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12-Trail Times-Friday, Dec~!1:1~er7,
1979

with
lla'ry

Pepper

Well, I predicted a weekend of pretty good curling at
the Rossland Curling Club
this past weekend and what I
saw of it sure filled the bill. It
was essentially a weekend for
brother acts; two pairs of
them were on teams that won
the 'A' and 'B' events in the 4event 'spiel.
Two of the Feeney boys
were on the winning rink.
Tom and Jimmy would
almost fall into the veteran
classification, Tom was third
and Jim second on their rink
skipped by Ken Robertson
and with rookie Danny Tweed
leading. They were undefeated throughout and
knocked off Gerry Still of
Nelson in the 'A' final. Still
skipped a rink composed of Al
Lowe at third, Fred Trusell,
second and Dean Agnew at
lead.
Two other long-time
residents of our town, both of
them athletes of pretty good
calibre, Cal and Dean
McKerracher showed a lot of
class in their 'B' event win
over Trail's Roy Stone
foursome. Dean skipped find
Cal played third on a rink
they brought all the way from
Elkford where lead Wayne
Wichert is the local doctor
and second Bob Josephson is
a mechanic foreman.
Cal and Dean are wellknown for their work with the
kids in ball and other sports
around Rossland and Dean is
the son-in-law of Russel
Jones, a real veteran curler
himself, brother-in-law David

is the Rossland club
president.
The rink they beat in the 'B'
final was no rookie rink either
as every member of it has
had his share of the spotlight
when it comes to winning
curling competitions. Besides
Roy there was Canadian
champion Frenchy D' Amour
at lead, another member of
the Feeney brother act, Dan
at second and Roy's long-time
third, Johnny Cameron,
playing in that spot again.
In the 'C' event it was
another Rosslander, John
Merkley, backed by Nelson's
Red Koehle and Mickey
Maglio and Trailite Torchy
Toresan in that order, who
beat
Nelson's
Wayne
Farenholz, with Tom Vogg
third, Barney Ross second
and Ron MacDonald, lead.
The John Bowles rink from
Nelson
with
former
Rosslander George Beaudry
at skip, won the 'D' event,
John played third, son, Kevin
second and Sam Skulnec of
Beaver Valley lead.
Their opposition consisted
of a rink of youngsters,
skipped· by Grant Fines of
Rossland and had Doug
Bagshaw Jr., third, Ian
Glover, second and Tony
Popolinsky threw the lead
rocks.
To the winners go the spoils
but it takes a helluva lot of
good losers to make a 'spiel
like this a success. To you all,
my congratulations for a job
well done.
The Retirees Club finished

its first competition on Friday
last and as it turned out there
was no need for a playoff.
Going into the final round the
Harry, Bateman and Popplewell rinks had one loss and
Nonnan Harry was the only
one who came out of it with
just the one loss as George
Kent took the measure of
Angus Popplewell and
Tommy Harrison handed Phil
Bateman his second loss.
Norman and his rink,
composed of -third Len Scott,
second Jm Mauchline and
real veteran, George Nixon at
lead, survived his battle with
Russ Broughton's rink to win
the first competition and the
trophy that goes with it.
New rinks have now been
drawn and the second competition started_Tuesday.
The Ladies Club sent five
rinks to the annual Cominco
Stenos Porn-Pon 'spiel over
the past weekend and two of
them came home with
silverware; Dorothy Fines
and her rink with Fanny Albo
at third, Edie Harasin, second
and Ollie Schultz lead, took
the 'C' competition while
Helen Ling and her foursome
composed of third Hilda
Miracle, second Shirley
Williams and lead Mary
Vickers took second in the 'E'
event.
Nelson's Carol Waters won
the 'A' beating out Trail's
Marion Brennen in a 'spiel tht
all the girls agreed was super.

