Posts Tagged Everyday Hero

  • Everyday Hero: Bob Juarez Everyday Hero: Bob Juarez

    By Gary Metivier The Story behind the Hero I was watching my son playing baseball when I looked over and saw a man struggling. He was in a wheelchair working his way from the parking lot to the baseball diamond where his team was warming up for a game. He spun the wheels around the rain-rutte...

  • Marching to his own drumbeat Marching to his own drumbeat

    By Gary Metivier Ken Martin—An Everyday Hero I'll never forget hosting my first Festival of Trees Holiday Parade more than a dozen years ago for KWQC-TV6. It was heart-warming to see the huge crowds of families, the marching bands, the handmade floats, and of course the helium balloons, but ...

  • An Everyday Kid –  An Everyday Hero An Everyday Kid – An Everyday Hero

    By Gary Metivier I first met a little boy named Sergio about two years ago. The eleven year old was battling a rare form of cancer in children (acute myeloid lymphoma). Unfortunately, I have met a lot of children battling illnesses these last couple of years. Behind the illness there is a charact...