CFL Revival Faces Tough Questions Across Frantic Markets
Winnipeg fans chase profitability with 20,700 season tickets and a $600,000 deficit as the league previews a youth surge and three potential rock shows. Hamilton and Calgary contend with waning crowds, Ottawa falters at the gate, Edmonton holds steady despite losses, and Saskatchewan relies on telethons to offset a playoff drought.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Willard Reeves
Lindenwoods
CFL
Calgary Stampeders
Ottawa Rough Riders
Winnipeg
Dewalt
Winnipeg Sport
Hamilton — Ticats
Harold Ballard
Joe Zuger
Toronto
Edmonton
Foster
GM Robson
Sask
Ottawa
B.C
Lions
Dome
Matt Dunigan
Joe Galat
Calgary
Stampeders
Normie Kwong
Flames
Eskimos
Oilers
Saskatchewan
Memories of a Decker Boyhood and Community Bonds
In a reminiscence from The Echo, 1988, the author recalls Barton Jameson’s death in Indiana and the enduring impact of the Orrwold Church Community of Families on Decker. He lists local family names, notes Barton’s schoolyard well incident, and recalls Principal Cooper, Lou Cochran’s rescue role, and wishes for a local fire department to meet crises.
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the Echo
Barton Jameson
Indiana
Barton
Orrwold Church
Decker
Alexanders
Wyatts
Sisters Ross
Arisses
Feasleys
Webbs
Dohertys
Ashcrofts
Parfitts
Baileys
Jamesons
McLeans
Elliots
Weeks
Stewarts
Allinghams
Youngs
Yates
Cooper
Hector
Lou Cochran
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Jack Matheson
Mitchell
Autopac
Dale’s
Miniota
DeBin
Hamiota
Bruce Mitchell
Gary Potter
Les Jackson
D.J
the Rivers Inn
Norrie
Neil
Eorsio Die
Lakeside the
Lee Seiberling
Range Rider
Phorie