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Starting off this week we
have announcements with
regard to ladies' curling.
The first one I got was from
Viv Thompson, who writes
the ladies' afternoon club
held a meeting on Oct. 12 and
it was decided an open house
will be held Oct. 25 and 'n.
Viv, who is the club's
president, tells me Dorothy
Fines will be on hand to give
lessons. You could be
pleasantly surprised by how
quickly you can adjust to the
sport· and next thing you
know, you get so you hate to
miss a game.
Luncheon will be served at
the newly-renovated club
room and then it's on to the
ice to enjoy the sport which
has an attraction for a lot of
men and women the world
over. Beryl Davis will be this
year's publicity agent for the
afternoon ladies and we can
look for some regular
reports on the club's

operation.
The other report came
from Florence Valentine,
who is president of the
Rossland Business Girls
Club. This club is composed
of women who work days
and get in their curling in the
evenings. Regular curling
begins Nov. 7.
So, there it is, ladies! You
are all set to get off to a good
start and may you all have a
good season and lots of fun.
The men's clubs and the
retirees have yet to make an
announcement regarding
their starting dates, but we
should have these by next
week. H the season matches
the just completed golf
season, it'll be swell.
Well, you'll probably be
hearing enough aboqt the
curling season as it
progresses so we'll switch to
something else now.

ceased to collect green fees·
at the golf course. The leaves
were getting to be quite a
problem and with the
coming of the colder days
and attendant dampness, it
was thought that it was no
longer worthwile, so, Richie
is down there today cleaning
up and with this the 1983 golf
season at the upper course is
over.

Well, the baseball season
is over and it turned out to be
a pitcher's series and the
team with the best pitching
waJked away with all the
marbles. After their initial
loss at home in a game which
actually could have gone
either way, the Orioles didn't
make too many miscues.
Eddie Murray's boo-boo at
first base in the highest
scoring game was easily
forgotten with his two
homers in the finale.
The retirees have now
I have heard a lot of talk

around about the Canadian
teams showing on the past
season and I guess most of us
say, "Well! Maybe next year
will be the one," but I feel
pretty sure it will be a fong
time before we see an allCanadian World Series. Both
the teams played well for
part of the year before
phenomenal · crowds but
when it got down to the Dittygritty, they just seemed to
come up short.
Now, to satisfy my old
friend Doug Johnson, I have
it on the best of authority,
( well, "pretty dam good,"
anyway) that it was indeed
Yogi Berra who made the
quote, referring to a past
World Series in which he was
engaged. Playing in what
turned out to be the final
game he said, "It's never
over until it's over." So,
Doug, you come up the
winner in that bet you were
telling us of.