My name is Chuck Reinert. I am from Garden City. I
am a 35-year wrestling official in Kansas. Over the years I have been blessed
by my extended wrestling family. All the kids, coaches, and fellow officials
become really close over the years.
On May 30th in Grant County, Kansas, I
lost a member of that wrestling family. Earl Segar, one of the triplet Segar
brothers from Ulysses, and his wife Charla both died in a car accident. A semi-truck failed to stop at an
intersection in rural Grant County just a few miles outside Ulysses.
I grew up in Colorado and my Pueblo South Colorado
high school came to the Garden City wrestling tourney. I met Earl then and we
later became friends and family as he coached the Ulysses team and I
officiated. I have spent 30 years as an official at the Ulysses wrestling
tourney. Earl and I spent many Saturdays together building the character of our
youth and building our wrestling family.
There are so many things we take for granted each
and every day. Out in western Kansas we tend to drive the same route to school
or work almost every day. We get a false sense of security sometimes and forget
to do the right thing. To stop our vehicle when we should, then look both ways
every time before we pull out on any road. It is never faster to skip the basic
safety steps to get somewhere faster when we are in a big hurry. You never know
when failing to stop will cause the accident that changes lives and cost a
family a life forever.
Chuck
Reinert is a wrestling official and the Director of Maintenance for Garden City
Recreation
We do take a lot of stuff for granted, and it's such a shock we when lose someone close. I'm so sorry for your loss - thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Chuck, for the reminder. Obeying a Stop sign seems like such a simple thing, doesn't it? How many lives have been lost because someone wasn't paying attention or took a chance when they shouldn't have?
ReplyDeleteWhile driving is part of our daily life, we really have to fight the urge to think driving itself is a routine endeavor. There's always risk out there. Sorry for your loss, Chuck.
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