I just listened to the Coach Cal show on my computer (630 AM Lexington). Opposition programs knock our coach, but he is restoring Kentucky basketball to its proper place for us Kentucky fans.
Tonight he had former coach Joe B. Hall join him. Coach Hall, a terrific former coach himself, has become a great friend of Cal's. They each, along with Coach Adolph Rupp and Coach Rick Pitino (when he also coached the Cats), mean so much to Kentucky fans throughout the Commonwealth. I like to mention Coach Rupp's Harry Lancaster along with Coach Cal's John Robich and the other coaches on each staff, as great teacher/coaches.
Cal is happy with the progress of the current team and Coach Hall agrees. They each are concerned about the team peaking at the right time. Coach Cal says the seat he holds at UK is not for everyone and he is correct. Coach Hall agrees.
It is conceivable, Cal says that seven players may be drafted after this season. Seven! He also empathizes that his greatest legacy will be the young men who become millionaires in the pros. He enjoys that their families are becoming rich from many times lesser wealth backgrounds.
We "crazy" people who are Kentucky fans (as the coach calls us) love this coach and he deserves our admiration!
SamKat
Monday, February 6, 2012
Portsmouth Clay's Former Coach Arch Justus died last Friday 2-3-1012.
I'm back. My young guru, Shawn Baird, came over and got me back onto my SamKat www.skegley.blogspot.com blog last night.I dumbly had signed onto Google Apps when I didn't need to and the business site gmail address was messing me up. I hope somebody missed my posts. I certainly did. Isn't it terrible to be an egotist? (Hopefully, I am not, but I did miss posting on the blog.)
Anyway, Clay Vice had told us about Arch Justus being sick Friday. We didn't hear here in Columbus, but, sadly, Coach Arch died Friday night at Riverside Hospital here in Columbus. Unknowingly, I called Columbus lawyer, Steve Fitch, and he met me at Riverside at 1:30 PM Sunday. Arch was not shown as a patient. Hospitals don't share such sad news with visitors other than close family. After spending a few minutes with Steve and giving him the two extra "Acquaintances With Integrity II" books he ordered for his sons, we departed. I called Clay and received the sad news that the coach had died Friday evening. Clay had sent Facebook notices out, but I don't get on facebook regularly.
I called Steve with the sad news.
I had called Arch a few times to interview him as one of the outstanding athletes or coaches of the Portsmouth area. There was always some sad health news going on in his family and we never got together for the interview. Clay told me Friday afternoon that he lost his mother and his wife within the last year and Arch had liver cancer, although his son, John, told Clay that the doctors expected him to survive.
Steve Fitch was on Arch's Clay High School basketball teams as a junior and senior but hardly saw action according to Steve. As a testament to good coaching, Steve walked on the next season at Ohio State and was the very last cut after a few weeks of tryouts. When he next saw Coach Justus, the coach was happily surprised for Steve. Steve told him that the fundamentals stressed at Ohio State were the same ones Coach Justus had used at Clay.
God bless the Justus family and one of Portsmouth's best coaches and the guy Clay tells me that Clay's former baseball coach Kenny Long told Clay that Arch Justus could have made the baseball major leagues if he didn't have bad knees. The witnesses said that Arch Justus could hit a baseball farther than any others of the very outstanding Ramey's Feed or Deemer's teams of bygone Portsmouth days.
In reality, we will all certainly die unless we remain on earth when Christ returns.
Anyway, Clay Vice had told us about Arch Justus being sick Friday. We didn't hear here in Columbus, but, sadly, Coach Arch died Friday night at Riverside Hospital here in Columbus. Unknowingly, I called Columbus lawyer, Steve Fitch, and he met me at Riverside at 1:30 PM Sunday. Arch was not shown as a patient. Hospitals don't share such sad news with visitors other than close family. After spending a few minutes with Steve and giving him the two extra "Acquaintances With Integrity II" books he ordered for his sons, we departed. I called Clay and received the sad news that the coach had died Friday evening. Clay had sent Facebook notices out, but I don't get on facebook regularly.
I called Steve with the sad news.
I had called Arch a few times to interview him as one of the outstanding athletes or coaches of the Portsmouth area. There was always some sad health news going on in his family and we never got together for the interview. Clay told me Friday afternoon that he lost his mother and his wife within the last year and Arch had liver cancer, although his son, John, told Clay that the doctors expected him to survive.
Steve Fitch was on Arch's Clay High School basketball teams as a junior and senior but hardly saw action according to Steve. As a testament to good coaching, Steve walked on the next season at Ohio State and was the very last cut after a few weeks of tryouts. When he next saw Coach Justus, the coach was happily surprised for Steve. Steve told him that the fundamentals stressed at Ohio State were the same ones Coach Justus had used at Clay.
God bless the Justus family and one of Portsmouth's best coaches and the guy Clay tells me that Clay's former baseball coach Kenny Long told Clay that Arch Justus could have made the baseball major leagues if he didn't have bad knees. The witnesses said that Arch Justus could hit a baseball farther than any others of the very outstanding Ramey's Feed or Deemer's teams of bygone Portsmouth days.
In reality, we will all certainly die unless we remain on earth when Christ returns.
STRT For signs of a stroke ... thankls Lyle!
Subject: Fwd: Stroke has a new indicator - GOOD TO KNOW
I will continue to forward this every time it comes around!
STROKE: Remember the 1st Three Letters.....S. T. R.
STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
During a BBQ, a woman stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) ...she said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes.
They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Jane went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening.
Jane's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 PM Jane passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Jane would be with us today. Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.
It only takes a minute to read this.
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.
RECOGNIZING A STROKE
Thank God for the sense to remember the '3' steps, STR. Read and
Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:
S *Ask the individual to SMILE.
T *Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A
SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently)
(I.e. It is sunny out today.)
R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
New Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your Tongue
NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out his tongue. If the tongue is
'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke.
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.
I have done my part. Will you?
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