This year Warrior fans
have not had too much to
cheer about but their first
, victory celebration in a long
time came Friday night of
last week as the Rossland
kids came from behind on two
occasions to knock off the
Grand Forks Border Bruins.
The Bruins have had an excellent season this far and
just because they have lost a
couple of games lately doesn't
mean they have had it for the
season, but the Warrior
victory must have been a big
lift for our kids. Mike Oliver
looked like the Mike we have
seen for a couple of year. He
hasn't exactly been hitting on
all cylinders this far, his goal
scoring feats were always a
feature of Warrior games and

to have a number all the time,
not that big in stature but
mighty big in the courage
department, the other one is
bigger but that doesn't seem
to take anything away from
his gutsy perfonnances.
The game against Grand
Forks may have been the
forerunner of a change of
()attern in the Warriors'

BILL NAZAROFF
••. on scoring line
fortunes. Doug Buhr has a
club that has a lot of potential
and this could be about to
show itself for the full 60
minutes of the games to
come. If the Rossland boys
ever do get it together for the
full game as they showed
was possible against the
Bruins and previously in their
last game against .the Junior
Smokies, they could still be a
real force in this year's battle
for the KIJHL title fight.
Anyone who saw the
Philadelphia-Toronto game
on TV last Saturday night had
to be impressed with the way
the Flyers handled thmeselves. It's pretty easy to
see why they have a 21-game
unbeaten streak going for
them.
Meanwhile the
Canadiens are having quite a
struggle, sometimes it seem
that they are really having
trouble on defence, where
they used to be pretty invincible. They wouldn't be
much this season without
Lafleur.
The Bruins ooked ood

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12-Trail Times-Friday, Dec~_rnEer7,
1979
with
lla'ry

Pepper

Well, I predicted a weekend of pretty good curling at
the Rossland Curling Club
this past weekend and what I
saw of it sure filled the bill. It
was essentially a weekend for
brother acts ; two pairs of
them were on teams that won
the 'A' and 'B' events in the 4event 'spiel.
Two of the Feeney boys
were on the winning rink.
Tom and Jimmy would
almost fall into the veteran
classification, Tom was third
and Jim second on their rink
skipped by Ken Robertson
and with rookie Danny Tweed
leading. They were undefeated throughout and
knocked off Gerry Still of
Nelson in the 'A' final. Still
skipped a rink composed of Al
Lowe at third, Fred Trusell,
second and Dean Agnew at
lead.
Two other long-time
residents of our town, both of
them athletes of pretty good
calibre, Cal and Dean
McKerracher showed a lot of
class in their 'B' event win
over Trail's Roy Stone
foursome. Dean skipped ilJld
Cal played third on a rink
they brought all the way from
Elkford where lead Wayne
Wichert is the local doctor
and second Bob Josephson is
a mechanic foreman.
Cal and Dean are wellknown for their work with the
kids in ball and other sports
around Rossland and Dean is
the son-in-law of Russel
Jones, a real veteran curler
himself, brother-in-law David

is the Rossland club
president.
The rink they beat in the 'B'
final was no rookie rink either
as every member of it has
had his share of the spotlight
when it comes to winning
curling competitions. Besides
Roy there was Canadian
champion Frenchy D' Amour
at lead, another member of
the Feeney brother act, Dan
at second and Roy's long-time
third, Johnny Cameron,
playing in that spot again.
In the 'C' event it was
another Rosslander, John
Merkley, backed by Nelson's
Red Koehle and Mickey
Maglio and Trailite Torchy
Toresan in that order, who
beat Nelson's
Wayne
Farenholz, with Tom Vogg
third, Barney Ross second
and Ron MacDonald, lead.
The John Bowles rink from
Nelson
with former
Rosslander George Beaudry
at skip, won the 'D' event,
John played third, son, Kevin
second and Sam Skulnec of
Beaver Valley lead.
Their opposition consisted
of a rink of youngsters,
skipped· by Grant Fines of
Rossland and had Doug
Bagshaw Jr., third, Ian
Glover, second and Tony
Popolinsky threw the lead
rocks.

