WALLA WALLA, Wash. - This October Washington State Trooper Dean Atkinson Jr. is preparing to get back on the road and go back to patrolling state highways and his hometown
Washington State Patrol Trooper Dean Atkinson Jr. of Walla Walla was honored by a local service organization at a fundraising event on Tuesday, June 13.
When Anthony Atkinson Jr. closed the books on his career as a member of the Harlem Globetrotters and began coaching in his hometown at Wilson Prep, he wanted to "give flowers" to the man who introduced him to the game.
So, he asked his father, "best friend" and "hero," Anthony Atkinson Sr., to join his coaching staff. In addition to flowers, Atkinson Jr. has given Atkinson Sr. a pair of championship medals and a renewed love for the game after time away from it.
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