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I got word from the scheduled for February 1~
· Ladies' Afternoon Curling 12, is one of the highlights of
club in Rossland recently the Rossland curling !le&SOn
regarding their progress and there are always lots of
·thus far in the current spectators behind the glass
season. It came from Beryl in the lounge which is always
· ·Davis, publicity director for tastefully decorated by this
· 'the club. The club, not as big active club.
now as it has been in past
In closing her report Beryl
· years, is nevertheless still . said the ladies wished to
very active and always on pass along their best wishes
the lookout for new mem- to Irene Brennan and Viv
bers.
Thompson, both of whom
They have just completed had recent surgery.
their Cominco Cup comStill on curling, we go now
: petition and are starting out to the Retirees and a recent
· in the Seccombe Cup now. In invitational to Nelson which
the Cominco round, the some 30 members took
winner was the Marg Rosse advantage of and travelled
rink. Marg had Dotty Albo at in style, riding Neil Murthird, Laura Thompson doch's bus there and back. A
second and Viv Thompson little better than an hour on
lead. The runner-up in this the road each way is a lot
competition was Edie easier than driving yourself
Harasin's foursome with and at considerably less
cost.
t Ruth Dougan playing third,
It was a three■ way meet
• Mary Vickers second and
with the Grand Forks club
Terry Marchi lead.
Plans for their annual also taking a bus. Six games
Winter Wonderland 'spiel in the morning and six in the
are in full swing now and afternoon with Nelson rinks
entries are being looked for playing in all 12 and
in all parts of the Kootenays. Rossland and Grand Forks
' This event, which is making up the opposition.

Rossland had three wins, one
in the morning draw and two
in the afternoon while Grand
Forks was successful in four
games and Nelson had five
winners.
Jim Granville of the
'Forks was a winner over a
Nelson rink skipped by
George Beaudry. Angus
Popplewell led his rink to a
wipe-out victory over Nelson
veteran Lefty White in a
game in which Lefty and one
of his original rink had to
attend a funeral which kept
them away for four ends of
thegame. '

An annual event which I
have attended for the past
five or six years was held
Sunday at Nancy Greene
Lake, the Lions · club's
Snowarama. This year's
event attracted some 20 plus
vehicles and earned $3,200
for the Lions Crippled
Children Fund. The last of
the riders crossed the
highway to the N.G. parking
area around 3 p.m. after
completing their allotted
mileage. Taking part in the

organization were the
Selkirk Lions from
Castlegar, Beaver Valley
Lions and our own Golden
City Lions and the event was
superbly run off without a
hitch.
Installation ceremonies at
the Rossland Legion kept me
from attending the Warriors
vs. Flames game on
Saturday evening. I'm told
Rossland put on a spirited
drive in the last half of the
third period but lost S-3.
Should the standings remain
as they are, it means they
will be drawn against the
Flames in round one of the
playoffs. But they have a
chance to get past the Rebels
into third, in which case they
would have home-ice advantage and play Nelson in
roundone.
To do this they must win at
least three of their four
remaining games, two at
home against Beaver Valley
and Trail and two away
against Grand Forks and the
Flames. It's possible but a
pretty tough task.

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