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John Glenn Elem.

Type:	Public
Address:	12401 County Rd 438 Saint Joseph, MO 64505
Phone:	816-279-4533
County:	Andrew
District:	Savannah R-Iii
Grades	KG - 6
Students:	336
Teachers:	20.6
Student/Teachers Ratio:	16.3
Gender:	Male: 166 Female: 170
Race:	Native American: 6 Asian: 0 Black: 10 Hispanic: 8 White: 312

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Removing the Bonds of Grief

Grieving is natural. It is a process that happens when we are adjusting our minds and bodies when we encounter a feeling of loss of someone or something. At its extreme it may be the loss of a loved one, a close friend, or a pet. It can also happen when there is a major disruption in your life. This could occur when a relationship ends, there is a job loss, or some other firmly established routine gets disrupted. It is important to realize that this process has a beginning and an end. When the end never seems to occur, then help may be warranted.

I have often written that we think and exist in terms of patterns. These are patterns of understanding, expectation, and behavior. Physically, they are represented by networks of neurons in your brain and the repeated responses in your body. (We call those responses feelings.) The more that a pattern is recalled or accessed, the...

Finding Happiness by Changing your Perceptions of Time

What is happiness? Some would define it in terms of being contented with what you have or are experiencing at the moment. Others would explain it in terms of what they own, where they live, and how much money they make. As a therapist, people frequently tell me that they determine their happiness by how others treat or regard them. Unfortunately, in that case they have completely surrendered their happiness to the whims of others. That is not a condition that I recommend. However, I am now going to recommend that you consider another approach to happiness. Consider your dominant thoughts. Are you constantly ruminating and worrying about something that happened in your past? Or, are you obsessing about an event that may occur in the future? All the while, you are ignoring every passing moment. Just think of all the beauty that you are missing. Perhaps, if you took some time to...

The Wisdom of Commitment Quotes

These are some of my favorite inspirational commitment quotes. “Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.” – Anthony Robbins “There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.” – Author Unknown “Commitment unlocks the doors of imagination, allows vision, and gives us the "right stuff" to turn our dreams into reality.” – James Womack “Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.” – Mario Andretti “It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.” – Zig...

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Rep. Zach Wyatt Stands Up to Bigotry
05/07/2012

Today, Rep. Zach Wyatt (R-Adair) stood up to the hate and bigotry shown by some colleagues in the Missouri legislature and called for the withdrawal of HB 2051, the "Don't Say Gay" bill sponsored by 20 bigoted members of the republican party. Joined by Rep. Stacey Newman and others, Wyatt called on Speaker Steve Tilley, Majority Leader Tim Jones, HB2051 Sponsor Steve Cookson and the other 17 cosponsors of the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” legislation to withdraw their support from the bill and commit to not introducing similar language in future legislative sessions.

In the process of speaking against HB 2051, Rep. Wyatt also came out. In his own words:

Stand with me as a proud republican, a proud veteran, and a proud gay man who wants to protect all kids by addressing bullying in our schools.

According to PROMO Executive Director AJ Bockelman, Rep. Wyatt becomes the only openly gay republican legislator currently serving at the state level in the country.

Click here for Rep. Wyatt's statement denouncing HB2051 from last week.

Here is Rep. Wyatt's full statement from today:

A Morning with the One Percent
05/07/2012

Just off the Plaza in Kansas City this morning, around 35 folks attended the annual shareholder meeting of Great Plains Energy, the parent company of Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L). We attended as (real) shareholders to deliver a simple message: While KCP&L executives hit the 99 Percent with rate hikes and give themselves raises, they need to pay their fair share of taxes. During the meeting, upset shareholders delivered a tax bill to Great Plains for $368M that the rest of us will have to make up to fund our public systems and structures.

Overdue tax bills for KCP&L

The facts are these:

Great Plains Energy made $517 million in profit and paid zero US Federal income taxes from 2008-2010. Meanwhile, Great Plains executives – and their lobbyists – raked in millions.
Great Plains Energy not only paid zero in US federal income taxes, but also received a $39.5 million refund, a negative 5% tax rate, over 3 years.
In 2009 and 2010, Great Plains also avoided all state income taxes and received refunds totaling more than $5 million.
Meanwhile, Great Plains executives raked in $31.5 million from 2008 to 2010. Great Plains CEO Michael Chesser collected $11.9 million.

