This week we will start off the Lions campground at
where we left last week and Black Bear. Members of the
do a little report on retiree's branch and the L.A. will
golf. Tuesday was another of combine their talents to
those beautiful swnmer days provide something for
when it is a treat to be out on everyone, from the wee ones
a golf course. Thirty-two of on up to the veterarl" memthe old brigade produced bers.
some snappy golf for six
You will be advised furballs handed out as prizes by ther on this by ads appearing
Rick Watkinson after it was in The Times in early Sepallover.
tember, so watch for them.
The competition was irons
only, low net, low gross,
Thoughts on the Golden
hidden hole, closest chip on City days: This past week,
No. 9 and the most honest. the committee was apWe had some golfers who proached by a local citizen
didn't relish playing with whose son serves in the
irons only but those who did armed services at the Coast
seemed to enjoy it. Low net with the suggestion a serwas won by Gil Page with a vices band take part in our
38. Low gross went to the parade. Dave Shaw's son,
week's organizer, Rick Terry, brought the subject
Watkinson. Lou Crowe and up in conversation with his
Archie McCannell shared dad and Dave took it to the
the hidden hole - low 3's on committee. However, in
No. 5 - Joe O'Connor was dealing with the services an
closest on No. 9 leaving his application must be in a year
chip shot about a foot from ahead ot time. Nevertheless
the pin; while Harry Sim- the idea will be pursued
pkinson was judged the most when the committee starts
honest.
organizing for the 1982
Bill Chartres and Archie celebration.
McCannell will mastermind
next week's outing which
In local soccer circles, the
will no doubt have a few Labatts' season has come to
surprises in store 'for the an end as Rossland went
faithful.
down to defeat at the hands
of the Trail Spurs by a 5-2
count on Saturday night in
A week ago today Chuck the first sudden-death
Harkness and I picked up playoff round. The Spurs will
Jack Molyneux and headed now tackle Cranbrook, the
out to the annual picnic for
retired Cominconians and
their friends which is
sponsored by Local 480 and
held at the Birchbank picnic
park.
I don't know if the event
was widely advertised or not
but since we went some of us
have been telling about the
fantastic .meal we had out
there along with- b ee
refreshments and a number
of people have wondered
why they didn't take advantage of the opportunity.
We had known about it for
some time and it seemed.to
be common knowledge
around Rossland.
Anyway, it was ipdeed a
pleasure for the people who
attended and from what I
heard it will become an
event which will be looked
forward to every year in the
future. The sponsors of the
event can be assured they
have the gratitude of all the
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league leaders in regular
season play and the local
boys will have to wait for
another season.
The concensus among the
fans seems to be that the
local team needs a nonplaying coach. This is in no
way meant to detract from
the efforts of this past
season's management, but a
coach who can concentrate
all his effort on the sidelines
can, in my estimation, do a
better job than one whose
time is divided between
playing and coaching.
Situations arose on occasion
during the season which
required a firm policy on the
part of coach and
management.
This one from a gent we
heard from Lethbridge the
other day: A cowboy riding
the range in years gone by
came upon an Indian with
his ear to the ground on a
wagon track. Asking what
the Indian was hearing, he
got this reply: Big wagon,
drawn by two horses, one
grey, one black, driven by
man, grey suit, black hat,
accompanied by woman,
white dress, blut bonnet. You
mean you get all that from
listening to the ground, said
the cowboy? "Hell, no," said
the Indian, " It run over me
half-hour ago! "

ve wondered
why they didn't take advantage of the opportunity.
We had known about it for
some time and it seemed.to
be common knowledge
around Rossland.
Anyway, it was indeed a
pleasure for the people who
attended and from what I
heard it will become an
event which will be looked
forward to every year in the
future. The sponsors of the
event can be assured they
have the gratitude of all the
older citizens who attended
and enjoyed not only the
sumptuous meal but also the
chance to meet all their old
acquaintances. It was really
something to see and hear
the sounds of people really .
enjoying themselves despite
the rather torrid temperature.
And we would like to add
our thanks to the members
of the local who worked so
hard to make it a memorable
day for all of us, it was a real
tribute to them that they
could carry it out as planned
despite union problems
which beset them at present.
Last Sunday Chuck and I,
accompanied by Jack "Red
Mountain" Cox, went on a
safari along some rough
mountain roads in search of
the elusive huckleberry.
Taking off from Rossland
around six a.m. we arrived
at the summit overlooking
the Sheep Creek Valley
before the sun was too high
and Chuck and Jack took off
into the bush while I picked
along the roadside. We all
came up with a nice bucket,
some of the best berries
we've seen in years.
We headed back to the
truck about 10 when to our
dismay, we learned that
Chuck had neglected to bring
the beer. Can you imagine
our chagrin to learn this
horrible fact? Some three to
four hours out in the bush
and he's forgotten the beer!
We would have gladly gone
for a Lite beer by almost
anyone about then.
We lost no time getting
back into town to correct
Chuck's oversight and in no
time at all we were back in
his apartment enjoying our
well-earned reward.
Oh, I have news of another
picnic which is coming up in
the near future, Branch No.
14 of the Legion will hold a
family picnic on Sept. 20 in