
You know what I’m talking about if you’ve ever been to missions night. Almost always, there’s a couple who tell how they quit their jobs, sold their house and moved to Mozambique to share the gospel with people who want [...]
Margin Call: Slinging Mud at Bad Roads
Posted in Margin Call, Uncategorized on March 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A friend at church shared a story years ago about prayer and country roads. As a young girl, she was excited about going to the county fair in town the next day. But her dad gathered the family around and said he would have to work putting up hay, so they could not go to [...]
Genesis – The start of something good
Posted in Mystery on March 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Nothing motivates a journalist like a deadline.
The deadline for entering the American Christian Fiction Writers’ annual event for new writers – the Genesis Contest – was March 1. I was prepared to enter To Seek and Save, the suspense novel I’ve written with Gary Mathes that we are in the process of marketing to a publisher.
For several [...]
Margin Call: Make yourself at home. And get married.
Posted in Margin Call on March 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
St. Joseph is a nice place to work, but I wouldn’t want to live there.That’s what many executives seem to be saying about the city.
It’s been a puzzle for years. Despite apparent signs of growth — new housing developments, new stores, road extensions — St. Joseph is fighting tooth and nail just to keep [...]