To the winners go the spoils
but it takes a helluva lot of
good losers to make a 'spiel
like this a success. To you all,
my congratulations for a job
well done.
The Retirees Club finished

its first competition on Friday
last and as it turned out there
was no need for a playoff.
Going into the final round the
Harry, Bateman and Popplewell rinks had one loss and
Norman Harry was the only
one who came out of it with
just the one loss as George
Kent took the measure of
Angus Popplewell and
Tommy Harrison handed Phil
Bateman his second loss.
Norman and his rink,
composed of -third Len Scott,
second Jm Mauchline and
real veteran, George Nixon at
lead, survived his battle with
Russ Broughton's rink to win
the first competition and the
trophy that goes with it.
New rinks have now been
drawn and the second competition started Tuesday.
The Ladies Club sent five
rinks to the annual Cominco
Stenos Porn-Pon 'spiel over
the past weekend and two of
them came home with
silverware; Dorothy Fines
and her rink with Fanny Albo
at third, Edie Harasin, second
and Ollie Schultz lead, took
the 'C' competition while
Helen Ling and her foursome
composed of third Hilda
Miracle, second Shirley
Williams and lead Mary
Vickers took second in the 'E'
event.
Nelson's Carol Waters won
the 'A' beating out Trail's
Marion Brennen in a 'spiel tht
all the girls agreed was super.
This year Warrior fans
have not had too much to
cheer about but their first
- victory celebration in a long
time came Friday night of
last week as the Rossland
kids came from behind on two
occasions to knock off the
Grand Forks Border Bruins.
The Bruins have had an excellent season this far and
just because they have lost a
couple of games lately doesn't
mean they have had it for the
season, but the Warrior
victory must have been a big
lift for our kids. Mike Oliver
looked like the Mike we have
seen for a couple of year. He
hasn't exactly been hitting on
all cylinders this far, his goal
scoring feats were always a
feature of Warrior games and

to have a number all the time,
not that big in stature but
mighty big in the courage
department, the other one is
bigger but that doesn't seem
to take anything away from
his gutsy performances.
The game against Grand
Forks may have been the
forerunner of a change of
pattern in the Warriors'

BILL NAZAROFF
••. on scoring line
fortunes. Doug Buhr has a
club that has a lot of potential
and this could be about to
show itself for the full 60
minutes of the games to
come. If the Rossland boys
ever do get it together for the
full game as they showed
was possible against the
Bruins and previously in their
last game against -the Junior
Smokies, they could still be a
real force in this year's battle
for the KIJHL title fight.
Anyone who saw the
Philadelphia-Toronto game
on TV last Saturday night had
to be impressed with the way
the Flyers handled thmeselves. It's pretty easy to
see why they have a 21-game
unbeaten streak going for
them.
Meanwhile the
Canadiens are having quite a
struggle, sometimes it seem
that they are really having
trouble on defence, where
they used to be pretty invincible. They wouldn't be
much this season without
Lafleur.
The Bruins ooked good

Ifl~PP-JALK :: I
Well, I predicted a weekend of pretty good curling at
the Rossland Curling Club
this past weekend and what I
saw of it sure filled the bill. It
was essentially a weekend for
brother acts; two pairs of
them were on teams that won
the 'A' and 'B' events in the 4event 'spiel.
Two of the Feeney boys
were on the winning rink.
Tom and Jimmy would
almost fall into the veteran
classification, Tom was third
and Jim second on their rink
skipped by Ken Robertson
and with rookie DaMy Tweed
leading. They were undefeated throughout and
knocked off Gerry Still of
Nelson in the 'A' final. Still
skipped a rink composed of Al
Lowe at third, Fred Trusell,
second and Dean Agnew at
lead.
Two othe r long-time
residents of our town, both of
them athletes of pretty good
calibre, Cal and Dean
McKerracher showed a lot of
class in their 'B' event win
over Trail's Roy Stone
foursome. Dean skipped pnd
Cal played third on a rink
they brought all the way from
Elkford where lead Wayne
Wichert is the local doctor
and second Bob Josephson is
a mechanic foreman.
Cal and Dean are wellknown for their work with the
kids in ball and other sports
around Rossland and Dean is
the son-in-law of Russel
Jones, a real veteran curler
himself, brother-in-law David

