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1be city of Rossland bas a
reputaUon 88 a sports-loving

town. Luminaries in many

areas of the sports world
started their careers on the
tracb, fields, arenas and
mountains around this city.
Names like Haley,
Stanton, Greene, Martin and
Zanuul have found their
niche in the professional and
amateur sport record books.
Locals who thrilled to watch
a Scott and a Laface play in
bygone days on the lacrosse
floor, can now follow the
career of Walt Christianson
performing for Victoria in
the same sport.
McFarland, Stuart and
Stanton, Legare and Martin
are names who stand out
among the many who have
campeted in hockey in the
ltootenays and beyond.
Nobody can forget the
tremendous feats of our own
Nancy Greene in the ski

world, or the triumphs of no in wet weather, which we
Joe Haley in track and field. have seen plenty of this
Both these wonderful people spring. 1be Cook Avenue
have passed along a lot of park is too small for
knowledge to our young anything but fun games. It
people and the result is was constructed for Little
some impressive displays of League but since we have
tbeirown.
none it loses a lot of its
With the advent of minor value.
1be costly facelift given to
are likely to aee the number the Arena bu brought it up
of young athletes increue in
to par with IDOlt of the
the future. 1be calibre of 11renu in the area.
training bas improved and
more people are finding
1be thought behind these
Ume to help train the young. ramhHnp is in order to give
Roasland's facillUes for ourselves and our kids the
all kinds of sports are not of chance to malntaln and even
top.notch quality. We don't improve our sports image, a
have a year-round swim- considerable amount of
ming pool. We must travel time, effort and f1mds are
to Warfield for track and going to be needed to
field.
upgrade the present
Centennial Park is a facillUes and
build new
/
credit to the community 88 a ones.
playing field but bas no
1be efforts of the city '
capacity for ~Ung fans; fatberl to give our town a
Jubilee can be a definite n~ big-town image by making
over the downtown core is
OK, but along with this we
need some recreation
outlets for our younpters
more in line with a big-town
image.1be covered pool we
beard n,mhllnp about a

prosrams in every sport, we

while back Is a good
example.
The play-for-fun group
have ideas of their own to do
80IDetblng about the seaUng
at Centennial ·Park but I
imagine they will need the
help of someone else to
carry through with their
plans. It would be a worthy
cause for some of our service clubs to line up behind
and the city to give their
blessing to along with any

not too long, it came down
and buried itself in the
sodden turf along the south
side of the fairway to a
depth of a good four lncbes.

In Bingo, Bango, Bongo
competiUon, Morris Sawyer
won a ball for IDOlt points,
11, RUii Broughton WU
closest to the pin on no. 4 in
two shots, B. Comba bad the
least putts, 14, and Clyde

Nyman bad the moet, 25.
physical aid they could
1bere are stDl four balls
outstanding ·and we wish
muster.
those who have them
At the upper course this _coming would pick them up
week the terrible weather next time around, your
put a definite damper on our names are there for you to
retirees' weekly ouUng. Yet aee so Just help younelf 88
aome 2ll hardy and trusting you sign in nm week.
Talking of next week, we
souls saw flt to show up and
were rewarded with a round hope for better weather for
of golf which, while not our bidden partners and low
under ideal condiUons, WU net competition, Morris
quite pleasant and nary a Sawyer and Jack Gellatly
one got wet - except around will be in charge, aee you all
there, I hope!
the feel
'l!bursday, we all look
Jim Doig, who played in
our foursome along with forward to playing
Doug Cavill, Ritchie Castlegar, on the occasion of
Watkinson and me bad a the retirees' invitaUon, hope
unique experience; bis tee to meet up with acme more
shot off no. 9 went high and old friends out there.