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Jim Riddell’s Sports Talk




                                                Presents                                 with Area Senior

       Serving You Since 1937                                                              Bobby Lefebvre


                                            Locey to open the box office at 10  before  becoming  a  driver  for the
                                            a.m.                                  Benson Group. “I spent twelve years
                                                                                  driving  full-time,  semi  retiring  one
                                              Growing up in Dover Heights,
                                            Bobby attended  CCVS   where he,      year ago, but still drive up to eight
                                            Steve  Ouderkirk,  and Mike Pollard   hours each week.”
      By Jim Riddell
                                            were the trainers on the football team.   “I  was always  interested  in
        “I was a rink rat at the Si for  Highschool football  teams were  photography and even at a young age
      years, the  old Si Miller,” recalled  required to have a Level One trainer  I had a darkroom in the basement; the
      Bobby, “We  used a  hot  water  hose  and  couldn’t  field  a  team  without  problem with film was that you never
      to melt the snow on the Zamboni,  one. Steve stayed at CCVS with the  knew if  you got  the  shot until  you
      it was right below the handicapped  Raiders,  and  Bobby moved  over  to  developed  it.  What really turned it
      section, and the steam would rise and  GV for his final two years, becoming  around was when things went digital.
      they couldn’t see anything for 5-10  the trainer for the Vikings. Following  Even  using digital  photography  at
      minutes or so. I still have a photo of  graduation, Bobby worked for Glen  the  arenas,  it  could  be  difficult  in                              Photo Submitted
      Lawrence Murphy on that Zamboni  Vending  and then  Fiberez,  before  those days due to the old style gas-
      with Daigneault Cleaners on the side  becoming  manager  for  OLCO on  filled  lights.”  Those  lights  cycled,
      of it.”  The Royals were a hot ticket  Montreal  Road, a position  that  he  Bobby explained,  saying that  when
      in  those  days, with  Bobby  saying  held for twelve years. “We were a  you shoot rapid fire, you would have  The LED lighting that is now used
      that during playoffs people would be  full-serve  gas station  with a three  photos with three different tinges,  in arenas makes hockey photography
      lined up at 5 a.m., wearing parka’s  bay  car wash.” When OLCO closed  red, white, and blue, and you would  much easier.
      and with lawn chairs, waiting for Fay  down, Bobby took a little time  off  hope that the best one was the white.               Continued on oage 24







































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