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Staff is serious (could lead to death if not treated).

 

In Ohio, if infected with staff, you cannot play until you are treated and I believe antibiotics must be in your system for 24 hours prior to gametime. If a coach or trainer knows that you have staff and plays you, he (they) are liable. I believe that there is another form of staff (mersa?) that cannot be treated by antibiotics.

 

Staff outbreaks must be treated seriously. It would be wise to clean out the lockerroom and clean the area with bleach or something.

 

Many kids these days do NOT shower routinely after weights and practice. Modesty should not infringe on your health. Go in there with your swimsuit or boxers - but shower after a workout or practice.

I just got over a bout with it. I spent two weeks in the hospital and then had to be on intraveneous antibiotics twice a day for 6 more weeks at home. The scary thing is that I caught, and had my infection treated almost immediately after the symptoms surfaced and still spent two months battling it.

There are various types of staph, with the one most resistant to antibodies being the MRSI strain. That's the one that I contacted.

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Do you think Union is the way to go for all industries?

 

What do you think of the effects on Unions relative to the costs of business?

 

Also, my son used to work at Kroger. He had no choice but to join the union at 15! He was a bag boy, covered under his parents' insurance, and made minimum wage when he started. To what benefit was the union to him? He never made over $7.00/hr in almost 4 years there.

 

My dad worked in the union for 35 years, beginning in the late 50's, early 60's. I can see where it benefitted him. But in this day, with labor laws, minimum wage, OSHA standards, etc. I do not see the benefit of unions.

Well yeah I know, Thats a little before my time though if were going WAY back you could throw them in there as well as some of the Maytown teams and maybe even the Wayland team from the late 50's with Kelly Coleman. I still think the best basketball teams from the 15th range from about 88' untill the time when that great Paintsville team graduated out...jmo

One of the best teams ever in the 15th could also have been the 1970 Johnson Central team that was upset by Wheelwright in the rgional tournament. A few weeks prior to being upset they held a 40+ point lead on this same team. They were also ranked #3 in the state that year. The 1975 Johnson Central team was also ranked #7 at season's end and completely dismantled one of those very good Virgie teams with Todd's brother Mike May by 32 points in the regional final. Not too many teams in 15th region history can boast those state rankings. You just about have to consider either of those teams in the top teams ever to come out of the 15th.

The problems with threads asking these questions is that we all consider those teams that we have a direct rememberance from and not some of the prior teams that we never got the chance to see. They are relative to our own personal time spans with what we have observed..

I respect your opinion on this and some may agree but there is no way imo that that team was a good as the Paintsville state championship team from 96', the 98 Paintsville team or even the 94' Allen Central team who w/out a couple bad breaks and injuries could have eaisly won state. I would however rate those Virgie teams as some of the best ever in the 15th as I posted previously.

I believe that Inez won two state titles. How can you leave out state champion teams? They did play basketball in the 15th region before 1990, you know.

No, the regional tournament is what is played after the state tournaments are completed. Paducah hosts the Mid-South Regional in two weeks.

Everyone else that is posting on here must be confused then. :lol:

Everyone else seems to think they are all playing in their state regional tournaments.

Paducah beat Ken-Tenn 12-2 to win the district title.

Shouldn't that be the regional finals?

Thanks and best of luck. Let me know, games times in the Ashland area.

 

Thanks for the use of the radar gun, by the way.....:thumb:

Congratulations to the 76ers and when is there game, at the State.

 

Did Fyffe throw for the 76er's?

This win puts them into the regional finals against the winner of the Shelbyville/Oldham Co. game. Still one more to go. They will still be playing in the state tournament , but winning the regional outright determines whom and when they will play in the state tournament.

Yeah, Matt went the entire 9 innings for the Sixers.

I was wondering if when you register for the Blue Gray Classic, If you are sent any sort of confirmation. I was supposed to attend, however when I got on the Blue Gray Website, I was not on the roster for team Ky. Any help on this will be greatly appreciated.

Skins,

From what I am told by several people that have attended this showcase in the past is that you are saving yourself (or your parents) a ton of money by not playing in it. I have been told by more than one participant that it is kind of a waste of time and a whole lot of money.

