#FarrisStory: Vocational High School Instructor Inspires For A Lifetime October 21, 2015Kurt Owings "In 1971, I graduated from a Vocational High School. (Printing) One of my favorite instructors took me aside at graduation, and told me he had set-up an interview for me...
#FarrisStory: Father Makes It To 90 October 15, 2015Kurt Owings "Quite simply, my father, also named Ken Jones, was my inspiration. I say 'was', because he recently passed away at the age of 90. To him, family was the most...
#FarrisStory: Inspired By Church Youth Leader October 15, 2015Kurt Owings "In my teen years, an adult member of my church took me under his wing. He was also the leader of our church youth group and spent every Sunday evening...
#FarrisStory: "Have fun and leave a legacy was his life" October 15, 2015Kurt Owings "My friend Greg Orr was a character. Maybe over shadowed by his more famous cousin Bobby Orr, Greg was proud to be Bobby's cousin and proud to tell stories of...
#FarrisStory: Treat Others The Way You Want To Be Treated October 12, 2015Kurt Owings "I guess the person that inspired me the most had to have been my father he always taught me to live by one rule and I tried to do that...
#FarrisStory: "Sometimes it takes just a little spark to get that fire growing." October 08, 2015Kurt Owings "My brother is my inspiration on my current career path. In December 2009 my brother joined the United States Army and shortly thereafter he deployed to Afghanistan. He was my...
#FarrisStory: Inspired By Platoon Sergeant October 07, 2015Kurt Owings "The U.S. Army is a dictatorship. The superior gives the orders, the subordinate takes the orders/does the dirty work...that is just the way it is...MOST of the time. In about...
#FarrisStory: Bumping Into "The Future Governator" October 07, 2015Kurt Owings "In the mid '90's, I went to lunch with Marvin, a cigar smoking customer friend in Santa Monica CA. He took me to a restaurant owned by Arnold Schwarzenegger. At...
#FarrisStory: Sharing Cigars With Dad October 07, 2015Kurt Owings "I remember my Dad sitting down after dinner and a long day to smoke a King Edward cigar. I used to sneak one out and go smoke it in the...
#FarrisStory: Learning To Ranch From Grandpa October 07, 2015Kurt Owings "While I was growing up on our family ranch after a long day one of my favorite memories was sitting on the front porch with my grandfather as he smoked...
#FeaturedFarrisStory: Father Dies of ALS October 01, 2015Kurt Owings Featured Story of the Week: "My father Donald passed away in September of 1981, two months before my twin daughters were born. After being diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)...
#FarrisStory: "Remembering Dad" October 01, 2015Kurt Owings "Remembering Dad.One of my fondest memories of smoking a cigar is of my late father. I remember when I was a kid he would blow smoke rings and I would...