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Youth Coach Dies Of Flu Symptoms

Item: Coach dies of flu-like symptoms: 'Coach Spud' remembered for being fun, family-oriented/Brian Walker, Coeur d'Alene Press

More Info: "Coach Spud," as he was known in Post Falls youth sports, expected more from his players than to be just good athletes. Kerrie Scott wanted his teams to respect their parents, teachers, themselves and their teammates. "We preached that daily," said Roy McKenzie, Scott's brother-in-law who was coaching with Scott on the eighth-grade Broncos team in Junior Tackle this fall. ... Scott, 39, died unexpectedly on Tuesday morning after he collapsed at a friend's home. Police said an autopsy revealed he had flu-like symptoms.

Question: Are you taking the swine flu outbreak more seriously now than you did 6 months ago? And/or: Are many people sick in your workplace?



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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