October 31, 2025 • 5 mins
Tom in Fremont is our Morning Breeze Person of the Week!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Morning Breeze. The Morning Breeze on Demand.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Taylor Dane at seven oh six here on ninety eight
point one The Breeze. You've got The Morning Breeze with
Carolyn and Court and now is the time we're going
to announce our newest Morning Breeze Person of the Week.
And I love this story, Carolyn, I do too.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
It's a husband and wife, as we mentioned, Evelyn and Tom.
Evelyn nominated her husband Tom. We have Evelyn on the
phone with us. Evelyn, we got the note about your
husband Tom. Yeah, and how he has been coaching Special
Olympics for fifty years.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
Yeah, this is his fiftieth year and we've been married
for fifty years. So yeah, that's pretty amazing.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Do you feel like because you've been married to him
for fifty years and he's been coaching for fifty years,
you're kind of a coach as well at this point.
Speaker 4 (00:49):
Kind of been supporting all the years. And this year
I finally got involved too because he lost one of
his coaches, so I said, oh, okay, I have some
extra time.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Yeah, so yeah, So what is he coached specifically with
Special Olympics.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
We just finished softball. That's a summer sport, and then
in January basketball begins, and then Botchy ball and track
and field. And since he's been coaching so long, he's
seen some of the people go from being twenty to
being way over seventy.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
That's such a crazy thought to know that he has
coached people from twenty years old to seventy, like, meaning
they were twenty when they started and now they're seventy.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
I never thought about that.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Yeah. Actually, my youngest athlete on the softball team was fourteen,
and then I also had Keith who's seventy seven. Oh
my gosh. Yeah, age really doesn't matter. And funny when
we talk about them, we talk about the kids and
some of the kids are seventy seven.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
So yeah, it's pretty amazing.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
I think it's really special for anybody to be a
volunteer coach in general, but to be a volunteer coach
for the specially just it's very very special.
Speaker 5 (02:02):
People.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
Yeah, it changes, It changes your life, It changes your
outlook and what's really important.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Do you think, Tom, do you know if he's available,
if we were to call.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Him, he's actually still asleep, but I can wake him up.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Oh do we want to do that?
Speaker 5 (02:17):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (02:18):
I think this is worth waking somebody up for it.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
It's yeah, you know him better than we do.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Alan.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
I'm gonna leave this one up to you.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
He can get up. Okay, all right.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Hey, take us with you because I want to hear
I want to hear you wake him up.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
Okay, Tom, somebody wants to talk to you. I got
to take the ear plugs out, he says, I snore.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
You sure you want to nominate him?
Speaker 4 (02:49):
Evelyn? Okay, here he is.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Good morning, Good morning, sleepyhead. How are you.
Speaker 5 (02:59):
Are doing good? Are you good?
Speaker 1 (03:01):
You're pretty sharp for literally just waking up. Yeah, we
woke you up.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
I still think I'm still a dreaming.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Well you're not.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
You're talking actually to Carolyn in Court from the Morning Breeze.
Your wife, Evelyn sent us a very nice note about
all the great coaching you've been doing over the years
for the Special Olympics.
Speaker 5 (03:23):
Oh well, yeah, it makes a lot of people happy,
and I love to see their smiling faces when they're
receiving their medals and having good time at practice.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
We were talking to Evelyn before she woke you up
for us, and she said, you've been doing this for
fifty years.
Speaker 5 (03:43):
Tom, Evylin didn't know that when she married me. The
room's celebrating our fiftieth anniversary this year too.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
And she's coaching with you, now I know.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
Is that great?
Speaker 1 (03:54):
It's great.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Well, we do something here on the Morning Breeze called
the Morning Breeze Person of the Week and we take
nominations from people all over the Bay Area in our
audience and they tell us about these great people in
their world, and this week you are our Morning Breeze
Person of the Week.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
So congratulations, cool, thank you very much.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
That's great, Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
And what that means, Tom, is we're going to send
you out on a city cruises boat for a brunch
cruise for you to enjoy yourself.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
Gay sounds great. That's much.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
Yeah, that's amazing. Thank you.
Speaker 5 (04:27):
Be a little fun.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
It's just a small token of appreciation, I think coming
from a lot of people because again, fifty years of
being a special Olympics coach is just such a great thing.
And we can't thank you enough.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
Yeah, thank you very much, thank you.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
We really appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Thank you for being on with us, and thank you
for listening to our show. We appreciate that so much.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
Oh yeah, it's pre said in the radio, in the
car and at home. And yeah, it's just always a
gentle station to listen to.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
It's the first time we've ever been called gentle, and
I like it.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Yeah, No, we're happy to be gentle, Yetta.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
I mean the music, the music's good and the talk
is good.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
And yeah, you guys are great. We'll have a wonderful day. Tom,
you can go back to bed now.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Now we're gonna go out for breakfast.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Now, all right, all right, you guys have a good day.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
You guys too.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
Bye bye.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
They are adorable. They are oh my gosh. And if
you've got somebody that you feel like would make a
great Person of the Week for next week, we want
to hear about that.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Yeah, just head on over to our website and make
that nomination at ninety eight one The Breeze dot Com
The Morning Breeze. The Morning Breeze on Demand.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Taylor Dane at seven oh six here on ninety eight
point one The Breeze. You've got The Morning Breeze with
Carolyn and Court and now is the time we're going
to announce our newest Morning Breeze Person of the Week.
