.. ALKE On Friday of last week I took a trip to Trail to watch the Old-Timers hockey game and was really impressed with the efforts expended for the benefit of low-income families in the Trail district. Terry Jones and bis committee from the Trail Community Action deserve a lot of credit for their efforts. Back in what quite a lot of people like to refer to as the "good old days", we used to see quite a lot of the kind of hockey we saw Friday evening. That was before the slap shot came into existence and when the reliance was on speed and good manoeuvrability was the thing. On Friday night there was no hitting, no slapshots, some real good stickband ling and excellent goaltending. Tempers were kept even and it did one's heart good to see the boys, whose names were synonymous with the heavy check in their leagueplaying days, come out and deliberately avoid the bodycbeck. Some of those wrist shots were a work of art. Arnie Sherwood refereed and bis son Bobby and Sam Keith patrolled the lines. Amie got a little playful with bis calls in the latter stages but since it was all in fun nobody worried about il Gave one feller "five" for tripping, it turned out to be seconds, not minutes and instead of dropping the puck in the circle for a face-off, be accidentally "dropped" it out over the blue line. After the game, Reza Binab of the Crown Point, had both teams and officials over to bis place for a gettogether and I think everyone agreed that it was a great gesture. Afterward there was dancing at the Eagles, followed by Chinese food at the canton. Yes, I would say it was a good evening! 1be following won't mean much to Trailites, but a couple of weeks ago I paid a tribute in a story for our Warrior program, to the people who work behind the scenes to make the Warrior hockey club go. I ended it by stating that if I had missed anybody I would probably bear about it, and, sure enough, I did. 1be people I missed have both provided a service to, not only the Warrior hockey club, but to minor hockey as a whole in our town. I failed somehow to recognize the time and effort put into their volunteer work by Don and Marilyn Davis. Don runs bis skate-sharpening shop in the arena and Marilyn bas been a prominent part of the minor and junior hockey picture in Rossland for some considerable time. I offer no excuses for missing these two dedicated young people. I was at fault and take full resporuribility for the shortfall and I would like to thank my anonymous caller for bringing me to my senses. While on the subject of things to write about, I was hailed by a young man as I entered the arena last Saturday evening. He said he had something he thought would be of interest so I told him I would be in my usual place behind the glass in the lounge and be could come and join me there and talk about bis story. He didn't show up. I would like to say to this young man, the offer is still open, call me at home 362-5205, or catch me anytime, I'm ready to listen. The double-header weekend for the Juveniles did not materialize. Trail had to cancel Saturday, but the teams played Sunday, the result, a close 4-3 decision, went in favor of the visiton. Wouldn't you know it! I had a commitlnent at the Legion's Grey Cup breakfast and didn't make it up to the game. Don't worry, kids, I'll get up there yet to one of your games! Speaking of the Grey Cup, a lot of people I spoke to on Sunday considered the whole thing an anticlimu. 1bey figured the two teams who should have been in the Canadian championship game bad played the weekend before in Ed- monton. Maybe one day the people responsible will take this sort of thing into consideration. · Hamilton's record for the season was the same as the B.C. Lions didn't even make --- ..-uau&p•uuamp game bad played the weekend maataa. before iii Ed- Maybe one day the people · respnnsible will tab Ulla IOrt of tblng blto can- sideratlon. · Hamilton's recard for the leUCll WU the same u the B.C. Lions and they dldn't even make the Western playaffa. Maybe IICIID8 day they will tab the same formula u the NHL and go by oveNll pobdll to determine who gets blto the playalfs. If the Eut can't supply the kind of Nllll)ltltkm needed to make the Canadian cbampicllllblp aDObJr Super Bowl, let the rules keep them from clatterinc ap the Grey Cap game. Our breufut c:elebraUan WU VII')' well patroniled, everybody seemed to enjoy the bacm, eas, •mac• and bot cabs, aame even came back for secands and IDOlt of them stuck around to watch the game, par'tidpate in the lotteries and sampJe the refnlbmentl. I would like to offer my CCJllll'8tulatioas to all the people who lent a be1aJml band. Led by George Dyaaa, bead of the entertaiDmmt cammiUee, tbey all did yeoman service. Now to a somewhat IICIIDber note. ()n Tueaday of Jut week a JOUDI man who made Ida man in apart u a pretty good Jacraae player in Trail in the dayl when I first came mto Ulla area, pulld away at the age of M. Sarge Sammartino WU later to became a bocby offlc1al and became one of the mast .respected in the Kootenaya, perhaps this reapect wu held even more widely. I only mow that I can- slclered Sarge somet&ing more than Just an acquatatance and I believe be will be mlsaed by quite a large nmnber of people who knew and .respected bbn for what be was, a fine athlete, competent offlclal and a real gentleman. ID cloliDg tlda week I would like to say once ap1n, the effort being made by Jim Roller of the Trail Ello, OD behalf of the crippled cbUdreD of B.C. daring the annual Timmy's Telethon, is worthy of your support, aided and abetted by the RcwJaDd r.oJdea aty Lionl a.. Jim's cmtr1buUon to tbla CUN will once again show that the peapJe of this ara do care and an wllJing to pat their tbuull• Into adlon.