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By the time you read this the Annistice Day
parade and all the reminiscing that goes with it will
all be over for another year. This past Sunday night,
the Ladies' Auxiliary of Branch No. 14 entertained
61 veterans to a royal supper - an event they have
practised for many years now and it seems to get
better with age.
A really great meal of beef, ham, turkey and all
the trimmings was there for any gourmet's
satisfaction. Paddy Flood was in charge of the
paddle award ceremony and he chose Cleve
Cowland to succeed him for the upcoming year. One
of our members who came along last night claims
he is rapidly becoming quite an expert with a
slingshot - shades of David and Goliath - Frank
Kirk tells me he has reached the point now where he
can pick off partridges on the walng. Maybe next
year Frank will catch. Cleve's eye at ceremony
time.
After the meal was over, Dick Bourchier got
busy on the piano and by the time he had warmed up
he had attracted quite a choir. It seemed the warmer he got the larger the group. Maybe some of the
world-be singers were slightly off-key but at that
kind of a celebration no one worries about that and
it seemed everyone bad an excellent time. I know
Bart and Carl, bartenders for the evening; were
kept on their toes.
Retirees curling is now under way and so far we
have had no casualty reports. We opened on
Thursday, Nov. 6 with a full complement of games.
This Wednesday we shall put on two games and then
commence our regular five-84ly, twice-a-week,
schedule until each team has completed nine
games. We usually manage a 36-game schedule plus
visitations from other clubs around the Kootenays
and probably a final bolllpiel and supper within the
club.
It makes for a pretty good winter at something
we all enjoy. While the young people polish up their
ski equipment, we of the aging bones category get
our brooms and brushes in shape, dig out our winter
woolies and warm sweaters, and get our eyes and
arms in focus and shape for another curling winter.
It makes for a lot of good times with after-game
drinks and discussion about the shots we missed and
of course, the ones we made.
The Warriors really pulled one out on Friday
evening as we watched a spunky comeback on the
part of both teams as we have seen in a long time. A
1-1 tie after one period as the Kimberley goalie kept
Rossland at bay despite the fact they could have had
quite a lead The Warriors added four in the second
only to have Kimberley come back ith four of their
own, as they got to netminder Larry Simm. Tied at
five at the buzzer, Rossland's super-sniper, Dallas
Drake, put one high to Richard King's left side and
Rossland celebrated a 6-6 win.
Next week we shall probably have a better
picture of the current curling situation. The Legion
bonspiel which was to have been in December has
now been displaced by the Men's Zone playdown
which Rossland is hosting this time and the dates
were apparently scrambled As I said, I shall have
something more definite after our meeting of the
retirees. The Masters Zone ,rJIS also to have been
playecJ in Rossland ~ year, however, I got word ~.
from Angus Popplewell that that event is in danger
of being moved, possibly to Nelson. However, that's
how the old saying goes, ''All these things are sent
to try us" and we may have to try again.
And with that I'll say
'Til_
next_
time,_
then!
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