The snow we've been expecting finally arrived
Sunday evening. When I left the arena after the
hockey game it started to come down and by
Monday morning my front porch had a good five
inches on it.
The game was our first look at this year's
edition of the Columbia Valley Rockies and I
wouldn't hesitate to say they are definitely the class
club of the KIJHL. Ex-Trail Junior Smokie coach
Tom Rennie has built himself a pretty smooth team
this season and they could easily tum out to be the
league champs by playoff time.
The Warriors got two goals from Willie Brunz
and singles from Ivan Czach, Jay Neilsen and Kevin
Hoey in a five-goal splurge in the second, and looked
to be in the driver's seat. But it was not to be.
Rossland dropped six points behind Castlegar and
had better watch those Nitehawks now when they
play them Saturday at the arena. The remaining
games against the Hawks are crowded into the last
month of the regular season - two in Rossland and
three in the Valley- and those games may decide
who winds up in the basement in the West.
During the week I took a trip over to the curling
rink to see tlie big guns in the Retirees Club. I find
three rinks tied with 3-1 records, Norm Harry, Roy
Fines and Russ Broughton. Phil Bateman, Red
Monroe and Jake Lilburn each have two wins and
two losses. Angus Popplewell boasts one tie and one
loss. Dan Burnett and Bert Morrow each have just
one win with Dan having a tie and two losses and
Bert three losses. Bob Stevenson is winless in four
starts. The boys were just starting on their fifth
games as I left the arena which will see the first
competition half completed.
I may start in the second competition, that
largely depends on what I hear from the doctor on
Dec. 2. Right now I have the good wife in the
hospital and hope to find out more about that
tomorrow when I visit her.
Things are beginning to look up at the Legion as
Christmas looms in the offing. Several events have
gone 9ver quite successfully and an election of officers for a new executive is in the near future. This
is always interesting, knowing who will be in charge
in a year in which it is hoped Branch 14 will make a
complete recovery from the doldrums which have
plagued it for quite awhile now.
Andnow,
'Til next time then!