St. Charles Journal, October 1993  ~  “Turn the radio up, roll the windows down, let the wind blow through your hair…” It takes twenty minutes to cross over Interstate Highway 70 on the Zumbehl Road overpass.  Hundreds of cars moving in unison, going nowhere, ever-so slowly. Drivers with blank faces stare straight ahead, ignoring the [...]

St. Charles Journal, April 18, 1993  ~  I hear the engine accelerate as the car draws closer to me. I know when it brushes past me, I will feel the warmth from that engine and breathe its exhaust fumes. As the blaring radio fades into the distance, I will continue my slow, sometimes painful journey [...]