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'Keg' Wheeler, father of youth phys-ed, dies at age 91

By Bill Moss, Published: September 13, 2012

ZIRCONIA — Kenneth B. "Keg" Wheeler, a barrel-chested former Marine who started the modern physical education program in Henderson County schools and founded an outdoor education program that thrilled a generation of local kids with the wonders of the woods, died Monday, Sept. 10, at Elizabeth House at age 91.

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