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lary

The Rossland curling
rink was the scene of
considerable activity over
the past weekend as the
Ladies Curling Club bad
their annual Winter
Wonderland Bonspiel!

Always a hive of action,
this year's spiel was no
different, as 24 rinks,
mostly from Trail and
Rossland with the odd one
from Beaver Valley and
Castlegar, were on the ice
from early morning until
late in the evening.
Some very good curling
was watched by a good
number of fans. The ice
was excellent! There were
facilities for refreshment
and food in the lounge,
while behind the counters
the members of the Ladies'
club and the Men's and
Retirees' clubs all pitched
into help.
On Saturday a couple of
hours were taken off from
the curling while the
participant., bad a fine
supper served by the
Ladies' club. After their
meal had settled, the
members of the Retirees'
club put on their little skit
which was very well
received by the visitors.
I'm not saying this to

boost anyone's ego, but
when you can find a bunch

of guys in their &O's and 70's
who will put so much into a
little show like this you've
gotta know that there's
high energy left in the old
folks yet! Of course,
without the Ladies' club
members to dream this up,
it wouldn't have happened.

Now to get down to the
Ditty-gritty. All the finals
were played at one time on
Sunday afternoon. In the
"A" final it was the April
Biscaro rink from Trail
defeating the Marion Klit
rink from the Valley.
Winning foursome along
with April were Ann
Stefani third, Laurel
Babcock second, and
Margie Rowe lead. Marion
was assisted by Lois
Debruyn third, Marg
Wilson second, and Isabel
Weins lead.
In the "B" final it was
the Jean Olmstead rink of
Trail over the Vi Krest rink
of Rossland. On the
Olmstead rink were Patti
Pruden third, Sandra
Stadjuhar second and
Therese Rosner lead.
Assisting Vi were Lorraine
Hill third, Loretta Thorpe
second and Sherry Molnar
lead.
In the final .of the "C"
event it was the Acton rink
of Trail who won out over
the Dalton rink of Warfield.
On the winning rink were
Linda Acton skip, Gail
Schmidt third, Fem Acton
second and Marg Culley
lead. The losing rink bad
Debbie Dalton skip,
Carolyn Fines third, Joyce
Bjoren second and Colene
Vilene lead.
And in the "D" final it
was the Lyons rink of
Castlegar over Trail's
Betty Marbach. On the
winning foursome were
Cheri Lyons skip, Helen
Clay third, Nadine Elasoff
second and Muriel Wilson
lead. On the losing side it

was Betty Marbach skip,
Barb Swift third, Dina Hall
second and Pat Verzuh
lead.
Of the Rossland rinks,
the Marg Rosse foursome
finished third in the "A".
Marg bad Phyllis Woodward third, Eileen McDonald second and Hazel
Thalman lead. Several
other Rossland rinks
finished in the fours of the
various evenb, notably the
Corrie Bateman and
Dorothy Fines foursomes
and the Edie Harasin rink
which bad to have a
shootout to decide ib
match against Elsie
Shorthouse's rink from
Trail.
With the Warriors
eliminated from the
playoffs this spring, we are
having a lot of hockey
going on at the arena from
other groups in the city.
This coming weekend will
see the annual Play-ForFun tourney with 12 teams
taking part. One is coming
from Victoria and the other
team from Campbell
River. Many former
Rossland boys will be
returning. Locally I think
four teams are from

Rossland.
This is always an exciting event and always
well conducted. Look for it
to be the same this time
and be sure to get out and
see some of the games and
other attractions that go
along with the evenl You
won't regret it! Why, hey,
heck, you'll love it!
And with that we'll say.
Till next time, then!