CURL MESABI

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Volume 1, Issue 3

December 1999

Junior State to be Held

Curl Mesabi will be hosting the 2000 Minnesota Junior State Playdowns January 7, 8 and 9. Volunteers are needed for time keeping, ice maintenance and other duties. Draw times for which timekeepers are needed are Friday 10:00AM, 3:00PM and 8:00PM; Saturday 9:00AM, 2:00PM and 7:00PM; and Sunday at 9:00AM. You may signup for one or as many draws as you like. Please contact Jim Wainio at 744-2448 or Tim Drobnick 744-4048 to assist with our first State curling event.

Senior Nationals

As Curl Mesabi's first National competition we need your help with the Senior Nationals. The Senior Nationals will be held the 17^th-20^th of February at both Curl Mesabi and Hibbing. Gene "Gene the Curling Machine" Johnson (741-8312), Bruce Johnson (744-2345) and the rest of the committee have done an excellent job landing and organizing the event but they need volunteers before and during the event. Please notify them to volunteer.

1999-2000 Dues are Past Due

Dues and locker rental for the 1999-2000 season are currently past due. Please pay dues prior to January 1, or your curling privileges may be revoked and your lock may be cut.

Equipment Needs

Please contact Tom Miller for all your curling equipment and apparel needs. He may be contacted at Curl Mesabi or at 744-3044.

Restaurant and Bar

Please frequent and support the Curl Mesabi restaurant and bar. In part, the success of our club depends on the success of the bar and restaurant operations. Restaurant and bar proceeds will be used to evaluate our rent of the building for next season. The better the restaurant and bar do, the lower our rent will be, and the lower the rent the lower the dues. So you see we all have a stake in total operation of Curl Mesabi.

Bonspiel Schedule

The following is a list of the upcoming Bonspiels at Curl Mesabi. Please plan to participate in these upcoming events. Contact the Bonspiel Committee Chair - William T. Maki (744-1130) - to volunteer for or help coordinate the various Spiels.

Icemaking Assistants Needed

With the Ice already in Chuck "Pebbles" Rozinka and Phill Drobnick are desperately in need of some assistants for this very important and rewarding position. They also need some volunteers to help with pebbling and ice cleaning during the various events scheduled, especially during the Senior Nationals. Please contact Chuck (744-4074) or Phill (744-4048) to participate in this exciting opportunity to learn the fine art of icemaking.

Bonspiels are on Channel 13

Even if you cannot attend the finals of a Curl Mesabi Bonspiel or event, you can still catch all the action as the finals are broadcast and replayed numerous times on Channel 13, the Public Access Channel.

League Breakdowns

For interested in the amount of teams in each league for the 1999-2000 curling season here you go:

Club Advertisements

Mailings have been sent to members and various businesses outlining the advertising opportunities available at the RRCC and with Curl Mesabi. If you have not responded, it is not to late. Please contact Kyle at the RRCC to place your year round ad.

New and Used Equipment Donations

Curl Mesabi's Junior Program is seeking donations of new and used equipment as well cash that will be used to purchase equipment that will be used in the program. The equipment is needed to help teach curling to the over 100 juniors enrolled in the program. Please forward all donations to Ardie Nurmi-Wilberg our Junior Coordinator.

Bonspiel Results

The following are various Bonspiel results as provided. If you would like the results of certain Bonspiels listed here, please contact Craig Wainio.

Early Bird Men's Bonspiel was won by Curl Mesabi's own Tim Drobnick Rink who defeated Andy Borland of Hibbing in the finals. Tim's rink consisted of Phill Drobnick at Third, Coty Heitzman at Second and Rob Varani at Lead.

The Curl Mesabi Junior Open Bonspiel was one by Tyler George of Duluth who defeated Chris Perkovich of Chisholm.

Also congratulations to the Dennis Jorgensen rink from Curl Mesabi, for winning the Duluth Cash Spiel.

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