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Wednesday, May 18 at 8
p.m. in the curling lounge of
the Rossland arena, a
meeting will be held by
Rossland Warriors hockey
club.
Manager Doug Buhr told
me Monday evening most of
the players from last year's
roster are coming back and
the coming season looks
very promising. This could
be the year of the Warriors.
He also added that at this
meeting, the coach for '83-'84
will be named.
It probably is a good idea
to get moving on this right
now while hockey interest is
still strong. The Stanley Cup,
1fith two of the strongest
teams in modern-day hockey
battling, has people thinking
hockey. Let's hope they will
respond to the needs of their
own hockey club which has
given us so many entertaining evenings.
Still on hockey, both the
WlllL and KIJHL have
elected new presidents. Let's
hope this move foreshadows
an improved climate in both
leagues. The senior league,
in particular, has bad its
troubles over the past few
years, maybe the move will
be beneficial to all, players,
officials and fans alike.
Roy Grant called the other
evening and told me about
t11e progress being made in
minor soccer in Rossland. It
seems registration is now
complete and the results are
a pleasant surprise to all
minor soccer people. A total
of 145 youngsters of both
sexes have expressed a
desire to play the game and
are eager to get started.
Twenty-three are in the

Mosuqito section, approximately 50 in each of the
Peewee 1 and 2 sections and
a real surprise in the Bantam section where there
have been 'El sign up. Virtually the whole Bantam
hockey team from the '82-'83
season is going to be out
there on the soccer field this
summer.
So far, the Bantams have a
coaching team, both former
senior players in town, Ray
von Diebitsch and Dave
Lawrence will look after the
kids and put them on the
right track, soccer-wise. The
same can not be said
however for the other
divisions. Roy says they are
in dire need of coaches and
also need some sponsors. So
he is asking that anyone with
time on their bands come out
and volunteer to help some
of our kids learn to play the
game. Any organization or
business that can see their
way clear to help out with
some jerseys, etc., will be
more than welcome.
A tentative schedule has
been drawn which gives all
teams the chance to travel to
Nelson, castlegar, Beaver
Valley, Trail and Grand
Forks in addition to their
league commitments.
On Monday night I attended a retirement party
held in the Colander at Trail
for a long-time buddy of
mine, Jim Flanders. All of
Jim's working friends from
the equipment depot were
there to wish him well as
were two of his brothers,
Rus8el , and Tommy from
Agassiz. Two of his sons, Lee
and Murray, and son-in-law

Bill Langman.

It was a typical stag party
with a happy hour or so in
the Eagles Lodge in Trail
and a grand Italian dinner at
the Colander. Then, all the
Rossland group finished off
the evening at the Legion in
Rossland.
Jimmy and I go back a
long way in our association.
We first met after I started
on the Hill in '49 and pretty
soon he, I and Bob McCuaig
became pretty close. We all
worked at the roofing
business for old Dick in
Annable in our spare time,
days off, etc. When the old
boy passed away Bob and
Jimmy inherited the tar-pot
and we worked together for a
number of years in that
business. It was always fun
with help from guys like
Jack Lloyd, Buck Jones, Bill
Schmidt and Glen Tait
among others. We roofed a
lot of houses from Beaver ·
Valley to Castlegar.
Jimmy has always said
how he wished he could have
retired from the Hill at the
same time I did. Now he's
happy and all I have to do is
lure him out on to the golf
course in the summer. The
winter is already taken care
of with Retirees' curling, so
all I'm going to add is this:
"Have a long and pleasant
retirement, Jim, and we'll
get together down the road
for a couple of cold ones."
In closing I think we can
safely say that something
will be done by this coming
week with regard to
Retirees' golf at the upper
course. Hopefully, we'll get
something going on
Tuesday, weather permitting.