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DUFFER NEWS
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October 26, 2001 
Reporters Cammi Granato ***** Rich Storm


 
The Alien Finds Us!

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. 
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.  Vidas "Cermak Road"Cermarka drove in from Seattle to join in the fun.  He gave Beak some "Funny" Glasses for his retirement.  Beak put them on as they went to Tail Gaiters' and caused quite a stir. 

Peoria Roadtrip
 Kevin Granato is a member of the Peoria Rivermen. We now have enoug players to go to Peoria on Saturday November 17. If we go on the 17th, we can see a Sunday afternoon game on the 18th. If you are not sure that you want to go to Peoria, just pop the Duffer CD II into your CD-ROM drive and watch the Peoria slide and music show, you will sign up for a trip as soon as you finish.

E-mail Web master Beak 
lopatka@ix.netcom.com

Remember, all games start at 8:00!
Directions to Rocket Ice Arena
 
 

Golf Outing Pictures are posted at:
 Holy Trinity High School 2001 Golf Outing
 Golf Outing September 2000
 1999 Golf Outing
Bowling Pictures.
 
 
 


The  The Peoria Rivermen open their season 
on October 12!  Kevin Granato is on that team!
 


Worcester Ice Cats 

Jimmy Buffett Photos!

 

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. 

For pictures, go to:
October 21-22, 2001 Aurora Gallery
 

Click here for party pictures.


Hacksaw, Gay, Beak, Knarf, Papa 
and an unidentified Parrot head.
(Standing L-R.)  Hacksaw, Beak, Gay, Knarf, Paul Homan. 
(Kneeling) Mrs. Homan and Papa Joe. 
Small World story, Paul is from Bloomington and when he heard we were Hockey Players, he asked if we know Emil Ludi.

Johnny tells Berzerk and his brother Tom what he would do if he got hit by a 95 mph pitch. The Zagorski wives try to look interested.


 
 
 




Keith Magnuson

 
 
 
 
1981-82
picture 1987-88
Thanks to Fred, The Duffer History man, we have all players identified.
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:
25 players - 12 currently active, 13 gone
6 different jersey styles
Also, notice not everybody would spend the money for the now 2 year old Montreal logo jerseys.
 


 

 

 
 
 
 

Calendar 
 
 

November 17-18                                      Peoria 
Thanksgiving                             Looking for Ice
March 13-17                                  New Orleans

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.

 
 
 
Links to the DUFFER NEWS
     Visit previous Duffer Web Pages at:
http://www.lopatka.net/link.html
10/19/01 1979-80 team and twins
10/12/01 1990-91 team and Minis
10/5/01 1987-88 team
9/28/01 1983 Team
9/21/01 God of Thunder
9/14/01 Eddie's Camper
9/7/01 Panama Jack
9/5/01 Party and Bowling
8/11/01 Hacksaw's Mobile
8/1/01 Cammi's Skate-a-Thon
7/10/01 News Bolingbrook
 7/1/01 News Hacksaw Hair
6/16/01 Boston Team Picture
Beak's Retirement party
6/8/01 Picnic Meeting Results
5/18/01 Hacksaw's Hair
 5/11/01 Flyer Team picture
5/4/01 Dance Fever
4/27/01 Happy Days
4/20/01 Bozo Buckets
4/13/01 Miller Magic
4/6/01 Peoria Trip
3/30/01 Even More San Jose`
3/23/01  More San Jose`
3/16/01 San Jose`
1998 San Jose trip
3/9/01 News More Christmas Pix
3/2/01 News Christmas Party
2/23/01 News
Homer and Harvey
Duffer Island
Link to 1999 Game pictures
  Page 2
http://geocities.com/dlopatka/dreams.html
 Page 3 http://geocities.com/dlopatka/dream.html
Links to 2000 Game pictures
 http://www.lopatka.net/7-1-00.html
 http://www.lopatka.net/7-1-00.html
Links to Cammi Day Parade
  http://www.geocities.com/glopatka/cammiday.html
 http://geocities.com/glopatka/champs2.html
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

 
 
 
Lopatka's Astro Links: http://www.lopatka.net/astro.html


"Parts of Friday Jokes that I remember on Saturday morning" 
I can't remember any. joke page.
MPG
E-mail me if I missed one. beak@lopatka.net

 

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Randolph School: http://schools.cps.k12.il.us/randolph/
Randolph Rockets NASA Grant: http://schools.cps.k12.il.us/randolph/nasa.html
GLOBE Program: http://www.globe.gov
GLOBE South Carolina Workshop
http://geocities.com/dlopatka/GLOBE.html
GLOBE Hydrology Study:
http://www.geocities.com/glopatka/ranhydro2.html
My Grand son Mike's Hockey team
http://geocities.com/dlopatka/dgs.htm
Split Second Towing
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