ROCKFORD, IL — Growing up in Rockford, John Guth played in the Ken-Rock Community Center boys fast-pitch softball league every summer until he turned 15.
Guth and his brother attended summer camp at Ken-Rock. They were in the after-school program. They played in the chess club. Ken-Rock was their home away from home.
After a stint in the military and then manufacturing, Guth in 1986 became Ken-Rock’s athletic director. After 13 years, he was named the center’s executive director…