He was a veteran of the U. S. Army during the Korean conflict.
Friends of the late Skip Kiffer of East Hickory have established a partnership in his memory with the Tidioute Fishing Tournament and its annual Junior Fishing Derby held in conjunction with the state championship fishing tournament. The memorial has been established to recognize Kiffer's love of fishing and hunting, and particularly fishing for native brookies. His days of fishing, hunting, timber cutting, log hauling, truck driving, wood splitting and quiet concern for the well-being of his friends and neighbors, ended February 14, 2000, at his home, following a two-month battle with cancer. The decision to create the memorial came during a memorial weekend of good food, fellowship and nickel/dime poker at Camp Slip-Away situated on his favorite trout stream at Queens. During that weekend, the camp was renamed Camp Skip-Away, and a Poker Pot was established at a quarter a pot. Funds from the pot will be donated to the Junior Fishing Derby Committee to purchase trout for the derby, to be held this year [2000] on Saturday, September 22, 9 am to noon, on Tidioute Creek, above the confluence with the Allegheny River. Friends of Skip Kiffer will donated a minimum of $250 this year and share the cost of $500 with the Lions Club of Tidioute to purchase 500 trout. Friends of Skip Kiffer have recognized his passion for following the tiniest of streams from headwaters to confluence, named or unnamed, in search of the native brookie, which he considered the prettiest, most tenacious--inch for inch--of all game fishes. He sought the native brookie streams, also, to escape the thundering herds of early season. Names like McGuire, Thompson, Queens, Upper Sheriff, Slater, Hemlock and Blue Eye were magic to him. When bigger streams had healed from their trampling, he moved in with his 8-1/2 ft. fly rod to tempt trophy trout with his secret lure, on streams where others then might fear to tread. Anyone wishing to support the memorial may contact Bob Clever, 463-9329. Long range plans of Friends of Skip Kiffer are to establish an annual Skip Kiffer Memorial Kids Trout Fishing Derby, and to continue to support the Junior Fishing Derby. (Forest Press, March 8, 2000)
Friends of the late Skip Kiffer of East Hickory have established a partnership in his memory with the Tidioute Fishing Tournament and its annual Junior Fishing Derby held in conjunction with the state championship fishing tournament. The memorial has been established to recognize Kiffer's love of fishing and hunting, and particularly fishing for native brookies. His days of fishing, hunting, timber cutting, log hauling, truck driving, wood splitting and quiet concern for the well-being of his friends and neighbors, ended February 14, 2000, at his home, following a two-month battle with cancer. The decision to create the memorial came during a memorial weekend of good food, fellowship and nickel/dime poker at Camp Slip-Away situated on his favorite trout stream at Queens. During that weekend, the camp was renamed Camp Skip-Away, and a Poker Pot was established at a quarter a pot. Funds from the pot will be donated to the Junior Fishing Derby Committee to purchase trout for the derby, to be held this year [2000] on Saturday, September 22, 9 am to noon, on Tidioute Creek, above the confluence with the Allegheny River. Friends of Skip Kiffer will donated a minimum of $250 this year and share the cost of $500 with the Lions Club of Tidioute to purchase 500 trout. Friends of Skip Kiffer have recognized his passion for following the tiniest of streams from headwaters to confluence, named or unnamed, in search of the native brookie, which he considered the prettiest, most tenacious--inch for inch--of all game fishes. He sought the native brookie streams, also, to escape the thundering herds of early season. Names like McGuire, Thompson, Queens, Upper Sheriff, Slater, Hemlock and Blue Eye were magic to him. When bigger streams had healed from their trampling, he moved in with his 8-1/2 ft. fly rod to tempt trophy trout with his secret lure, on streams where others then might fear to tread. Anyone wishing to support the memorial may contact Bob Clever, 463-9329. Long range plans of Friends of Skip Kiffer are to establish an annual Skip Kiffer Memorial Kids Trout Fishing Derby, and to continue to support the Junior Fishing Derby. (Forest Press, March 8, 2000)
He was a veteran of the U. S. Army during the Korean conflict.
