Slow
Dance
This
is a poem
written by a teenager with cancer.
She wants to
see how many
people get her poem.
It is quite the poem
Please pass it
on.
This
poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a
New York
Hospital .
It was sent
by
a medical doctor -
Make sure to read what is in the closing statement
AFTER THE
POEM.
SLOW DANCE
Have you ever
watched
kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to
the
rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a
butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the
fading
night?
You better slow down.
Don't
dance so
fast.
Time is short.
The music
won't
last.
Do you run through each
day
On
the
fly?
When you ask How are you?
Do you hear
the
reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie
in your
bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through
your head?
You'd better
slow down
Don't dance so
fast.
Time is
short.
The music won't
last.
Ever told your
child,
We'll do it
tomorrow?
And in your
haste,
Not see
his
sorrow?
Ever lost
touch,
Let a good
friendship die
Cause you
never had time
To call
and say,'Hi'
You'd
better slow
down.
Don't dance
so fast.
Time
is short.
The music won't
last.
When you run
so fast to get somewhere
You
miss half the fun of getting
there.
When you worry and hurry
through your
day,
It is like an unopened
gift....
Thrown
away.
Life is not a
race.
Do take it
slower
Hear the
music
Before the song is
over.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Publication:The Columbus Dispatch; Date:Jun 9, 2009; Section:Forum; Page Number:A13
Freedom falls victim to government
Cal Thomas writes for Tribune Media Services. tmseditors@tribune.com
A statue of Ronald Reagan was unveiled last week in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda at a time when many Republicans, and even some conservatives, think Reagan’s ideas are passe. Before moving on, Republicans, and those conservatives who don’t want to “live in the past,” should be asked what better ideas they have to offer.
As the Obama administration and congressional Democrats move quickly with their new power to grab even more power and to build larger, more intrusive and costlier government, they — and we — should consider Reagan’s thoughts on the power of the individual, rather than government power, and peace through strength to keep us free. And, “Man is not free unless government is limited.” And, “concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.”
As government acquires the auto industry and seeks to own health care; as it plans to take more money from the productive in order to subsidize the unproductive or less productive; as government evolves from nanny to a cruel and abusive guardian that will rob the individual of incentive and punish those who manage to succeed with crippling regulations and higher taxes, where are the champions of liberty and personal responsibility?
Instead of stories many of us heard as children about people who grew up in difficult circumstances — alcoholic mother, abusive father, racial discrimination, physical handicaps — and rose to self-sufficiency, even prosperity, we get messages that say you can’t do it on your own and you will never amount to anything unless you place your faith in government.
“You can do it,” parents tell their children as they urge them to higher levels of achievement. This sentiment used to be found in popular culture, including feelgood films that inspired people to achieve their ideals. Now we punish the successful and make the pursuit of success more difficult because of strangulating government.
Why must government “fix” health care? Since government does few things well, why aren’t better minds than politicians leading the way? We know what works. It isn’t collectivism and government bureaucrats telling us what type of health care they will allow us to have, it is individuals employing innovation that will bring transformation.
Some years ago, CBS News correspondent Lesley Stahl reported on a jobs program run out of a Harlem housing project in New York City. These were the hardcore unemployed who either had never had a job, or couldn’t hold onto one. All were minorities. The leader asked, “How many think racism is a problem in America?” Every hand went up. He then said, “So what? Your problem isn’t racism; your problem is attitude and that’s what we’re going to change.”
He taught them how to dress, how to shake hands and look prospective employers in the eye. Cameras followed one woman to an interview. She got the job and began to cry. She had discovered her value and the power of the individual. Government didn’t give her that job; she got it on her own. In fact, government had been sending her checks, which caused her to be more dependent on government.
“There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect,” said Ronald Reagan. And, “Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not ruin their lives.”
As politicians prepare to do things for which government has little experience and even less ability, where are the leaders who will again embrace the power behind Ronald Reagan’s thoughts? It was Reagan who said, “Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.” He warned, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected and handed on for them to do the same.”
Government is eroding freedom. It is time to fight, but where are the generals to lead us? Will the public wake up and realize what is being stolen from us before it is gone?
