On Janesville bar owner injured in crash
Posted on May 8 at 8:32 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Hello once again...i'm a little frustrated with some of the replies i got back from you "older" and "more mature people"...in my eyes i'm have not seen one ounce of maturity...i will be writing a few of you individually...i may only be fifteen years old but i sure do have a mind of my own and it sure does 110% follow my heart...so for all of you who think i still have a lot to learn you're correct i do have TONS to learn but i know how and what i feel in this situation. thank you for the POSITIVE comments and to Joy, Yubby, Sue, etc. i love you all. thanks for keeping my family and i in your prayers and thoughts it means the world to us. :)
On Janesville bar owner injured in crash
Posted on May 8 at 11:04 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Paralyzed or not he still is my dad.....my hero. I would like for u to put yourself in our spot. To all u women: How many have u walked down the isle by yourself or danced by yourself or could not feel whole on ur special day? To all u men:How many of u r perfect, how many of u would let ur little girl make the journey of life alone, miss her special momments? Ask yourself these questions over and over. Please dont continue to critisize me or my family for u do not know our situation. Would u be this hateful if it was your dad....would the gazette post tall this negativeity if it was their dad or husband? Probably not.......If u have never been in this spot please keep your big mouths shut. Dont sweep our porch before u sweep yours!! I will leave it on this note to all of u who have a heart, have struggled, and have a caring bone in ur body, pray for us. For those of u who dodnt dont worry your time is coming.....what goes around comes around. And rest assure when it happens to u i will be here to wright u, not hateful things not things that putn u down......But words of encouragement and compassion
On Janesville bar owner injured in crash
Posted on May 8 at 11:02 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Hello all...
My name is Christina Marie Sagaitis! Unlike all of u cowardly people i will give u my name. I am Jeff and Tinas middle daughter. I would like to take a few minutes of your time to clarify some things. I DO NOT nor does my mother or anyone else in our family condone or accept my fathers choice to drink and drive. He made a bad choice... as all of us have (If u say u havent u r fuul of it) and now we have to deal with the consequences. Yoiu folks do not. I was not involved in the accident in any way shape or form but yet here i am at the UW neurological icu sleeping in a chair. It has been 5 days since i have spent time with my 3 yr old daughter, ate a solid meal, woke in a panic every hour on the hour that u try and sleep. But yet i am here with my dad...Not because i have to be but my father has NEVER let his shoulders down nor deserted me. Who am i to do that to him. After all he is my dad......my hero. For those of u who know him u know our heartache, for those of u who dont u probably never will. I absolutely love it (sarcasm) when u hateful people addressthis problem when u do not know us or anything about us. If u dont know us or the situation please keep your big mouth shut. I would like once for u to walk an inch in our shoes. Have u ever had a piece of ur heart die? Thats where we r. We dont eat we dont sleep sometimes we dont even know whats going on in the outside world, we sit here with our survivor. Thats right he is a survivor. The mistake he made is now going to be a life long journey for us all. None of us r nor any of u perfect......Please nremember that. I am at awe at the hateful expressions u all show and say for a great man. A man who has supported and given time to his community. From seeing our troops off to giving up fathers day to the MDA. All u can do is desert him, turn your back on him, degrade him and his family.Even though u say such aweful things about him he still holds a place in his heart for all of u. Thats the man he is and always will be, with or without your support.
I am the daughter who was supposed to get married as well. I have postponed the wedding, not because i had to, but because i needed to.