Friends of the late Skip Kiffer of East Hickory have established a partnership in his memory with the Tidioute Fishing Tournament and its annual Junior Fishing Derby held in conjunction with the state championship fishing tournament. The memorial has been established to recognize Kiffer's love of fishing and hunting, and particularly fishing for native brookies. His days of fishing, hunting, timber cutting, log hauling, truck driving, wood splitting and quiet concern for the well-being of his friends and neighbors, ended February 14, 2000, at his home, following a two-month battle with cancer. The decision to create the memorial came during a memorial weekend of good food, fellowship and nickel/dime poker at Camp Slip-Away situated on his favorite trout stream at Queens. During that weekend, the camp was renamed Camp Skip-Away, and a Poker Pot was established at a quarter a pot. Funds from the pot will be donated to the Junior Fishing Derby Committee to purchase trout for the derby, to be held this year [2000] on Saturday, September 22, 9 am to noon, on Tidioute Creek, above the confluence with the Allegheny River. Friends of Skip Kiffer will donated a minimum of $250 this year and share the cost of $500 with the Lions Club of Tidioute to purchase 500 trout. Friends of Skip Kiffer have recognized his passion for following the tiniest of streams from headwaters to confluence, named or unnamed, in search of the native brookie, which he considered the prettiest, most tenacious--inch for inch--of all game fishes. He sought the native brookie streams, also, to escape the thundering herds of early season. Names like McGuire, Thompson, Queens, Upper Sheriff, Slater, Hemlock and Blue Eye were magic to him. When bigger streams had healed from their trampling, he moved in with his 8-1/2 ft. fly rod to tempt trophy trout with his secret lure, on streams where others then might fear to tread. Anyone wishing to support the memorial may contact Bob Clever, 463-9329. Long range plans of Friends of Skip Kiffer are to establish an annual Skip Kiffer Memorial Kids Trout Fishing Derby, and to continue to support the Junior Fishing Derby. (Forest Press, March 8, 2000)
Friends of the late Skip Kiffer of East Hickory have established a partnership in his memory with the Tidioute Fishing Tournament and its annual Junior Fishing Derby held in conjunction with the state championship fishing tournament. The memorial has been established to recognize Kiffer's love of fishing and hunting, and particularly fishing for native brookies. His days of fishing, hunting, timber cutting, log hauling, truck driving, wood splitting and quiet concern for the well-being of his friends and neighbors, ended February 14, 2000, at his home, following a two-month battle with cancer. The decision to create the memorial came during a memorial weekend of good food, fellowship and nickel/dime poker at Camp Slip-Away situated on his favorite trout stream at Queens. During that weekend, the camp was renamed Camp Skip-Away, and a Poker Pot was established at a quarter a pot. Funds from the pot will be donated to the Junior Fishing Derby Committee to purchase trout for the derby, to be held this year [2000] on Saturday, September 22, 9 am to noon, on Tidioute Creek, above the confluence with the Allegheny River. Friends of Skip Kiffer will donated a minimum of $250 this year and share the cost of $500 with the Lions Club of Tidioute to purchase 500 trout. Friends of Skip Kiffer have recognized his passion for following the tiniest of streams from headwaters to confluence, named or unnamed, in search of the native brookie, which he considered the prettiest, most tenacious--inch for inch--of all game fishes. He sought the native brookie streams, also, to escape the thundering herds of early season. Names like McGuire, Thompson, Queens, Upper Sheriff, Slater, Hemlock and Blue Eye were magic to him. When bigger streams had healed from their trampling, he moved in with his 8-1/2 ft. fly rod to tempt trophy trout with his secret lure, on streams where others then might fear to tread. Anyone wishing to support the memorial may contact Bob Clever, 463-9329. Long range plans of Friends of Skip Kiffer are to establish an annual Skip Kiffer Memorial Kids Trout Fishing Derby, and to continue to support the Junior Fishing Derby. (Forest Press, March 8, 2000)
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