10-Trail Times-Friday, April 25, 1980

ALK
One thing that has bugged as readily witnessed as they
me and quite probably a would be in a park that can be
number of other people is the seen from all sides.
continued vandalism or atThanks to some interested
tempted vandalism in the citizens who can see what's
parks in our town. The other going on out there from a
day I heard of an instance vantage point above the
where some irresponsible parks, these vandals were
youngsters were caught in the caught red-handed and it is to
act of cutting up the infield of be hoped that if for some
the park at Black Bear with reason no formal charges
their vehicles. Wheh they were possible to be laid, then
were taken in before the local their parents were notified
RCMP it was found that they and their driving privileges
were too young to be _charged stopped until they learn a
with anything and they were lesson.
Parks are built to beautify a
turned loose.
For my money any kid who city and help in the
is old enough to be in charge development of our youth and
•of any vehicle, be it bicycle, when a few nuts like those
moped, motorcycle or who perpetrated the_ latest
automobile, should be old acts of vandalism can go out
enough to be responsible for of their way to destroy what
his actions. At least his has been built, it is a sorry
privileges of driving such a commentary on our way of
vehicle should be revoked life.
We try to help these people
until he learns the error of his
ways when he is ,caught using with all kinds of development
that vehicle in a manner to programs and this is what we
the detriment of his fellow get j.n return. Perhaps we
beings.
should return to the days of
The parks out at Black the stocks, where these kinds
Bear, the Lions Trailer Park of people should be held up to
and the Ball Park are fair . the ridicule of their fellow
game for vandals, situated as citizens.
Being a member of the
they are in a sparsely
Lions Club which has put in
populated area.
The actions of these many hours of hard work
misguided people can not be developing that trailer park

out there (and having seen
what some irresponsible nitwits have done to some of the
fixtures which are there)
because some people wanted
to make Rossland a better
place to live, it makes one
pretty mad to think that
maybe we are going to have
to devise some means of
putting a stop to this sort of
thing short of a constant
patrolling of the area, which
of , course is out of the
question.
It has been suggested that
having a permanent resident
in the trailer park would go a
long way toward putting an
end to the actions of these
vandals. Maybe this is just
what the doctor ordered.
Some one there with a good
vantage point to overfook both
parks could go a long way to
discourage these thoughtless
acts of vandalism but it will
still not be the answer unles
these people are punished as
befits their crime. ,
Soccer is once again in the
news around town this week
as the formation of teams
from the registration forms
has been attended to and the
picture of what's what can be
seen. In the Mosquito division
there will probably be two

teams, in both the Pee Wee
One and Pee Wee Two there
will be three teams and in the
Bantams one team will
operate. John Habicht · has
lined up a mini-tournament
for Saturday, April 26; or if
the weather is bad it will go
on Sunday. There will be
hour-long games from 9 a.m.
until 4 p.m. and every one
registered will get a chance to
show his or her stuff.
The question of officials and
coaches is still a vexing one
and anyone with a knowledge
of the game who has the time
to assist in any way will be
welcomed with open arms.
For the uninitiated the age
groups break down as
follows: Mosquitos seven and
under, Pee Wee One 8, 9 and
10 years, Pee Wee Two 11, 12,
13 and Bantams 14, 15 and 16.

with
Harry
Pepper

league soccer to our town,
minor .league ball has been on
the decline. Some people tried
to activate it a year or two
back but it never really got
off the ground.
Competition is the naine of
the game and in Rossland it
seemed we always wanted to
go it on our own until Bevin
started his all-stars and
began taking in tournaments
south of the border and all
over.
To my mind the first move
in organizing minor ball
should be to get into a
working agreement with Trail
and Beaver Valley and start
with maybe a couple of teams
in a lower division and let it
grow from there.
We can see what this kind of
arrangement has done for
soccer in Rossland and it
could very well do the same
The other night I had a call for little league ball. All it
from a gent by the name of would take are a few really
Art McNeil asking about dedicated people. There must
minor league baseball in our still be some equipment left in
town. Actually it is a sad ttle shack down at Cook
story that I had to tell him Avenue Park and first thing
that minor league ball in you know the familiar ring of
Rossland has been a dead "Play Ball" would once more
issue during the past few . be heard in Rossland's parks.
years.
Since the hey day of Bev . Jim Bateman, of the
entertainment
Berry and his Rossland Colts Legion's
and the introduction of minor committee, is gearing up for

the latest tournament idea, a
cribbage tourney to be held
April 30 in the club's downstairs room. If you consider
yourself a crib player of note
why not put your name down
on the list.
Meanwhile we got news that
this , year's Legion golf
tourney will be played on the
Salmo course and of course
all the fooferaw that goes with
it will be held in the Salmo
branch. Dates on this will
come up later.
A link with the not-toodistant past was forged the
other night in the branch
when all four sons of Jim and
Jean Pollock were in town on
some kind of a reunion. Billy,
Jamie, Robbie and Tommy
are scattered around, Jamie
at Fort St. John and Billy with
the waterworks department
at Nakusp, Robbie and
Tommy are working in the
Slocan Valley in the lumber
business and all of them look
well. It was good to see the
kids all together again.
Well it won't be long before
we shall be able to see the
light on the Stanley Cup
playoffs. Sixteen starters will
soon have dwindled to four
and then it will be two and
finally the Buffalo Sabres will
be the 1980 Stanley Cup
champs and some lucky
members of the Legion will oe
richer by large chunks of a
thousand bucks.
So it's good night from me
and it's goodnight from him,
'til next week.