AS I SEE IT
WITH

HARRY PEPPER
With Minor Hockey and the
Junior Warriors finished for
the season and the lull between
seasons approaching, the fel· lows who control the R.C.A .A.
are providing us with some
interesting items of news.
George Dyson, a gent who is
never lost for an idea , has
come up with another first in
this area . Saturday and Sunday
the men who operate the Arena
will sponsor a mixed bonspiel
in which there will be no handpicked teams, everyone entering the two-day, three-game
guaranteed event , will go into
the hat and teams will be drawn .
Entry feel will be a dollar a
head, plus 10~ for every lost
end , so it will mean that should
anyone be so unlucky as to
lose every end in the three
games it will cost no more
than four bucks each, in most
.cases about $2.50 each or $10
a rink will be the total cost.
A social evening and prizes
will also have a place in this

wing-ding , which should provide all who enter a chance to
have some fun and games .
It is hoped by the sponsors
to have 16 rinks and the deadline for entries will be midnight , tonight, so everyone who
learns about this event by reading these lines should get right
on the phone to George and get
your name entered.
The proposed skate-athon
will take place the following
weekend, and pledge cards are
now being circulated around
town by people interested in
entering. All in all , it will be
a great stride in the right direction, and I hope it will have
the desired effect which the
sponsors look for .
At least it will show the
members of city government
that the R.C.A.A. is not sitting
on their thumbs waiting for
some kind of a windfall to save
their Arena.
Another sport which should
be swinging into stride in another month or so, minor soccer, was the subject of a meeting in Trail last week . Owing
to the fact that we in Rossland
are going to be awfully shorthanded for executive personnel
this season, unless something

ent and suggested that some of
his executive take his place in
the prexy ' s seat next year .
Jim felt that there were lots
of good looking prospects for
the president 's chair but the
only thing is to get someone to
accept. This question will be
solved at the annual meeting to
be held in the week of April 10
to 14 and nominees will be
produced by a nominating com mittee composed of Lloyd McLellan, Bill Profili and Bert
Molnar .
The president ' s remarks
were followed by the presentation of awards in all divisions,
starting with the Peewee Pup
section of the Association in
which there were two awards .
The Most Improved Player Award went to Gary Rivett and
the Most Valuable to Peter
Corrado.
In the Peewee division there
were three trophies. The Most
Improved went to Bruce McKay
and in the House League the
Most Valuable was Richie Samuelson who also won the scoring
title . The Pee Wee Reps had
their own Most Valuable Player , diminutive goalie Danny
McFarland .
The Most Improved Bantam
Trophy , donated by theA .O.T .S
was won by Terry Grose and
the Most Valuable Bantam Trophy , the long lost Drake Dairy
award was won by another goalie . The trophy was presented
by Mrs . Jack Drake , who also
was one of the main cogs in the
machine which produced the
fine supper , and it went to
Ronnie Cox , a popular win .
Rossland has long been
blessed with fine young goalies
and not the least candidate for
hockey fame was the winner of
the Most Valuable Midget Trophy, donated by the Rotary and
presented by Rotarian Jack Fisher. It was won by part-time
Junior Warrior goalie , Jackie
Wert .

unforseen happens , we did not
send a delegate . This fact was
noted in the copies of minutes
sent along to me by incoming
president Cy Lambert ofRossland and secretary-treasurer
Don Finnestad of Trail.
Headed " Soccer News " and
expected to be a regular item
in the coming season , the brief
says, "All but one area was
represented at the annual meeting of the west Kootenay Arna teur Soccer Ass 'n held in Trail ,
March 8th, Rossland being absent.
Although playing fields are
still covered with snow , plans
were made for another active
season. With some 400 boys
involved,
many
important
things need to be done .
The 1972 executive is C. F.
Lambert, Pres ., Andy Grant
Vice-Pres ., Don Finnestad Secy-Treas .
Area representatives from
Castlegar, Genelle , Montrose ,
Fruitvale, Samo, Nelson and
Trail were asked to have team
entries in by April 3rd . Scheduling of the large number of
teams is then the next big job .
Scheduling will be in the
hands of Bill Reed of Trail ,
Andy Grant of Genelle and Richard Eggars of Nelson .
Let' s get off to a good start
for another soccer s eason .''
A meeting will be called
this coming week to formulate
Ross land 's Minor Soccer plans .
Last Friday , the Minor Hockey players held their big night ,
in the form of the first Annual
Minor Hockey Banquet. It was
attended by some 200 Minor
Hockey kids representing some
four divisions plus their coaches and some guests .
After a fine meal put on by
the ladies of the Oddfellows
order, president Jim Markle
called the gathering to order
with a couple of blasts on his
referee' s whistle . He told the
boys that he had enjoyed his
tenure as president of Minor
Hockey and voiced the opinion
that he felt two years was
enough in the office of presid -

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After these presentations
were completed a draw was
made to dispose of four old
sets of goalie equipment and
the lucky (?) winners were Doug
Phillips , Campbell Atkinson,
Danny Wood and Robbie Martin.
With the festivities over , an
impromptu meeting was held
and one of the highlights was
the request by Warrior manager Lido Bertoia, that the
Junior " B" squad come under
the banner of the Minor Hockey
organization during the coming
year . This question will be
given full coverage at the coming annual meeting .
One of the things which I
like about kids , especially the
wee ones , happened on Friday
night when Jim Markle called
on two ladies to receive corsages . Mrs. Greta Cox and Mrs .
Vi Krest were given a thunderous ovation as they had their
corsages pinned on them by
their sons Ronnie and Donnie .
The tourists who are heading
for Alaska were spearheaded
by an advance guard to Seattle
this morning, the balance of
the team are leaving tonight.
Good flying and good luck ,
fellas !
Meetings of the local Little
League Baseball Association
and Girls ' Softball are taking
place this week . The Little
League was held last night, and
tonight the girls gather at the
Skiers Den below the Allan
Hotel at 7.30 p.m.