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I A fond farewell to a mentor and a friend That's Life Andy Juniper 37 | Thursday, March 17, 2016 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com WWW.POWEROFACCESS.COM WWW.MANDEVILLEINC.COM #ACCESSBURLINGTON R0023701285 heard the soul-crushing news from a friend. The world has lost one of the good ones, my friend said: Coach is gone. Before I was even born, my family knew his family, as neighbours, as friends. Consequently, even though Guest Contributor we were no longer neighbours, I knew about him and he knew about me before I entered Huron Park Secondary School in Woodstock, Ont. Before I came under his watchful eye, and under his invaluable tutelage. Bill (Coach) Gillespie. Phys-ed teacher, basketball coach, and esteemed architect of our school's powerhouse track team. Early on, he determined he was going to turn me into a sprinter. Because I had great wheels? Scary speed? Because I could run a hole in the wind? "No," he liked to joke, "because no one gets lost in a sprint." And so, he took a kid under his wing. A kid he genuinely feared might get lost if asked to travel farther than 220 metres -- a kid who was more distracted than dedicated, wavering hourly between wanting to rule the world, or become a California beach bum. Mentoring by example. Striving to turn his pupil into a better sprinter, better athlete and, more importantly, a better person. Coach de nitely led by example. He could be a bit of a madman: obsessive, dedicated, all admirable energy and optimism. Coach. I remember walking home one night after a track practice, enjoying a cigarette (a youthful vice) when he pulled up in his car behind me. "Want a ride, A.J.?" he asked, knowing full well I had a smoke in my hand that I was desperately trying to hide. No thanks. But he insisted. My house was only a block away, so I eased in, lit smoke cupped inside my jacket pocket. Of course he gabbed, eyes twinkling, lips locked in a smirk as my pocket began to smolder. Eventually, I bit the bullet and snuffed the smoke out with my bare hand, not affording him any satisfaction. But nonetheless caught... red-handed. Then there was the January day when he insisted we shake up the midwinter blues with a long run. Outside. In a blizzard. "But," I mumbled, "it's storming. We'll catch a cold, or u...." "All the germs are inside," he said. "We'll be just ne out there." So, we went out and ran for miles. Slip sliding away. Afterward I had to admit the experience was kinda cool. Coach was a larger-than-life personality. He could be a boisterous in uence. A quiet in uence. But always an in uence. My wife recently asked me to name the most in uential people in my life. I immediately named Coach, even though I graduated from high school so many misty years ago, and had barely seen him in recent years. Such was his long, lasting impact on my life. Coach passed away last Friday, having fought the good ght against cancer, the scourge of our times. You may not know Coach, but I hope you know someone like him -- a person who pours water on you when you are about to ame out, who picks you up by the scruff of your neck and puts you back on track, who shows you there is indeed a big, wide world out there, and tells you the world is yours for the taking. I had a dream last night: Coach, in heaven, playing hoops with God and pushing Him to be an even better Creator: "Seriously, you rested on the seventh day? Come on...." -- Andy Juniper can be contacted at ajjuniper@gmail.com, found on Facebook www.facebook.com, or followed on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ thesportjesters. Michael Lee-Chin, President and Chairman of Portland Holdings Inc. and Chairman and Director of Mandeville Holdings Inc. THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016 THE PORTLAND HOLDINGS AUDITORIUM 1375 Kerns Road, Burlington, Ontario L7P 4V7 Doors Open: 6:30 PM Presentation: 7 PM Brought to you by Mandeville Holdings Inc. 1-888-990-9155 www.PowerOfAccess.com 2016 SPEAKER SERIES * Taylor, Chris. "70% of Rich Families Lose Their Wealth by the Second Generation." Time.com, 17 June 2015. Mandeville Holdings Inc. is the parent company, founded by Michael Lee-Chin, of the Mandeville group of companies which includes Mandeville Private Client Inc., Mandeville Wealth Services Inc., Mandeville Insurance Services Inc. and Portland Investment Counsel Inc. Trademarks of Portland Holdings Inc. used under license by Mandeville Holdings Inc. Consent is required for any reproduction, in whole or in part, of this piece and/or of its images and concepts. For further information please contact your Advisor.