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Dorothy Copus Brush Questions posed, questions answered Several weeks ago in this column I asked
readers if they could answer two questions I had not been able
to answer. One was information on the Coal Creek Mining Company. Margaret Olson of Pleasant Hill called me
the day after the column appeared. She suggested the Lake City
Chamber of Commerce might be a starting point. A short time later,
she called again with new information. She remembered she had
a 1996 directory for Anderson County, and in there was a listing
for the Coal Creek Mining and Manufacturing Co. in Oliver Springs. Thank you, Margaret Olson! Still unanswered is the second question. Does
anyone remember the Gentry Tourist Camp located near Monterey
in 1936? If any of you have information, please call me at 484-7801.
I am always pleased to hear from readers with comments, criticism
or ideas for the column. * * * He threw out some questions worth considering.
Could it be because this generation has known nothing but air
conditioning, and their bodies have adapted to controlled temperatures
making them more susceptible to heat? Could dietary supplements
have anything to do with it? Do bodies that have been stimulated
to increase in size be a factor? Korey Stringer's height was
6 feet 4 inches, and the ideal weight for that height is 197
pounds. Stringer weighed 346! USA Today gave generous attention to these
recent deaths. Their reporter talked with Tennessee Titans' coach
Jeff Fisher who had some strong warning words to coaches and
parents about youth teams. To coaches, "If your kids aren't
getting water every 15 to 20 minutes, you should not be coaching." For parents he added, "If you are on
the practice field you have every right to watch, and if the
child is not getting water every 15 or 20 minutes you have every
right, and responsibility, to go and discuss the issue with the
coach." As I thought about that advice to discuss
the issue with the coach I remembered the one time I overrode
a coach's decision. In that case, it was not heat, but the exact
opposite weather condition. Our son was on the high school swim
team and they were to travel to an evening meet about 30 miles
away. By late afternoon, the roads were covered with ice, and the highway patrol was urging motorists to stay home. I agonized, but when the coach arrived at our address at the appointed time, I mustered up my courage and told him our son would not be going. I was glad that the car made a safe journey to and from the meet, but I never regretted saying no to our son putting put in peril. |