Wayne Burns, Public Lands and Facilities Director for McPherson, looked across the gymnasium at the Community Building, 122 E. Marlin, Thursday and puffed up with a bit of pride.
Not only because the old building is being made new again, but because of the history within its walls.
“This is the home of the Global Refiners, the first gold medal basketball team,” Burns said. “This is where they played games and practiced.”
The gymnasium, which will once again host sporting events when it reopens, will tell the story of the Globe Refiners. They are immortalized in the renovated gymnasium.
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