6-Trail Times-Friday, October 9, 1981
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On Sunday morning last I

received word that a very

good friend, Fred "Pop"
cutle, bad pused away in
Ca1gary after a abort illness.
Pop was 98 years old and I
would venture a guess that
be enjoyed every one of
them.

members of his family my
sympathy at their great loss.
I didn't meet him too often in
recent years but I always
looked forward to a visit
from him or with him.
Pamela Baines is an 11-

Tbit was the way lie year-old native Rosslander,
looted at life, put up the best a granddaughter of well-

abow you can and give

known Rossland sportsman,
evsybody elle the chance to Chess Edwards, she is also
do the same. I first met him an excellent swimmer with
in the early fifties when I the Trail-Warfield Stingrays
came to Roaland to live and because Rossland has no
I have cherished that . swim club.
friendship ever since.
Pamela bad an extremely
1'be last time I saw him successful summer at her
was a couple of years back favorite sport, over a sevenwhen I was visiting my weekend tour of different
denpter in Calgary; be Kootenay cities she a~
~ to to spend an af- cumulated 6 gold and 1 silver
· ternoon with him at his club, medal placing her at the top
an air force institution in the of the list of all girl swimlOllthwest part of the clty.
mers in the Kootenays, she
I remember the occasion also broke 15 pqol records in
ver, well; Pop regaled me the process.
wllll all kinds of stories from
'Ibis past summer she
bis put and we spent a very qualified for the provincial
pleaunt four or five hours. swim meet. in Vancouver,
. Probably my clearest where only the top 24
IDmlOI')' of him was when be swimmers in each age group
Uled to lin8 for us in the old are ellgible to compete. SHe
deys at Branch No. 14, he won two bronze medals and
bad a really fine lin8ing bad a fourth place finish.
voice and knew many songs
Because of her perby:i-rt.
formance she was named to
top served the branch as a a team representing B.C. to
bartender for a while and go against Alberta's best in
still a paid-up member Edmonton. Three swimmers
at: the time of bis death. I from each age group were
'"!'1ld like to ezprea to the named. She won four silver

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medals.
Pamela won the "most
valuable girl" trophy at the
Stingray banquet and award
presentation.
Other
Rossland kids swimming for
the Stingrays are Gordon
Baines, Wendy Schuck,
Tammy and Duncan Morris
and Deanna and Ken
MacArthur.
Pamela is to be
congratulated for her su~
cess in a bard and demanding sport; dedication is a
must for youngsters taking it
up on a competitive basis
and those are the ones who
succeed.
My column last week
caused several people to call
me and remonstrate on the
subject of the Beaver Valley
kids playing for Trail
Juniors. My point was taken
before I was aware that the
residence rule was not in
effect in the KIJHL and
these kids are free to play
wherever they decide to
throw in their loL
It would appear from last
Saturday's game out in the
valley that these kids on the
Nitebawks are able to take
care of themselves.
In the Warriors' convincing win over Grand
Forks on· Friday night in
Rossland young Doug
DeGans was really outstanding in the nets for the
Warriors. He held the
Rossland team hi the first
period when they were
outshot by the Bruins 17~.
The Warriors came out of
that period with a 1-0 lead
and from there on they
gained strength and easily
skated to a 10-1 victory.
Now, with two defeats in
, two games on foreign ice, the
Warriors return to the more
friendly confines of the
lwssland Arena for a game
with Spokane Flames
tonight. Then it's over to
Grand Forks where you bet
the Bruins will be looking for
revenge after that drubbing.
• Only time will tell but you
can imagine that this team

of Warriors are the start of a
different era for the club,
relying mainly on local
talenL This year's team
· looks as though they are
ready for anything, from the
opening games reported on
so far this season it looks as
though it's not going to be
easy, every team in the
league have run up some big
scores and the powerhouse
clubs like Trail and Cranbrook, Kimberley, Castlegar
and Spokane will probably
be as strong this time around
as they have been in the
past.
Up in the NHL the reshuffling of the teams into
different divisions is causing
some fans to beef, particularly those of the Toronto
Maple Leafs, who feel that
their team's arch-rivals, the
Canadiens, should still be in
the same division. I think
they will find out that their
team will have its bands
pretty full with .teams like
Detroit and Chicago, both of
whom seemed to do quite
well
in
pre-season
exhibitions.
The Canucks, who bad a
rather miserable pnHle&SOn
got off on the right foot with
a win over Colorado in their
opener and it would appear
that the re-alignment in their
division is a boon, mainly
because of the restricted
travel, especially the fact
that the two Alberta teams
are in the same group.

Well, the Expos made it to
the playoffs for the first time
and wouldn't it be something
if they progressed beyond
the first round, they have a
definite advantage in the
opening games which will be
played in the cbilly atmosphere of Olympic
Stadium, they just could win
the overall division title and
then they have to contend
with the Astros or Dodgers,
no mean feat either.
The Brewers and A's in the
American League final. How
does that grab you?

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