Two events took place in
The new president of the
and around Rossland over Rossland club is Maurice
the weekend which are MacArthur, well-known for
worth a little space this his activites in Rossland's
week. Friday night was the minor sports and a charter
final meeting of the Golden member of the Llons in our
City Llons' Club before the town. Secretary Don Fraser,
annual summer break and informed the members that
took the form of a steak the club has raised and-or
barbecue at the Llons' spent around $8,000 during
campground.Thesecond,on the past year.
Saturday out at Sheep Creek,
--was the Kokanee Derby
When the fish derby
Club, formerly known as the started up years ago the
Orwell Derby Club. The emphasis was on a giant fish
organization has changed fry as the boys came in with
sponsors thus the name their catch. Nowadays, the
change.
meal we eat is composed of
Out at Black Bear the barbecued beef and all the
Llons of Rossland have done trimmings,and,ofcourse,a
a remarkable job waith the good supply of suds for
piece of swamp they took thirst-quenching.
over a few years back. A
An imprompty meeting
government grant which was held during the day at
they got early this year has which president Chris
made it possible to pave the Haynes appealed to the
access roads and a number members to refrain from
of the campsites and to add bringing along their own
more of them to make a total refreshments and patronize
of 18 in the park now.
the well-run bar on the site.
A fine new shelter and · That bar, by the way, was
brick barbecue, plus a halfdozen tables with benches,
have been erected with most
of the carpentry being done
by Don Fraser and the brick
work by Kevin Lafond.
Installation of the officers
for the coming year was also
performed after the supper,
then bocce was played until
quite late. In fact, I think the
last game was finished by
the light of the moon. Afterwards, we gathered round
the barbecue and had a singsong until midnight. The
cooking was supervised by
Gord Phillips with
assistance form Del Ferrell.
Incidentally, this was the
last official act of Del Ferrell
as he will be leaving shortly
for Penticton to take up his
new duties with the RCMP.
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run by long-time member of
the derby, Bob Glover. The
president mentioned that by
patronizing their bar the
members could help keep
the club in a solvent position.
The outlay for all those eats
must be quite a sum.
Games were played during
the day with bocce and
horseshoes being the most
popular, but the activity
which attracted the most
watchers was the greasypole climb. In this event
each team of climers was
given 10 minutes to erect a
pyramid of bodies around
the pole and have their
lightest and most agile
member climb over the
others to get to the tags tied
on a cross on the top and win
a dozen bottles of suds.
A team of young fellows
from Fruitvale were the first
to succeed in getting a man
to the peak and they were
followed by a Rossland
group led by Albert Bruce.
Another Rossland group led

by Joe Zanussi was unsuccessful despite two or
three tries. I'm told that this
group was the defending
champs. Maybe old age is
creeping up on you, Joe.
It was a fine day spent in
darn good company and I
even brought home six nice
fish. No, I didn't catch them;
they were donated to me by a
young fella I knew when he
was a little tyke trying to
find his way around a soccer
pitch. You'd never guess it
now. He's a brawny young
man from Canada's armed
services who really knows
his way around the Sheep
Creek Valley. His name is
Mark Topliff and he comes
by his fishing know-how
honestly. His dad, Whiz, is
among the best there is
around here.
Another event during the
past week was the Cominco

get-together, which gives us
retired people a chance to
renew our friendships made
while working on the hill.
This year's event was as
good or better than the
previous ones.