Today with our Chiefs still in the Super Bowl chase Steve addresses one of his pet peeves - social media Posts that are unfair and not positive. He starts with a riddle How are chocolate chip cookies and TV Sports announcers alike? The answer: They are all good - some are just better than others. His point is - if thes...

The Spotlight is the semi-annual magazine for alumni and friends of Emporia State University. The Fall issue was delivered to our home by mail recently. If you too got one please look at it. If not, copies are available at the ESU Foundation at 1500 Highland Street. The Fall issue is titled: Focused on the Future with ...

I am sure you won't be surprised to learn that effective Customer Service is essential for any business to succeed. We learned quickly back in the Valu-Line Low-Cost Long Distance days that blaming Ma Bell or AT&T for a customer's problems wasn't an effective response. As Clark Carpet and Tile's commercial says - c...

Today Steve shares a story about Lea Firestone, former Account Exec at KVOE, Sports Director, former FM Sales Director at KFFX, and finally President of ERS, Inc - Emporia's Radio Stations who announced his impending retirement after over some 52 years in the workforce. As Steve remembers it - it's 1986 and Firestone h...

It became obvious to Steve and I last Wednesday night that we evidently have a very bleak future as TV critics. ​Looking for something on TV to fill the last hour before heading for bed we stumbled on KING CHARLES on CNN. ​Seeing basketball icon Charles Barkley immediately grabbed Steve's attention so we started wa...

This past week Steve and I had a trip down memory lane as we spent four days living in Sarah and Rick Tidwell's amazing home just north of Emporia. Unfortunately, Rick passed away three years ago. We were there because of repairs being made to our home. After a couple of nights sleeping in the Tidwells' bedroom, Steve ...

Hello, I'm Bobbi Sauder, Steve's wife for nearly 17 years. Over those years we've developed a wonderful partnership. Steve has asked me to help him here on his "Something to Think About" and I'm honored to oblige. Here's the explanation in Steve's words. After nearly 40 years of talking on KVOE, my voice is l...

The announcement that Mickey Edwards Executive Director of our local United Way had been selected to follow Connie Cahoon to lead our SOS organization came as no surprise and with total approval from yours truly. Edwards is homegrown and has distinguished herself in the CASA organization where she grew from leading the...

Thanksgiving could not come at a more appropriate time. Our world is deeply divided making it easy to become depressed. So, today I'm sharing a couple of ideas to emphasize our opportunity to be thankful for our many blessings rather than stressing over our problems. From the internet: Once the table is set with your f...

Bobbi, my wife found this on the internet and shared it with me. It is so simple yet powerful as we all have questions about the afterlife. A SICK MAN TURNED TO HIS DOCTOR AS HE WAS PREPARING TO LEAVE THE EXAMINATION ROOM AND SAID, "DOCTOR, I AM AFRAID TO DIE. TELL ME WHAT LIES ON THE OTHER SIDE." VERY QUEIT...