That field looks awesome. I'm jealous of any team with a field, but that's beautiful!

98NCCalum,

I have told my sons about Johnny Bench (my all-time favorite player) being able to hold 7 baseballs in one hand years ago, but was never able to find the picture that you are now showing, that I remember seeing as a kid. Thanks for digging that old photo up.

He might be the best catcher in the state, but its hard to catch and also be a pitcher.

I didn't get much of a chance to see what kind of a receiver he was, but with the way he can hit and with the throw that I saw, you could very well be right. His throw was one of those "did I see what I think I just saw" throws. Very impressive.

Could it be that behind the plate is his ticket, rather than on the mound or at third?

When A-Rod approaches Babes records for homeruns let's put an asterisk on it since Yankee stadium was bigger when the Babe played.

Lefty,

I did not particularly think that hardball was criticizing anything. I think he was noting that since there were a lot of homeruns hit in the game, than there was probably a good chance that the game was played at Danville.

I had never been to Danville's field until this past weekend and I'll have to agree with maybe some of the statements that I have heard about playing there prior to this past weekend. I saw several homeruns hit last weekend, and I'll be honest I dont think that a single one would have been a homerun in about 95% of the fields that I have seen in high school.

With dimensions such as 300 down the lines, about 315-320 in the power alleys, and 337 in dead center, you should expect comments and perhaps criticism regarding the legitimacy of a lot of the homeruns that are hit at Danville. Everyone that I saw hit (and there were a bunch of them) would have been nothing more than just routine fly balls just about anywhere else.

I watched Ahland play some this past week-end in Danville and they do have a nice team.

Since you were at Danville, I have a question about Rich Witten. He caught one inning against Ashland. While I did not see him attempt to throw any runners out, I was very impressed with his warm-up throw down to second. Has anyone ever done a pop time on him, and does he catch any regularly? He threw a laser down to second.

Obviously, you're thinking in terms of selling the land or reselling the mineral rights. In today's market the rights are not sold, but leased. The minerals are removed from the ground by the company and the land owner is provided with a percentage of the revenue. All property and mineral rights remain with the landowner.

 

Let's look at a typical natural gas lease as an example. The company acquires a two year lease for exploration. Within two years they must decide if to drill and if gas is found, a new agreement is then signed with the landowner providing a monthly check for a percentage of the revenue from all gas removed, typically 8%, for the duration of the time the well is in production. This could last for years, even decades. There is usually an agreement that the landowner will recieve free natural gas for personal use along with whatever other agreements can be worked out. The landowner does not sell the land nor the mineral rights to any future endeavors such as coal.

 

If the landowner does not own the mineral rights, the proceeds go to whatever entity does and the landowner gets nothing.

Actually the common oil/gas lease agreement calls for 12 and 1/2% going to the leasor. It is an eighth, not 8%.

In order to end dependence welfare, there has to be a stopping point to it. The way it's set up now, it's, in effect, an unlimited resource. I know it's callous, but people have to be given a firm ultimatum (so to speak) in order for some to get up off the rolls. Yes, there does need to be a job to graduate to. But, I think that there has to be some expectation that a person finding a job is a priority....that jobs don't find people, people find jobs.

 

Back in the early 50's, my dad left his home to come to Louisville to work. That's where the jobs were. My mom rode a Greyhound to and from work in Louisville from West Point. Back in the day, you did what you had to do to find work.

 

The problem today is that some people are "picky" about what they do. The ones who aren't are working, at least in my community. People say, "I'd rather draw welfare than work at McDonalds". Or, "That job doesn't pay enough." Or, "I'm better than that." These are real comments I've heard while eavesdropping on the bus on my way home to work some days.

 

IMO, people need a real threat of losing their home, or going hungry to create an impetus. As long as many can find a reason to avoid it, they will.

 

I'm not saying this is all people, maybe not even most. But it sure as heck seems like a lot of them.

We complain about there not being any good paying jobs with major manufacturing firms in the area, but you have to put yourself in the shoes of some of these companies. Would you yourself want to invest millions and millions of dollars in a region and be subjected to this work brickle mentality and the nightmare of trying to get people to show up to work every day?

