Bremner’s generosity made dream possible

Nearing the summer of 1973, I was a senior at Coe College. My major was physical education. At the time, Barron Bremner (who died earlier this month) was the athletics director at Coe. My coach, Sharon Zuber, a former Olympian, was on the Coe staff. Coe didn't have a gymnastics team, but it did have a gym and equipment, and our young girls' gymnastics team trained there.

That summer, the team disbanded and my future husband and I became interested in starting a competitive gymnastics club of our own, along with a friend, Bob Shepherd.

We had few financial resources and approached Bremner about using the Coe gymnastics equipment for the summer, as the equipment would sit idle for that period.

This was the beginning of our club, Cedar Rapids Association of Gymnastics, which is now located in Hiawatha, and still going after 39 years.

If not for the generosity of Bremner and “giving a double dip ice cream cone to a child,” we would never have been able to follow our dream and bring it to fruition.

Thank you, Barron. You've left lots of ice cream cones behind.

Kathy Telecky

Cedar Rapids