CAL THOMAS
Freedom falls victim to government
Cal Thomas writes for Tribune Media Services. tmseditors@tribune.com
A statue of Ronald Reagan was unveiled last week in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda at a time when many Republicans, and even some conservatives, think Reagan’s ideas are passe. Before moving on, Republicans, and those conservatives who don’t want to “live in the past,” should be asked what better ideas they have to offer.
As the Obama administration and congressional Democrats move quickly with their new power to grab even more power and to build larger, more intrusive and costlier government, they — and we — should consider Reagan’s thoughts on the power of the individual, rather than government power, and peace through strength to keep us free. And, “Man is not free unless government is limited.” And, “concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.”
As government acquires the auto industry and seeks to own health care; as it plans to take more money from the productive in order to subsidize the unproductive or less productive; as government evolves from nanny to a cruel and abusive guardian that will rob the individual of incentive and punish those who manage to succeed with crippling regulations and higher taxes, where are the champions of liberty and personal responsibility?
Instead of stories many of us heard as children about people who grew up in difficult circumstances — alcoholic mother, abusive father, racial discrimination, physical handicaps — and rose to self-sufficiency, even prosperity, we get messages that say you can’t do it on your own and you will never amount to anything unless you place your faith in government.
“You can do it,” parents tell their children as they urge them to higher levels of achievement. This sentiment used to be found in popular culture, including feelgood films that inspired people to achieve their ideals. Now we punish the successful and make the pursuit of success more difficult because of strangulating government.
Why must government “fix” health care? Since government does few things well, why aren’t better minds than politicians leading the way? We know what works. It isn’t collectivism and government bureaucrats telling us what type of health care they will allow us to have, it is individuals employing innovation that will bring transformation.
Some years ago, CBS News correspondent Lesley Stahl reported on a jobs program run out of a Harlem housing project in New York City. These were the hardcore unemployed who either had never had a job, or couldn’t hold onto one. All were minorities. The leader asked, “How many think racism is a problem in America?” Every hand went up. He then said, “So what? Your problem isn’t racism; your problem is attitude and that’s what we’re going to change.”
He taught them how to dress, how to shake hands and look prospective employers in the eye. Cameras followed one woman to an interview. She got the job and began to cry. She had discovered her value and the power of the individual. Government didn’t give her that job; she got it on her own. In fact, government had been sending her checks, which caused her to be more dependent on government.
“There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect,” said Ronald Reagan. And, “Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not ruin their lives.”
As politicians prepare to do things for which government has little experience and even less ability, where are the leaders who will again embrace the power behind Ronald Reagan’s thoughts? It was Reagan who said, “Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.” He warned, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected and handed on for them to do the same.”
Government is eroding freedom. It is time to fight, but where are the generals to lead us? Will the public wake up and realize what is being stolen from us before it is gone?
CAL THOMAS
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Thanks Herma The Wedding dress
----- Original Message -----
From: HermaDMills@aol.com
Subject: The Wedding gown that made History
A MUST READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Herma
Subj: The Wedding gown that made History
This is an amazing must read. Imagine how many stories there must be that we will never hear from the survivors of those camps.
Great story!!
The Wedding Gown That Made History
Lilly Friedman doesn't remember the last name of the woman who designed and sewed the wedding gown she wore when she walked down the aisle over 60 years ago. But the grandmother of seven does recall that when she first told her fiancé Ludwig that she had always dreamed of being married in a white gown he realized he had his work cut out for him.
For the tall, lanky 21-year-old who had survived hunger, disease and torture this was a different kind of challenge. How was he ever going to find such a dress in the Bergen Belsen Displaced Person's camp where they felt grateful for the clothes on their backs?
Fate would intervene in the guise of a former German pilot who walked into the food distribution center where Ludwig worked, eager to make a trade for his worthless parachute. In exchange for two pounds of coffee beans and a couple of packs of cigarettes Lilly would have her wedding gown.
For two weeks Miriam the seamstress worked under the curious eyes of her fellow DPs, carefully fashioning the six parachute panels into a simple, long sleeved gown with a rolled collar and a fitted waist that tied in the back with a bow. When the dress was completed she sewed the leftover material into a matching shirt for the groom.
