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GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT // CERTIFICATIONS Level I Instructor


Bruce J. Belschner, Plainfield Curling Club Helen Bera, Kettle Moraine Curling Club Gary Block, Cape Cod Curling Club Glenn Campbell, Rutland Rocks Curling Club Eugene Carroll, Evergreen Curling Club James Coubrough, Nutmeg Curling Club Betty Duffy, Chicago Curling Club Scott Goethel, Wausau Curling Club Ericka Hailstocke-Johnson, Orange County Curling Club Amy Herrmann, Equinox Curling Club Darryl Horsman, Coyotes Curling Club Mark Howera, Potomac Curling Club Gary Lassila, Copper Country Curling Club Charles Leaflad, Coyotes Curling Club Charles Miller, Wausau Curling Club Richard Moore, Nutmeg Curling Club Evan Mullaney, Broomstones Curling Club Neal Oliver, Evergreen Curling Club Jeff Robinson, Madison Curling Club Scott Schatzley, Midland CC/Racine CC Kalon Self, Triangle Curling Club Jodi Simek, Eau Claire Curling Club Kevin White, Potomac Curling Club Bryan J. Wilson, Columbus Curling Club Peter Zasowski, Triangle Curling Club Level I Re-Certification


Tracie Moore, Mayfield Curling Club Robert Richardson, La Crosse Curling Club Level II Instructor


Sandra Kawleski, Stevens Point Curling Club Gordon Maclean, Copper Country Curling Club Lonny Martin, Fargo-Moorhead Curling Club Jim Shlimovitz, Portage Curling Club Level I Official


Kevin Cash, Broomstones Curling Club Loreen Makishima-Wolf, San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club Alice Mansell, San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club Scott Schatzley, Midland CC/Racine CC Christina Sears, Granite Curling Club


down a particular section of the ice. It is also hard to call sweeping if a rock is not thrown cleanly. Not all ice sheets are perfect and some are far less perfect than others.


Good skips pay attention to how rocks travel down various parts of the ice. They trust their eyes and remember what they see. Skips - learn to read the ice and use what you learn to your advantage. It is part of the intrigue of our sport and it will help you and your team make more shots and win more games. Until next time – happy reading and good curling! n (The author appreciates insights provided by Dave Staveteig, USA


Curling’s Head Ice Technician, and Matt Mielke, former junior national champion. All of the author’s previous training articles are available on line at: USA Curling – Inside the USCA – CNews Columnists – Columns by Jon Mielke).


Generosity of


curling community helps the sport continue to grow


fully meet the $50,000 challenge. Congratulations to all of you! Funds raised through the Challenge Grant program help support things


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like junior and instructional programs, helping new clubs get up and run- ning, the redesign and magazine format publication of the U.S. Curling News, web streaming and national TV programming, officiating and ice making clinics, and other important initiatives to help curling “Sweep the Country.” "Once again, our curling community has come through when we needed


them. Te USOC created an opportunity by agreeing to match donations in 2012 up to a total of $50,000. As a result of curlers’ generosity in donating more than that we were able to achieve the full matching grant," said Jim Pleasants, USA Curling president. "We want to thank all those who donated and let you know it is vital to helping us achieve our mission of growing the sport of curling. With your help, we are achieving real progress in this area, with four new dedicated facilities opening this year. We have improved our ability to provide assistance to both new and established clubs by dedicat- ing more staff time to these vital functions. Your donations and the match from the USOC makes a real difference in our budget, which is always tight. Tanks for your continuing commitment to USA Curling." If you have not made a recent donation, please consider doing so before


the end of the season. You can donate online at http://www.becomeafund- raiser.com/e/usacurl. "Your donations and the USOC matching funds are key to supporting


our focus on expanding resources dedicated to member services and the growth and development of the curling in the United States," said Sean Silver, USA Curling treasurer. "To learn more about these efforts, I would encourage you to take a look at the Benefits of Membership document that is now available on the USCA’s website." USA Curling would not be moving forward without people like you, so


we are grateful for each and every one of you. For those of you who made a donation to this organization in 2012, we thank you for that, too, as you helped USA Curling meet the USOC’s fundraising challenge. In case you were wondering, the Challenge Grant is on again for 2013, with an available match of up to $35,000. n


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Did you move and need to update your address so your Curling News gets to you right away? Send address updates to Christy Hering at USA Curling, christy.hering@usacurl.org.


hank you to everyone who helped USA Curling take full advan- tage of the 2012 Challenge Grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC). With your help, we were able to


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