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Senior Sews For The Love Of Lehman

By Gabby Gidley

Senior Savannah Berthiaume has been on the swim team the past four years and has been coached by George Lehman the whole time. “He has been such an inspi­ration to me and has taught me so many things,” Berthiaume said.

Swim coach George Lehman (left) receives a t-shirt quilt from senior Savan¬nah Berthiaume on Dec. 8. Berthiaume made the quilt out of appreciation for everything that Lehman has done for her over the years. Submitted photo

Swim coach George Lehman (left) receives a t-shirt quilt from senior Savan¬nah Berthiaume on Dec. 8. Berthiaume made the quilt out of appreciation for everything that Lehman has done for her over the years. Submitted photo

Three years ago Lehman was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The disease has affected his coaching style and slowed down his teaching. However, this disease did not stop him from being a positive influence in students’ lives.

Berthiaume decided that she was going to make a t-shirt quilt out of all the old swim­ming t-shirts that Lehman had. She wanted to keep it a secret from Lehman so she had his wife gather t-shirts and drop them off at her house without Lehman knowing.

“I recently started sewing ,” Berthiaume said, “so I thought I would make him a quilt for him to show all of his hard work.”

After the quilt was finished, it was presented to Lehman as a gift at the girls’ swim team banquet. According to Berthi­aume, it was quite an emotion­al experience.

“I got teared up when he opened it,” Berthiaume said. “Seeing him smile and then say, ‘I was wondering where all my t-shirts went’ was more than worth my time.”




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