Sisters, from left, 4-year-old Adaline, 8-year-old Kahlan and 6-year-old Charlotte visit the Grain Valley Santa Bus last Saturday morning. With the help of longtime Grain Valley resident Chuck Johnston, Santa's bus has worked 10 hours Saturday and eight on Sunday the past four weekends. When Johnston and Santa made their first sleigh ride 28 years ago it took one weekend to visit every home in Grain Valley. [Stacey Althaus/Special to The Examiner]
The first time my sons Zach and Sean heard a blaring siren in our Grain Valley neighborhood, they were excited to discover a bus that…