And I love this story, Carolyn, I do too.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
It's a husband and wife, as we mentioned, Evelyn and Tom.
Evelyn nominated her husband Tom. We have Evelyn on the
phone with us. Evelyn, we got the note about your
husband Tom. Yeah, and how he has been coaching Special
Olympics for fifty years.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
Yeah, this is his fiftieth year and we've been married
for fifty years. So yeah, that's pretty amazing.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Do you feel like because you've been married to him
for fifty years and he's been coaching for fifty years,
you're kind of a coach as well at this point.
Speaker 4 (00:49):
Kind of been supporting all the years. And this year
I finally got involved too because he lost one of
his coaches, so I said, oh, okay, I have some
extra time.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Yeah, so yeah, So what is he coached specifically with
Special Olympics.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
We just finished softball. That's a summer sport, and then
in January basketball begins, and then Botchy ball and track
and field. And since he's been coaching so long, he's
seen some of the people go from being twenty to
being way over seventy.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
That's such a crazy thought to know that he has
coached people from twenty years old to seventy, like, meaning
they were twenty when they started and now they're seventy.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
I never thought about that.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Yeah. Actually, my youngest athlete on the softball team was fourteen,
and then I also had Keith who's seventy seven. Oh
my gosh. Yeah, age really doesn't matter. And funny when
we talk about them, we talk about the kids and
some of the kids are seventy seven.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
So yeah, it's pretty amazing.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
I think it's really special for anybody to be a
volunteer coach in general, but to be a volunteer coach
for the specially just it's very very special.
Speaker 5 (02:02):
People.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
Yeah, it changes, It changes your life, It changes your
outlook and what's really important.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Do you think, Tom, do you know if he's available,
if we were to call.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Him, he's actually still asleep, but I can wake him up.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Oh do we want to do that?
Speaker 5 (02:17):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (02:18):
I think this is worth waking somebody up for it.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
It's yeah, you know him better than we do.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Alan.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
I'm gonna leave this one up to you.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
He can get up. Okay, all right.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Hey, take us with you because I want to hear
I want to hear you wake him up.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
Okay, Tom, somebody wants to talk to you. I got
to take the ear plugs out, he says, I snore.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
You sure you want to nominate him?
Speaker 4 (02:49):
Evelyn? Okay, here he is.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Good morning, Good morning, sleepyhead. How are you.
Speaker 5 (02:59):
Are doing good? Are you good?
Speaker 1 (03:01):
You're pretty sharp for literally just waking up. Yeah, we
woke you up.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
I still think I'm still a dreaming.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Well you're not.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
You're talking actually to Carolyn in Court from the Morning Breeze.
Your wife, Evelyn sent us a very nice note about
all the great coaching you've been doing over the years
for the Special Olympics.
Speaker 5 (03:23):
Oh well, yeah, it makes a lot of people happy,
and I love to see their smiling faces when they're
receiving their medals and having good time at practice.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
We were talking to Evelyn before she woke you up
for us, and she said, you've been doing this for
fifty years.
Speaker 5 (03:43):
Tom, Evylin didn't know that when she married me. The
room's celebrating our fiftieth anniversary this year too.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
And she's coaching with you, now I know.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
Is that great?
Speaker 1 (03:54):
It's great.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Well, we do something here on the Morning Breeze called
the Morning Breeze Person of the Week and we take
nominations from people all over the Bay Area in our
audience and they tell us about these great people in
their world, and this week you are our Morning Breeze
Person of the Week.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
So congratulations, cool, thank you very much.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
That's great, Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
And what that means, Tom, is we're going to send
you out on a city cruises boat for a brunch
cruise for you to enjoy yourself.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
Gay sounds great. That's much.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
Yeah, that's amazing. Thank you.
Speaker 5 (04:27):
Be a little fun.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
It's just a small token of appreciation, I think coming
from a lot of people because again, fifty years of
being a special Olympics coach is just such a great thing.
And we can't thank you enough.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
Yeah, thank you very much, thank you.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
We really appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Thank you for being on with us, and thank you
for listening to our show. We appreciate that so much.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
Oh yeah, it's pre said in the radio, in the
car and at home. And yeah, it's just always a
gentle station to listen to.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
It's the first time we've ever been called gentle, and
I like it.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Yeah, No, we're happy to be gentle, Yetta.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
I mean the music, the music's good and the talk
is good.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
And yeah, you guys are great. We'll have a wonderful day. Tom,
you can go back to bed now.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Now we're gonna go out for breakfast.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Now, all right, all right, you guys have a good day.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
You guys too.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
Bye bye.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
They are adorable. They are oh my gosh. And if
you've got somebody that you feel like would make a
great Person of the Week for next week, we want
to hear about that.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Yeah, just head on over to our website and make
that nomination at ninety eight one The Breeze dot Com
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