<p>JAKE PARRISH/Press Retired NBA player Craig Ehlo speaks on Monday to more tha 140 kids on the importance of staying away from drugs and alcohol. Ehlo, who played professionally for 14 years, currently lives in Spokane, and came to the Watts basketball camp as part of the "Rise Above" program.</p>
July 19, 2016
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Wilkens, Ehlo part of Rise Above
Duo talk to students about basketball and life in general
PLUMMER — It’s not every day a Basketball Hall of Famer, three times over no less in Lenny Wilkens, and a 14-year NBA veteran like Craig Ehlo with local ties come to visit the Coeur d’Alene Tribe through a program among Native Americans called “Rise Above.”