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Take time to read below this weeks feature story. Feature stories include communities and individuals who make a remarkable difference here in Colorado, The United States or across the globe. The JAM focus this week is to promote basketball growth in our youth, excellence, and integrity.
- Mark Sharpley
Feature Story: Among Giants: Minnesota Athlete Overcomes 70-Plus Surgeries To Join State’s Greats
It’s been a year since Thomas Bowlin was nominated for the St. Paul (Minn.) Athlete of the Year. He remembers being onstage at the St. Paul Downtown Lions Club with multi-sport stars like Mark Alt, a state champion quarterback who got a hockey scholarship from the University of Minnesota. Past winners include Dave Winfield, Paul Molitor, Chris Weinke and Joe Mauer.
Bowlin was 5-foot-4 and 135 pounds. He looked around at the other finalists and thought, “What the heck am I doing here?”
The answer to that starts in an Arizona hospital bed, where Bowlin lay three years ago, receiving the Catholic Anointing of the Sick sacrament delivered to those near death. Bowlin was only a teenager, but he had been through 70 surgeries already. This one, his parents feared, would be the last. continue reading...
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