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This weekend the
Rossland Minor Hockey
AssociatiOD is sponsoring a
Pee Wee "B" tournament
at the arena. It will be a
six-team round-robin
tourney with teams from
Trail, Nelson, Spokane,
Castlegar and Grand Forks
joining the Rossland club
for a weekend of good
hockey.
The festivities started at
1 p.m. today with opening
ceremonies and the first
game to be televised on
Channel 10. Geoff Chambers, head of the RMHA,
passed along this information and stated that
the Rossland group were
hoping for a good turnout
for the games and to give
the Rossland people a good
look at how our kids stack
up against clubs from
neighboring towns.
Admission for the games
is very reasonable, with a
$2 pus letting one in for all
the games. Youths and

seniors will get all this for
$1.
So, come on out and see
our fancy new ~ o c k
work. It's all computerized
so it will take some of our
young computer whiz-kids
to operate it.
Seema we are really into
the swing of things at the
arena as the winter winds
down. Last week it was the
ice carnival with many
local kids doing their thing
and now we have another
treat in store for us.
Also at the arena this
weekend will be the
Legion's on~y 'spiel in
the curling rink, so one can
get a varied entertainment
package at little or no cost.
The Kokanee Derby Club
held its annual meeting
March 16 and elected a new
slate of officers for the
coming season, the
president will be Chris
Haynes and the executive
will be composed of Kim

Lafond, Brian Eyres and

Mark and Jeff Martin.
Membership tickets can be
bad from executive
members and tickets for
the annual Derby Day
raffle will be ready a while
later.
A good crowd was on
band for the meeting. Some
M members and 11 retirees
heard Graham Jones give a
talk on the problems the
club bas bad with some
residents of the Sheep
Creek area. He explained
that the people in the valley
are not taking a shot at
Derby Club members, they

are only interested in
keeping the creek clean.
Towards this end, the
wildlife offtclals will be
monitoring the creek on
Derby Day, taking samples
of the water before and
after to assure themselves
that the festivities are not
unduly spoiling the quality
of the creek.
The date for this year's

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derby is the last weekend in
June.
This year a memorial
trophy will be struck to
honor former club members who have died and it
will go to the best deer
taken by a retiree. Another
new one will be in the Black
bear category, a first for
the growing club.
This year, for the first
time, the club will offer its
services to assist in some
way with the promotion of
Rossland's Golden City
Days.
March 14, members of
the Grand Forks Curling
Club in the retiree category
visited our Rossland
retirees and a good day's
curling fun was enjoyed.
Only two of our rinks
managed wins out of eight
games played. Russ
Broughton and Cy
Dekuysscber were the
successful skips, but this
does not mean our guys
were outclassed. Some real

ding~long battles were
waged right down to the
last rock.
A real bang-up lunch of
cold meats, cheese, pickles
and buns was enjoyed and
a lot of good-natured
banter was the order of the
day. A lot of the Grand
Forks curlers are from
Christina Lake where quite
a number of Rossland and
Trail people have taken up
residence upon retirement
It makes for many pleasant
tales of days when we all
worked together on the hill
Two games remain in ow:
retirees' schedule for the
'83-84 season and then w~
will bold our windUR
banquet at the Legion afte1:
a fine seasn. I would like to
stress how much it ~
been enjoyed to help whil~
away many hours of ow:
ample spare time.
A number of our members changed their curling
shoes for golf spikes on
Monday and played ~
Birchbank course. From
all reports it was a fine day
and thoroughly enjoyed by
those who made it. I bear
the course is in excellent
condition and am looking
forward to my first trip out
there.
As spring approaches our
thoughts turn to baseball;
soccer and the summer
sports, fishing for those
who enjoy that. Those who
like gardening, the time for
planting · will soon be at
hand and the lawn mower
will be taken out of its
hiding place to afford some
added activity during the
coming months to replace
the snow shovel.
So with those thoughts to
keep you busy, I'll say, like
I do most weeks, 'till next
• time, then!'