http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/news/about-local-folks/man-who-made-difference-faye-whitbeck-staff-writer-8459 Comments for "A man who made a difference, By FAYE WHITBECK, Staff Writer" en http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/news/about-local-folks/man-who-made-difference-faye-whitbeck-staff-writer-8459 <p>John Bartkowski, fountain of opportunity and encouragement</p> <p>Men like the late John Bartkowski are rare, say many Borderland folks.<br /> The entrepreneur, financier, real estate developer, family man and community anchor, died Tuesday at age 93, at the local hospital in the town he helped to fortify.<br /> A quiet man, simple in many respects, the founder of Coca Cola Bottling in the Falls was successful in dozens of endeavors. But it was his need to extend that good fortune and cultivate achievement in others, that really defined the man.</p> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/news/about-local-folks/man-who-made-difference-faye-whitbeck-staff-writer-8459">read more</a></p> http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/news/about-local-folks/man-who-made-difference-faye-whitbeck-staff-writer-8459#comments About Local Folks Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:14:55 -0500 Faye Whitbeck 8459 at http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com