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Article: OKO Tumblers ready for bigger challenges.
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- Herald & Review (Decatur, IL)
- Article date:
- June 9, 2007
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Byline: Theresa Churchill
Jun. 9--DECATUR -- Robert Calmese, like many people, loves to feel the wind in his face. To experience that, he doesn't need a convertible, a boat, a bicycle or much of anything but a running start. Robert, 14, is among more than a dozen boys who are members of the OKO Tumblers.
The tumblers practice at the Old King's Orchard Community Center and are scheduled to perform there at 4 p.m. Monday during CeaseFire Week. All hope the performance is another springboard to bigger and better things. "I just want to keep doing this," Robert said between dive rolls during a recent practice. "The air going in your face is ...