Basketball

Ezra just finished his first season of playing basketball in elementary school. He is only in First Grade, but actually seems to know what he is doing. When he made his first basket in a real game, he looked at Sally and gave her a big smile, then in the next heart beat, he was running down the length of the court.

Ezra is on the small side and really moves in between and around the bigger kids. I told him,

"You're going to be just like Bob Cousy." He looked at me as if I was from another world.

But, then again, that happens quite a bit.

Watching Ezra reminded me of Epiphany's awesome basketball teams. I think there was such an interest in the team that only 7th and 8th graders were allowed to play. I think I can actually remember most of the starters: John Kilo, James Gummersbach, Thomas Hunter, and James Heman. I know John Kilo is an attorney, but have no idea what happened to the others.

It is sad to think that Epiphany will be closing this year. There were so many activities for

grade-schoolers and then in high school there were even more. In our parish here in

Blue Springs there is nothing to compare with what we had in the 60's: Summer swim parties, Teen Town, Bowling, Coronation, just to mention the one's that come readily to mind.

I was recently made aware that Bob Kuban is writing a series of nostalgic articles about CYC's and other "old stuff." It is published on theglobedemocratonline.com.