Former high school basketball coaches, media, and friends, offer a farewell salute to former West Aurora High School head basketball coach, Gordon Kerkman, front row, far right, who at the end of month will move with his wife, Marilyn, to Oregon on the West Coast. The group meets twice each month, September through May. He started coaching at West Aurora in 1962 and is a member of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Hall of Fame. Distinguished members of the group, front row, left to right, Wendell Jeffries; Kevin Talkington; Grayal Gilkey, group coordinator; Bruce Firchau, IBCA Hall of Fame Museum director; Gordie Kerkman; second row, Mark Lindo; Jim Schmid; Robin Reder; Skip Ulrich; Neal Ormond; Jim Roberts; third row, Doug Kirhofer; Jim Skelley; Gregg Balog; Paul Clennon; Bob Burnell; Tom Strong.Submitted photo
