Globetrotter coming to Swish!
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Seth Franco,
a former Harlem Globetrotter and
inspiring preacher, is going to add a
level of excitement unimagined in the
history of the Bonners Ferry Swish. |
For all you old has-beens and hopefuls,
competition at this year's Bonners Ferry Swish,
coming up July 16, just got a whole lot tougher.
A former Harlem Globetrotter is going to be in
the crowd. A still caucasion former Harlem
Globetrotter, one married to a Bonners Ferry
girl.
The first still caucasion white person skilled
enough and soulful enough to play with the most
storied, most greatest, bestest, funest and
funniest "black" basketball team in the world
since 1942. That is rarefied air, indeed!
Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlin played with the
Harlem Globetrotters. So did Meadowlark Lemon
and Curley Neal. Not only exceptional basketball
players, all members of the team were and are
ambassadors to the beauty of basketball on a
global scale, international harbingers of
neighborliness. No way possible to see a Harlem
Globetrotters game without liking who they are
or what they represent ... not with those boldly
proud Red, White and Blue uniforms.
In 2003, Seth Franco, who'd played for the Court
Jesters and the Harlem Wizards, ascended to the
ultimate in the basketball hierachy, donning the
uniform and striding onto the court to the tune
of "Sweet Georgia Brown." As a Harlem
Globetrotter, he traveled the world, until he
met and married registered nurse Sarah Parlow,
November 17, 2004, the daughter of Jim and
Margaret Parlow, both hard-working stalwarts in
Boundary County who recently served a mission in
the Ukraine, and sister of Don Parlow, a law
enforcement officer who learned his skills and
earned his credentials here.
In the seventh grade, Seth wrote an essay, that
he wanted to be a professional basketball player
and a preacher one day.
He is living that dream, giving up the glory of
being a rare member of an illustrious team to
turn his devotion to the ministry. But don't
think that means his basketball skills have
rusted!
Seth and his family, now including a beautiful
little girl, Jade Evelyn, now travel the
country, combining unreal basketball skills with
the message of salvation.
He is coming to sink hoops and save souls, and
he's coming to his wife's home town. This is
going to be a formidable experience for all who
attend. I'm working now to buy up the tissue
market ... I think we're going to need it.
Brochures and registration packet for the July
16-17, 2011, Bonners Ferry SWISH can be accessed
through the event's website, www.bfswish.com,
or through the Rotary website, www.bonnersferryrotary.com.
Come on! You know you want to face off with the
best of the best! Regardless of your skill level
or age, it's going to be fun, inspirational and
educational. Not many up here have an
opportunity like this ... so click the above
links and sign up today!
If you'd like to volunteer, contact Colet Allen,
(208) 267-8130 or by email, colet@meadowcrk.com,
or Jan Klopfenstein, (208) 304-4572 or by email, thmrpigs@live.com. |
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