I may have given the wrong impression on my last blog about being at UNI and playing tennis. I was not on the tennis team. It was a PE course. Tim Grover was my partner at class and a couple of years later I was the pastor at his parents church. I baptized some of my tennis partners kids and officiated at his brother’s wedding. I also took archery as a PE class.
I did earn my life guard license at UNI also and was a church camp life guard for two summers in Cedar Falls.
I know that it doesn’t seem like I am very athletic now that I am pushing 50. But back in the day I played high school basketball and football. I intercepted the ball in one game as a tackle just as the other team was about to score a touchdown.
My real claim to fame at UNI was not about sports, but the field I graduated in. I was one of the few to have an undergraduate thesis and I am certain to be the only one with a BA in Traffic and Industrial Safety. LONG STORY!
Any way UNI was a fun time and some of my greatest challenges. I learned to drink at UNI [something I am not proud of] because I also learned the hard way the foolishness of getting drunk.
I also became engaged and married to my wife during those early years. We will be married 30 years this summer.
My final emphasis for now is about the Men’s Basketball team who lost to Michigan St last Friday. You played a great game – sorry for the loss – but there is no shame in the way you played! GO PANTHERS!
