Duffer Hockey News for March 23, 2007

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Bolingbrook, IL March 16, 2007
Attendance 23


	The Duffer Way returns!

Whites 1, Reds 1
Rob was named MVP for turning his Christmas storage bin into a makeshift cooler and filling it with Strohs. He also did a fine job on Defense for the Whites. He was severely hampered when Bionic Beak was his partner on the first 2 shifts. Rich Storm quickly fixed that by sending Special Ed back with Rob. That move freed Piggy Bank up a little and he was able to get the Whites back in the game.


	Bionic Stump.

The Red Army jumped out to an early lead when Butt Head Morgan slipped one past the Brain on his first shift. Mini Wheezer, Magoo, Perry, The Flea and Tommy staked Stump to an early 4-1 lead. This was Stump's first game in the nets with his Bionic Hip. Beak tipped in a shot from Scott (Kramer's Bookie) to tie the meaningful game at 1-1. That shot might have been Scott's first Duffer goal, but he was happy to be credited with an assist on Beak's first goal with 2 Bionic hips. He did score his first Duffer goal a little later in the game. T.O. Tom O'Connor got a goal when a clearing pass hit him in the shin guard and ricocheted past Stump. Up until this goal, the Bionic Stump was having an unbelievable game. He took a tie into the closing minute when Tweedy fired one in for the game winner. Reds 7, Whites 6. Many guys had a hard time playing while laughing at Eddie the Anvil, who was flying around in his white goalie skates. He took a lot of abuse from both teams. He got teased when his first shot was picked out of the air by a 67 year old rookie defensemen. He later hit a post, hit the Brain and missed the net, but he had fun and joined in the fun at Wild Wings. He was happy to hear that his son's state champ team won their first game in St. Louis while we were

playing. Nick's team went on to be eliminated from the regional tournament with a 2 and 2 record in the round robin. Nick had 4 goals and is ready for Duffers hockey.
I'll be in Alaska for 9 days for a "Seasons and Biomes" Workshop. I hope to be back for the March 30th game. I will be checking e-mail, so if you want to have send me some news from the March 23rd game, let it fly and I'll do what I can to share it with the Duffer Family. Check the 2007 Duffer Links page for updates:

http://www.lopatka.net/Links2007/index.htm
Remember there is no ice on April 13th (See the Calendar below) Let's go to see the Basketball Jones show!


	Beak's Bionic Hips


	Magoo, you've done it again.

E-mail from our Thespian

Beak:

Here are the show details for "Birth Control to Major Tom."

Shows are Friday nights at 7:30pm at Donny's Skybox 4th floor of Piper's Alley corner of North and Wells. Last show is 13 April.

http://www.secondcity.com/?id=theatres/chicago/donny/schedule

Tim (Basketball Jones)

PS First show sold out.

Here are some pictures from March 2nd, that didn't make the March 9th Duffer News.

For more Wild Wing Pictures, Click Here

For Wild Wing Cartoons, Click Here

Go to Duffer News #255

I will be in Fairbanks Alaska on the first day of Spring where it was -30 F when I last checked. (The High was -12 F)

After my workshop in Fairbanks, I will take a 5 hour flight to Anchorage (-8 F) with stops in Barrow and Deadhorse. Barrow is 340 miles above the Arctic circle. (70 Degrees North) it was -40 F. 2 weeks ago and -40C. (It is easy to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius when it gets to -40. I could have taken a direct flight that is only 1 hour, but I thought I would see the great white north. Bill BTW says I'll be sorry)

Here are some links.

I'll be in Fairbanks for the world Ice Sculpture contest http://www.icealaska.com/sched.html

Brian Kraft has invited me over for a steak (either Elk, Moose, or Dall Sheep).

These are links to his fishing lodges.

http://www.fishasl.com/

bkraft@alaskasportsmanslodge.com

http://www.kingeider.net/king5.html

Barrow is the northernmost city in Alaska, 340 miles north of the Arctic Circle, the largest municipal government in the world, and the nation's farthest northern community. With approximately 4,500 residents, the Barrow area is probably the harshest polar location in Alaska. The sun never rises for 51 days between November 18th and January 24th. If it's not cloudy and the stars are out there's a great chance for viewing of the northern lights.

copyrights and photograph owned by Alaskan Arctic Adventures
The Bad Boys of Point Barrow.
North Slope Borough wildlife includes polar bears, grizzly bears, arctic foxes, red foxes, caribou, moose, snowy owls, wolves, whales, beaver, Dall sheep, bowhead whales, bearded seals, ringed seals, and spotted seals.

