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ABBOTSFORD NEWS
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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ABBOTSFORD’S PRO HOCKEY TEAM
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WE’RE IN THE FRASER VALLEY AUTO MALL
BRAD TOMPSON
TO BE WILD GREY HAIR SIX FOOTER WORKING ON IT GETTIN’ER DONE
JOHN LETKEMAN
WILD THING
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PAINFULLY WHO’S ASKING? TALL DRINK OF WATER HOW MUCH DOES A MULE WEIGH? SMARTER THAN HE LOOKS
KNUCKLES
Brad COLE Q If you were showing someone around your hometown of Miniota,
Manitoba, what’s the first local landmark you’d take them to see?
DICK BROCK LEON GRUN
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IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY DOESN’T MATTER TALLER THAN THE KID ALL IN THE MIDDLE CHRISTMAS BAKING
LUCKY
ILLEGAL ALIEN CARBON DATING CAN NOT IDENTIFY JOLLY GREEN GIANT WHAT’S A HEN WEIGH? UP TO THE SECOND WEATHER REPORTS
THE KID
YESTERDAY PEACH FUZZ LEGAL AT DISNEYLAND SOAKING WET? SHOWING UP
OLD POISON
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WHEN FROZEN DUNG WERE USED FOR PUCKS PREHISTORIC GETTING SHORTER BEFORE OR AFTER PRUNE SALAD EVERYONE KNOWS ED
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HATCHED FLINTSTONE ERA AFRAID OF WITHIN NASCAR SPECS LAST LAP
ROB FERGUSON
TYLER TOMPSON
ED REDFORD
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BUBBA
LARRY SPROULE
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KANE FEATHERSTONE
A “Definitely the Miniota C-Store. It’s the first stop when you come into
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BIG BIRD
ENTERTAINER
IN A HURRY 90210 21” IN 1982 DON’T LIKE TO WAIT BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
THE ROOKIE
AS FERGIE OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER NOT QUITE NAPOLEON 12 STONES 2 PEBBLES HOOKING ANYTHING
town, and it helps that my parents own it. It’s a one-stop shop – you’ve got food, ice cream, gas, your liquor store, your insurance place. Everything’s there, all in one place. I always say there are 250 people (in Miniota), but I think there’s less than that.”
Q Besides hockey, which sports trophy would you most like to win? A “Growing up in a small town, you played every sport, because everybody needed to play to make a team. We played volleyball, soccer, baseball, everything. So I couldn’t really narrow it down to one sport. Now, I like to play golf in the off-season.”
Q So maybe the Green Jacket, from the Masters? A “Yeah, maybe. I actually run a golf tournament back home that probably seven or eight of these (Heat) guys come out for, and we have a good time. It’s a fund-raiser for the town. Everything kind of runs under one umbrella, so this money goes to minor hockey and other sports in town. And the Children’s Wish Foundation, some of the money goes to that. There’s usually a project in town that some of the money goes to, too. This will be our fourth year coming up, and it’s sold out every year.”
Q At times this season, you’ve been a real distinctive-looking guy on
the ice, sporting a big fu manchu moustache. What was the deal with that?
A “It started last year. We play this game, Moustache Boy, and I lost, so I had to let it grow for a month. I played well in that month, so I kept it for the remainder of the year. Then this year I started with it, and I think I’m going to go back to it for the rest of the season.”
Q What kind of reviews have your teammates given the moustache? A “Probably the biggest fan is Matt Pelech, but everyone seems to like it. They tell me I’m a more handsome man with a moustache. I don’t know if they’re just trying to keep me away from the girls, or what.”
Q What’s your perfect day in the off-season? A “I’d probably get up in the morning and work out, and maybe have coffee with my mom or dad at the store. Then I’d probably stop by my sister’s house and play with her kids for a while. I also bought some property back home, so last summer we were building a garage for it. I bought the house four years ago for $2,500 in Miniota. Me and my buddy lived in there for the summer and fixed it up, and I’ve rented it out every summer since then.”
Q 2,500 bucks for a house? A “I got pretty fortunate with that one. Real estate was cheap out there, but now, we’re finding that a lot of people are coming from the city and retiring. Matt Pelech came out to visit from Toronto, and he couldn’t believe that I had an actual standing house for $2,500.”