...there. Helived in Rocky Mount, Virginia at the time of his death.Leslie was preceded in death by his father, Max Swearingen, brother EricSwearingen, ex wife Rhonda Batchelder and their baby daughter Erica, and exwife Jacque Sue Butler...

...Viola will be inducted into the Peninsula Oilers Hall of Fame along with Steve Glaum, Rick Peters, Ron Malston and Max Swearingen at the 2011 Peninsula Oilers Gusher at the "Old Carrs" Kenai Mall. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The Gusher returns...

...Hale, past president of the Oiler board of directors. This year's Oiler Hall of Fame inductees included the late Max Swearingen, former owner with Pat O'Connell and Dick Morgan of the Peninsula Clarion, Ron Malston, who served on the Oilers...

...a pressman at the Anchorage Daily News, but made frequent trips to Kenai to help the Clarion with their press. ?Max Swearingen flew me down to operate the press,? Honea said of the former general manager. ?I told him I?d like to take...