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Retirees Day at Birchbank on Thursday, Oct. 10
was a pretty near perfect day for fall golf and a good
crowd was on band to wind down the regular season.
After the snowfall in Rossland on the Wednesday, it
didn't look too good but we went out in the morning
and the day turned out quite well. In fact I had my
best round of the season, not so hot for some people
(49) but for an old sandbagger like me, it's not bad.
After our round, I played with Al McAuley, Jim
Rothwell and Carlo Martin. We enjoyed some
refreshment and a light lunch and voted for a new
Retirees executive. I won't go into this because Guy
Morey was sitting next to me and he will have the
details in his "On the Tee" column before this
column hits the paper.
We didn't have too good a brand of weather for
the holiday weekend. I went down to the course on
Sunday after Russ Broughton had worked Saturday
afternoon and between us we had to pick up some
twenty to twenty-five fees. Today, Monday, as I
write this, it is not a day that people will rush off to
the golf course to get soaked by the weather and pay
green fees too. It would appear this week will see
the end ot our service at the course, unless the
brand of weather we've had of late changes
dramatically.
Oh, by the way, before I move away from the
subject of golf, our old friend from the Northport
area, Noland Garrison, sent a token of his esteem to
the Retirees club, to be given to the guy who lost the
most balls on Thursday's round. A little plaque with
the inscription, "Old golfers never die, they just lose
their balls." Thanks Noland!
I went to the Rossland Curling Association
meeting at the Curling Rink on Wednesday evening.
It was a good meeting in that most of the questions
we had been mulling over were brought up and
acted upon. Here are some of the highlights: Each
of the member clubs of the association wanted a
free 'spiel during the coming season and a vote gave
them that right. The host club at any of these 'spiels
will not be required to work on the bar and counter
in the Curling lounge as the other clubs will handle
these chores and it looks like all clubs will be called

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upon to handle these jobs on an interchangeable
basis. Club parties usually held at Halloween,
Christmas, etc., will be on a minimum rent basis,
plus any wages for clean-up. Permits for the bar
will allow an opening at 11 a.m. until midnight and a
licence will become available in February. The ice
rental will stay the same as last year and last but .
certainly not least, Mike Fraftchick will be back on
the job this winter. To that decision may we say,
Amen. Don't forget our meeting on Oct. 29 you
Retirees. Bring along any prespective new members. I see where the Trail Retirees plan for 50-65
five-man rinks in their club. We can never hope for
figures like those but we can always get bigger and
better.
Last Friday evening I watched the Warriors for
the first time this season in league play. I would
suggest that coach Bob Whitlock and assistant
coach Rich Chobanuk have done quite a job with the
club. The team has now a 2-2 record after wins over
Grand Forks Border Bruins and then the 9-4 romp
over the Columbia Valley Rockies. In the game I
watched I would like to suggest that the officials I
have watched this season are taking the new rulings
a mite too literally. The players are really going to
have to do a tremendous adjustment job to bring
themselves to the stage of coping with over-eager
officials.
It's too early in the season to start banding out
accolades to any specific players yet but there were
a number of them out there on Friday who would
bear more than a passing mention. Young Valana in
goal is doing quite a job, quick and pretty sure of
himself; and it seems Darryl Llndgren did a good
job in Grand Forks. Good goal-tending was
something we needed when we lost Bert Brooker.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, the 15th they tackle the
league-leading Nitehawks out in the Valley. It's
good to see Roy CUler doing such a good job 'with
the Valley team. Then on Friday, they entertain
Spokane. Saturday a visit to Nelson and next
Tuesday it's the Junior Leafs here at the arena.
So, it's Good Luck, you Warriors!
Til next time, then!