On Janesville bar owner injured in crash
Posted on May 8 at 9:38 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Hello Bloggers of the Janesville Gazette this is Jeff Russell's youngest daughter, Kadee Russell. I'm 15 years old and i have a very strong opinion on some of the things said about my dad...i'm NOT very happy with some of the remarks made you guys are way older than i am and i expect a little more common courtesy and RESPECT from you folks...i'm not in this to make anyone of you mad but honestly all this bull crap on being a bar owner and drunk driving is completely ridiculous and not needed because for the people who bashed on these things for your information MY MOTHER is NOT a drinker! and she is a bar owner of Russ's Park Place! Yes my dad did make a mistake and he is paying for it but it hurts me to walk in his room and look at him and to think he may never walk again KILLS me inside so i think that you all better take a second read through your comments and make sure that what you are saying has meaning and isn't just a bunch of stupid non-sense before you push that comment button. Also my dad is a VERY experienced rider and has been for most of his life! so you sitting on here saying that he needs to take a riders course has me heated!!!!! (FURIOUS) he can handle his bike and he does NOT need to take any more riders classes. This could happen to anyone, any drunk driver or intoxicated person could've had made this same mistake and my dad is very lucky, extremely LUCKY to have his life and i'm almost positive that he will be thinking twice about the next time he gets behind the wheel of a motor vehicle or motorcycle. I remember when i was little and i would scold him for not wearing his seat belt and he would tell me that he didnt need it...well one day he picked me up from school and i saw that seat belt on and ever since then he has wore it everytime he gets into his truck...shoot sometimes he even has to remind me! but it took me forever to get him to wear that seat belt. My family and I do NOT condone driving drunk...we have ALWAYS said just call someone will be there. I know that i have never been on the back of that motorcycle when he has had a drop of alcohol touch his tongue...he knows better. so just to throw that fact out there that none of my family members especially my sisters, my mother, and I condone driving drunk. My mom and sisters have drove patrons home from our bar that have had way to much to drink. My dad made a mistake not to call that night and now he is paying for it. He is not the only one though I can NOT walk out of his room without the alligator tears streaming down my cheeks...I feel helpless and I have hope and faith I always will but this is pretty hard on my family and I. Thank you to those who are praying and keeping us in your thoughts. We GREATLY appreciate those things. They keep us going everyday. Also thank you to those who have taken time to stick up and state your opinion on the bashing going on. Thanks for reading.
-Kadee.
On Janesville bar owner injured in crash
Posted on May 7 at 10:44 p.m.
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On Big game should be big night for bars
Posted on November 28 at 1:36 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I will be watching this very important game at Russ's Park Place....They have a brand new big screen tvs and several other upgraded tvs....drink specials....complimentary appetizers...so come "Party at the Park"
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On Thunder roads: Harley ride transforms mild-mannered reporter
Posted on June 21 at 8:46 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
After my husbands motorcycle accident on May 4, 09 I began to read the blogs posted. I said at that time I would not waste my positive energy on blogging as I didn't feel it was worth my time and energy. I wanted to share the positive energy with the "brotherhood" of bikers that took it upon themselves to go to our house while my husband & I spent 40 days at UW Hospital in Madison. He recovering from the accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down, and me learning how to take care of his many needs. This accident was due to a car running him off the road. Our daughters were/are very upset the driver didn't stop...me (defending the other driver) said "perhaps he/she didn't know they ran Dad off the road". Well, the point I want to make to bikersrights is...we don't need an organization to give $$$ to a family for the loss of a life/lives or limbs, etc. With all the LOVE, SWEAT & TEARS that went into the building of a ramp, a wheelchair accessible deck and a roll in shower...there really isn't enough $$$ in the world to take the place of the compassion my husband, children and I felt. The manpower was one thing...but the power of thoughts and prayers was absolutely amazing. Jeff and I want to thank Pegasus Motorcycle Club and our AWESOME circle of friends and family that helped us and have continued to help us through this very trying journey. For the rest of you...until you're a "biker" you'll never know. I myself am a MDA Tub Run committee member and I don't know how many years I've been doing this as you can't measure the awesome feeling I get before, during and after this ride in time. I'm responsible to organize the hot dog stands at Kutter before the ride. Then pack up the wagon and head to the park to prepare 700 steak dinners that are served after the ride at the park. Many HOG Chapter voluteers, family and friends have always been there to help make the event the success that it is. We the committee stay behind the scenes as this is not about us...Like Gary Sinks said "It's about the kids". This is truly how we feel!!!!