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News
| Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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Couples Honored with Lifetime Membership
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Occasionally our club honors members who have
donated great amounts of time and energy to the
benefit of our organization. This Honorary
Membership is given after great thought and is
nominated by the board of directors and then
voted on by the general membership at our annual
meeting. With this honor comes lifetime
membership in our club so these few members will
not be required to pay dues for the time they
remain curling.
This year your
board nominated two couples to this small group
and they were voted in by the general membership
at our fall meeting. They were Tom and Shirley
Thurston, and Bill and Barb Burdick.
Tom
and Shirley started curling in our original two
sheet club at the fairgrounds some 35-40 years
ago. They have curled with many new curlers
over the years to teach them the sport and the
way to have a great time in our great club.
When we look out at the ice Toms’ signature is
at the end each sheet, as he was the one who
made our score boards. He also made the hose
reel for our flooding hose which is a great
benefit to the ice keepers. Tom and Shirley
hosted one of our first mixed spiels and have
been heavily involved with the working of our
club ever since they joined. They are truly the
definition of what a Rice Lake curler is with
their participation and hard work in the
operation of our organization.
Bill and
Barb Burdick are one of the last of the charter
members in our club. They were great friends of
the Destache family and when Darwin started to
talk about getting a club started, Bill just
fell into line with him and they got it going.
Bill always has a plan to get something done and
has done a great deal at all three of our
curling buildings. If you look out on the ice
it was his idea to make the cup holders for Red
and Yellow stones so that we know whose drink is
whose when you put your beer down. He really
should sell these to every other club in the
country. Bill was the AV director at the RL
High School and when we started to talk about
putting in our cameras and monitors so we could
see what was going on at the other end, Bill
said I can do that. He not only installed the
cameras and monitors but he also donated them to
the club. Barb and Bill have curled in all the
leagues over the years and brought many new
members to the club and are a great asset to our
group.
To entire club congratulates both
couples of this well deserved award.
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