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This week I am going to try to give you my
impresmons of ROS&81ld's Golden City Days after a
wandering tour on all three days and the Thursday
evening fireworks display at Jubilee Park.
Certainly the fireworks were up to their usual
high-quality performance and a standards. The
spinning wheel and the waterfall alw~ys intrigue
most watchers and the only fly in the oinbnent was
the brisk breeze that was blowing all the smoke and
sparks our way.
On Friday the big event was the Golden Garter
Ball at the high school. A good crowd was on hand to
see the ladies decked out in the 1900 costumes.
Everyone I talked to seemed to be having a real

"ball."
On Saturday we attended the pancake and
sausage breakfast at the Seniors hall and then went
home to prepare to watch the parade from our
upstairs balcony at the.manor. Most people I talked
to later agreed that it was indeed a fine effort on the
part of those taking an active part. The winners
were the Orwell Hotel float and the replica of the
Moyie Steamer which used to ply the Kootenay
Lake years ago. I got a chance to have a very interesting conversation with the driver and builder
. of that one. Both these floats certainly earned their
' prizes. Several others were in very close comI[
petition and that Warfield Fire Department float
was also an excellent competitor and very original.
· I spent most of Saturday afternoon at the arena,
selling chances on the crown and anchor booth for
the retirees curling with Harry Douglas and then
switched over to the Legion booth selling tickets on
their Golden City Days meat draw.
On Sunday I dropped over to view the start of
and finish of the Golden City Grind and was really
impressed with the way those guys finished and the
times which I thought were excellent I knew some
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of the entrants, Bart Dudley's son Dennis, had a
respectable finish as did an old friend, Dale Matthews.
The wife and I took in the Credit Union barbecue in the evening and I finished the evening with
a bit of a pub crawl to join the happy crowds. All in
all, I have to take my hat off to Mark Martin and his
hard-working group for the excellent job they all
did Thanks, ROS&81ld! For another memorable
Golden City Days.
Tuesday morning started out cool and uncertain
but turned out very well for our retirees day at the
upper course. Despite the fact that the ladies at
Birchbank cut down our numbers with their visit
with the men out there, we still saw 41 of the faithful
out to play low gross and low net, two hidden holes
and long putt on number nine.
Stan Fisher came in with a 39 to win low gross
and Carlo Martin's 30 was good in low net Ray
Gariepy bad a nine on number eight to take high in
hidden holes while Don Krug with his four on
number six beat out Sam Martin and Gil Page for
the low hidden. Roly Gariepy took the long putt on
number nine with a last gasp 25 footer. He was in the
final foursome of the day. Next week Ron Gardiner
will be in charge.
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I-did smne figuring on attendance and came up ·
with the following. We have averaged 54 a week for
20 weeks, a high of 75 and a low of 40 so the interest
t-- is still strong among the old boys.
And now, till next time,
Take care!

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