is the Rossland club
president.
The rink they beat in the 'B'
final was no rookie rink either
as every member of it has
had his share of the spotlight
when it comes to winning
curling competitions. Besides
Roy there was Canadian
champion Frenchy D' Amour
at lead, another member of
the F~ney brother act, Dan
at second and Roy's long-time
third, Johnny Cameron,
playing in that spot again.
In the 'C' event it was
another Rosslander, John
Merkley, backed by Nelson's
Red Koehle and Mickey
Maglio and Trailite Torchy
Toresan in that order, who
beat
Nelson's
Wayne
Farenholz, with Tom Vogg
third, Barney Ross second
and Ron MacDonald, lead.
The John Bowles rink from
Nelson
with
former
Rosslander George Beaudry
at skip, won the 'D' event,
John played third, son, Kevin
second and Sam Skulnec of
Beaver Valley lead.
Their opposition consisted
of a rink of youngsters,
skipped by Grant Fines of
Rossland and had Doug
Bagshaw Jr., third, • Ian
Glover, second and Tony
Popolinsky threw the lead

rocks.
To the wiMers go the spoils
but it takes a helluva lot of
good losers to make a 'spiel
like this a success. To you all,
my congratulations for a job
well done.
The Retirees Club finished

its first competition on Friday
last and as it turned out there
was no need for a playoff.
Going into the final round the
Harry, Bateman and Popplewell rinks had one loss and
Norman Harry was the only
one who came out of it with
just the one loss as George
Kent took the measure of
Angus Popplewell and
Tommy Harrison handed Phil
Bateman his second loss.
Norman and his rink,
composed of third Len Scott,
second Jm Mauchline and
real veteran, George Nixon at
lead, survived his battle with
Russ Broughton's rink to win
the first competition and the
trophy that goes with it.
New rinks have now been
drawn and the second competition started_Tuesday.
The Ladies Club sent five
rinks to the aMual Cominco
Stenos Porn-Pon 'spiel over
the past weekend and two of
them came home with
silverware; Dorothy Fines
and her rink with FaMy Albo
at ,third, Edie Harasin, second
and Ollie Schultz lead, took
the 'C' competition while
Helen Ling and her foursome
composed of third Hilda
Miracle, second Shirley
Williams and lead Mary
Vickers took second in the 'E'
event.
Nelson's Carol Waters won
the 'A' beating out Trail's
Marion BreMen in a 'spiel tht
all the girls agreed was super.
This year Warrior fans
have not had too much to
cheer about but their first
, victory celebration in a long
time came Friday night of
last week as the Rossland
kids came from behind on two
occasions to knock off the
Grand Forks Border Bruins.
The Bruins have had an excellent season this far and
just because they have lost a
couple of games lately doesn't
mean they have had it for the
season, but the Warrior
victory must have been a big
lift for our kids. Mike Oliver
looked like the Mike we have
seen for a couple of year. He
hasn't exactly been hitting on
all cylinders this far, his goal
scoring feats were always a
feature of Warrior games and
we've missed them this
season.
The line which has been
doing the scoring job for Doug
Buhr's squad so far this
season is the Billy Nazaroff,
Bob Drake and Pat Lavigne
line. Two of the boys on this
line fall into the category of
which Rossland has seemed

to have a number all the time,
not that big in stature but
mighty big in the courage
department, the other one is
bigger but that doesn't seem
to take anything away from
his gutsy performances.
·
The game against Grand
Forks may have been the
forerunner of a change of
J)8ttern in the Warriors'

Bll.L NAZAROFF
••• on scoring Une
fortunes. Doug Buhr has a
club that has a lot of potential
and this could be about to
show itself for the full 60
minutes of the games to
come. If the Rossland boys
ever do get it together for the
full game as they showed
was possible against the
Bruins and previously in their
last game against ,the Junior
Smokies, they could still be a
real force in this year's battle
for the KIJHL title fight.
Anyone who saw the
Philadelphia-Toronto game
on TV last Saturday night had
to be impressed with the way
the Flyers handled thmeselves. It's pretty easy to
see why they have a 21-game
unbeaten streak going for
them.
Meanwhile the
Canadiens are having quite a
struggle, sometimes it seem
that they are really having
trouble on defence, where
they used to be pretty invincible. They wouldn't be
much this season without
Lafleur.
The Bruins looked good
when I saw them last on TV
but they've been taking it on
the chin lately. This could be
a very interesting season
before it winds ,up and if the
Canucks ever learn how to
live with success they might
even have something to say
about the Stanley Cup this
season.