8-TrailTimes-Friday, February 27, 1981

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During the past week we
: who follow sports in the
· Kootenays have suffered a
great loss, the death of
; Ernie Gare, the gentleman
who resided in Nelson, but
the impact of whose personality was felt even
beyond the area of the
Kootenays, for his work in
the sports field.
. My son, Rick, attended
Notre Dame University
during Ernie's tenure as
. .41»hysical ed instructor there
~ and to say that he idolized
. Ernie would be putting it
mildly.
There must be hundreds
of young people all over
Canada today who have
benefitted from the teaching
of this fine athlete, so his
. memory will take a long,
long time to pass.
. ·: Probably best known for
•• his hockey playing ability,
• Ernie was outstanding in
many lines of athletic endeavor and the name of
Gare is being carried with
· pride by his hockey-playing
. sons. This comer would like
to express our heartfelt
· .sympathy to the members of
his family in their great
loss; men like Ernie Gare
don't happen along too of.

. ten.
Also during the past week,

: I bad the pleasure of going
to Grand Forks and taking
part in the Seniors Curling
playdowns. We were one of
three rinks who took part
from Rossland with Phil
Bateman and Angus Popplewell being the other rinks
to make the trip.
Phil bad Bob Stevenson,
Arnold Vanness and Richie
Watkinson on his rink while
Angus bad Jim Mauchline,
Jack Hook and Cleve
Cowland backing him up.
George Dyson was our skip,
Norm Harry was third, I
was second and Herb Castle
was our lead.
Lefty White of Nelson
gave us a bad licking in our
. first game but we seWed

down and lost only one of
our remaining four. Our
final game WU probably
our best as we came from
behind to tie Chess Edwards' rink from the host
club. Chess had Stan
Hewgill, Harry Thorpe and
Don Haymond, all former
Rosslanders, who all played
a good game. Our skip was
on top of his game and it
sure helped earn us the tie.
Trall's Roy Stone won the
competition with an unblemished 6-0 record. They
will continue on the trail
that has already earned
them several championships
in this class of curling and
our good wishes go with
them.
It was something like old
home week over there
meeting guys like Cec
Matheson and Art Snuggs.
We got a picture from the
Grand Forks paper of these
two along with Harry
Thorpe and Don Haymond
for a win in a previous
tourney over there. They're
quite a handsome group.
On the women's curling
front, Carol Albo has passed
along the present standings
in the Business Girls' Legue.
Beryl Davis is on top with
eight points followed by
Irene Dunlop with seven, Vi
Krest is next with six, then
come Jane Feeney, Arlene

Dyson and Phyllis Woodward, followed by Bev Bell
with three while Enza
Boutry and Donna Price
have two each.
For those who may be
wondering who won the
draws at the Winter Wonderland Spiel a week or so
back I got the information
yesterday from Fanny Albo.
'lbe winners were Eleanor
DeBruyn of Fruitvale, Joan
Allen of Trail and Marg
Rosse of Rossland.
Well, another Warrior
season has come and gone.
Saturday night the team will
hold its annual get-together
at the Parish Hall and
another season will go into
the record book.
This has been a season of
ups and downs and we saw a
number of new faces among
the ranks. Some of those
faces will not be back, some
we will remember for their
contributions to the team
effort, which at times was
· very good while at others it
lacked something. 'lbe age limit will lop off
some,
notably
Billy
Nazaroff, who has contributed his good share to
the Warrior cause. We
don't know at this time the
status of Rob Martin and
John Caron but these two
boys have played a large
part in whatever success the
Warriors did achieve during

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the past season. We would
also like to think that Marty
Lizzotte and Mike Bolton
would be back, but this is
problematical.
Doug DeGans proved
himself to be an outstanding
candidate for upcoming
seasons as a top netminder
around the KIJHL and Hoss
Drake, as always, bad his
great games.
Allan Simm bad a good
first season with the club
and will no doubt have more
to come and our boy from
Bay City' Bart Camaratta,
caught the spotlight on
various occasions. Bart is
not expected to be back as
university beckons.

'lbe status of Dale Bailey
and Terry Halisheff is not
known at present but both
boys did their share in the
Warrior cause; Brian Edwards showed us a lot of
improvement u the season
progressed and Jim
Nazaroff was his uual
rugged self.
'lbe two Terrys, Sander
and Maglio, came along late
in the season and showed a
lot of desire. H they return,
it will help.
'lbe Warriors' big loss will
be that of GM Jim Markle,
who will be bard to replace.
I for one will be interested to
know whom they will get to
take his place. '