by Richard Baker | Aug 21, 2024 | Articles
Monitoring the flow of the wet weather creek at our old house was important if we didn’t want to replace our road. The creek was usually dry, but heavy rain could make it rise ten to twelve feet in minutes, overwhelming our three-foot culvert. I continually watched...
by Richard Baker | Aug 15, 2024 | Articles
Guest Article from Joe Shearrer, VP and Wealth Advisor at Fervent This week began the start of 3rd grade tackle football for my son as a player and myself as a coach. For most players in our program, this is their first year playing tackle football. With that, the...
by Richard Baker | Aug 8, 2024 | Articles
My son called me a few days ago and said the transmission was going out of his truck because it was going 6,000 RPM when it shifted. I told him to check the fluid while the engine was still hot when he got home. He said, “I forgot cars even have transmission fluid.” I...
by Richard Baker | Jul 31, 2024 | Articles
It’s funny to remember how my friends and I played Spin the Bottle at junior high birthday parties. I didn’t have a girlfriend, and all the girls were cute, so I didn’t mind who the bottle pointed to. Up until now, that was what I considered the Great Rotation....
by Richard Baker | Jul 24, 2024 | Articles
I bought a first-year model GMC truck a few years ago and had to have it towed three times in the first month. The computer was causing the emergency brake to lock up and not release. It took GM a few weeks to work out a computer patch, but once they did, it has been...
