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As I write this column
Christmas Day bas come
and gone. The holiday bas
been a quiet one for the
Peppers this time around.
Our family bas all been
occupied with their own
growing families and Mum
and I like it too well in
Rossland to consider
leaving tQ go on a long bus
trip to Brooks, Alta., or to
the Coast during the winter

season.
So, we did a little job of
decorating our new home
and enjoyed the company
of friends and the taste of
good food and drink. When
spring shows signs of
coming to Ros.,land maybe
we'll ~ e a trip one way
or the other. I'll try to fit it
in between the end of the
curling season and the
opening of the upper golf
course.
I don't want anyone to
think that we don't love our
kids and their families, we
do indeed, but a fellow has
to put things in perspective, curling and golf
mean quite a lot too.
Another thing I hate to

miss is a Warrior home
game. In my younger days
I liked to travel with the
youngsters but nowadays I
prefer to be a home fan.
Over the years our
Warrion have provided me
with a lot of excellent
entertainment and I look
forward to a lot more of the

same.

While on the ·subject of
the Warriors, they seem to
be saving their wins for the
other teams' fans this
season. 'lbeir last two wins
have ccme in away games
but I have to say that the
game played with
Columbia Valley last
Friday · evening was
definitely one of the best
any Warrior fan co~ wish
for. Now I just want to see
them beat the Castlegar
Rebels. They are tlie only
team in our division they
haven't been able to beat
yet this season.
Last week I mentioned
the Warrior alumni game
which will take place
before you read this, Dec.
'El, I hope to see a good
crowd out for this one,
some of the boys from the

days gone by are already in
town and r.m thinking this
one will be a real good one
to watch. I hear I'm slated
for the statistics box,
probably with Kenny
Stanton for my partner.
In the. realm of Retirees
Curling in Rossland we
shall be back in action
again on Jan. 3 and all
signs point to a new winner
of this competition. Angus
Popplewell's foursome is
having some difficulty this
time around and we will
probably aee SCJme011e else
taking top place this time.
Also, we shall in all
probability see a couple of
new faces in the secondhalf lineup, Norm Harry
and Lloyd "Whitetail"
McLellan have signified
they are ready to try it out.
Norm has had a leg
problem which kept him
out during the first half and
Lloyd has decided to give it
another try. There are a
couple more who may join ,
us too.

And seening as this is a
short week and I'm a day
late with my copy it's time
I said, Till next week, then!