A white wedding gown may have seemed like a frivolous request in the surreal environment of the camps, but for Lilly the dress symbolized the innocent, normal life she and her family had once led before the world descended into madness. Lilly and her siblings were raised in a Torah observant home in the small town of Zarica, Czechoslovakia where her father was a melamed, respected and well liked by the young yeshiva students he taught in nearby Irsheva.
He and his two sons were marked for extermination immediately upon arriving at Auschwitz . For Lilly and her sisters it was only their first stop on their long journey of persecution, which included Plashof, Neustadt, Gross Rosen and finally Bergen Belsen .
Lilly Friedman and her parachute dress on display in the Bergen Belsen Museum
Four hundred people marched 15 miles in the snow to the town of Celle on January 27, 1946 to attend Lilly and Ludwig's wedding. The town synagogue, damaged and desecrated, had been lovingly renovated by the DPs with the meager materials available to them. When a Sefer Torah arrived from England they converted an old kitchen cabinet into a makeshift Aron Kodesh.
"My sisters and I lost everything - our parents, our two brothers, our homes. The most important thing was to build a new home." Six months later, Lilly's sister Ilona wore the dress when she married Max Traeger. After that came Cousin Rosie. How many brides wore Lilly's dress? "I stopped counting after 17." With the camps experiencing the highest marriage rate in the world, Lilly's gown was in great demand.
In 1948 when President Harry Truman finally permitted the 100,000 Jews who had been languishing in DP camps since the end of the war to emigrate, the gown accompanied Lilly across the ocean to America . Unable to part with her dress, it lay at the bottom of her bedroom closet for the next 50 years, "not even good enough for a garage sale. I was happy when it found such a good home."
Home was the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington , D.C. When Lily's niece, a volunteer, told museum officials about her aunt's dress, they immediately recognized its historical significance and displayed the gown in a specially designed showcase, guaranteed to preserve it for 500 years.
But Lilly Friedman's dress had one more journey to make. Bergen Belsen , the museum, opened its doors on October 28, 2007. The German government invited Lilly and her sisters to be their guests for the grand opening. They initially declined, but finally traveled to Hanover the following year with their children, their grandchildren and extended families to view the extraordinary exhibit created for the wedding dress made from a parachute.
Lilly's family, who were all familiar with the stories about the wedding in Celle , were eager to visit the synagogue. They found the building had been completely renovated and modernized. But when they pulled aside the handsome curtain they were astounded to find that the Aron Kodesh, made from a kitchen cabinet, had remained untouched as a testament to the profound faith of the survivors. As Lilly stood on the bimah once again she beckoned to her granddaughter, Jackie, to stand beside her where she was once a kallah. "It was an emotional trip. We cried a lot."
Two weeks later, the woman who had once stood trembling before the selective eyes of the infamous Dr. Josef Mengele returned home and witnessed the marriage of her granddaughter.
The three Lax sisters - Lilly, Ilona and Eva, who together survived Auschwitz, a forced labor camp, a death march and Bergen Belsen - have remained close and today live within walking distance of each other in Brooklyn. As mere teenagers, they managed to outwit and outlive a monstrous killing machine, then went on to marry, have children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and were ultimately honored by the country that had earmarked them for extinction.
As young brides, they had stood underneath the chuppah and recited the blessings that their ancestors had been saying for thousands of years. In doing so, they chose to honor the legacy of those who had perished by choosing life.
Hinda
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In Memoriam
In MEMORIAM - 63 YEARS LATER
It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the six million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians and 1,900 Catholic priests who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated with the German and Russian peoples looking the other way!
Now, more than ever, with Iraq, Iran, and others, claiming the Holocaust to be 'a myth,' it's imperative to make sure the world never forgets, because there are others who would like to do it again.
From: HermaDMills@aol.com
Subject: The Wedding gown that made History
A MUST READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Herma
Subj: The Wedding gown that made History
This is an amazing must read. Imagine how many stories there must be that we will never hear from the survivors of those camps.
Great story!!
The Wedding Gown That Made History
Lilly Friedman doesn't remember the last name of the woman who designed and sewed the wedding gown she wore when she walked down the aisle over 60 years ago. But the grandmother of seven does recall that when she first told her fiancé Ludwig that she had always dreamed of being married in a white gown he realized he had his work cut out for him.
