Remembering Wayne King and a life well lived

The North Country communities were shocked and saddened by the very sudden passing of Wayne King, who among many things was a teacher, coach, administrator, educator, entrepreneur, sports' enthusiast and a friend to so many of us.

I had the privilege of knowing and working with Wayne since he was a junior high school student back in the early 1980s. Not only was he in my physical education classes, of which he excelled, but both my brother and I got to coach him in football and me in track and field. On the football field, Wayne was a middle-linebacker, nose tackle and fullback, so that tells you already what type of person he was. I always felt bad that Wayne and his teammates during those junior high years never got to show their talents all the way through high school level as the program was dropped during their time there.