:J

-.;..

l EPP-JALK
The highlight of this
week's action on the upper
course did not take place on
Tuesday on Retirees Day.
Rather, it happened on
Sunday when number 5 hole
fell victim to another ace.
A young man from
Summerland whom I knew
quite well when he played
little league ball in Rossland
in the early 50's, was the
successful golfer on this
occasion. Lou Campana,
who is now the manager of
the Summerland Credit
Union, was playing our
Rossland course with his
son, David and Jimmy
Markle. On the fifth he used
a number 5 wood and I'll let
J oe Rosse tell you the rest of
it.
Joe and his wife, Marg had
just finished putting on 5 and
were turning to leave when
he heard a plunk behind him.
Joe said, "The ball bounced
in front of the green,

bounced once high in the air
in the direction of the pin and
trickled towards the hole and
into it. It was really
something to see."
So Lou knew he had it
before he climbed the hill.
One like that makes up for
all the heart-rending
moments one can have on a
golf course. I know, because
I've been there.
This week's action at the
upper course on Tuesday
saw 35 golfers out and a 7:45
a.m. tee-off. Competition
was low net, low gross,
hidden holes, high and low,
least putts, and the longest
putt on number 9. Joe Rosse
won low net with a 35. Mike
Wellock took low gross with
a 41. Jim Scott won hidden
hole low with a four on
number 8 while Jimmy
Cornfield won hidden hold
high with an eight on number
4. Phil Leduc used his putter
oly 13 times as he won that

category and Lou Crowe
took a ball for his putt on
number 9, a !~footer.
Nest week Carl Osing and
Joe Bielli will be in charge at
the upper course on
Tuesday.
You know, the game of golf
can really get to you. Some
of it affects you in ways you
wouldn't really believe
unless you are part of it. A
story I heard recently
concerns this fact and while
one might say it's farfetched in its description,
here's the way I heard it.
Two golfers were playing a
hole on a course that
paralleled a highway. As
they were about to tee off, a
funeral cortege passed along
the road, one of the golfers
removing his hat standing
quietly until the procession
passed. His partner mentioned that it was a
thoughtful thing to do. The
other said, "Well, we would

have been married 30 years
tomorrow."
See what I mean?
Over the weekend our
daughter Carol and her
husband, Bud along with
their three children came to
visit us. It's always good to
see the little ones. Cedric,
Sara and Miriam are really
a lively bunch. We took them
out to our beautiful Llons
Park at Black Bear where
we had a barbecue-type
picnic mixed with a real oldfashioned' talk-fest. When
you only meet once ina long
while, there are so many
things to talk about. It was a
real nice visit and we always
look forward to the next one.
Well, here we are into
August and at last we seem
to be getting the kind of
weather we could have had a
taste of in June and July.
However, we must make the
most of it now, while it's
here, and hope it continues

on into October.
A tip of the hat to our
friend, Art Mercer, for
another
well-organized
baseball tournament. Art
has been at this sort of thing
for some time now and
seems to have the right
touch it takes to make these
things a success. The fact
that Trail Orioles won the
Senior "B" championship of
the province in the process
makes it that much better.
Having played in the shadow
of a really sharp Beaver
Valley team all summer. It I
must have been quite a lift
for the Orioles to win a
province-wide competition.
Trail and Rossland
athletes seem to have done a
pretty good job at the
summer games in Maple
Ridge, for a district that has
always had its share of welltrained athletes. It's always
good to see our youngsters
bring home those medals for
which they strive so long and
bard.
Out at the Llttle League
championships,
Andy
Bilesky's kids ran into a
strong team in their initital
game. The Whalley team
which has shared the
spotlight with Trail over the
years has a squad that
boasts nine 12-year-olds in a
line-up that has been in the
building stage for the past
couple of years and would
appear to be the team to beat
in 1983. Andy's kids have
surprised us before so they
could possibly do it again.
Anyway, we shall all
remember these kids who do
such a good job of
representing us all the time,