For the tall, lanky 21-year-old who had survived hunger, disease and torture this was a different kind of challenge. How was he ever going to find such a dress in the Bergen Belsen Displaced Person's camp where they felt grateful for the clothes on their backs?
Fate would intervene in the guise of a former German pilot who walked into the food distribution center where Ludwig worked, eager to make a trade for his worthless parachute. In exchange for two pounds of coffee beans and a couple of packs of cigarettes Lilly would have her wedding gown.
For two weeks Miriam the seamstress worked under the curious eyes of her fellow DPs, carefully fashioning the six parachute panels into a simple, long sleeved gown with a rolled collar and a fitted waist that tied in the back with a bow. When the dress was completed she sewed the leftover material into a matching shirt for the groom.
A white wedding gown may have seemed like a frivolous request in the surreal environment of the camps, but for Lilly the dress symbolized the innocent, normal life she and her family had once led before the world descended into madness. Lilly and her siblings were raised in a Torah observant home in the small town of Zarica, Czechoslovakia where her father was a melamed, respected and well liked by the young yeshiva students he taught in nearby Irsheva.
He and his two sons were marked for extermination immediately upon arriving at Auschwitz . For Lilly and her sisters it was only their first stop on their long journey of persecution, which included Plashof, Neustadt, Gross Rosen and finally Bergen Belsen .
Lilly Friedman and her parachute dress on display in the Bergen Belsen Museum
Four hundred people marched 15 miles in the snow to the town of Celle on January 27, 1946 to attend Lilly and Ludwig's wedding. The town synagogue, damaged and desecrated, had been lovingly renovated by the DPs with the meager materials available to them. When a Sefer Torah arrived from England they converted an old kitchen cabinet into a makeshift Aron Kodesh.
"My sisters and I lost everything - our parents, our two brothers, our homes. The most important thing was to build a new home." Six months later, Lilly's sister Ilona wore the dress when she married Max Traeger. After that came Cousin Rosie. How many brides wore Lilly's dress? "I stopped counting after 17." With the camps experiencing the highest marriage rate in the world, Lilly's gown was in great demand.
In 1948 when President Harry Truman finally permitted the 100,000 Jews who had been languishing in DP camps since the end of the war to emigrate, the gown accompanied Lilly across the ocean to America . Unable to part with her dress, it lay at the bottom of her bedroom closet for the next 50 years, "not even good enough for a garage sale. I was happy when it found such a good home."
Home was the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington , D.C. When Lily's niece, a volunteer, told museum officials about her aunt's dress, they immediately recognized its historical significance and displayed the gown in a specially designed showcase, guaranteed to preserve it for 500 years.
But Lilly Friedman's dress had one more journey to make. Bergen Belsen , the museum, opened its doors on October 28, 2007. The German government invited Lilly and her sisters to be their guests for the grand opening. They initially declined, but finally traveled to Hanover the following year with their children, their grandchildren and extended families to view the extraordinary exhibit created for the wedding dress made from a parachute.
Lilly's family, who were all familiar with the stories about the wedding in Celle , were eager to visit the synagogue. They found the building had been completely renovated and modernized. But when they pulled aside the handsome curtain they were astounded to find that the Aron Kodesh, made from a kitchen cabinet, had remained untouched as a testament to the profound faith of the survivors. As Lilly stood on the bimah once again she beckoned to her granddaughter, Jackie, to stand beside her where she was once a kallah. "It was an emotional trip. We cried a lot."
Two weeks later, the woman who had once stood trembling before the selective eyes of the infamous Dr. Josef Mengele returned home and witnessed the marriage of her granddaughter.
The three Lax sisters - Lilly, Ilona and Eva, who together survived Auschwitz, a forced labor camp, a death march and Bergen Belsen - have remained close and today live within walking distance of each other in Brooklyn. As mere teenagers, they managed to outwit and outlive a monstrous killing machine, then went on to marry, have children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and were ultimately honored by the country that had earmarked them for extinction.
As young brides, they had stood underneath the chuppah and recited the blessings that their ancestors had been saying for thousands of years. In doing so, they chose to honor the legacy of those who had perished by choosing life.
Hinda
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In Memoriam
In MEMORIAM - 63 YEARS LATER
It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the six million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians and 1,900 Catholic priests who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated with the German and Russian peoples looking the other way!
