This is what all of us 80+-year-olds, and those yet-to-be, have to look forward to!! This is something that happened at an assisted living center. The people who lived there had small apartments but they all ate at a central cafeteria. One morning one of the residents didn't show up for breakfast so my wife went upstairs and knocked on his door to see if everything was OK. She could hear him through the door and he said that he was running late and would be down shortly, so she went back to the dining area.An hour later he still hadn't arrived so she went back up towards his room but found him on the stairs. He was coming down the stairs but was having a devil of time. He had a death grip on the hand rail and seemed to have trouble getting his legs to work right.She told him she was going to call an ambulance but he told her no, he wasn't in any pain and just wanted to have his breakfast. So she helped him the rest of the way down the stairs and he had his breakfast.When he tried to return to his room he was completely unable to get up even the first stair step so they called an ambulance for him.A couple hours later she called the hospital to see how he was doing.The receptionist there said he was fine, he just had both of his legs in one side of his boxer shorts.We need to send this to our children so they don't sell the house before they know all the facts.
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
For our kids and for us seniors ... Thx Marge R!
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Valerie Still Chosen for Women's Hall of Fame ... Thx son, Jay and LHL!
Former University of Kentucky star Valerie Still, the school’s all-time leading scorer, was part of a seven-person class announced for the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday night.
Still and fellow former players Ticha Penicheiro, Ruth Riley and Carolyn Bush Roddy were joined in the 2019 class by longtime women’s basketball contributors Beth Bass (CEO of the women’s basketball coaches association), Nora Lynn Finch (inaugural chair of the NCAA selection committee) and Joan Cronan (former Tennessee athletics director).
Still, who played at UK from 1979 to 1983, is the leader among all Wildcats (men or women) for career scoring (2,763) and rebounding (1,525). She was a three-time consensus All-American and led the program in scoring four straight seasons with a career average of 23.2 points.
Still went on to help the Columbus Quest win back-to-back ABL titles in 1997 and 1998. She was the playoffs MVP both times. She later played for the Washington Mystics of the WNBA before retiring from basketball.
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Penicheiro won the Wade Trophy in 1998 while starring for Old Dominion. She went on to hold the WNBA career assists record until it was broken by Sue Bird.
Riley helped Notre Dame win its first national championship in 2001 and was the AP Player of the Year that season.
Roddy starred for Wayland Baptist.
The class of 2019 will be officially inducted in Knoxville on June 8.
Other finalists this year were Paul Sanderford (former Western Kentucky coach), Debbie Brock (veteran player), Lucille Kyvallos (veteran coach), Bob Schneider (coach) and Amy Tucker (contributor — assistant coach).
This is the first time in the hall’s history that they didn’t elect a coach as part of a class.
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