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THE ROSSLAND MINER, Thurs., July 22nd, 1971

i AS I SEE I}'.
WITH

HARfl' PEPPER
As there was not much to
write on in the local sport
scene I thought it would be a
good time to take my week's
vacation, so that's what I did.
Quite a few questions were
thrown at me in that regard,
wanting to know if I had decided
to call it a day . So I would like
to say here and now that the idea
of quitting never entered my
head.
I got a nice bouquet from the
West Kootenay Minor Soccer
League for the coverage The
Miner has given to their activities during the first half of
the season and I want to say
that, if, during the layoff period we can come up with a
better method of getting the
game score sheets to me, as
league statistician, we can
come up with even better coverage of this popular sport.
Another popular sport which
suffers from a very short season in Rossland is swimming,
and on Sunday evening I had a
chat on the phone with Tom
Blackwell, who is one of the
four young people who manage
the operation of the Rossland
pool. Also with Mrs . Cy Lambert, whose daughter, Beth, is
also one of the youngsters who
watch over our youngsters . The
other two, incidentally, are Robert Bruce and Mike Rennison .
Tom explained to me some of
the operational difficulties in
running the pool. It appears
that the old heater gives some
difficulty which makes it necessary to dr-ain off some of the
water and replace it with city
water, a new heather would
correct most of the present
troubles, Tom says, and hopes
that it may soon become a reality. Mrs. Lambert told of an
upcoming adult swimming class
to be held daily from 12 noon
to I P .M . Instruction will be
from 12 - 12:30 and the extra
half-hour can be used for practice. The cost will be $4.00
and baby-sitting will be available at the pool for mothers

J
up. Bill Profili and
Simister coached .
ID New Denver on Sunday,
kids lost 6-4. Dave Lloyd
all the way in this one and
the loss . The local boys
a 4-1 lead in the first
lllliDc but New Denver whitUed away at the lead an,d finally
onrcame it, while their pitcher
tightened up and stopped Rossland cold. Bob Lloyd and " Sonny'' Samuelson looked after
transportation and coaching for
this trip.
I would like to offer my con gratulations to a former bonspiel curling partner, Dick Ne cker, for the winning by his
13 year olds of the B.C. Babe
Ruth Championship in that category . Dick has some fine youngsters on his team . Steve Tam bellini and Allan Pastro each
won two games for the unde feated West Kootenay All -Stars
and Brian LeRose and Robert
Volpatti were easily the hitting
stars .

taking the class . Family season tickets will coverthepractice portion of the hour class .
Rossland's Little League
All-stars have played two
games since being formed, and
bave yet to find a winning formula. In a game played in
Rossland on Wednesday eve ning of last week .they lost to
the Beaver Valley All-Stars,
who are coached by Bernie
McMahon. Bernie has coached
Little Leaguers for many years
ID the Valley, and figures that
this year's edition is his best
ever. Bernie tells me he has
lligh hopes of taking his young sters all the way to a B.C.
title this season. He says, "Let
me just get by Andy Bileski's
Trail kids, and I'll have a
cbance." Bernie is also a part
time sports writer, for the
Beaver Valley paper. The kids
from the Valley beat our kids
1-0, behind some fine pitching
., Tin) McMahon, Bernie's son.
;.. Beach, who was the loser,
iMc:lled well for 4 1/3 innings
' - weatened in the 5th and was
, by Dave Lloyd, who

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