Now, more than ever, with Iraq, Iran, and others, claiming the Holocaust to be 'a myth,' it's imperative to make sure the world never forgets, because there are others who would like to do it again.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Free advertising on this blog for me
Grandparents And Softball
Girls Love Softball
Sam Kegley
Grandparents and Softball is the story of two grandparents, Andy and Princess, over the course of their granddaughter, Audrey’s career in softball. The book follows Audrey from her early years in the sport all the way to her early 20’s as she competed in the Olympics with Team USA.
When asked what his main motivation was for writing this book, Kegley writes:
Typically, parents want more for their offspring than they achieved themselves. That, admittedly, is my motivation in writing this book. In my highly competitive high school situation, I quit or coaches cut me from the teams. That tells me I didn’t compete hard enough. When one has an interest in sports but does not achieve their heights as I did not, you still want to be involved and you want the kids and grandkids to do much better.
I played softball with and for good people for most of my 76 years on earth. I watched my own sons compete in the games and I am now watching my granddaughters.
Grandparents And Softball
Sam Kegley
68 Pages
5x8 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4389-5878-1
May 2009
Suggested Retail Price:
$10.95 (SC)
You can order Grandparents And Softball
through Ingram’s Books in Print Database,
directly from the publisher at www.authorhouse.com
or through the book order hotline at (888) 280-7715
Typical Ordering Time: 7-10 Business Days
* This book is also available at your local retailer.
For media review copies, please call
1-800-839-8640
or email
pressreleases@authorhouse.com
Girls Love Softball
Sam Kegley
Grandparents and Softball is the story of two grandparents, Andy and Princess, over the course of their granddaughter, Audrey’s career in softball. The book follows Audrey from her early years in the sport all the way to her early 20’s as she competed in the Olympics with Team USA.
When asked what his main motivation was for writing this book, Kegley writes:
Typically, parents want more for their offspring than they achieved themselves. That, admittedly, is my motivation in writing this book. In my highly competitive high school situation, I quit or coaches cut me from the teams. That tells me I didn’t compete hard enough. When one has an interest in sports but does not achieve their heights as I did not, you still want to be involved and you want the kids and grandkids to do much better.
I played softball with and for good people for most of my 76 years on earth. I watched my own sons compete in the games and I am now watching my granddaughters.
Grandparents And Softball
Sam Kegley
68 Pages
5x8 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4389-5878-1
May 2009
Suggested Retail Price:
$10.95 (SC)
You can order Grandparents And Softball
through Ingram’s Books in Print Database,
directly from the publisher at www.authorhouse.com
or through the book order hotline at (888) 280-7715
Typical Ordering Time: 7-10 Business Days
* This book is also available at your local retailer.
For media review copies, please call
1-800-839-8640
or email
pressreleases@authorhouse.com
Press Release Grandparents and Softball
Grandparents and Softball
New Fiction Novel Shares the Joys and History of Softball
WESTERVILLE, Ohio – Every grandparent loves to see their grandchildren happy, active and loving life. In his new novel, Grandparents and Softball: Girls Love Softball (published by AuthorHouse), author Sam Kegley offers insights into his knowledge of the history of softball, his long-time involvement in the sport, as well as a story based on his own experience of watching his granddaughters in their journey through the sport.
Grandparents and Softball is the story of two grandparents, Andy and Princess, over the course of their granddaughter, Audrey’s career in softball. The book follows Audrey from her early years in the sport all the way to her early 20’s as she competed in the Olympics with Team USA.
Kegley was inspired by Title IX of the Education Amendments in writing Grandparents and Softball. Now known as the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act in honor of its principal author, this is a United States law enacted on June 23, 1972 that states:
No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
Kegley highlights and explains the history of softball itself, as well as the history of women in the sport. Young girls have always shown interest in sports, but until this piece of law was enacted many were not allowed to act on their desires. Today we are in an age where women’s sports are a prominent fixture in society, and young girls are constantly encouraged to pursue athletic activities from an early age.
When asked what his main motivation was for writing this book, Kegley writes:
Typically, parents want more for their offspring than they achieved themselves. That, admittedly, is my motivation in writing this book. In my highly competitive high school situation, I quit or coaches cut me from the teams. That tells me I didn’t compete hard enough. When one has an interest in sports but does not achieve their heights as I did not, you still want to be involved and you want the kids and grandkids to do much better.
