Casey Jones
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"Jonathan Luther "John" "Casey" Jones" from Jackson, Tennessee, was an American railroader who worked for the Illinois Central Railroad (IC). As a boy, he lived near Cayce, Kentucky, where he acquired the nickname of "Cayce," which he chose to spell as "Casey." On April 30, 1900, he was killed when his passenger train, the Cannonball Express, collided with a stalled freight train at Vaughan, Mississippi, on a foggy and rainy night.

His dramatic death, trying to stop his train and save lives, made him a hero; he was immortalized in a popular ballad sung by his friend Wallace Saunders, an African-American Wiper (occupation)/engine wiper for the IC.

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I think we just got it together.

It's like he's a scout for the NHL or something. Him and Dan sit down there in a hotel room and they get the two-year-old training CDs and they watch these horses run and it was his eye that picked the horse.

People tend to be able to accept change for a short amount of time. If the strike were to progress longer ? maybe a month ? then their habits might begin to change permanently.

Things have gone for the worse.

I can tell you we educate our kids on it, and tell our parents, 'Tell your kids not to take it; we don't know what's in it,' ... They keep hammering high school coaches, but I wonder when they're going to step up and make GNC (General Nutrition Center) and these companies accountable. They're the ones making a ton of money off this stuff.

He would rather see me do well and give him a run for his money.

I think that we came out a little scared.

Any time you can win on the road, it's a big win. Bastrop plays extremely well at home. Coach Patrick does a good job with his deliberate offense, making you play defense for a long time. We were fortunate enough to create some turnovers and get some easy buckets.