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Trail Times - Friday, January 22, 1982

ly Monday morning a
of cars left Rossland
· g 16 members of
's Retirees Curling
were headed for
orks to answer an
n extended to them
ir opposite counb!nl\Al'1tci in the border city.
e same afternoon
turned to Rossland
very satisfying visit,
of curling, a great
lots of camaraderie a
es in which the
on was keen.
'Forks club had
members out for
, so in order that
e get a chance to
pate they rotated
every which way
ryone got to play. All
t was the kind of thing
makes curling such a
game; most of us
not be able to enjoy a
vig9rous type of acso curling really fills
. I have not seen any
cs on the matter, but I
hazard a guess the
Retirees curlers are
r by year. One
for sure, you never
lose your eligibility to
belong. If you enjoy the
pme, the fun that goes
along with it and the comJIIDY, you can play it until

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death:
One of Rossland's
members who made the trek
to the 'Forks was George
Nixon. George must be
among the oldest members
of our club ranking right up
there with Leo · Telfer.
George ' doesn't get around
too good, be has some ·
problems with his lower .
extremities. But don't ever
count him out; he's into
every game and he faces an
awesome climb every
Tuesday and Thursday
morning in order to get to the
rink. Some lesser people
might bum a ride, but not
George.
I guess the reason we feel
an affinity for the Grand
Forks club is quite a bunch
of the members are former
Rosslanders now living at
Chris tin a
Lake
in
retirement. There are guys
like Stan Hewgill, Ches
Edwards, Harry Thorpe and
Don Haymond. All once lived
among us in the Golden City.
Cec Matheson is from
Warfield and there are quite

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a number of former fellow
workers from the Hill who
make the beautiful lake area
their retirement home.
Grand Forks is the natural
rendezvous when they go
looking for things to fill in
their spare time.
Ches Edwards- asked our
president, Cleve Cowland,
when they were going to be
invited back. Cleve was right
on with his answer, he
mentioned July 3, citing the
possibility that those who
curl~ in the morning could
play a round of golf on the
upper course in the afternoonandviceversa.
Actually, that's not a bad
idea, everyplace else around
the country is going in for
summer extravaganzas in
their ice palaces, why
shouldn't Rossland get intot
the act?
Turning to hockey, it was a
long time coming but the
Warriors finally subdued
those pesky Nite Hawks
from out in the valley and
they did it on the Hawks'

adds another dimension to
the already complicated
drive for a playoff spot in the
West division. Another win
for the Warriors on their
home pond on Friday could
really cause a logjam for the
third and fourth spots.
From here on it will have
to be "play them one game
at a time, giving every
fixture the most that they
can muster". After Friday's
game they will not meet
their vying competition for
the last two playoff spots
again in the regular
schedule, so it will be a
matter of concentrating on
winning their games and
hoping the rest of the league
keeps the other two teams
busy.
The away games with
Grand Forks and Creston
which should loom as
possible satisfying wins will
not be able to be taken
lightly,neitherofthoseteams
have much hope left for postseason play, but in this
position they have nothing to
lose by playing to the hilt.
Their meetings with the
top teams don't give the
Warriors any time for
relaxation. Two games with
the high-Tiying Nelson
Juniors, home and away,
will be no easy matter and
while they won both of their
previous meetings with the
Kimberley Knights and
Rockies, both these teams
are really rolling these days.
The Golden City Lions
Clqb teamed up with a good
crowd of Rossland residents
on Saturday to raise some
good money for the crippled
children. And at the same
time showed some of those
chllden a good time with
snowmobile rides and then
took them in for a real feed
at the Rossland Motel.

President Gord Phillips of
the Lions told me a good
number of Lions' members
were active Saturday
morning at the Lion park at
Black Bear to assist with the
kiddies and Henry and Suzie
Lotecki did a great job on the
catering end. He also expressed a wish to say thanks
to the Rossland people whp
turned out for the dance and
also a special thanks to the
musical group known as
"Sundance", for donating
their services on behalf of
the drive for the Cripple
Children Fund.
The big day, of course, wil
be Feb. 14, that is
Snowarama day when th
Lions and the snowmobilers
stage the ride for the bi
bucks. An annual affair on
the kids behalf, in which, this
year, they are getting extra
help from other area Lions
clubs.
During the past week or so
we have heard of numero
deeds of derring-do as
Canada's skiing athletes
have been well to the fore in
meets in Europe and Japan.
Gerry Sorenson, Horst
Bulau, Steve Podborski and
Ken Read and our own
DeeDee Haight from
Fruitvale, are all names to
conjure with as they do the·
thing around the world o
the slopes.
Flash!! The Rossland big
school curling team won the
right to represent the Wes1
~ootenay in high school
playdowns by winning the
area championship in Nelsori
last weekend. The rink of
Troy Albo, Mark Allen,
Darren Albo and Gordie
Ross will now play the ~
Kootenay for the right t~
advance along the playoff
trail.