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Volume 109, Issue
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Win determined by overtime, then shootout By Lorrie Oakden Team Manager
Rivers Jets atom mixed team played in Oak Lake Ice Bandits’ tournament this past weekend and went undefeated in round robin play! Their three wins and one tie put them in the Aside final against irden Cameron, the team they tied in round robin. n the championship final game, Rivers was down a goal until Jack Oakden scored at 8:56 in the second period to tie the game at - . he game ended up going to a five-minute four-on-four overtime period; however, neither team scored and the game was to be decided by a shootout. Gavin Pomeroy was solid in net and after several rounds of shooters, Faith Burtnick netted the game-winning goal for Rivers ets ack was awarded Player of the Game for Rivers for his efforts.
Photo by Lorrie Oakden
Back row L/R: Darcy Oakden, Andrew Janz, Jess Cords. Middle row L/R: Faith Burtnick, Payton McNish, Sawyer Mitchell, Nathan Espenell, Noah Briand, Jack Oakden, William Janz, Nicholas Lade, Logan Creighton, Rainn Paddock. Front row L/R: Pierce Cords, Gavin Pomeroy, Liam Fobes, Zackery Bigelow. Missing: Preston Bylo.
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aithful readers might remember a story printed last year regarding Janice Meadows of Forrest. She was looking for support of a volunteer challenge at a A golf tournament in Orlando. For new readers, and those who cannot remember the original information, the process will once again be explained. Janice has been at three Arnold almer invitational golf tournaments. he first year was as a spectator, the past two as a volunteer. She became a volunteer through an easy online process, but she never thought she would be contacted. The first year she worked on the shuttle committee and “wel-
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By Sheila Runions Banner Staff comed spectators as they arrived at the course, took photos of them with Arnold almer signage and handed out booklets of information.” Last year she was assigned to sponsorship tents along several fairways her ob there was to greet sponsors and guests, and watch the golf This year she has been slated to volunteer as part of the caddie services team; she is “not sure what that will entail but assume it will be working closer to the action!” hile she will be working in Florida next month, she also hopes to be the lucky volunteer chosen to make a , donation to charity. There is a volunteer challenge which, as of eb.
8, has been accepted by seven volunteers (last year there were nearly but since almer died Sept. , perhaps the incentive is not as strong . hese volunteers are hoping to have the privilege of presenting a , cheque to Arnie s Army Charitable oundation for the Arnold Palmer Medical Center. o date, anice leads the way with 276 votes, well ahead of the second-place winner who has 48. However, Janice was also the significant leader for a long time last year but in the end, came in second by a difference of some votes. f you would like to support her efforts to make this donation, visit pgatour.com/volunteers, select the
Arnold Palmer Invitational icon and vote for Janice Meadows. (For the direct link, visit tourchallenge.com Arnold almer nvitational ote entry d . he free voting competition continues until arch the tournament is arch and only one vote per email/ mailing address is allowed. She also has a voting link on her acebook page so voting and sharing there will spread the word even farther. For every vote she (or any volunteer collects , an additional dollar will be added to Arnie’s Foundation, up to another , . anice quite literally grew up golfing her parents Allen and laine Campbell owned River-
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view olf Course which was right out the back door. er childhood was spent learning the sport and caring for the course clubhouse and after almost years” she is still involved in the game. hough her formative years were spent living a few miles east of Brandon, she now lives six miles north of Forrest with husband Allan. Her name may seem familiar because she was a school trustee for the Rapid City orrest ouglas area from , the e ecutive director of Brandon Regional ealth Centre BR C from - , she s on the fundraising committee for BR C oundation and is a paid part-time assistant to BR C Au iliary.