2005-07-21
Collection: 2005
Title
2005-07-21
Subject
Kellogg, Douglas Keith
Description
Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette
Creator
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]
Publisher
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Date
2005-07-25
Format
Clippings
Language
English
Type
application/pdf
Identifier
b10#75 2005
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “2005-07-21,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 22, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/1565.
Text
Doug Kellogg: Goodbye to a good coach
Thursday night Augusta lost one of its own - Coach Doug Kellogg — in a fight with an illness.
Kellogg was a rare breed according to many parents, players and athletes.
“He liked to win like any coach,” Kathy Caggiano said. “But that was not important to him. Every kid got a chance to play and he didn’t care if they had athletic ability.
“After every game he
would ask the team ‘Did you have fun? Did you enjoy playing?’ "
Kellogg had an across the board view of any sport. He coached many different ones including most recently the Augusta Pirates Machine Pitch Baseball Team.
“He was always at the ball park and he was always involved,” Wendy Simon said. “He gave so much to the kids. He’d help anyone
out who asked for help even if they weren’t on his team.”
He was known for going out of his way for the children.
“He would call us up and ask us to go out and play ball,” Caggiano said. “He would go around and pick up kids who couldn’t get a ride and it never mattered what team they were on. He just wanted everyone to have fun and play ball.”
Kellogg was taken into the hospital three weeks ago prior to the Charlie Dunn Tournament June 23-26 for a number of ailments that had started to drain his system.
“On Saturday I called to find out how we had done at Charlie Dunn and was told he was seriously sick. He was still at Sunday’s game though in the stand cheering the team on,” Caggiano said.
Eventually, he was put on a respirator to help battle the illness.
He eventually began to recuperate his strength but no matter what, he wanted them not to dwell on his health.
“When the doctors said to prepare for the worse he wanted to make sure his son got to the Ark City game on time,” Caggiano said. “It was important to him.”
Original Format
Newspaper clippings affixed to loose-leaf notebook page
Title
2005-07-21
Subject
Kellogg, Douglas Keith
Description
Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette
Creator
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]
Publisher
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Date
2005-07-25
Format
Clippings
Language
English
Type
application/pdf
Identifier
b10#75 2005
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “2005-07-21,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 22, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/1565.Text
Doug Kellogg: Goodbye to a good coach
Thursday night Augusta lost one of its own - Coach Doug Kellogg — in a fight with an illness.
Kellogg was a rare breed according to many parents, players and athletes.
“He liked to win like any coach,” Kathy Caggiano said. “But that was not important to him. Every kid got a chance to play and he didn’t care if they had athletic ability.
“After every game he
would ask the team ‘Did you have fun? Did you enjoy playing?’ "
Kellogg had an across the board view of any sport. He coached many different ones including most recently the Augusta Pirates Machine Pitch Baseball Team.
“He was always at the ball park and he was always involved,” Wendy Simon said. “He gave so much to the kids. He’d help anyone
out who asked for help even if they weren’t on his team.”
He was known for going out of his way for the children.
“He would call us up and ask us to go out and play ball,” Caggiano said. “He would go around and pick up kids who couldn’t get a ride and it never mattered what team they were on. He just wanted everyone to have fun and play ball.”
Kellogg was taken into the hospital three weeks ago prior to the Charlie Dunn Tournament June 23-26 for a number of ailments that had started to drain his system.
“On Saturday I called to find out how we had done at Charlie Dunn and was told he was seriously sick. He was still at Sunday’s game though in the stand cheering the team on,” Caggiano said.
Eventually, he was put on a respirator to help battle the illness.
He eventually began to recuperate his strength but no matter what, he wanted them not to dwell on his health.
“When the doctors said to prepare for the worse he wanted to make sure his son got to the Ark City game on time,” Caggiano said. “It was important to him.”
Original Format
Newspaper clippings affixed to loose-leaf notebook page