Show In weekly meetings Ron read aloud to the boy (“Scary stories" Kevin said “I picked them") He showed Kevin his slam dunk and even gave him a basketball And something happened to Kevin “Marilyn Young who was his teacher the year before Kevin repeated tint grade said that he did not talk at all at the beginning of die year” said Mary Lou Barry “He sat in class and played with his fingers and never looked up She didn’t hear a sound out of him until Ron started working with him Then one day she heard a giggle that she didn't recognize and she looked up The two of diem were on skateboards going down the floor together It's incredible the rapport they have” You can see that rapport in any photograph of the two together— Kevina eyes pinned on his tutorhero a mixture of awe and adulation in his bice Ron Harper is a naturally gentle young man the kind who stops to stroke an Irish setter that lopes by him and makes a point of g of every acasking after the quaintance he meetyAround Kevin he becomes protectiveiavuncular and very proud “He’s reading aloyd now” Ron reported “He's talkinglo people too" Harper’s formal commitment to Kevin ended with his final exams in the education course that had brought them to- -' gether in 1983 But throughout his senior year he kept coming back to Kramer Elementary School visiting Kevin and Mrs Banyaclass playing with his young friend inviting him to games and Miami University’s annual basketball banquet even dedicating a slam dunk to Kevin at one game But the National Basketball Association’s 1986 draft took Ron away from Oxford Ohio “Ron’s got to do what he’s got to do” Kevin’s mother Debbie well-bein- said when Harper left There was resignation in her voice a quality not foreign to a woman who to ration valua- ble gasoline carefiilly plans each trip she takes in her battered Oldsmobile “1 wish he could spend more time with Kevin” Mrs Reeves said wistfully “Kevin has got a lot more confidence in himself Ron has really helped him out a lot” Back at die Miami gym Ron Harper was thoughtful “A lot of other people are helping Kevin out now" he mused Besides Mrs Young and Mrs Barry his first-grateachers Kevin has had the assistance of new student tutors and his second-grad- e teacher Ruth Keebler With their help he will find his way UADDI7P in life Still as de SR not to lose touch: “I'll be back" he said “Even in the NBA with its long season I'll havl time to come and READ TO THE BOH SHOWED 100 CONTROL Proven Superior To AM Roach Control “HIM HIS He has been true to his wad A few months ago Ron Harper made his latest visit and the kids at Kramer Elementary School swarmed around their genuine NBA star Kevin Reeves his eyes wide left no doubt who he thinks is the league's Most Valuable Player Q Products SLAM DUNK AND SOMETHING HAPPENED TO KEVIN with jwM on application not a angle living roach could be mi heavily noaelHnleeied apartment found al the end ol Hit miw weak aludy — J—8afToattva than thi ftait-i- g Union II Bio eight weak atudy) than wow foggoHUnlvotaityotNobfaaka loading oWooHup thwop Thirty "“-- s irrtnr itiin aMire II woo olio Wiioly aim exterminator (Unlvanity of Cakforma eight wort aludy) of the looding coneumar nd commercial product! including tho—uiod by the IMod ogolnal Bwty-on- o tormule profeaaional extarmnalora ROACH PRUFES patented atectroetatie charge ptuo potomod outperformed lltom ad Tho powdar ia limply and RRUFI io odorteaa non ovaporokng roachwith a teeapoon under kitchen oppkaneee and noth hidden areae applied atudiaa pubkahod m tho Entomological Society d America Journal ara Copiae of the three atampad anvatopa to Copper Brito available by landing S1J0 or wcawo traa by aandlng a Inc 1412 EVaHey Rd Sta 29 Sanu Barbara CA 99101 IMad - ii uro For 35 years and still the best oiiHCapaarlnw NMK MMAZWK JUNE M M! ML hw |