Looking back on 45 years as coach



My journey into coaching began innocently enough in the summer of 1972. I had just graduated from Roanoke College and was moving back home after four years there. Dan Bates was the boys’ coach at Letcher High School then and he encouraged former players to come back and practice and compete against his current players. He thought it helped toughen […]

Political Cartoon



Beware of ‘preemption’



We the People are being burgled. Again. The latest hit is just the latest in a long string of political robberies, a nationwide crime wave being pulled off by moneyed elites and their political henchmen. With each heist, they haul off a little more of our democratic power: the ability of the working majority to have any real say in […]

Why the suicide epidemic?



Ours is a nation in despair. U.S. suicide rates have surged to a 30- year high, and it’s not just among struggling middle-aged whites. Suicides by girls age 10 to 14 have spiked over the last 18 years. And there’s been a shocking surge in children 17 or under dying from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Since 1999, suicide rates have risen […]

At war with ’coons over sweet corn



Back in the early 1980s, I was an avid “coon hunter,” meaning I had several hundred dollars invested in a treeing Walker coonhound, a powerful miner’s head-spot light, ultralight Browning hunting boots, briar proof canvas coveralls and various other accouterments of the sport. Points East If you are unfamiliar with the sport, no guns are involved in coon hunting. Hunters […]

Babe Parilli: UK football’s best ever?




On the day of Kentucky’s football season opener with Xavier in 1948, a member of Adolph Rupp’s basketball squad found himself denied entry to Stoll Field. It seems when pictures were taken for UK student IDs, Joe Hall had blown it off and instead gone home to Cynthiana to watch a high school football game. Now, the UK sophomore was […]

The Way We Were



Clips from available Mountain Eagle pages since our founding in 1907 Thursday, July 21, 1927 Members of court juries in Kentucky are now being paid $3 per day instead of $2. The Kentucky State Legislature approved the increase recently, marking the first pay hike for jurors in 50 years. . An inspector with the state board of health will make […]

Heres a Tip



• Want to save money on both appliance repair costs and your power bill? Do yourself a favor and stay on a filter replacement schedule for your air conditioner unit. Dirty filters make the machine work harder and less efficiently, costing you money! • “When grandparents live out of town, set up a phone call between them and your kids […]

SPEAKING OF SOAPS



THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL — Quinn had regrets about how she left things with Eric, especially knowing that he’s now under the influence of Sheila. Eric took the blame for Steffy’s actions towards Sheila by stating that his granddaughter’s definitely a product of her grandmother, Stephanie. An irate Steffy interrogated Eric about why he left Quinn and is holed […]

Reunions



To list reunions in The Mountain Eagle’s weekly reunion column, send information in writing to Reunions, The Mountain Eagle, P.O. Box 808, Whitesburg, Ky. 41858. Information must be received by Friday to be included in the following week’s issue. BENTLEY — Descendants of W.S. Bentley and Laura Bentley will hold a reunion Aug. 5 and 6. On Sunday, there will […]