Sad News

We got word from Howard Hammon that

Leann (Roberson) Mims

 passed away the morning of January 1st, 2019

Leann has been confined to a hospital bed for nearly ten years
for an unknown ailment
More information as soon as we get word.

Our prayers and condolences go to her family and close friends

We learned this week that an old friend of ours,
Coach Jack Avina,
passed away at the age of 89 in Lafayette, California

Coach Avina was one of my PE teachers, and Shirley had him as her English teacher.
He was often referred to as "Laps, Avina", as that was his standiing solution
for someone that was out of line, or late to class.
"Take a lap, Copeland".
Afrer his time at GUHS, he moved into college basketball coaching, and was the basketball coach at University of Portland from 1970 to 1987.
After that he coached in Turkey and Brazil and gave clinics worldwide.

"To that generation of guys, Dad changed their lives," says Joel Avina, who played for his father and coached with him for eight years on The Bluff. "He pushed them to be what they could be. The end result is, we got a lot of college graduates who have kids who became college graduates.

"Dad was the first college graduate in his family. Every one of his children graduated from college. He wanted the same for his players. When we recruited, that's what we talked to (the prospects) about. 'You can get an education and change your family's trajectory.' He was right. He did, and they did."

Our thoughts and prayers go out to
 all of our classmates that are faciing tough times and personal losses.
Hopefully they will let others know how they can help them through these tough times.