Our TWO SPORT LEGEND makes the Front Page of the Leader-Post

In a full-page Profile in the Sports section of the Regina Leader-Post Rob Vanstone confesses that two sport Gerry was once two people in his own mind. He knew of the CFL great, Gerry James and in the seventies "I became familiar with a Gerry James who was coaching in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. I was aware of the fact that he had previously played in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
     But it was not until I watched a sportscast on Yorkton television station KVOS (in the 80's) that I learned that there was only one Gerry James. It was to marvel. One person did all that?"

     Rob's article is also featured in Saskatoon's Phoenix-Star. Gerry and Ron will be in Saskatoon at the McNally-Robinson bookstore tomorrow night at 7:30 for a book signing. Rob's article also has four photos of Gerry, one of which was taken in 1985 when Gerry was coach of the Estevan Bruins. After Saskatoon, the Tour's next port of call is Estevan, where Gerry and Ron will be signing books at the new arena before  the Bruin's game on Friday night.

MEANWHILE the Indian Summer continues. Blue skies. Hot sun. This is excellent news for the farmers in eastern Saskatchewan whose crops got planted late this year due to the unseasonally wet spring weather. The threshers and combines are working round the clock while people toil to get the crops in.  Temperatures are predicted to continue in the high 20's through the week-end. This is definitely NOT hockey (or even football) weather.

And I continue to wonder why I did NOT think to pack my shorts, T-shirts and sandals?

I DID remember to get the snow tires put on the car and Marg (Gerry's wife) thoughtfully gave us an extra big candle so that we could stay warm inside the car should the Tour go off the road in a blizzard into one of those ditches red hot rocker Reg warns of. (I also remembered to pack matches to light the candle and made sure we had a flashlight so we could find the matches to light the candle.) My sleeping bag and sheepskin coat would also come in handy in this sort of scenario, I thought.

LITTLE KNOWN FACT: The Author knows what it's like to skid into a ditch in an Ontario snow storm, although, being a young man at the time he was wearing his shorts and shades.

So, we have one more day to rest up in Yorkton before hitting the road again, en route to Saskatoon, Estevan and Melville (Saturday, October 1), with the Avalon's AIR CONDITIONING on HIGH.