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555 Barber Road
Barberton, OH 44203
Phone: 330-753-1084
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Mission Statement
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Our Mission is to find funds for training, education and support so that
the causes of strokes, a leading and debilitating cause of disability and death, can
be prevented, and so that the often devastating after-effects of a stroke can be
mitigated. In addition we will provide funds to promote youth programs that
encourage healthy life styles.
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Stroke Information
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If you see or have one or more of these symptoms, don’t wait!
Call 911 right away! Sudden numbness or weakness of face, arm, or leg, especially on
one side of the body.
Sudden confusion or trouble speaking or understanding speech
Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes.
Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, or loss of balance or
coordination.
Sudden severe headache with no known cause.
Treatment can be more effective if given quickly. Every minute
counts!! High blood pressure is the leading cause of stroke! 75 – 80% of all
strokes are preventable! About 5,500,000 stroke survivors are alive today.
Studies show that about 700,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each
year. In 2003, females accounted for 61.0 percent of stroke deaths. From 1993 to 2003 the death rate from stroke declined 18.5 percent, and the actual number of stroke deaths declined 0.7 percent. Stroke prevention is still the best medicine. The most important treatable conditions linked to stroke are: High blood pressure. Treat it! Eat a balanced
diet, maintain a healthy weight, and exercise to reduce blood pressure. Drugs
are also available.
Cigarette smoking. Quit! Medical help is
available to help quit.
Heart disease. Manage it! A doctor can treat
heart disease and may prescribe medication to help prevent the formation of
clots. If you are over 50, NINDS scientists believe you and a doctor should
make a decision about aspirin therapy.
Diabetes. Control it! Treatment may delay
complications that increase the risk of stroke.
Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). Seek help!
TIAs are small strokes that last only a few minutes or hours.
They should never be ignored and can be treated with drugs or surgery.
For more information about stroke, please visit http://www.ninds.nih.gov/.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Bethesda, MD 20892
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Contact Us:
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Marty Bidlingmyer:
330-753-3572
mbidlingmyer@neo.rr.com
Barberton High School :
555 Barber Rd
Barberton, OH 44203
(330) 753-1084 Barberton Community Foundation:
460 W. Paige Ave.
Barberton, OH 44203.
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Directions To Barberton High School
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From the North:Take I-77 South to exit 136
(Rt. 21 toward Massillon), follow Rt. 21 and merge onto I-76 East/Rt. 224 East. Take exit 16 to Barber Road and turn right on Barber Road to Barberton High School. Turn left on Morgan St. for parking.
From the South:Take I-77 North to exit 122B (I-277 West/Rt. 224 West toward Barberton), follow Rt. 224, take exit 16 to Barber Road and turn right on Barber Road to Barberton High School. Turn left on Morgan St. for parking. From the East:
Take I-76 West and take the exit to I-277 (toward Barberton), then the exit onto Rt. 224 West. Take exit 16 to Barber Road and turn right on Barber Road to Barberton High School.Turn left on Morgan St. for parking.
From the West:Take I-76 East to exit 16 to Barber Road and turn right on Barber Road to Barberton High School. Turn left on Morgan St. for parking
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The Barberton Community
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The events will honor the late Jack Greynolds who died in 2005. He coached high school basketball for 29 seasons, the last 17 with the Barberton Magics. He retired in 1987 after suffering a stroke. Proceeds will be used for stroke awareness and active youth programs. The Classic has provided a venue for many players to demonstrate their skills and most of all, over $134,000 has been donated to the community. In the coming year, proceeds from the classic will sponsor a free fitness awareness program for fourth through eigth grade students, adult stroke awareness programs, and a summer basketball league in the parks, all through the Barberton Parls And Recreation Commission. In addition, the Classic will help to pay entrance fees for children participating in the YMCA basketball programs. This program is making a difference in our community! We would like to invite you to help us continue to recognize what Jack Greynolds did for our school and community during his coaching tenure and to honor his true legacy, and the many life lessons he taught us. Individual and corporate sponsorship packages are available for the K. Jack Greynols Memorial Classic. This is the 8th year of the Classic, which promises to be an exciting high school event with the best teams. Proceeds will be used for stroke awareness and healthy life style youth programs. For more information regarding the K. Jack Greynolds Memorial Classic, please contact Marty Bidlingmyer at mbidlingmyer@neo.rr.com or at (330) 753-3572. |
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About Jack Greynolds
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From the Akron Beacon Journal, Nov. 28, 1999 and Jan. 15, 2005:
It was in 1969 that Jack Greynolds walked into Barberton High School as the new head basketball coach and announced, "I’m going to make Barberton a basketball town!" He stomped, he kicked and he ranted. He terrorized officials, jumped 5’6” players at center and wrote on the floor with chalk during timeouts.
He once said, “I’m a little like Bobby Knight on a small time scale.” But unlike Bobby Knight, who was trapped in his archaic principles, Coach Greynolds was always shifting, and always adjusting. He pressed some games, stalled some games and many games he would run. He knew what his players could take and how to push them. So he yelled at some, lectured others and left the others alone. Regardless, he always motivated!
“He didn’t teach plays, he taught you how to play basketball,” said his son, Jackie Greynolds who played for his dad on the 1982 State Runner-up Magics. He also taught his players responsibility, how to play as a team, how to build on your strengths, how to be successful, and how to be a man. His success can be attributed to his love of young people, his innovative knowledge and his constant study of the game.
During his 30 years as a high school coach, Greynolds coached at only two schools; Revere High School for 12 years and Barberton High School for 18. During this time his teams compiled a 549-121 record for an 82% winning average. He never had a losing season.
