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Jake Young's team treasures memories of hard-wired Texan (10 years ago al-Qaida took him from us)
http://www.omaha.com/article/20121028/NEWS/710289925
By Dirk Chatelain / World-Herald staff writer
LINCOLN — The kids wanted a dog. How could Milt Tenopir say no?
So the Nebraska offensive line coach hunted through the newspaper and found an overpriced cocker spaniel. His two young stepchildren named him after their favorite football player, a Husker center who spent a lot of time at the Tenopir house.
Jake.
“Doesn't sound too flattering,” Tenopir says, “but that's what the kids wanted to name him.”
FULL story and more photos at link.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
On Oct. 12, 2006, Wilson Young was in London for the dedication of a memorial - a granite globe with 202 carved doves to the victims of the Bali bombings. Prince Charles approached Wilson and personally expressed his condolences.
