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At this time of the year our retirees golf is apt to
suffer from summer vacations. People take
holidays even though I always figure a retiree is on
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vacation all the time. I guess it's just a case of a
change of scenery - much as most of us enjoy our
beloved Kootenay country - the habit of getting
away from it all is so ingrained in most of us that we
have to break away every once in a while to sort of
retain our sanity, or what's left of it. Personally,
I'm quite content to take a trip once a year and be
satisfied. You see, I don't drive and when you back
the wheels to move around, it takes the urge away to
get out and go away, or at least, reduces it.
However, as I started out to say, our weekly
Tuesday at the upper course is standing up very
well under the strain. The attendance has been in .
the sixties or so pretty steadily since the weather
turned over a new leaf and we now get an occasional
day of sunshine. This is my kind of weather, I just
glory in it and an occasional rain to keep everything
green would suit me very well. I've lived that way
for a long time and enjoyed every minute of it. So,
as the old saying goes, "let the sunshine in, face it
with a grin, open up your heart and let the sunshine
in."
Today, 54 of the older generation were out to try
their hand at low gross, low net, hidden holes and
closest to the pin on number three. You know, it was
a little bit funny but no one out of the 54 entries
made it to the green on number three from the top
tee. There are lots of guys in our company who are
capable of making it, so we added a ball to the low
net category to make up the difference. The winners
were, very deservedly, I might say, in the low gross
department, Al McAulay's sparkling 40 was tops,
Pat Martin and Bill Woodburn won in a draw over a
couple of others with their 33's. Willie Scott won the
dubious honor on the hidden high hole, number four,
with an eight. On the low hidden hole, number six,
Bob Glover and Jimmy Scott shared that honor
after a draw between four contestants with fours.
Next week's occupants of the desk have not yet
been determined but rest assured there will be
somebody on hand to run things next week and I will
be out on the course in the early going. That desk job
is I.K. but someone else will have to take a turn next
tie around.
I don't know how many availed themselves of
.t he chance to partake of the lunch special that Max
had on - hot dog and fries - but I did and it was a
real bargain. Incidentally the above is the correct
spelling of his name, so I was told today. Sorry,
Max!
I really don't think there are too many in our
group who have any notion of turning the golfing
world up side down with their performances on
Tuesday. They go out there just like I do, to enjoy.
They must be getting what they want because they
keep coming back. Every at our early starting
times there are never any grumpy ones when they
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come in. The odd one might bemoan an awful hole
or so, but I don't think they let that sort of thing
bother them.
Well, seeing as this effort has been concerned
with golf, we must pay tribute to the latest
conqueror of our.DIUDber..fiveaUhe upper course. I
don't know the clubs they used but Carmell Gipman
and Jim Markle must have used the one that suited
them. Both holed out their tee shots on Monday.
There have been a number of them lately on
number five. Hoping for more, we'll now say,
'Til next time, then!