Guess what?! Linda Lauder celebrated her birthday with her family. Marilyn Clark was off to the Rita McNeil concert after a quiet birthday dinner. Lisa Angove had a birthday as did Brie Heyne. Jaandi Roemer celebrated her birthday with friend Jason and their 2 year, 4 month anniversary as a twosome. Wanda and Bruce Swan arrived in a limousine for their 25th Anniversary celebration. Emily and Alex Anderson toasted their 50th Anniversary with all their family. It was the 23rd Anniversary for Carol and John North. Shannon and Jim Whissel took advantage of visiting parents who babysat while they got away for their 7th Anniversary dinner. Holly and Ed Parent have been married for 13 years. Carolyn and Gordon Hayward toasted their 38th year of wedded bliss and it has been 15 years for Cheryl and Marc Grenon. They have 8 children! It was the 26th Anniversary for Helen and Dennis Matson. Erin Rahier and Dean McDermott celebrated the first time they met 3 years ago. Congratulations to all, and thank you for making Rosel’s a part of your happy occasions. ''Rose m/ RESTAUR RESTAURANT LTD. 562-4972 Dave Schmidt goes up and brings the ball down hard for the new and Improved College of New Caledonia Kodl-aks. Schmidt, who graduated from Ron Pettigrew in Dawson Creek last year and PGSS Polar graduate Drew Dunfield, both dunked on the Grande Prairie Wolves. But Grande Prairie had the last laugh, winning 78-77 at the CNC gym. Tony* Hartz/Free Press Kodiaks play full court game without big man in the middle The College of New Caledonia Men’s Basketball team don’t have a post to lean on this year. Because the Kodiaks are without a big man in the middle, new head coach Dwayne Washington is trying to mold his mostly rookie squad into a run and gun, full court team. To put it bluntly, the Kodiaks have no size. Their biggest player is 6-foot, four-inch forward Ryan Poser. “We’re a short team,” says Washington. "That’s one of the biggest differences between last year’s team and this year’s. There’s no size. No size means lots of movement, a full-court press all the time and timely outside shooting. "We want to handle the ball, push the ball up the floor and cut down on the turnovers,” says Washington. “We want to play full-court. We can’t play half-court. We’re going to play without a post because A we don’t have one and B we’re not going to pretend to have one.” Washington, who took over the head coaching duties from Al MacDonald in late August, has been working hard with his team but knows he is behind the eight ball. “We’re a very young team,” he says. I wish I had time to recruit. I’ve had the misfortune of not being able to recruit and promote the program.” Washington hasn’t had time to recruit players, he only has three players from last year’s 1-17 team back in the fold, and only one of them, Kap Manhass, is a starter. The brunt of the load this season will be borne by rookies Drew Dunfield, Dean Rooker, Mike Schmidt, Tony Mangas and Orge Aorge. Despite having so many rookies, Washington is looking to put a competitive team on the floor. “You have to look at the game realistically,” he says. “You have to respect your opponents.” That respect will have to start early as the Kodiaks, the worst team in the Totem conference last year, take on the top-ranked Malaspina Mariners in Nanaimo in their first games of the season in November. They earned a measure of respect on the weekend when they took on the Grande Prairie Wolves in exhibition play at CNC. The Kodiaks played hard and only lost 78-77 to the highly-touted Alberta team. "It was a real eye-opener,” says Washington. "We outplayed them. The other coach even said we outplayed them.” The Kodiaks lost two of their biggest players, starters Ryan Poser and Dave Schmidt, after they fouled out with 16 minutes left in the game. “We took it to them basically with five small guys,” says Washington. Washington says the Kodiaks beat themselves but he was happy with his team’s play. “We did some nice things out there,” he says. "But we had seven out of bounds turnovers and we missed a bunch of wide open lay ups at the end of the game. It was our game to have.” Drew Dunfield led the way for the Kodiaks with 19 points while Donny MacFarlane chipped in 14. Dave Schmidt and Dean Rooker each had 12 points while Chevco netted 11 for the Kodiaks. Dunfield, Chevco, Rooker and Schmidt are all freshmen who were playing in their first ever college game while Grande Prairie had many seasoned veterans in their line-up. "They were the better team on paper but we had the better team on the floor,” says Washington. 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