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The East Noble Lady Knights are hosting a golf outing on June 29th at Cobblestone Golf Course in Kendallville. We have plenty of openings as of right now. If you are interested in giving back to a school that graciously hires you for many sports, get a team together and come out for some fun in the sun. Please contact Steve Keck at skeck@eastnoble.net for a brochure.
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| Who are some of the radio stations that broadcast High School Sports? |
One of the pleasures of my early officiating was to work a Junior Varsity contest at an out of town school.
A place like Southern Wells, Winchester, Prairie Heights, and Tippencanoe Valley come to mind. I'd work my game
and then watch the first half of the Varsity contest. At halftime, I'd listen to the Varsity officials discuss the
first half, and maybe hear a story or two. Then, on weeknights, I'd start back to Fort Wayne. My radio would scan
for a local station carrying the broadcast of any Varsity game available. (I learned this in Illinois listening to
WHCO from Sparta or KSGM from Chester, before we had Scan buttons.) Now, it might be one of the following stations.
Berne WZBD 92.7 FM
Goshen WKAM 1460 AM
So.Whitley WLZQ 101.1 FM
Kendallville WAWK 1140 AM
Wabash WKUZ 95.9 FM
Columbia City WJHS 91.5 FM
Warsaw WRSW 107.3 FM
Do you know more about these stations? Who are the sports announcers? Provide me the information and we'll include more in
the next newsletter. Do you know any other local stations that I've missed? Let me know.
Later, we'll cover the local newspapers and sports reporters you see at your games. Help us all get more informed.
You might be surprised to find that some of them are your officiating partners.
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| Where are they now? |
Who have you used as a steady partner over the years? Did your ex-partner leave the area?
One of my partners was Don Thorp. We worked a lot of baseball together. Memorable times for both of us.
Don could always make me laugh at the most simple things. This would help when we would work in places like Richmond and Marion.
He, like me, came from another state. He was a baseball pitcher for his high school in New York State.
We had a lot of stories to trade and compare.
Don now lives in a suburb of St. Louis. He is spending valuable time with his wife, Joy, and visiting their children's
growing families. Don transferred to St. Louis when Central Soya was merged into Bunge Corporation. He continues as a project manager.
It's possible we'll see him return to the area when he is involved in projects at one of the grain plants in Decatur or
Butler/Waterloo.
Then, we'll trade stories like the time his wife, Joy, made fun of us on our telephone call to discuss
what color of shirt we would wear for our next game. It was so much easier when our only choice was Elbeco light blue.
How many umpire shirts have you ironed recently?
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