Posts Tagged Metivier
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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...
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Who Knew? Teachers Are People Too!
By Gary Metivier Teachers can be scary. Okay, maybe a better word is ‘intimidating.’ But did you know teachers are people too? Some of them are parents. Some of them go to church. And from what I hear, all of them go to restaurants to eat from time to time and may partake in an occasional gla...
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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 ...
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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...
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What is a Hero?
There is something about Mary! By Gary Metivier The word Hero is overused these days. That is a comment I have heard from a lot of people—and it happens to be a comment I agree with. That said, I firmly believe we have everyday heroes all around us. There are many people in the QCA that have...
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What a ride with Willie’s Wagon
Hoping to inspire children - the children are in turn inspiring me! By Gary Metivier Willie’s Wagon has been taking me on a ride I will never forget. For the last ten years I have been searching for my own way to reach out to sick children in our community. I have worked closely with the...
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Seniors Support Children’s Book
By Gary Metivier I had a feeling when we were starting with my first children’s book, “Willie’s Wagon,” that there would be interest from moms, dads, children and schools. That interest continued to grow when I came out with the second Willie’s Wagon Adventure- “A Hog Ate My Homewor...
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A Former Boss, A Forever Friend
By Gary Metivier It was twelve years ago, fresh off a delayed and bumpy prop puddle jumper from St. Louis. I made my way in for “The Interview”at KWQC. Across from the big desk was Jim Graham, a man who would change my life. I was nervous about the interview. I really wanted the job. I ...
