Schleuter, otherwise known as “Missouri Mike,” owns and operates Missouri Mike’s Walking Sticks and Canes. A semi-retired photographer, Schleuter never imagined that his love for the ...

On his recent trip to the Vatican, President Bush presented Pope Benedict XVI with one of Wilkerson's hand-carved walking sticks inscribed with the Ten Commandments. "I'm just dumbfounded," said ...

As is customary, the Pope was presented with a gift. Bush chose to give the Pope a hand-carved walking stick from Dallas resident Roosevelt Wilkerson, a ninth-grade dropout who was homeless until ...