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RP: So what did you do for fun growing up as a kid?
KN: Nothing, just went to school.
RP: Did you play with friends? Did you have friends to play with at school?
KN: Yeah, at school we had friends.
RP: How about sports? Did you get active in sports?
KN: Well yeah, in Buddhist church we had a girls' basketball team and there's a boys' basketball team. They played all the neighborhood town. We were pretty good, the girls' team. We always won. We won more than we lost. [Laughs] I was a tomboy.
RP: And so there was a court for you outside the school?
KN: Yeah, uh-huh, they build a basketball court. Originally it was outside and we played outside but later on when they build a gym we had a basketball ring inside. And when the boys start playing we had a league, Northern California Basketball League. We played from one town to another.
RP: What position did you play?
KN: Forward.
RP: Forward?
KN: I wasn't very good but I played forward. [Laughs]
RP: And you...
KN: [Inaudible] says, just half and half. Three forward and three guard. Later on it was two, two, two, but at first it was only half. This court was half and three on this side and three on that side. That's a long time ago. Way before you were born probably.
RP: So did you travel? You traveled to other communities to play?
KN: No, not very far.
RP: Not very far.
KN: Just Sacramento and Walnut Grove or Stockton but never very far. They either came or we went and that's about it.
RP: Baseball was also an important sport in Florin too.
KN: Yeah. Florin... it's like, they were pretty good baseball players.
RP: Did you go to games?
KN: Oh yeah. Local games we all had to go watch 'em. And then baseball team, they went to northern California. They went to Lodi, Stockton, Newcastle. They all had baseball teams.
RP: Was your dad a big baseball fan?
KN: Yeah. He went to all of 'em. [Laughs]
RP: Did you have any hobbies growing up?
KN: No, just played basketball for a church team.
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