Just a quick update on the Brett Penner trade front. I talked to Larry at a barbecue held in honour of Elwin Peever, who has kept the buses running in Kindersley for the past 30 years.
Larry said a deal to trade Penner's rights for a player was "close" and he was checking his phone constantly waiting for a response from the other team.
It may not be just Penner's rights moving; we may see him packaged up with another player here. I will have more news when it becomes available.
As for the barbecue, several community groups showed up to honour Elwin for his work driving and fixing the buses for the last three decades. Not many communities have their own bus service to transport their teams all over the province and, in some cases, across Western Canada. The buses were run by Kindersley Minor Sports for years.
Three years ago, a group of volunteers including Rod Quinney, Joanne McAdam and Ralph Donahue (and others) agreed to take over the buses, as a special arms-length division of Minor Sports, to try to get it out of debt. In three short years, that group (Kindersley Charters) has managed to turn a profit with a venture that had been bleeding red ink. When Kindersley Charters' mechanic requested to retire this summer, the buses were sold to Oyen's Doug Jones, with a requirement to keep them in Kindersley.
The Klippers were one of the groups in attendance today and they (Larry Wintoneak, Rockie Zinger, Andrew Dommett, Sean Flanagan, Braeden Adamyk) presented Elwin with an autographed home jersey.
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