- Friday, November 27, 1981

Sunday, Jan. 17 is going to
be- a great day for handi~pped kids from ill
around the Kootenays. Tbat
is~ day the ~sponsors of
the Annual Snowarama,
Rossland and Castlegar
Lions clubs assisted by local
snowmobllers, entertain Ole
yQUDgsters with rides
through the mountains of the
area on their snow-going
chargers. The kids are really
truted royally on this redlefter day on their calendar.
On Jan. 16 a dance will be
hild in the high school in
Rossland with all the
p,oceeds going to the
cnppled children.
'lbe two clubs have shared
the responsibility of running
the events since its inception, taking charge in
lUfJl as the machinery which
nms it swings into gear
, ~ a couple of months
118Vious to the l~mile
oowarama Race which will

have shown a liWe more
stuff in recent road games.
Of their last three, two in
Castlegar and one out in
Beaver Valley, they have
two wins and a very hardfought loss to the Nite Hawks
in overtime. Their 0-3 record
against Beaver Valley shows
the new boys in the league
definitely came to play. •
Marty Lizotte continues to
play a strong game for
Rossland. He got £bree
assists on Tuesday in the 4-3
win over the Rebels. The
return of Robbie Martin to
the club after his injury in
the East Kootenay two
weeks ago, will certainly be
appreciated by Rossland's
faithful few. Martin is
always in the thick of things
when on the ice.
Missed chances were in a
big way responsible for the
loss to Trail on the last home
After losing three home ' date. Time and again there
games in a row, the Warriors was no one in front to accept

be Jan. 31 this time around.
While the Lions do a lot of
tJle organizing, enough
credit should be reserved for
the local Snowmobile
Association who really work
hard to make this effort on
behalf of the crippled kids, a
smash hit.
Sonny Samuelson is the
snowmobilers representative on this year's team, a
veteran operator, he has a
world of experience to offer.
Corporal Del Ferrel of the
Rossland RCMP will assist
new Lion chairman, Gary
Drake, in the detaila of
organizing this year's run
and with the help of the
Castlegar Lions and, I understand, several other Lion
clubs in the district, they will
endeavor to make this year's
Snowarama the biggest and
best ever.

a pass-out and lots of times
there were two men tied up
in the comers on · powerplays. The team must be
doing something different
away from home, as their

record attests.
Rossland's next game is
Saturday when they travel to
Cranbrook to baWe the
division-leading Colts whom
they beat in a high-scoring
game in Rossland in the
early part of the season.
Their next home game is
against those pesky Nite
Hawks.

On Sunday last, the Legion
held its annual Grey Cup
breakfast at the branch's
lower hall, the event was
well attended and for a while
our Eastern contingent had
themselves a ball. But, as
expected, the west finally
found themselves and came
through big in the late going
in a game which featured a
lot of rugged tackles and a
pretty big percentage of
turnovers.
Well, the Canadian soccer

team came up flat in a do-ordie situation in Tegucigalpa,
needing a win to advance.
They could only construct a
2-2 tie with lowly Cuba in the
final game. Now we'll have
to wait four years for
another try! When they
started out they were touted
to be the team to beat but
somewhere along the line,
the bubble burst.
·
Rossland's Mixed Curling
Club has regrouped this
season. Playing on Wednesday evenings they have
nine rinks participating and
a list o f ~ ~ - There

in Rossland early in 1982. A
meeting will be called within
the branch to decide a
suitable date and then plans
can be put in place.
Most people we have
talked to in regard to our
proposal to return to the old
format in Legion Zone
curling have been in
agreement with the idea, it
will be interesting to see the
response we get when the
invitations go out. H this
year's 'spiel is a success,
then a permanent return to
the formula could well
follow.

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a couple of months

ptevious to the l~mlle
Saowarama Race which will

flel'.

-loss to Trail on the last home
After losing three home ' date. Time and again there
games in a row, the Warriors was no one in front to accept

found tbem8e1ves and came
through big in the late going
in a game which featured a
lot of rugged tackles and a
pretty big percentage of
turnovers.

Well, the Canadian soccer
team came up flat in a do-ordie situation in Tegucigalpa,
needing a win to advance.
They could only construct a
2-2 tie with lowly Cuba in the
final game. Now we'll have
to wait four years for
another try! When they
started out they were touted
to be the team to beat but
somewhere along the line,
the bubble burst.
'
Rossland's Mixed Curling
Club bas regrouped this
season. Playing on Wednesday evenings they have
nine rinks participating and
a list of eight spares. There
is. some speculation of adding a Sunday schedule to
the present format, but
nothing in this line is

finalized yel
The Retirees are rolling
merrily along. After five
games in the 10-team league
the veteran Jack Mitchell
rink is,atop the heap. Jack
bas Leo Telfer playing third,
Gordon Halladay second and
Jack Hook playing lead. The
rink bas a record of four
wins and a tie in five outings
and nine points in the first
competition.
Angus Popplewell bolds
down second spot with eight
points, Arnold Vanness
follows with seven, Phil
Bateman and Dick Cotton
are next with five each, Russ
Broughton, George Dyson
and Norm Harry have four
points each and Rieb
Watkinson bas three.
Regarding Legion curling,
as soon as a date is determined, invitations will be
sent out to all branches in the
zone to participate in the
annyaI zone 'spiel to be.held