16-Trail Times-Friday, April 11, 1986

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This week, although it is now an old story, I
thought I should catch up on some news which has
been on my shelf for the past week or so. Naturally,
you say, "I'll bet it's curling news," and you are
absolutely right, in fact, along with catching up on
the curling news, spiels and such, I want to touch on
some other items which I got first hand, having
attended those functions when the news was made.
First I'll go to the functions, the Minor Hockey
Banquet and the Kokanee Derby Club annual
meeting. Both were held in the Uplander Hotel
ballroom and both were well conducted alhtough I
along with a number of others would have liked to
have seen more people out at the latter meeting.
This is a very worthy project which I have supported for quite a long tbne and although it does not
have the members it once bad I believe it can be
brought back to its former role on the Rossland
scene if given the chance.
The executive, mostly young people who are
feeling their way at present, would appreciate more
people to inspire them to do things they have been
thinking about but have not tried yet. These young
people desene a break and a good shot of publicity
would certainly do them no harm. The meeting was
well run and the entertainment and food was good
too, especially the wildlife movies which were
excellent.
The Minor Hockey Banquet and the
organization which runs it certainly needs no introduction to the people of this town. They are a
large group of young men who put in many hours of
really great effort to make it what it is today. I was
invited to sit at the head table for this function and
felt very honored to be there with some of the elite of
Rossland hockey and be able to look out on the faces
of the youngsters and their mentors and to see the
looks on the faces of the very young as they were
called on to get their various awards. The people
who run this organization are numerous and if I
mentioned one or two and didn't remember others
by name I would be doing all a disservice so I'm just
going to deal with generalities and let it go at that.
The Rossland Mixed Curling Club spiel was held
on March 21-22-23 at the curling rink, with a large
bunch of rinks taking part. Four competitions were
decided, A, B, C, and D with a total of 14 main
awards handed out. You will notice that I will name
them in the categories they won prizes in, as some
are well known to me, others not so well, inititals
will have to suffice.
In "A" Alfie Albo took first, wife Dottie, Tony
Topolinaky and his wife assiting, runner-up was the

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l,. Lloyd rink of Trail with fl. Davidson, S. Clements
and J. Szigety helping out. Third went to G.
Davidson of Nelson with M. Davidson and John and
Karen Hembling filling out the rink. Grant Fines
took the fourth spot with help from Dorothy Lilburn,
K. Lund and Mary Bruce.
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In the "B" event it was Jim Schuck taking fll'St
with B. James, John and Gail Hohn assisting,
second spot went to D. Albo who had help from M.
Soligo, Bob Sherwood and C. Pastro! and in ~d
spot was Jim Driscoll with Donna Price, C. ~ e s
and S. Hoglund helping. Jim Albo took fourth with
Carl Albo C. Williams and B. Hohn giving a hand.
In "C" it was Roy and Dorothy Fines assisted
by Marg and Joe Rosse, second spot went to Arnie
Sherwood with help from L. Paul, D. Huska and C.
Hanson, G. Granstrom took third with assists going
to N. Granstrom, D. Thompson and T. Kushner.
Tim Steinke had help from Irene Dunlop, Ron
Wisted and D. Steinke in taking fourth spot.
In the "0" D. Davidson won assisted by Beryl
Davis, M. Martin and L. Thompson and the runnerup spot was taken by Jack Malchow, Eileen McDonald Dick Cotton and Bev Bell.
Th~ Ladies club played its final competiton and
it was won by Dorothy Fines rink with Dottie ~bo,
third, Jessie Skinner second and Janet Hamilton
lead, second place went to Fanny Albo's rink with
Ruth Dougan, third, Mary Bruce second and Irene
McCormack lead.
In a Mini-Spiel at the windup, Dorothy Fines
was the winner with Bernie Brandt, Mary Bruce
and Viv Thompson assisting.
And finally the Retirees Club. Four competitions were played, in the Scott-Molyneux it was
Jake Lilburn with Rich Watkinson, Ebner Thompson, Lou Freeman and Willie Dorey taking top spot.
Phil Bateman took the Legion, with Clyde Nyman,
Gord BreMan, John Inin and Harold Anderson.
Fred Munro took the club with Dick Vermiere, Jack
Hook Harry Douglas and again Harold Anderson.
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of Montreal was won by repeating Phil
Bateman, Dick Vermiere, Ken Stanton, Jim
Thompson and Will Dorey. At the windup, Fred
Munro took the rotation prize with Bart Dudley,
Gordon Seafoot and Lou Crowe assisting.
And that's where I'll say 'Til next tbne, then!
Let's play golf 'til October.

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