Page 12, The Estill County Tribune, August 5, 2015 Trail Camera Memories run ahead of me and Brin- ley. Brinley looked back at Wanderings me and said, “Dad, I will lead you out.” She walked from the in front of me headed to find the truck. When we Woods got to the truck she was smiling and letting me & Water know she found the truck for us. I figure the boys will be by Jay wandering the woods and waters with me for years to Bicknell come. I hope Brinley will WetStoneKennels@Yahoo. Com as well. If she decides not to be a hunter I hope she Three of five kids went Now my boys they are will hold onto the memory with me to put our new always revved up to go to we made. Before I know it trail camera out on Satur- the woods. They had been Brinley will be a teenager day. Brinley my 4-year-old asking every day to put the and probably won’t want asked to go when she found camera out since we got it. to spend a lot of time with out me and the boys were They both were dreaming dad. So this past Saturday headed out. Staying home about big buck pictures. I cherished every little step with her sisters was not an Josh asked a 1000 times if I made walking with my option for Brinley. we got a big buck on cam- little girl! Brinley got her boots on era could he kill it. WARNING to all 4 year and jumped in the truck We got parked and loaded old boys. I am making my ready to go put out a cam- the camera and deer mineral boys mean! Whenever era and deer blind. On the in the back pack. We were you come a calling on my drive she was a chatter box headed for a pretty good Brinley I will turn my boys about our adventure that hike with some steep terrain. loose like junkyard dogs! awaited. She thought it was I was worried that I would Until next week, get out cool when we drove across end up carrying a back pack, and enjoy God’s creation! Jake, Josh, and Brinley on their way to put out a trail camera. the creek in the truck. She blind, and a Brinley up the seemed to be soaking all the hill side. details in. We headed up the hill and to my surprise Brinley nev- er said a word. She climbed Bob Watkins’ Sports In up the hill without any problems. Then she waded Rex Chapman gets another Gift: Re-invention from through weeds over her • Pete Rose is still in pur- was also a long-stepper and charged with stealing head. She never complained gatory. who floated over and past $14,000 in electronic mer- and kept up with her older • And, waiting in re- defenders. And, he could chandise. brothers. I am pretty sure invention’s on-deck circle score. A year on, against In 12 NBA seasons it’s those older brothers that – Barry Bonds, Bob Knight SEC opponents there was Chapman had earned more has made her so tough! and Adolph Rupp. no drop-off. than $31 million and an- We got our camera set up. • Re-invention currently Became easy to see, other $6 million off court, Then we put out our mineral underway? Rex Chapman. Chapman was indulged too according to SI. and set up a blind. The kids A King Humbled: Rex much, idolized too much, Incredibly, “most of that were breaking branches Chapman On His Addic- left college too soon, was is gone,” Davis wrote, “but for shooting lanes. Brinley tions, Insecurities, chimed rich too soon. And, I be- he has enough to live on for climbed in the blind and a Sports Illustrated headline lieve, forgot too soon the a while.” gave her approval of the set July 27. Author Seth Davis values of where he came That it must be written up. provided the story for re- from. Amid the early fame that this man who had ev- We headed back to the demption of a fallen star, he must have missed the erything no longer does, is truck. The boys went on a Bob Watkins (presumably) on way back old timers who would re- more than sad. It’s disgust- from Life’s dark side. mind him “a ing too. Build ‘em up, so we can If there be a perfect syn- stops bouncing, kid.” And “ ... he knows he needs Visit Our Website At tear ‘em down. onym for Gifted, it would this: “a time will come, kid, to get back to work, not just A popular, if twisted lit- be Rex Chapman. when “Rex who?” will be a to make money but also to tle myth we hear too often Early on, The Kid from sentence. re-establish a routine and in sports. Owensboro was star- In SI’s re-invention pro- re-engage with the outside For Up-To-Date Obituaries Truth is, gifted sports crossed. cess, Seth Davis elevates world. Whatever job he heroes elevate themselves At 17, arguably the fin- his subject (shamelessly, takes, he’s pretty sure it will to pedestals where success est high school basketball I thought) with blamings: be something in basketball. lives and fan love does too. player in Kentucky ever. Father Wayne was not at- “There’s not much else I’m Sports stars merely forget But already The Kid was tentive enough ... mother qualified to do,” he says. Cruzers Newz where they came from, how sewing oats, smoking dope Laura tried to keep the Here in Kentucky, as TWIN CITY CRUZERS - schedule of events they got uptown, and the in- with pals, Chapman told peace ... be- a people, in particular we • Aug 8 – 5-9pm – Hospice Cruise In evitability of falling back to SI. moaned his dating choices. who admired zealously his (downtown Irvine) earth. At 18, a dubious nick- By year 2000, multiple foot gifts and were so smitten The fall back is too often name guaranteed to get him surgeries and a doctor gave 30 years ago, are obligated • Sept 7 – noon – Cookout Cruise - accelerated by tragic deci- more jaw-rattling picks than him OxyContin. “Within a by our compassion to for- leave from Pizza Hut, return to Darrell & sion-making, a surrender love interests, King Rex. week, it had me,” he told give Rex Chapman. His Dorothy Hall’s for cookout and pot luck to personal demons (dope, At 19, leading point- Davis. redemption is his burden drink, and two dollar bets maker at Flagship U. too Chapman retired that and salvation. We bear our dinner at 4pm on a horse’s nose), loss of much celebrity and lots of year and, without basket- disappointment and put an- • Sept 8 – 7pm – meeting perspective on their hu- prying into his private life. ball, began to gamble. His other notch on our cynicism • Sept 12 – 5-9pm - Cruise In (down- man-ness, and media hero At 21, a multi-million- marriage began to fall apart. about athletes. town Irvine) worship with an expiration aire. First player ever signed Too quickly, 40-something Sports Illustrated has • Sept 19 – 5-8pm – Railroad Festival date. (LeBron James, wait by fran- was upon him and, led by given The Kid a free plat- for it) chise, 1988. noble sister Jenny who loy- form from which to explain Car Show in Ravenna Fascinating part to me, I first laid eyes on Kid- alty and actions saved his himself, and a hand-up on • Oct 5 - 7pm – meeting media formula for re-in- who-would-be-King 30 life, we found it hard to be the way back to a good life. • Oct 10 – 5-9pm – Toys for Tots vention of the fallen. For winter times ago. Was Feb- manage compassion for a Chapman must prove he Cruise In instance ... ruary 1985, a high school star who had frittered away deserves SI’s gift. 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