withJohn Reid Fitness Corner

At 5 years of age John Reid was living in Miami when his school had a class on how to make a snowman. Being a bright young man, he pointed out to the teacher that it doesn’t snow in Miami but she insisted that one day he might need this lesson. Little did he know then that his family was about to move to Port Dickinson where he would have plenty of chances to put the lesson into action.

John quickly came to love this area and to excel in local sports. He ran on a State Champion X-Country Team at CV and went on to Play Division I Basketball and Baseball at Colgate (and in 2005 was inducted into the Colgate Hall of Honor) and played on the Syracuse All-Opponents Team, chosen by the players on the Syracuse Basketball and Baseball Teams. From college ball he got noticed by the Montreal Expos and was signed, earning him the notoriety of being the highest drafted player in the Triple Cities for 42 years.

Switching from baseball back to this area he has remained active in sports having taught, coached and officiated for over 94 seasons in baseball, basketball, volleyball, soccer and track & field as well as having worked at the Athletic Camps for 16 seasons. And he has ran a basketball league for 12 years and community little league for 10. But sports isn’t the only way he stays active as he has been teaching over 30 years in 5 different schools in the Binghamton Area, Cub Scouts for 8 years, Church Trustee for 6 years, Chairman for the last 3 years., Student Council for 14 years on local, state and national levels, Chenango Valley Board of Education for 11 years and Rotary for 4 years. And if that isn’t enough he still somehow finds time to do things with his wife, sons Chris and Andrew and his beautiful grandchildren. As John says “I love living in this community. High levels of Education! A change of seasons. Friendly people. Athletic, Social and Artistic Opportunities in this area. My wife, Jacquie, and I even had Season Tickets to the BC Pops for over 20 years!”. All of us at My Town would like to thank John for all he is done in the community to help make this a great place to live!