Vinner Bailey:  

Hello fellow T-Bred. Thanks for stopping by. I think of many of you often. NCH offered some of the greatest years. Where do I begin to tell my story? So much has happened - good, bad, and ugly. I suppose I will stick with most good. Who the devil wants to hear bad & ugly here? Huh? And I guess the place to start is graduation. Hanky Panky, 96 Tears, Poor Side of Town were some of the hits blaring from our radios, courtesy of WSAI, as we entered the summer before whatever we were going to do after graduation. Ahhh...that first summer after high school. For me, surprising most of my teachers and friends, I decided to go to college. Thankfully, most state colleges then accepted you with the high school diploma, often ACT or SAT scores did not matter as much. State residents were almost assured acceptance. You have surmised by now, if you didn't really know me, I was not that great of a scholastic in high school. I saw her Again, Cherish, Nowhere Man were now pulsing from the radio as I entered Morehead State University. For a Newport boy who never ventured farther away than Bellevue, it was a whole new frightening world. While I knew them, but certainly not part of their circle, I saw Terry Sandfoss and Dave Feldman there - a little touch of home and NCH. It took awhile, and for me it was rough, to get adjusted and feel comfortable. Orientation was nothing like initiation day/week at NCH that when it was over you felt part of the school. But, eventually adjust I did. With some set-backs, twists and turns I did complete my degree at MSU, after completing student teaching at Simon Kenton High. After leaving Morehead, degree in hand, I subsequently went to wo...Expand for more