Eastern Kentucky is full of good hardworking people that strive very hard to be productive and are determined to make a good life for their famililies, but they sure do seem to be hard to find when you need someone to work.

I had the chance to watch Josh play many times this past spring and he will be a huge asset to Cumberland. Cumberland has had just an outstanding recruiting class this year, plus they return every pitcher from last years squad. They should be the leading contenders to knock National power Cumberland, Tenn. out of their stronghold of NAIA region 11. I really look forward to seeing this group together this year. As many of you know, I am a huge fan of Coach Shelton and the Cumberland Patriots. Go Pats.

Estaban

Doesn't '76 have college players on the team now? Darby plays at Pikeville College, Tolliver at Transy and Rowe has signed to play with Asbury this fall.

 

I remember years ago watching my brother, Donny, play at Central Park. We traveled all over supporting '76. It was a family outing every weekend. When my girls were playing in h.s., there were dejavu moments. I think they got their athleticism from their Uncle Donny.

 

Paul Lewis does a tremendous job with these boys. His passion is contagious and he puts loads of energy and thought into these boys futures. He is deservedly respected in the baseball community.

Matt Fyffe -EKU

Casey Branham-Morehead St.

Justin Blanton-Marietta College

Daniel Pugh-Morehead St.

Kyle Potter- Alice Lloyd

Greg Bowling-Asbury

James Barber-Asbury

Cory Clark-Rio Grand

JC Murnahan-Rio Grand

Aaron Rowe-Asbury

Darby-Pikeville College

These are some off the top of my head. I know there are more. There are at least 2 more that signed with Rio Grand that I am leaving off whose names are failing me, with more going elsewhere that I am forgetting as well. Someone please feel free to add the names that I am forgetting. My apologies to those players.

I don't know about your choice from Elliott County. I would have to say Rocky Atkins. He went on to a good career at Morehead State.

I think that Atkins may have played when it was known as Sandy Hook High School. He was a good one , but they also had a guy by the name of Stan Dixon that was very good as well in the early to mid 70's. What ever became of him?

Thanks for listing the players! :thumb: Congrats to the Post 76 Jr. team on a State Championship :flame:

 

I also noticed that all of the kids listed are from 16th region schools. Like another poster stated, this shows the depth and baseball talent in the 16th. :ylsuper:

Congratulations to the junior team. Hopefully the senior team will have the same success as the junior team in a couple of weeks.

They just about have to. They have a few 15th region boys in the mix on that squad. :lol:

Since this thread is titled " the greatest gutarist of all time" and not "the greatest rock guitarist of all time" I would like to throw in a couple of guys from the country side of the spectrum.

Glen Campbell

Roy Clark

Chet Atkins

Jerry Reed

Pikeville raised half the money for theyre field and Pikeville college coughed up the other half.

I thought that the football/baseball field was funded and owned by the city of Pikeville?

Poverty is a REAL issue here. It makes me mad whenever the national media finally exposes the truth and all of a sudden every city council across eastern KY files complaints on local tv stations or in the local newspapers. Before a problem can ever be fixed, it must first be realized to be a PROBLEM. Unfortunately, when Edwards is here, if he tours anywhere, I'm sure that he will be taken up to Stone Crest golf course and take a tour around one of the most expensive sub-divisions in the entire state instead of going up into the head of David or up into Wheelwright where he can actually see the problem alot of people in Eastern KY live in. It embarrasses me that we won't face our problems!

I know full well what the communities are like that you have stated that need assistance, but would you not agree that the first step towards improving the situation would be to want to help yourself first? That seems to be a lot of the problem, it is so easy to sit back and want someone else to take care of your problems instead of taking the government handout route. We have grown up in a society where a large portion of the people have that "government check is owed to me mentality". It has been breed into them from generation to generation to generation. Education and pride is the only way out of the situation that exists. Government assistance was designed to help those that may have encountered medical problems and just plain cannot work, or to help someone who may have lost the family breadwinner through a death or disability. I truely have compassion for those people. Those are the people that truely need and deserve help.

