It’s my Parting Shot for my last day in the office before Christmas greetings to my friends and colleagues that I work with on, pretty much, a daily basis…..
I’ve kept up this old newspaper sports columnist tradition for the last 30 years and I apologize if I miss anyone, because the list grows longer every year and I only have two minutes! Plus, this saves me on the price of cards…even if the postal strike made that moot!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to members of my Saskatoon Media Group family – Elmer Hildebrand, Nick Funk, Cam Birnie, Vic Dubois, Steve Chisholm, Neil Billinger, Carol Thomson, Keira Miller, Vanese Ferguson, Harv Friedenberger, Jason Pankewich, Ben Brooks, Jason Lee, Jackson Imrie, Gregger, Sarah Wallace, Matt Bradley, Clayton Kroeker, Pat Dubois, Jared Bowes, Juanita Sparks, Dustin Anderson, Kurtis Krowchuk, Mike Sands, Tim Kostiuk, Jamie Burke, Boyd Leedahl, Darrin Digness and many others too numerous to name!
Happy Holidays to my Saskatoon Blades co-horts – Mike Priestner, Colin Priestner, Steve Hildebrand, Dan Tencer, Tyler Wawryk, Tanner Chubey, Adam Ehrmantraut, Dan Da Silva, Andrew Sarauer, Jeff Harvey, Christine Bumstead, Blaine Whyte, Brayden Dahl, Brady Lake, Geoff Sarjeant, Jordy Jones, Luke Anderson, Travis Jenkins and all the players too numerous to mention and my room-mate on the room…when you add our ages together, it will soon add up to 140, which has to be the oldest room-mate combination in sports history…Jerome Engele!
Best of the season to my latest sports group that keeps me hopping in the summer, the Saskatoon Berries – Joe Carnahan, Heather Bury, all the players and the behind the scenes office staff types who were such a big help in the summer of ’24…Omran Wahidy, Amelia Johnson, Melissa Malin, Lauren Worobec, Erin Petrney and all the others whom I’m missing because I’m running out of time!
To all our broadcast sponsors, to the fans, all my broadcast colleagues around Western Canada and the U-S Pacific Northwest and assorted media, both locally and abroad – Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. This daily commentary returns on January 2nd, god willing!
Which is why I say- that’s my Parting Shot. I’m Les Lazaruk…and it turned out nice again!