The most powerful moment of the whole morning (for me) actually came after the organized shareholders were escorted from the room. As the last shouting shareholder left, a man who identified himself as a Great Plains/KCP&L shareholder since "age five” complained about the disruption of the meeting, but then took outgoing CEO Michael Chesser and incoming CEO Terry Bassham to task for their exorbitant, ever-growing compensation packages while shareholders saw smaller dividends and consumers saw higher rates. Minutes later, an angry senior unsatisfied with the CEOs’ answer asked the question again – why do the 1% keep getting richer when the 99% fall further behind?

That is the question, isn’t it?

Here’s some video of the scene outside the shareholder meeting:

NOTE: Cross-posted at ProgressMissouri.org

Vive Les Françaises
04/25/2012

A couple of shots of the old Ste. Genevieve cemetery while I figure out when there might be time to shoot some new stuff. As I've mentioned, the town was settled by the French after their country took control of the Louisiana Territory from Spain. Apparently they were hardy people, as M. and Mme. Valle lived into their 80s. No Obamacare then, either.

As a speaker of 21st Century English, the gravestone in the bottom photo is pretty funny. Sure, the language was more formal one or two centuries ago, but it seems like the deceased is being damned by faint praise, as the saying has it.

Sorry for the lack of comments yesterday. I just got home from work way too late.

These faeries, however, have a bit of spunk. Maybe they are the faeries' friends and not card-carrying members themselves. They make you think of a Tolkien novel or the supernumaries in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. I'll catch up with them again out at the Faire.

The reference is to loony American folklore. Some of my countrymen believe that "space aliens," the quintessential little green men, kidnap humans for experimentation. The stories usually say something about probes into the body, mostly anal.. So, that's why I used the picture of the sign at a grain elevator on the river, where big trucks pull up to empty their loads. You may or may not have heard of Roswell, New Mexico. The same crazies think that there have been flying saucer landings in the area. The town promotes this for tourist business. I once had a client, though, who said he had been a guard at the front gate of a restricted military base outside Roswell. He said that very high ranking Army and Air Force officers were frequent visitors and no one ever said a word about what was going on. I take the story with a grain of salt. I hope this makes more sense to you. It illustrates the quip by the great American journalist and literary editor, H. L. Mencken,that no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

City Mahem 6 (Don't Run Over The Photographer)

I've mentioned that, in a way, St. Louis is like Little-Las-Vegas-On-Mississippi. We have seven good sized casinos in the area. This one is in East St. Louis, Illinois, directly across the river from downtown. When the sign says "loosest slots," it means that this place claims to have the highest ratio of payback to money wagered on slot machines anywhere in the country. Note to math majors: if P is the amount of payback and $ is the total amount thrown into the machines, P < $, always. Every day, every machine.

Organ Practice, Church Of Ste. Genevieve

laissez le bon temps rouler.

There are a surprising number of wineries in Missouri, mostly clustered in two groups: one about 75 miles west of St. Louis, south of the Missouri River, the other the same distance southeast, in the hills west of the Mississippi. The second area surrounds Ste. Genevieve, where we spent the weekend.

The best known in that area is Chaumette Winery. It has a group of several homes, a wedding chapel and a superb restaurant. Since they only serve lunch on Sunday we headed over around mid-day. Although I've never been able to develop a taste for our state's wines (and, as the top picture illustrates, Lord knows I made another try) the meal was fabulous. We might make a special trip down here for dinner and a night away.

The bottom photo is a detail from a painting in the restaurant called The History Of A Missouri River Town painted by Brian Dawes Haynes in 2002. The old song says that Davey Crockett kilt him a bar when he was only three. This guy looks ten times older and I'm betting on his opponent.

Chaumette 5 (Detail, History Of A Missouri River Town)

This country has a long romantic relationship with guns: frontier spirit, hunting, my home is my castle, stand your ground - on and on. They are part of many people's life-long tradition. Me, I ave no interest in guns. They exist mostly for the purpose of killing some being. Now, years ago I tried plunking some beer cans with a .22. I've tried shooting clay pigeons with a shotgun along with my brothers-in-law and nephews, all delightful people, on the old family farm in Kansas. (I can't hit a tree, let alone a moving target.) But there may be 75-80,000 people at this convention and Missouri allows anyone with a permit to carry a concealed hand gun. And Mitt Romney is in town today to speak to them. Too scary.

So, Mrs. C and I are heading out of town for the weekend to the picturesque village of Ste. Genevieve, an hour down river. I think it was the first French settlement west of the Mississippi. Plus which, Saturday is our anniversary. (Number 38, thank you.) I think I'll put off more of the lady ruggers till next week. Today is the home opening game for the defending baseball champions, our St. Louis Cardinals. Your faithful blogger will be there with, um, several lenses. Pix of that on Saturday and Ste. Gen by Sunday.