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During the last week or

so the upper course has had
a veritable deluge of falling
leaves and this has rendered it almost unplayable,
so much so in fact that the
Retirees Curling Club of
Rossland which has been
policing its use and
collecting green fees, has
seen fit to pull its members
off the job down there.
So we say goodbye to our
grand old course for
another year. I hope the
executive of the club will
take a close look at the
course before another
season starts and realize
that a little thought for
those member who play
here rather than the ball
park at Birchbank get the
kind of treatment they
deserve. All the course
needs is a break to make it
once more a mecca for
local golfers and tourists
alike.
As a concerned member
of the RTGC put it: "The
Retirees took in a fair
amount of money on the
upper course . since its
closure but had to give up
when the leaves started
falling as they had been
warned the club had no
intention of picking them
up. Hopefully the money
turned over to the club will
be gainfully spent at the
upper course."
When the snow started
coming down over the past
weekend our Retirees in
Rossland turned their
thoughts to our winter
pastimes, some to skiing
and others to curling. At a
meeting held on Tuesday
morning the members
heard what has transpired
so far in the efforts of the
city to turn over the curling
facilities in Rossland to the
four clubs which have
formed an association.
The Men's Club, the
Mixed, the Afternoon
Ladies and the Retirees are
putting up money to get the
association off the ground
and will hire an ice maker
to run their business for
them. A certain amount of
the mundane chores like

cleaning and pebbling will
be done by the club
members as well as some
minor janitorial jobs. The
Monday night Business
Girls Club was unable to
put up the required amount
of money but will go along
and work with the
association and hopefully
get in on any benefits that
accrue.
The other clubs in the
area who have followed the
same pattern seem to be
making a success of it and
we in Rossland are going to
give it a try.
At the meeting we were
told the dues structure will
have to be maintained at
the same level as last
season and the vote showed
this was a satisfactory
arrangement. A new
executive body was elected
and we are now as ready as
we'll ever be to swing into
another good season of
curling. Angus Popplewell
was returned as president,
Dan Burnett will be vicepresident and Cleve
Cowland will be tbe
alternate director on the
newly-formed association
of clubs.
Bart Dudley will replace
Dick Cotton as secretarytreasurer and this writer
will
continue
as
drawmaster with the able
assistance
of
a
classification committee .
composed of Rich
Watkinson, Joe Rosse,
Russ Broughton and Bernie
Ferrey. Serving on the
entertainment committee
will be Gordon Brennan,
"Doc" Halladay, Joe Bielli
and Cleve Cowland.

"Sweep!"
During the past months
the Retirees obtained a
grant from the New
Horizons project and undertook to have the curling
rocks refurbished, a Job
that needed doing badly.
The balance of the mooey
will be spent on visitations
and the acquisition of
curling sweaters for ·
members of the Retirees to
wear when travelling to
out-of-town bonspiels.

Quite a good meeting was
held at Nakusp over the
weekend according to the
members of Branch No. 14
who attended. Wayne Delio
brought back a good
resume of a sports work
party that was held
regarding darts and
curling. District Darts will
be held at Nakusp, March
9, 1985 starting at 11 a.m.
and registration is $10.
Prizes of cash and trophies
will reward the successful
players.
The Nelson
branch's bid for the 1986
Darts extravaganza was
accepted and the provincial tourney will be held at
Kitimat on Easter weekend
1985.
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easily in a pre-season
exhibition. Their next
game is at Grand Forks on
Oct. 24 and then another
big weekend with a home
game with Cranbrook
before taking a trip to Trail
on Saturday and one to
Spokane on Sunday.
Clyde Nyman told me a
little anecdote that will
bear repeating here. At an
exhibition hockey game in
Vancouver which Clyde
attended the score was
Edmonton 7-0 in the late
going and two fans behind
Clyde were having a
discussion. Said one to .the
other, "Just think, pal, if
we had of paid a couple of
bucks extra, maybe we
could have got seats facing
Castlegar will play host
the other way!"
to this year's Legion Zone
bonspiel. Entries and fees
And, with that we'll say,
should be sent to Harry "Till next time then!"
Vate, Box 3131, Castlegar.
Oh, wait a minute! The
Fees are$100 per rink.
Retirees Curling Club
Tonight, the Warriors (Rossland) will hold open
play host to Spokane house Tuesday and
Flames. The home team Thursday of next week.
handled the Flames pretty
Ta,Ta.