I played softball with and for good people for most of my 76 years on earth. I watched my own sons compete in the games and I am now watching my granddaughters.
About the Author: Sam Kegley is a 76-year-old grandfather, and the fourth child of ten born to Forest and Mary Kegley in Portsmouth, Ohio. He and his wife, Jeanie, currently spend a good deal of time attending their young granddaughter’s softball games. Kegley is a retired metallurgical engineer and an alumnus of the University of Kentucky. Since retiring, he has kept busy by writing non-fiction books containing stories and interviews of subjects close to his interests and past experiences. While Kegley is an accomplished author of non-fiction books, Grandparents and Softball is his initial attempt at fiction.
AuthorHouse is the premier book publisher for emerging, self-published authors. For more information, please visit http://www.authorhouse.com/.
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Kristy Garvey
PMV Publicist
authorHOUSETM
1663 Liberty Drive
Suite 200
Bloomington, IN 47403
kgarvey@authorsolutions.com
o: 812.334.5224
f:: 812.349.0624
New Fiction Novel Shares the Joys and History of Softball
WESTERVILLE, Ohio – Every grandparent loves to see their grandchildren happy, active and loving life. In his new novel, Grandparents and Softball: Girls Love Softball (published by AuthorHouse), author Sam Kegley offers insights into his knowledge of the history of softball, his long-time involvement in the sport, as well as a story based on his own experience of watching his granddaughters in their journey through the sport.
Grandparents and Softball is the story of two grandparents, Andy and Princess, over the course of their granddaughter, Audrey’s career in softball. The book follows Audrey from her early years in the sport all the way to her early 20’s as she competed in the Olympics with Team USA.
Kegley was inspired by Title IX of the Education Amendments in writing Grandparents and Softball. Now known as the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act in honor of its principal author, this is a United States law enacted on June 23, 1972 that states:
No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
Kegley highlights and explains the history of softball itself, as well as the history of women in the sport. Young girls have always shown interest in sports, but until this piece of law was enacted many were not allowed to act on their desires. Today we are in an age where women’s sports are a prominent fixture in society, and young girls are constantly encouraged to pursue athletic activities from an early age.
When asked what his main motivation was for writing this book, Kegley writes:
Typically, parents want more for their offspring than they achieved themselves. That, admittedly, is my motivation in writing this book. In my highly competitive high school situation, I quit or coaches cut me from the teams. That tells me I didn’t compete hard enough. When one has an interest in sports but does not achieve their heights as I did not, you still want to be involved and you want the kids and grandkids to do much better.
I played softball with and for good people for most of my 76 years on earth. I watched my own sons compete in the games and I am now watching my granddaughters.
About the Author: Sam Kegley is a 76-year-old grandfather, and the fourth child of ten born to Forest and Mary Kegley in Portsmouth, Ohio. He and his wife, Jeanie, currently spend a good deal of time attending their young granddaughter’s softball games. Kegley is a retired metallurgical engineer and an alumnus of the University of Kentucky. Since retiring, he has kept busy by writing non-fiction books containing stories and interviews of subjects close to his interests and past experiences. While Kegley is an accomplished author of non-fiction books, Grandparents and Softball is his initial attempt at fiction.
AuthorHouse is the premier book publisher for emerging, self-published authors. For more information, please visit http://www.authorhouse.com/.
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Kristy Garvey
PMV Publicist
authorHOUSETM
1663 Liberty Drive
Suite 200
Bloomington, IN 47403
kgarvey@authorsolutions.com
o: 812.334.5224
f:: 812.349.0624
Where are you, Jack?
----- Original Message -----
From: Jack H Plymale
To: Sam Kegley
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 12:15 AM
Sam, I've been kinda out of pocket for a couple of weeks. I'm at Doc Yeagles in Georgia right now. Hope both of us will be in the old home town before the end of next week. Talked with Fout this evening. He is arranging an evening and dinner with Dick Brannock in Ashland. Dick was the chief pilot( before retirement) for Ashland Oil and a member of our "45" class. Think maybe he might have been a Mound Park frequenter.
--
Jack P.
Re: Where are you, Jack?