The highlight of this
week's action on the upper
course did not take place on
Tuesday on Retirees Day.
Rather, it happened on
Sunday when nwnber 5 hole
fell victim to another ace.
A young man from
Summerland whom I knew
quite well when he played
little league ball in Rossland
in the early 50's, was the
successful golfer on this
occasion. Lou Campana,
who is now the manager of
the Summerland Credit
Union, was playing our
Rossland course with his
son, David and Jimmy
Markle. On the fifth he used
a nwnber 5 wood and I'll let
Joe Rosse tell you the rest of
it.
Joe and his wife, Marg had
just finished putting on 5 and
were turning to leave when
he heard a plunk behind him.
Joe said, "The ball bounced
in front of the green,

bounced once high in the air
in the direction of the pin and
trickled towards the hole and
into it. It was really
something to see."
So Lou knew he had it
before he climbed the hill.
One like that makes up for
all the heart-rending
moments one can have on a
golf course. I know, because
I've been there.
This week's action at the
upper course on Tuesday
saw 35 golfers out and a 7: 45
a.m. tee-off. Competition
was low net, low gross,
hidden holes, high and low,
least putts, and the longest
putt on nwnber 9. Joe Rosse
won low net with a 35. Mike
Wellock took low gross with
a 41. Jim Scott won hidden
hole low with a four on
nwnber 8 while Jimmy
Cornfield won hidden hold
high with an eight on nwnber
4. Phil Leduc used his putter
oly 13 times as he won that

category and Lou Crowe
took a ball for his putt on
nwnber 9, a 10-footer.
Nest week Carl Osing and
Joe Bielli will be in charge at
the upper course on
Tuesday.
You know, the game of golf
can really get to you. Some
of it affects you in ways you
wouldn't really believe
unless you are part of it. A
story I heard recently
concerns this fact and while
one might say it's farfetched in its description,
here's the way I heard it.
Two golfers were playing a
hole on a course that
paralleled a highway. As
they were about to tee off, a
funeral cortege passed along
the road, one of the golfers
removing his hat standing
quietly until the procession
passed. His partner mentioned that it was a
thoughtful thing to do. The
other said, "Well, we would

have been married 30 years
tomorrow."
See what I mean?
Over the weekend our
daughter Carol and her
husband, Bud along with
their three children came to
visit us. It's always good to
see the little ones. Cedric,
Sara and Miriam are really
a lively bunch. We took them
out to our beautiful Lions
Park at Black Bear where
we had a barbecue-type
picnic mixed with a real oldfashioned · talk-fest. When
you only meet once ina long
while, there are so many
things to talk about. It was a
real nice visit and we always
look forward to the next one.
Well, here we are into
August and at last we seem
to be getting the kind of
weather we could have had a
taste of in June and July.
However, we must make the
most of it now, while it's
here, and hope it continues

on into October.
A tip of the hat to our
friend, Art Mercer, for
another
well-organized
baseball tournament. Art
has been at this sort of thing
for some time now and
seems to have the right
touch it takes to make these
things a success. The fact
that Trail Orioles won the
Senior "B" championship of
the province in the process
makes it that much better.
Having played in the shadow
of a really sharp Beaver
Valley team all summer. It I
must have been quite a lift
for the Orioles to win a
province-wide competition.
Trail and Rossland
athletes seem to have done a
pretty good job at the
summer games in Maple
Ridge, for a district that has
always had its share of welltrained athletes. It's always
good to see our youngsters
bring home those medals for
which they strive so long and
hard.
Out at the Little League
championships,
Andy
Bilesky's kids ran into a
strong team in their initital
game. The Whalley team
which has shared the
spotlight with Trail over the
years has a squad that
boasts nine 12-year-olds in a
line-up that has been in the
building stage for the past
couple of years and would
appear to be the team to beat
in 1983. Andy's kids have
surprised us before so they
could possibly do it again.
Anyway, we shall all
remember these kids who do
such a good job of
representing us all the time,
win or lose.
And on that note we'll call
it a day for this week. See
you next time.