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Frank’s the coach – now where’s team?

Frank’s the coach – now where’s team?

August 4, 2011 | Detroit Free Press
Determination? In high school, Lawrence Frank tried out every year for the basketball team. Every year, he'd wait for the roster to be posted. Every year, it was the same.Cut."Finally, my senior year," Frank recalled, "the coach put his arm around me and said, ‘Son, you've got a lot of courage ... but you're still cut.'"Determination? Frank so loved his sport, he played for a Catholic Youth Organization team AND a Jewish Community Center team - at the same time.
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Beach Boys prove summer is forever

Beach Boys prove summer is forever

July 31, 2011 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
It was 50 years ago this summer that a couple of guys named Mike and Brian were sitting in a California garage, noodling with a song. As Mike recalls, the song "didn't take that long. Just a few minutes." When you read the lyrics you believe him:Surfin' is the only lifeThe only way for me.Now surf, surf with meBom Bom Dit Di Dit DipBom Bom Dit Di Dit Dip...Mike and Brian, along with two of Brian's brothers and a family friend, took the song to a local record company, which had wanted them to do a folk tune a la the Kingston Trio.
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Mitch Albom writes about running an orphanage in impoverished Port-au-Prince, Haiti, his kids, their hardships, laughs and challenges, and the life lessons he’s learned there every day.

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