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The 1985,8; hockey season is over as far as the
Rossland Warriors are concerned. But it going to be
interesting to find out what will happen in the series
between Castlegar and Grand Forks. As I write this
on the weekend that series is tied at two each, the
Bruins have been really coming on of late and they
would dearly like to get into the final with their
team which has been almost entirely rebuilt this
season from management on through coaches,
players, et al. The Rebels would appear to have
been a pretty solid team from the opening whistle of
the past season but we certainly expect them to
continue to have their hands full with thole pesky

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Back to the Warriors for a moment. I listen to a
lot of reasons why the Warriors have not bad their
best season this time around, and I listened to one
with a new twist the other afternoon. A friend of
mine, who baa bnpeccable taste in all other ways,
came up with the thought that our hockey imports
weren't putting out In comparison with what it costs
the club to bring them in to play. I was rather
surprised because I have watched every game
ezcept one. If those kids that came in from the
Okanagan let up in their efforts I have missed il I
thought they gave it all they bad in every game,
there is no doubt that some of our Rossland boys
were outstanding but they did have a lot of help.
The games we w this season were, should we
say, rare, but I don'
this should be any reason
to panic. We have
pretty talented kids back in
the minor hockey who we hope will help Rossland to
build back to our first totally home-brew team for
many years. This doesn't mean I subscribe to the
idea our imports are a drag, we've had some
dandies, 1iWe Dave Schindel wu 81116er llttle guy
but be didn't worry about the rough stuff. The
vim- Zakall and Vankalkaren. lilob Boyd, Steve
Miller, Jody Graham and Dusty lmoo aD madetbeir
contributions, some to a larger extent tllan that of
others and our local boys all have GIii' tlakB.
Garnet, Damen, Dallas, Troy, Terry, Parlck,
Tommy and Darryl and young Valana and Ran
Wray. Thanks fellas, every one of you. And to
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game a real shot, it was always entertaining and
that's what hockey fans pay to see.
But for hockey fans the hockey season isn't
over. This coming weekend the Rossland Play-forFun hockey fellas are putting on their annual
tourney. Twelve teams will battle for the crown,
coming from Armstrong, Campbell River, Genelle,
Castlegar and Fruitvale, two teams from Kaslo and
a like number from Rossland, and three from Trail.
Competition will commence at 6 p.m. Friday and 8
a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Be sure to be in the
stands or make a visit to the lounge to watch the
action.
The following week it will be a Minor Hockey
tournament put on by the Rossland Atoms who hope
to have a good response to their invitations to teams
around the country. I sball have more details on this
one in next week's column.
The plans for the Legion One-Day spiel are in
good shape and the date for this is Narcb 2. Names
of the rinks will be drawn on Feb. 26 or 'r/. I talked to
Jim Bateman this morning and be said 36 names
were on the sheet at last count and hoping for more.
It's always an enjoyable day for the curlers taking
part mainly because of the surprises in store for all.
You never know who you will be curling with until
they are posted.
Branch 14 recently bad a contest for kids to
make pictures of a design for a badge to help
celebrate our 60th anniversary. After they were all
in, the committee selected an effort by 14-year-old
Melissa Pollock. Betty Ackerman and daughter
Sharon, Melissa's mom, are quite proud of the
young lady and we all want to thank her for the
effort.
A special bingo on behalf of the Heart Fund was
quite a success according to reports I have from the
organi7.ers. It was held in the ~gion downstairs ball
onSunday,Feb.16.
Alfie Albo Jr. took a rink of local boys to the
Grand Forks men's spiel over the weekend and
came out on top, defeating the Greg Granstrom rink
from Trail. Alfie bad son Darren at third, Chris
Banes second and Don Williams lead. The winning
effort was a &-5-~ d victory.

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