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One of my favorite nights of the year bas Just
passed and it left me with a feeling that every year

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the entrepreneurs who put on the Minor Hockey
night for us in Rossland are like good wine, they get
better with age.
Saturday's show was a magnificent effort,
everything was right on time and the variatiODB in
the program were nothing short of a professional
effort and the kids, as usual, really outdid themselves. The officlala, all members of that body of
sportsmen known as the Rossland Fun Hockey
League, were the best in a long time, handling
everything flawlessly. The kids loved it, the
parents enjoyed it and those like myself Just sat
there and soaked it up. The greatest ever by the
RMHA! Incidentally, these fun hockey chaps have
· recently made a four-figure donation to minor
hockey.
First on the evening's agenda was the
president's address in which he stated among other
things that the reason for not charging admission
was that the RMHA felt that they should give
something back to the people of our city for the
support they have gtven the kids and their mentors
for these past many seasons. He was followed by
Mayor Jackie and our latest Queen Collette and by
the evening's MC Sourdough AL The mayor offered
her congratulations to all who were responsible for
our coming entertainment which she said she knew
would be absolutely tops. Queen Collette dropped
the ceremonial first puck and Sourdough Al took
over the mike and we were off and running.
Another spot on the program, one of the bi-lites
in fact, was the presentation, during the intermission, to Desi Monaghan by the Minor Hockey
League and the kids, Desi has been at the rink for
many years and he bas always been able to find
time for the kids and given them that little extra.
Quite a number of them are quite a bit bigger than
heis!

They love you Desi and we do also!
The hockey action for the evening started right
off and after each game they lined the kids up and a
stick draw was made, one to each team.
First it was the Atoms, who showed a lot of
excellent skating and stick handling, the Red
Warrion, coached by Dan and John McFarland
came up with a goal late in the 20-minute contest to
edge their opponents, the Esso W~rs by a score
of3-2.

The Junior Novices were nm and these kids
aged 4-6, are really fleginoing to get the bang of
things. 'Ibey put on a spirited showing and the Red
team won by a score of 5--3 over the oppoaing Blacks.
After • short break and band aelectiona by the
Maple Leaf Band, there WU 8 skiUll demonstra\fon
by a player fnm eac:h cllvision, instructed by Rieb
Chobanuk. Andy Johnson ~ the Junior
Novice, Ryan Paolini the Senior Novice, Brett
Johnson the Atoms, Quis Johnson ~Pee Wees,
and Dean Johnson the Bantams. 'Ibey did very well
and the boys got quite a band.
After the break the Pee Wee group took over in
another intra-aquad game, in this one ti.,y,.$1o~
us that they are learning ·their 1-one well, a 4-2
victory for the Black team over tlie Whites in a wellearned result.
The intermiuion to ftood the ice and watc11 the
preaentation to Desi, and then the Rosaland Figure
Skaters perform. 'Ibey were good! Then came the
Senior Novices and these kids weren't to be overshadowed by their older bratbers and went all out,
the result, a Z-1 win by team two over team one.
The feature came nm and it pitted the Bantams . apinlt the coaches of the Minor Hockey

hloclation. It wu a pretty good contest, the
coacbel showed they were ltill able to skate with
the youngsters and came away with a 3-0 decilton.
I think every one mjoye(J tbemaelves, I want to
thank the Rosaland '1linor Hockey Aaoclation for a
fine evening of entertainment, Oil behalf of all of 118.
Over to curling for a bit, our Retirees went to
Nelson last week and we bad a fine time, two of our
rinks beat out two of the bolt aggregations and my
boys gave "Lefty" White a good run for bis money
and tied 8-6. Lefty got two in the first and for the
nm eight ends we shared, each getting one point
at a time. Then in the tenth I got two and we tied at
6. The other five rinks lost.
Phil Bateman and Carl Seefeldt were winners
and there were several close games. All in all it wu
a successful trip that everyone seemed to enjoy.
Nelson will return our visit sometime this month
and we are to go to Grand Forks also.
These are.the days when things in the curling
world get a little hectic, bonspiels, playoffs and such
and there ia only a little less than six weeks left to

go. However, we sball make it, for sure.
So with that I'll say,
'Till nm time, then!