He introduced the full court press to the Akron area and spoke at many clinics about his defenses. He often said, “I can not give you a formula for success, but I can give one for failure – try to please everyone.”
Coach Greynolds’ teams won many league championships; 17 sectional tournaments, 6 district titles, 3 regional titles, 2 state runner-up titles and a State Championship in 1976. He was named UPI State Coach of the Year in 1976 and 1977, State AP Coach of the Year and Prep Sport national Coach of the Year in 1977. He was selected Summit County Coach of the Year an
unprecedented 5 times and named Dapper Dan Man of the Year in 1977. Greynolds has been inducted into the Barberton Sports Hall of Fame, the Summit County Sports Hall of Fame, Greater Akron Hall of Fame, the Ohio High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame and was named a Distinquished Educator of the Year at Revere High School. In Barberton, the Industrial Arts gym was renamed Greynolds Gymnasium, the new Barberton High School basketball floor was named Greynolds Floor and the gymnasium at the Lake Anna YMCA Community Center will be named Greynolds Gymnasium. Jack Greynolds was named the Greatest High School Coach in
Summit County in the last 50 years by the Summit County Sports Hall of Fame Committee and a vote of the public.
Coach Greynolds passed away January 14, 2005. Coach Greynolds will never be forgotten. This “Magic Legend” will live forever in the history of Barberton. Coach Greynolds, you most definitely made Barberton a
basketball town!
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Next Year's Greynold's Classic
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Next Year's Greynold's Classic will be a one day event. Mark Your calendar for Saturday December 29, 2012.
Listed below are the times and match ups for each of the games.
11:00 Kent vs Copley
12:45 Hoban vs. Massillon
2:30 Northwestern vs Manchester
4:15 Revere vs North Canton
6:00 Northwest vs Nordonia
7:45 Barberton vs Wooster
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Barberton Mourns The Loss of Larry Bidlingmyer
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Randy Broadwater, Herald Sports Editor
It’s going to be strange to be at the K. Jack Greynolds Classic at the end of this month, and not see a hustling Larry Bidlingmyer making sure everything is running smoothly and on schedule.
That’s because Bidlingmyer passed away Sunday night at the age of 60, leaving a long legacy of involvement in not only Barberton athletics, but in the Barberton community as well.
Bidlingmyer came to Barberton and was the 9th grade coach at Highland Junior High school before moving onto Rootstown High school, where he was the head football coach for the Rovers.He then returned to the Barberton City schools serving as an ssistant football coach for Rudy Sharkey. He then went on to a long tenure as Barberton High School’s athletic director until his retirement in 2000.
Bidlingmyer has been described as a visionary, and had a big hand in the design of Barberton’s athletic facilities, including the state of the art gym and the sports complex where the Magics baseball, softball, cross country and tennis teams play.
Even after retirement, Bidlingmyer was an integral part of the Barberton High School sports scene. One of his biggest jobs was helping to bring Ohio High School Athletic Association district and regional tournaments to the school and managing them. His crowning achievement though, and perhaps, the one he will be remembered for the most, was being the driving force behind the K. Jack Greynolds Classic, which has become the premier basketball showcase in Summit and it’s surrounding counties.
Bidlingmyer spearheaded the event to honor the legendary coach who was his good friend, and worked tirelessly to make it a reality, while attending to every detail from start to finish with his wife Marty by his side. He also helped in organizing the memorial to Greynolds which is outside the Lake Anna YMCA. Nothing could keep him from the dedication of the memorial, where he spoke with a hospital bracelet still on his wrist.
In the community, “Bid” as he was called by his friends, served on many committees and ommissions and was active in the Magic City Kiwanis Club, the Barberton Community Foundation, the Barberton Beautification Committee’s Mum Festival steering committee, and the Parks and Recreation Commission. He also served on the selection committee for the Barberton Sports Hall of Fame, and was active in the Summit County Sports Hall of Fame.
For those wishing to say their final farewell to the man who adopted the Barberton schools, athletes and community as his own, a public memorial celebration will be held Sunday, 2 p.m., in the gymnasium at the Lake Anna YMCA.
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Greynolds Monument Unveiled
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Family and friends of former Barberton Magics Coach K. Jack Greynolds gathered outside the Lake Anna YMCA's Greynolds Gymnasium during Mum Fest to mark the unveiling of a monument to the legendary man. The YMCA sits on the sites of what was Barberton High School Industrial Arts building which housed the first Greynolds Gym.
"The theme of Mum Fest is Make a Little Magic," former assistant coach and teacher Bob Velloney said. "Well, Jack brought a lot of magic to Barberton. He described Jack Greynolds as more than a coach, a man who was also
a great teacher. "His students learned in his classroom," Velloney said. "They
learned a lot more than just basketball. They learned about life and they were
much the better for the experience." Jack's son Jackie talked of growing up,
watching the players his father was coaching and wanting to be like them and
play for his father. Jackie did that, and went on to become a boys basketball
coach himself, now at GlenOak. Playing for his father wasn't easy for him or any player. "On the floor he pushed you and he made you suck it up and be a man, and if you didn't, you didn't last," Jackie said, adding that players have told him it made them a better person. "He was unique," he said of his father. "He was a lot of different things." The monument to Jack Greynolds sits outside the new Greynolds Gymnasium, built as part of Lake Anna YMCA on the site of the previous gym, where the Barberton Magics, under Greynolds, won the school's only state basketball championship.
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