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Playfair Extension Sought

An amendment to the proposed state budget aimed at lengthening the horse racing season in Spokane is still alive. The amendment attached by State Sen. Jim West, R-Spokane, stipulates no money goes to the Washington Horse Racing Commission unless the state's three major racing associations, including Playfair, receive at least 60 days with state-wide simulcasting.
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Tri-City Ends Chiefs’ Season Tough Call Costs Spokane

Trent Whitfield's desperate 35-foot slap with 1:08 to go pulled the Spokane Chiefs into an improbable overtime Thursday night. But after Whitfield and the Chiefs rallied for three goals in the third period to tie their Western Hockey League West Division semifinal at 4 in regulation, the issue went back to Terry Ryan in overtime.
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Bergsrud Implicates His Ex-Agent Banished Jockey Testifies Agent Nelson Inquired About Fixing Playfair Horse Races

Suspended jockey Scott Bergsrud testified Tuesday that his former agent asked him if he was interested in "making some extra money" by withholding his mount in a 1993 race in Spokane. The agent, LeRoy Nelson, is appealing a Washington Horse Racing Commission suspension of his license in a hearing at the state attorney general's office in Spokane. Nelson, of Vancouver, Wash., was one of six who were suspended last June for alleged race fixing at Playfair Race Course in November 1993.
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Hockey Changes Rankle A Legend

Frank Mahovlich spends a couple of minutes dealing with the changes in the game he grew up with before he's leaning back in his chair and throwing up his hands. "You're going to get my blood boiling way too early," he said, laughing. The current of the conversation is rerouted.
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Budget Provision May Help Playfair

The $18 billion state budget that passed through the Senate Friday includes a provision that could lead to relief for embattled Inland Northwest thoroughbred horse trainers and owners.
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Langkow Hopes To Take Tri-City On Playoff Ride

The Tri-City Americans have never stepped beyond the first round of the Western Hockey League playoffs. Daymond Langkow is beginning to take the plight of the 7-year-old franchise personally.
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Area Horsemen Continue Fight For August Racing Dates But With Time Running Out, Chances Look Remote For Changes This Year

With time running out on their drive to lengthen the 1995 racing season, Spokane horse people say they'll turn down the rhetoric without sacrificing their resolve. Leaders of the Organization for the Preservation of Horse Racing in the Northwest (OPHRN) met Thursday to talk strategy and vent their frustration - privately - in the wake of a disappointing decision by the Washington Horse Racing Commission. The commission on Tuesday reaffirmed 1995 racing dates at Playfair Race Course that restrict Inland Northwest horsemen to 50 days from Sept. 6 to Nov. 27.
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Despite Fast Start, Chiefs Can’t Finish Tacoma’s Varada Gets In On Four Goals As Rockets Win Whl First Round Playoff Game, 5-2

For 20 minutes Saturday night, Spokane flirted with the unrealistic - twice taking first-period leads in a game that could have put the fifth-place Chiefs two games up on the two higher seeds in Round One of the Western Hockey League playoffs. But Vaclav Varada's soft hands played roles in four Tacoma goals, and Todd MacDonald rejected 36 shots as the Rockets came from behind and won going away, 5-2.
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Call It Present Considerations Mccabe Deal Pays Off Sooner Than Expected

When the Spokane Chiefs dealt all-star defenseman Bryan McCabe to the Brandon Wheat Kings on Feb. 2, the universal reaction was that Spokane traded the present for the future. McCabe went to Brandon for defenseman Adam Magarrell and impressive future considerations, including a first- and second-round pick in the bantam draft. The surprise is that, heading into tonight's playoff opener with the Tri-City Americans at the Coliseum, the Chiefs are 13-4-3 since dealing McCabe.
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Without Question, Whl Hard To Figure

With the stakes raised, will two highly skilled players - Daymond Langkow and Terry Ryan - turn up aces for the Tri-City Americans? Will the Tacoma Rockets falter in March, again?
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Sen. West Tells Racing Group He’s Not The Enemy Lawmaker Holds Out Hope For Change As Whrc Meets To Review 1995 Dates

The co-chairman of a horsemen's organization that is lobbying for an acceptable racing season in Spokane criticized State Sen. Jim West on Saturday. On Monday, West fired back. West was criticized for failing to support legislation backed by the East Side horsemen's group, the Organization for the Preservation of Horse Racing in the Northwest (OPHRN).
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Ceremony Honors Spokane’s Best

The Spokane Chiefs won the 1991 Memorial Cup under Bryan Maxwell and Sunday night 5,249 fans thanked him for it. Maxwell, former coach of the Chiefs, was one of 52 former players, coaches and support types honored in a 30-minute ceremony prior to the Spokane Chiefs-Prince George Cougars game.
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Area Horsemen Still Unsure Of Future

Inland Northwest horsemen have organized and become politicized in the three months since their 1995 racing season in Spokane was restricted to 50 days. They are, however, probably no closer to improving their race dates than they were in December.
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Chiefs Build For Whl Playoffs With 31st Win

Just exactly when it happened is anybody's guess, but at some point in the last month the future became now for the surging Spokane Chiefs. Scoring strikes by Darren Sinclair, Jeremy Stasiuk and Cougar killer Jason Podollan - and another strong night in goal by backup netminder David Lemanowicz - carried the Chiefs to a 3-0 Western Hockey League win over Prince George on Saturday night in the Coliseum.
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Jet Setters ‘70 Club Was Ahead Of Its Time

1. (Color) Jets commemorative poster by Barros Photography, produced by Dave Pier and Don Jamieson 2. (Color) Members of the 1970 Spokane Jets, front row from left: Carl Cirullo, George Talotti, Dan Scherza, Dave Cox. Back row, from left: Gail Holden, Buddy Bodman, Vince Collins, Gordon Turlik, Tom Hodges, Larry Palanio, Tom Rendall. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review 3. Buddy Bodman, who had a reputation for mixing it up on the ice, puts pressure on goal in the Allan Cup title series. File/The Spokesman-Review 4. Coach Al Rollins, standing, and captain Tom Hodges, with hand on chin, witness history at the Spokane Coliseum. File/The Spokesman-Review 5. Buddy Bodman is on the bottom, but the Jets ended up on top. File/The Spokesman-Review