TODAYS ALTOONA MIRROR IS REPORTING THAT THE COMMISSION IS ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO NAME THE BASKETBALL COURT AT 13th AVE AND 19th STREET AFTER THE LATE DON WITHERSPOON. WITHERSPOON LED THE 2007 RENOVATION OF THAT BASKETBAAL FACILITY, AND NOW THE REC COMMISSION SAYS HIS NAME SHOULD BE ON THAT COURT. A MEETING WAS HELD AND SOON AFTER THAT, MANY PEOPLE JUMPED ON BOARD TO MAKE THE COMPLETE RENOVATION OF THE COURT HAPPEN. THE IDEA WAS MADE PUBLIC THIS PAST SATURDAY AT THE COMMUNITY CLASSIC DINNER HELD IN ALTOONA. PARK AND REC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MIKE HOFER SAID THAT DON WITHERSPOON WAS ALWAYS BIG ON COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND THIS WOULD BE A WAY TO HONOR HIS MEMORY.
