The lasting influence of Björn Borg

The Swedish mining company LAMCO took excellent care of its staff. They provided a community center for teens, I counted four schools for children ( including "E school" where Paul went to 8th and 9th grade) tennis courts, a swimming pool, horse riding club, shooting club, flying club and even a golf course.

We couldn't find the golf course. It's obviously been claimed back by the bush, but we did find the tennis courts. Remarkably the surface paint was still in almost perfect condition. We are told the new Indian mining company Arcelor-Mittal no longer use the courts. We found the old Tennis club house. It's the remains of the round structure below. We had to crawl through some brush to find the practice wall but its still standing. Paul told the children how he took tennis lessons every year from a Swedish pro provided by the company. His family also played tennis for sport. Paul and his twin brother were undefeated doubles champions  at Woodland Hills High School in Jackson and qualified to play in the state championship – probably due to the swedish tennis influence. Paul's father is also a very good tennis player who played at San Jose state university. In fact dad still plays today at age 89!