{"id":134062,"date":"2023-03-11T08:46:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T13:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=134062"},"modified":"2023-03-11T08:46:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T13:46:33","slug":"stick-curling-a-huntsville-invention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/stick-curling-a-huntsville-invention\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick curling a Huntsville invention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By the Huntsville Curling Club<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know that stick curling was invented right here in Huntsville?<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1998, Rusty Drew invented the \u201cExtender\u201d at the Huntsville Curling Club. 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The Extender was the delivery aid they endorsed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rusty was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, in the category of Innovations Curling. The Canadian Sports Hall of Fame also credits Rusty with the Creation of the Sport of Wheelchair Curling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Way to go Rusty!<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By the Huntsville Curling Club Did you know that stick curling was invented right here in Huntsville? 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