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The Meota Curling Club was formed in 1928. The club possessed no rink and no rocksbut members were determined to play.

The skating rink ice was marked off for their first games. To solve the problem of no rocks, they went to Harmon's Hardware and bought granite chamber pots that were filled with cement and the handles, made by Jim Wiley, the local blacksmith,attached.

That had the ball rolling. By December of 1929 they had borrowed money to buy new rocks, bought a generator from T.E.Akrill for $90 and a wood burning heater for the waiting room. The project was well underway.

An interesting list of supplies, purchased to build the rink, is listed in the Meota History book (where the other information was garnished). The old rink was used for 85 years.One family that has been associated all through the years is the Ball family. Wilton was the first president, his wife Annie was the ladies' first president. The men agreed to teach the ladies to curl but didn't want them on their teams. And their son Donald was the first president of the new rink which was built in 1979.

This three-sheet rink with artificial ice has been used ever since. So this rink has been used for 35 years. This brings the total number of years that Meota folks have been curling, to 120.

The wind-up spiel was held here March 7 to 9. Twelve teams entered and a delicious supper catered by Diane Becotte was shared Saturday night. The Kevin Valiiere team placed first in the A event. The Kirsten Bru team placed second in the A event, Dave Garner team placed first in the B event and Marchall Bear team placed second in the B event. The Wayne Scheible team placed first in the C event and the Wally O'Hare team placed second in the C event.

Tickets were sold by the Meota Curling Club on a travel voucher and the winner is Dorothy Lehman.