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#287 DUFFER NEWS
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October 19th
The Duffer move to Bolingbrook
was first published in the July
1st issue of the Duffer News. Bill "The Alien" Allen has been
missing since last June. We feared the worst, maybe some lost time
from a return to his home planet, who knows? We were happy to find
out that Bill was still playing at the Bridgeview rink every Friday.
He would show up late and enter the game half way through the first period
and players would shout, "go blue" if he had on White, or "go White" if
he had on Blue. He always gave them money, so they took it.
Remember, all games start at
8:00!
Golf Outing Pictures are posted
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Hacksaw and John Gay. 
Hacksaw, John Gay, Papa Joe and Knarf enjoy a beer and a 12 inch Sub before the Thursday Jimmy Buffett concert. 
Knarf and Hitman get ready for the Saturday Jimmy Buffett concert. 
Mr. and Mrs. Stump join in on the stories. Erica is so happy to be going on a school bus with a bunch of over served Duffers. Her 6th graders are much better behaved.
The sun has been very active, giving us some great
displays of the Northern Lights.
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Hacksaw, Gay, Beak, Knarf, Papa and an unidentified Parrot head.  (Kneeling) Mrs. Julie Homan and Papa Joe is all 'hands'. Small World story, Paul is from Bloomington and when he heard we were Hockey Players, he asked if we knew Emil Ludy.
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Here are some links to past Duffer Buffett Party sites. 2010
http://www.lopatka.net/Buffett/2010.htm
2009
http://www.lopatka.net/Buffett/2009.htm 2008
http://www.lopatka.net/Buffett/2008.htm
http://www.lopatka.net/Buffett/2007.htm 2006
http://www.lopatka.net/Buffett/2006.htm 2005
We passed on the Wrigley Field Concert
2004
http://www.lopatka.net/Buffett/ 2003
http://www.lopatka.net/Buffett.htm
2002
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 1st Row, Left to Right: John "Magoo" Landry, Ken Lopatka, Bob "Screwlander/The Geek" Friedlander, Tom "Slime Dog" Kowalkowski, Ken "Stump" Barczynski, Bill "Klinger" Giffune, Gene "Thor" Miller, Tim "The Commissioner" Dubiel 2nd Row, Left to Right: Boris "Hacksaw" Pavichevich, Bruce "Disco Bear/Disco Bruce" Schmitz, Bill Alien/Space Cadet" Allen, Wally "Waju" Kraft, Jim "The King" Miceli, Frank "Knarf" Presecky, Fred "Fruit Cake" Bobka, Paul "The Commander" Jankowski, Sr., Carl "Sod Buster" Landgrebe 3rd Row, Left to Right: Frank Herout, Don "Brinks" Granato, Dan "Digital Dan the Data Man" Mazanec, Greg "Beak" Lopatka, Paul Jankowski, Jr., Gene "Geno" Cromwell, Jim "Titz"Michaelsen, Larry Hodek Totals:
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Calendar
November 17-18
Peoria
Jimmy Buffett sang "The City of New Orleans" at his Saturday concert. The Duffers taught everybody how to sing a song when you don't know the words. |
| A message from Jimmy Buffett as he canceled three concerts.
To all our fans I would simply say do what you can in this serious and tragic hour, from donating blood to talking to your children. Lord Buckley, the great old hip comedian, once said, “Terror is the absence of humor, and humor is the absence of terror.” Our sense of humor is one of our most precious natural resources as Americans, and we will put this tragedy behind us and dance again. And when we do, Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer band will be there to lead the parade. Until then, keep your fins up and God Bless America. Jimmy Buffett Chicago, Illinois September 12, 2001 Tribute to Victims and Families of World Trade Building |
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Above, you see him screwing up a
game at Bridgeview, two weeks ago. Last week he finally realized
something was wrong when he was asked to leave the girls locker room. (Below)
Bill finally found us, 6 weeks later at the Rocket Ice
Arena in Bolingbrook. On his first shift, late in the first period,
he broke his stick when it snapped between Ken Lopatka's legs. He
quickly got the key for locker room C and found that there were no sticks
there, so he went back and got the key to locker room B and found no sticks
there, so he went to the parking lot and got a stick from his car. (Below)
The Alien returned late in the second period with his
skates roughed up by the concrete. Stump nominated Kenny L the MVP
for keeping Alien busy for half of the game. The Game was a Meaningful
blow out as Harvey, Thor and Klinger scored on Tweedy and the Blues.
The Blues only had 2 meaningful players and they were held scoreless, although
Beak assisted on 3 meaningless goals and screened the goalie on two others
as Rich Storm had 4, Zagnuts had 3 and Beak Jr. had 2 for a meaningless
Blue win. Beavis had a pair for the Whites. 
