Local Group explores curling at Missoula ice rink
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Residents who traveled to Missoula to learn about the sport of curling include, from left, Mindy Burbank, Gayle Siemers, Suz Rittenhouse, Dave Rittenhouse, Dennis Wolfe, Bob Geyer, Roland Burbank, Jan Wolfe and Alan Zubawicz.
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News from the Mission Valley Ice Arena Association
MISSOULA — Three carloads of local residents traveled to the Glacier Ice Rink in Missoula recently to try their hand at the sport of curling. The trip was organized and led by Dave and Suz Rittenhouse, who have recently moved back to Montana from Boise, Idaho where they took up curling after the 2006 Winter Olympics. They are serving on the Mission Valley Ice Arena Association that was established last summer to pursue an ice arena in the Mission Valley area. That committee is chaired by Hilary Lozar and includes hockey, skating and curling representatives.
Dave said the new curlers were quick learners and enjoyed some good competition within their own group. Contacts have been made with representatives of the Polson School District and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in hopes of scheduling additional opportunities next fall or winter.
Members of the group included Gayle Siemers, Roland and Mindy Burbank, Dave and Suz Rittenhouse of Polson; and Dennis Wolfe and Jan Olsen, Bob Geyer and Alan Zubawicz of Big Arm. A special thanks to Eric Penn of the Glacier Ice Rink and Barry Bollenbacher of the Missoula Curling Club for help in organizing this event.
For more information about the Mission Valley Ice Arena Association please contact Hilary Lozar at (406) 207-2998 or check out Facebook at www.facebook.com/missionvalleyicearena. For further information about curling, contact Dave or Suz Rittenhouse at (208) 867-2964.
