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- ALICE
Last week I took part in a
very satisfying experience,
namely the first gettogether of all of my
family. It was a really
wonderful experience to
have all of them around.
The trip to and from
Kalamalka Lake was
uneventful but we did get to
see some wonderful
country and the resort
where we stayed was
satisfying in every respect.

One of the developments
to come out of the recent
Slo-Pitch weekend in
Rossland comes in the
form of a donation of a set
of bases to the league by a
pair of real slo-pitch enthusiasts, Skip and Joan
Ferguson. They have seen
fit to make the donation in
memory of Joanie's dad,
Jack Molyneux, who was
quite a slo-pitch fan in his
day. He was also a player
of no mean ability. I'll
never forget one game I
watched him play in at one
of our Legion derbies. It
was in a field frequented by

a herd of cattle at Big
Sheep. Jac;k had gotten to
first base and with a
following hit he took off for
second, realizing he could
take third, he lit oul I'll
never know to this day if he
slipped on tak~ff for third
but I'll swear his feet never
touched the ground until he
arrived at third. I don't
know if you'd call it
suspended animation, or
what, but his little short
legs never stopped churning.
Thank you,

Skip and
Joan, on behalf of all the
ball players and fans.
At the upper course I
have two weeks to report
on concerning Retirees'
golf. Last week Bart
Dudley and Carl Osing
handled the show. They
had a lovely day and 57
participants. Low net was
shared by Al Turner and
Carl Martin each with 34s.
In the count your putts
department, it was Sammy
Martin the winner with 12.
Carl Seefeldt was in with
the longest putt on no. 9

with an 8'6" effort and
Jimmy Scott was closest to
the pin on no. 5 coming
within four feet. Gordon
McLaren was closest to a
stake planted on no. 1
fairway with his initial
drive to take care of that
department.
This week's effort saw 52
retirees out on another
beautiful day. Carl, Bart
and I took charge and had 5
contests. Joe Bielli and
Roger McKeown tied for
low net at 44 with Roger
winning on a toss of the
coin.
In a match par with your
own choice of handicap it
was Bart Dudley as the
only successful player. His
handicap 17 on a 53 round
for a par 36. The most
honest golfer was Carl
Osing with a 66 and in the
hidden holes high and low,
Joe Riley had an eight on
no. 4 for high while Marcel
Proulx had a four on no. 8
for the low. Next week
Chris Christianson will be
in charge with a partner
yet to be named.