I recently lost an uncle who had a big impact on my early years. My Uncle Tommy Kindla had a hand in several projects that were related to my early Cub Scout days and business adventures.
I have previously told the tale of my second-place finish in the Pinewood Derby and how I still have that 60-plus-year-old, hand carved car thanks to my mom’s habit of saving all kinds of things. It now becomes even more special because it was my Uncle Tommy who helped me cut, carve and shape it into a fast race car.
A couple years later he helped ...