It does however burns me up to offer some of these very same people that a lot of you posters are feeling this undying sympathy for "A JOB" and have them just laugh in your face. Some feel they have it made just the way things are. They are very well satisfied with the way of life they have. Heck some feel, that they may not have everything, but it sure beats the heck out of working for a living.

What is truely embarrassing is to drive to some of the locations that you just mentioned and see the mountains of garbage in the yards, the junk cars sitting everywhere, and the just plain filth. I was always told by my parents that there is no shame in being poor, the real shame is in being dirty. BTW, you would probably be surprised at whom some of these people are, and of what their incomes may actually be. A lot of them probably have higher incomes than what some of you that are expressing the outrage of their living conditions. Eastern Kentucky as well as other distressed areas will never be any different than what they are until that big old word PRIDE comes into play.

I know I may sound hard and cruel, but I am not. I just have a hard time sugarcoating everything. I have many family members that I classify with this same mentality that I just emphasized. It is nothing that I am proud of , but it is just the plain honest truth.

I am a complete advocate of helping those in need, but not those they have no intentions of now or ever in the future of wanting to help themselves. It's just a plain fact of life that we deal with and accept. Get mad at me , say what you will, and rake me over the coals. It will not change part of the cold hard truth. Have any of you people ever been to a convenient store on check day and see the lines of people standing to buy handfuls of lottery tickets, with a carload of hungry, dirty children sitting out in the parking lot? People this is what has to change. Priorities have become all misconstrued. Some of these people will blow every dime they get on this type of foolishness rather than put clothes on their children's backs or put food on their children's table. The question I ask is how can you help people like this? The answer is you cant, if they dont want to help themselves.

Again, if we here in eastern Kentucky truely want to change our image, then it has to start on the insides of the individuals. You have to plain out detest poverty and poor living conditions and have the mentality that you are going to above all things respect yourself. Yes, there are many here (just like there is in every portion of the country) that truely needs help but there are so so many that would not change the manner in which they live if they were given a million dollars a year in government aid.

We dont need anymore government handouts. We as a culture of people, first need to change a few things within ourselves.

Wow! Feel better now?

 

I asked early on in this thread how was the complex funded - no one seemed to know. Apparently you are in the dark as well and I take it you live in Johnson County. My first assumption was that there was an endowment or money from boosters and other groups. That's how we funded our Field Turf. The parents painted the stadium and a local paint supply store donated the paint. Several times during the season, dads paint the hashmarks on the field because we did not have enough money to have them installed.

 

IMO there are folks on BGP that would like to know how these complexes are funded so that they may be able to pursue the same avenues in securing funding for a similar complex.

 

I have not seen Bryan Station, Letcher County, Dunbar and Belfry's sports complex. I was just asking how JC funded theirs.

 

It would do the faithful in the hamlet little good by trying to light a fire under the school district office. First of all, the major part of the original structure burned down in a major fire in th late 60's. Secondly, if there is no money to spend on improving the infrastructure raising a little heck is pointless. In fact I think our school district and its community has great vision and leadership as they are able to accomplish many things for its students without the type of funding you are receiving. You keep you coal severance - we keep our school tax and SEEK monies in Northern Kentucky.

Thanks,yeah I feel a little better.:thumb:

I dont you were wondering nearly as much as you were accusing!!! Perhaps since you are on a roll, you can accuse Dunbar, Bryan Staion, Belfry, and Letcher Co. of misuse of funds as well. JC's facilities will be no better than what they hace aquired. Interesting to see if you will get on a bandwagon crusading for an investigation on their behafs as well.

A question to ponder is...Since Coach Jim Matney has the Golden Eagle Football Program moving in the right direction does the school system put as big a priority on basketball. As am outsider it seems to me that football has become king in Johnson County. I'm not saying that one person or a group of people are causing a slowdown in the process of hiring a basketball coach, but football seems to be the priority due to recent success. For that matter Baseball seems to be inching in over basketball as well due to its success. Best of luck to JC, I've always enjoyed visiting as an opposing player, fan, etc..

Everyone is excited about the sucess the basketball program is having, but it should be noted that not only did the basketball team play at Rupp in '06, the baseball team played in Applebee's Park just this season as well. That makes twice in the last 4 years for the baseball team.