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What a difference a word
can make to a sentence! In
last week's column, I stated
that I didn't want to "belittle"
the part that the Redmen had
played in our town; when that
. world came to the surface in
print, it was "believe," so you
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can see what I mean.
It could have been my
writing, or it could have been
a typographical error, either
way it was one rare oc. currence; my copy usually
comes out just the way I write
it. In almost eight years of
• doing this column, this is the
only time I can remember
being misquoted - but at
least I never got any phone
calls from outraged Redmen
or their fans.
While on the subject of the
Redmen, I am very happy to
pass along something I picked
up yesterday about one of our
, local members of the Redmen
who was indeed a real
meaningful force on the team
this year.
Walt Christianson is a big
strong boy who seems to revel
in the rough going which .is
part and parcel of lacrosse.
Well, Walt's worth has been
recognized by no less a team
than the Victoria Shamrocks,
a senior team of top calibre at
the Coast.
Walt is being given a twogame tryout by the
Shamrocks. By the time you
read this, those games may
be history, but I will look
forward to reading the
reports on how he shows up

J=lEPP-]ALK

with
Hary
Pepper

Well, the Golden City Days
are a little over a week away
and from what I hear,
preparations are going fullsteam ahead. People like
George Dyson and Mim
Castle are up to their ears
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of the name will be going all
out to do their part ot .make
this year's the biggest and
best ever.

and I know a lot of other
people will be doing likewise.
This week I was going to
be a little critical of the
format of the Little League
championship series which
was won by the B.C. rep,
Andy Bilesky's Trail Little
Leaguers.
The format was dictated, I
understand, by the big TV
moguls and called for a onegame playoff for the
Canadian title between the
Alberta rep from Calgary and
the Trail team. Their decision
made no allowance for the
fact that B.C. was unbeaten
and Alberta had a 4-1 record.
They were televising one
game and that would have to
suffice.
As we B.C. faithful were
well aware, our boys have the
wherewithal to take them to
Williamsport and we never
doubted that they would need
any more than one game. As
it turned out Barry Parisotto
pulled another shutout from
his bag of tricks and B.C.
were~.
But doesn't it get a little
sickening when the big TV
concerns can dictate the way
our kids' game should be
regulated? We've seen it
happen in practically all adult
pro sports, but when it interferes with our kid sports, it
seems to be just a little much.

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WALT CHRISTIANSON
... tryout with Victoria

in work, preparing the
various programs which will
be the meat of this annual
event.
With the news which was
relayed to us this morning via
the radio, it looks as though
the beer supply will improve
to the point where our worries
about the beer garden being
able to operate during GCD
are considerably lessened.
The Fall Fair, held in
conjunction with the Golden
City Days, will once again be
a big drawing card for the
many visitors who seem to
flock to our city during this
festive occasion. The
Warriors' hockey club is
already planning big doings
for their part in the
celebration, and most every
club and organization worthy

The second part of the
Minor league soccer season is
just around the corner and the
kids will be back on the
soccer fields doing their
thing. This part of the season
is not too long and winds up
with the various playoffs in
early October.
Rossland teams have had a
reasonably good season and
as the time goes by we may
once more have a division
champ on our hands.
We have been very fortunate in soccer that we have
quite a number of dedicated
people around who are
winning to dig in and do a
first-class job of giving the
Kids some really top-notch
instruction on the game of
soccer. John Habicht, Jack
McDonald and Joe Hughes,
and others like Blaise Szekely
and Shay Kelly put in a lot of
time with the kids and the
kids are starting to show the
good it is doing.
Despite a spate of injuries
to key players, the B.C. Lions
are holding their own in the
league this season. I guess the
big news this season is the
apparent downfall of the
Motreal Alouettes; the cutting
of four former key players
shows the extent to which the
team has sunk.
It looks like Edmonton from
the west again, so far the east
hasn't a reasonable facsimile
of a contender for the Grep
Cup.