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Fint off, I bad better apolope for the boo-boo
I made regarding the Retirees Curling Club
meeting. It seems that the ice will not be in by Oct.
10, let alone have an open house. The idea was to
combine that, and the annual meeting into one
date. However, a date bas now been set and it is
going to be both events on Oct. 29. Now, regardless
of whether or not there is ice, the annual meeting
will take place on that date. Retirees who read this
and know some of our members who don't, should
make sure the information gets around.
There seems to be more people in Rossland
who might enjoy the Retirees Club now that they
no longer have to put in eight hours a day or the
equivalent. We members will certainly go out of
our way to make those thinking of joining very
welcome in our ranks. In fact, we'll give you the
red carpet treatment
1be Rossland Curling Association, the parent
body of all curling clubs in town, is holding a
meeting on Oct. 9 and there is no doubt there will
be additions to the current rules and rates. We can
only wait and see.
I understand there are a number of applications for the ice-makers job. We all like the
job that Mike Kraftcbick did for us last year and
hope he returns. Why change when you have
someone doing a more than adequate job.
The current task the Retirees Club have undertaken down at the goH course is proceeding with
everyone called upon pitching in to do the job of
collecting fees. We run a pretty good show down
there. The coffee pot is on most of the time and you
are always welcome to drop in to the little house
for a chin-fest. We don't know yet if the club anticipates lifting any leaves, if this is not done it will
considerably shorten our season. People do not
want to play when you can lose balls in the middle
of the fairway. Other than this though, the course is
in excellent shape. The greens are the best they've
been all year and the replacement job on No. 9 is
proceeding.

The start of the KIJHL season really caught
me off guard. I wasn't aware that it bad started
until I was talking to the Rossland manager, Gerry
Racicot, yesterday morning. The Warriors now
have played two regular season games and both
were losses. Beaver Valley Nitebawks scored sill:
fint-period goals enroute to an 11-7 win. On
Saturday a short-handed group of Warriors never
gave up but were eventually beaten by the Rebel in
castlegar 12-9. Gerry tells me the team bas added
more players and the coaches are looking for more
goals for and less against. Friday the team hosts
Columbia Valley, their fint game against an East
Kootenayteam.
Sometimes my wife says to me, "I think you're
doing too much." At times I think she's right, what
with winding up the golf season, working down at

the course, doing the odd stint when called upon at

the Legion, preparing for a coming curling season,
hockey games to watch, and then try to put it all
together into this weekly effort, but I love every
minute of il So I'll stay with it till something or
someone stops me.
And not expecting that to happen, I'm going to
say, 'Til next time, then'!

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