Thanks Jack,
Enjoy your P'Town visit with the young fellows. I certainly want the best for the three 'Torjan' amigos.
Gib,s oldest son, Richard, who played basketball for Westerville (Division 1 in Ohio, with three high schools now but only one back then), with my son, Jay. Richard and his friend are in a lucrative subcontracting masonry business. Richard came over, measured, and returned and replaced all of our downspouts and doesn't want pay. All he expects is the stuff he buys, which has come to $11.70 so far. You can take it to your bank in Costa Rica that the deceased Gib Lakeman's friendship is still valued by Jeanie and me.
Why has Mound Park Urchin Sam been so lucky to know so many fine Torjans from P'Town?
Thank you, God!
Sam
From: Jack H Plymale
To: Sam Kegley
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 12:15 AM
Sam, I've been kinda out of pocket for a couple of weeks. I'm at Doc Yeagles in Georgia right now. Hope both of us will be in the old home town before the end of next week. Talked with Fout this evening. He is arranging an evening and dinner with Dick Brannock in Ashland. Dick was the chief pilot( before retirement) for Ashland Oil and a member of our "45" class. Think maybe he might have been a Mound Park frequenter.
--
Jack P.
Re: Where are you, Jack?
Thanks Jack,
Enjoy your P'Town visit with the young fellows. I certainly want the best for the three 'Torjan' amigos.
Gib,s oldest son, Richard, who played basketball for Westerville (Division 1 in Ohio, with three high schools now but only one back then), with my son, Jay. Richard and his friend are in a lucrative subcontracting masonry business. Richard came over, measured, and returned and replaced all of our downspouts and doesn't want pay. All he expects is the stuff he buys, which has come to $11.70 so far. You can take it to your bank in Costa Rica that the deceased Gib Lakeman's friendship is still valued by Jeanie and me.
Why has Mound Park Urchin Sam been so lucky to know so many fine Torjans from P'Town?
Thank you, God!
Sam
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Daschle's statement on Senior Health Care
"Senior" status is something we all face (IF we're lucky), so read this. Especially note Daschle's statement about the elderly!
Then forward like I'm doing! Guess we'd best start praying that this health care plan fails like Hillary's did...........
WHAT A SHAME
Everybody who is on this mailing list is either a senior citizen, is getting close or knows somebody who is.
Most of you know by now that the Senate version (at least) of the "stimulus" bill includes provisions for extensive rationing of health care for senior citizens. The author of this part of the bill, former senator and tax evader, Tom Daschle, was credited today by Bloomberg with the following statement.
Bloomberg: "Daschle says health-care reform will not be pain free. Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them."
If this does not sufficiently raise your ire, just remember that Senators and Congressmen have their own healthcare plan that is first dollar or very low co-pay which they are guaranteed the remainder of their lives and are not subject to this new law if it passes.
Please use the power of the internet to get this message out. Talk it up at the grassroots level. We have an election coming up in one year and nine months. We have the ability to address and reverse the dangerous direction the Obama administration and its allies have begun; and in the interim, we can make their lives miserable with our growing voice! Let's do it.
If you disagree, don't do anything.
"Senior" status is something we all face (IF we're lucky), so read this. Especially note Daschle's statement about the elderly!
Then forward like I'm doing! Guess we'd best start praying that this health care plan fails like Hillary's did...........
WHAT A SHAME
Everybody who is on this mailing list is either a senior citizen, is getting close or knows somebody who is.
Most of you know by now that the Senate version (at least) of the "stimulus" bill includes provisions for extensive rationing of health care for senior citizens. The author of this part of the bill, former senator and tax evader, Tom Daschle, was credited today by Bloomberg with the following statement.
Bloomberg: "Daschle says health-care reform will not be pain free. Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them."
If this does not sufficiently raise your ire, just remember that Senators and Congressmen have their own healthcare plan that is first dollar or very low co-pay which they are guaranteed the remainder of their lives and are not subject to this new law if it passes.
Please use the power of the internet to get this message out. Talk it up at the grassroots level. We have an election coming up in one year and nine months. We have the ability to address and reverse the dangerous direction the Obama administration and its allies have begun; and in the interim, we can make their lives miserable with our growing voice! Let's do it.
If you disagree, don't do anything.
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