Next stop is Deadhorse

http://www.prudhoebay.com/communities_Deadhorse.htm

Prudhoe Bay (Deadhorse) Alaska is home to the largest oil field in North America. It is located in Alaska between the coast of the Beaufort Sea and the North Slope of the Brooks Range Mountains. It is about 1200 mi. south of the North Pole and 250 mi. north of the Arctic Circle. Arctic drilling rigs differ from their southern counterparts in that they generally are more self contained. As is evident by the picture the rigs are enclosed to protect it and the workers from the Arctic Winters. Many of the rigs can be transported from drill site to drill site without any disassembly. Many rigs have a camp house that moves with the rig to provide room and board for the workers. Other wildlife in the area: Arctic Fox, Arctic Ground Squirrels, Grizzly Bears, Polar Bears, Musk OX, Arctic Hares, Caribo u (Approximately 25,000)and over 200 different bird and waterfowl species including geese, swans, seagulls and eagles . During the winter months only the arctic fox, ravens, and the occasional polar bear are to be seen. Ice roads are built during the winter months to reduce the damage to the environment for access to remote drill sites. conditions need to be twenty below zero or less for construction thus limiting exploration drilling to the Winter months in most cases.

Longest Day: 63 days, 23 hours, 40 min.
Official sunrise: 12:09 AM - on 20th of May
Official sunset:11:18 PM - on 22nd of July

Shortest Day: 1 hour, 3 min.
Official sunrise: 11:42AM - 24th of November
Official sunset: 12:27PM - 24th of November

Longest Night: 54 days, 22 hours, 51 min.
Official sunset: 12:27PM - 24th of November
Official sunrise: 11:18AM - 18th of January

Shortest Night: 26 min.
Official sunset: 11:43PM - 19th of May
Official sunrise: 12:09AM - 20th of May

Highest Recorded Temperature: 83 degrees F. on 21st of June, 1991

Lowest Recorded Temperature: Minus 62 degrees F. on 27th of January, 1989

Highest Wind Speed Recorded: 95 knots (109 mph) on 25th of February, 1989

Official Lowest Wind Chill Factor: 28th of January,1989 - Temp of minus 54 degrees F and Wind speed of 31 knots (36 mph) - Gave a chill factor of minus 135 degrees F.

http://www.anchorage.net/

You can check the weather at this site:

http://www.wunderground.com/US/AK/Anchorage.html

I hope it warms up for the first day of spring. (That is when I arrived)

All copyrights to this image belong the original owner. If you have any information about ownership of this image, please e-mail us.
The Will Rogers and Wiley Post Monument, across from the state-owned Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport, was dedicated in 1982 to commemorate the 1935 plane crash that killed the humorist and the famous pilot. After a planned stop 15 miles south of Barrow, Post and Rogers took off again, but their plane stalled and plunged into a river, killing them both. Two monuments now on the National Register of Historic Places are located at the crash site. The monument pictured above is not at the crash site and is located across from Barrow's Wiley Post and Will Rogers Memorial Airport.

Spring whaling takes place in May and villagers celebrate Nalukataq in June and early July to note the end of whaling season. Each successful whaling team holds a Nalukataq celebration.

copyrights and photograph owned by the King Eider Inn of Barrow Alaska

Many bird watchers travel to Barrow during this period to view some of the 250 plus bird species located in the area. Barrow is one of the top 5 birding spots in Alaska and the annual visitors to Barrow are spectacular. All four species of Eider ducks migrate along the coast and nest in the tundra around Barrow. Numerous other ducks and waterfowl also nest in the millions of small puddles and lakes across the tundra. Barrow is also prime habitat for many shorebirds. Perhaps the most spectacular summer visitor and breeder is the snowy owl, from which comes the Inupiat name for Barrow, Ukpeagvik, which translates to "place to hunt snowy owls".

Check out our king eider and birding page.

BARROW LINKS
Barrow Community Overview
Forbes Magazine Article on Barrow
Alaska Business Monthly Article
Alaska Airlines Site
Alaska Trip Planner
Arctic Tours In Barrow
Arctic Slope Telephone Association
Barrow Alaska Article
Barrow Climatology
Barrow Birding Article
Barrow Birding Center
Barrow Community Directory
Barrow Community Overview
Barrow Economy, Employment & Income
Barrow Facilities, Utilities & Services
Barrow 2000 Census Population
BARROW HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS
Alaska HotelsMotels - a Travel and Tourism guide for Alaska
Barrow - I Love Alaska!
Field Guides - Alaska Birding Tours
High Lonesome Ecotours of Barrow
Inupiat Heritage Center
Inupiat of Arctic Alaska
Journey North - Barrow Information
KBRW - Public Radio
KING EIDER INN of BARROW ALASKA
KING EIDERS & BIRDING
Outside Magazine Article on Barrow
Northern Alaska Tours - Barrow
NWS Current Barrow Weather Conditions
Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport
Places to Stay in the Far North

Photographer Jeffrey Sward's - Barrow Visit
SunJam Studios - Authentic Alaskan Artwork
United States Alaska Guide

OTHER TRAVEL LINKS
Discount Hotels - Discount Hotel Reservations Worldwide

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