210 Saturday, August 15, 1992 @ YourHOROSCOPE ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19) Join groups that will bring you in touch with people in a posi- tion to help you get ahead on the 16th. Romantic encoun- ters will stimulate your men- tal as well as your physical de- sires on the 17th and 18th. The 19th, 20th and 21st ask for a raise, look for a career change, voice your opinion at work. The 22nd travel will lead you into new directions. Don’t be afraid to pursue un- familiar grounds. TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20) You may have difficulties while travelling or problems dealing with close friends or relatives on the 16th. Make those necessary improve- ments or changes that are re- quired to lift everyone’s spir- its on the 17th and 18th. The 19th, 20th and 21st do not make financial promises to or- ganizations or children. The 22nd you may be misled by friends or relatives, make sure you understand their inten- tions. GEMINI (May 21-June 21) Get involved in individual sports activities that will help you release some of your ten- sion on the 16th. The 17th and 18th a business contact may revoke an offer made recently. The 19th, 20th and 21st rela- tionships will develop if you get involved in group projects or courses of interest. Invest- ‘ments will backfire. the 22nd weight gain is apparent if you are at all over-indulgent with food or drink. CANCER (June 22-July 22) Catch up on reading or writing on the 16th. The 17th and 18th anger will mount if you find out that your love hasn’t been telling you the whole truth. The 19th, 20th and 21st home improvement projects will be profitable. Don’t allow your emotional partner to play with your heart. The 22nd limitations due to added responsibilities may be difficult to handle. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Nothing less than center stage will do on the 16th. The 17th and 18th get together with dis- tant friends or relatives. The 19th, 20th and 21st you may find it difficult to deal with the emotional aspects of your life. Someone you care about may be more upset with you than you first thought. The 22nd you can meet new friends that will let you know just how valuable you are. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Your creative ideas will be pro- lific on the 16th. The 17th and 18th make that change you’ve been thinking about. The 19th, 20th and 21st don’t hesi- tate to take short trips. You may find a rare antique today. Valuable eee tion os be yours if isten to those with aesiones. The 22nd don’t jump the gun, you may find yourself getting angry at the wrong person. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) You can have fun with your mate if you plan an action packed day on the 16th. The 17th and 18th your ideas of a comfortable home may not be the same as your mate. The 19th, 20th and 21st your de- sire to overspend on clothes or other unnecessary items will be a problem. Leave your cred- it cards at home if you must go to the mall. The 22nd your ex- treme charm will win the hearts of potential new lovers. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Don’t burn the candle at both ends on the 16th. The 17th and 18th you may find others eager to reveal your se- crets. The 19th, 20th and 21st travel will promote new ro- mantic connections. Don’t blow situations out of propor- tion, put your energy into physical rather than mental encounters. The 22nd get to- gether with peers. Be sure to discuss your intentions and di- rections. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23- Dec. 21) Travel for business or pleasure will lead to new con- nections on the 16th. The 17th and 18th you may be tempted to gamble, however if this is the case be sure to put a limit on what you can spend. The - 19th, 20th and 21st you can make money through invest- ments or handling finances for others. You must. be careful not to offend someone you live with. Don’t push your opinions on others. The 22nd your make may set you off if he or she tries to put restriction on your time. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22- Jan. 19) Social events will be enjoyable, promoting new friendships on the 16th. Groups and organizations that indulge in social events to raise money will be conducive to meeting new and exciting lovers on the 17th and 18th. The 19th, 20th and 21st put your time and energy into in- vestment opportunities. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20- Feb. 19) You may have diffi- culties with in-laws or friends on the 16th. the 17th and 189th you should involve your- self in physical activities that will help you get into shape. The 19th, 20th and 21st hid- den matters may cause prob- lems at home. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) You may experience financial losses if you have trusted someone else with your money on the 16th. The 17th and 18th you can meet new poten- tial mates however you must refrain from letting them cost you too much. The 19th, 20th and 21st co-workers may try to blame you for an unfinished job. 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(18+ only) A King Features service, NYC. STUMPED? ATW CEKIWDNYS VEHA NGVEYH CRYPTOQUIP CEDOWD. AGOPKJ XSEXO PH PK Today’s Cryptoquip clue: K equals N XGDW EN SEKIEK’H ATW RPJ APVW. Answers, page 11 @ Saturday, August 15, 1992 As I grow older the rate of change accelerates, the view gets a bit more hazy and there . is a tendency to forget to make necessary acknowledgements so that every so often I must take a pause and raise my lit- erary hat to those who have made growing older a little easier. (The aging, Caboo Tazzie- cat sprawled purring across the page is but one of these.) Yesterday, I attended the funeral of long time friend, Bob Hunter, who, as the Rev- erend Ann Pollock said so well in her tribute to his memory, “was a good, quiet and gentle man who bore his protracted illness with courage and hu- mor, dying as one who had studied in his death.” Bob is only the latest of a six-month cavalcade of deaths beginning with Father Abbot Eugene at the Abbey to the present day and extending from Vancouver to the Koote- nays. I recently had word of the deaths of two classmates from my Vancouver days. One, a non-smoker who had fought a life-long battle with a cripplingarthritis and died, weighing all of sixty pounds, of lung cancer, possi- bly, as my informant said, “of somebody else’s smoke”, and the other from a stroke, mak- ing thereby some 11 in six months. My sharpest loss was not a person - however, but my plumey-tailed, pointy-eared, caramel-cross dog named a f-~™ a Reflections and Recollections John CHARTERS) MacGregor. He had been just a stray, two-year-old corgie- cross mongrel when I got him from Mrs. Fornelli 14 years ago. Handsome and photogenic, he was constant companion, except when I was at the Abbey or abroad. At such times he went into deep mourning but on my re- turn, never held it against me: He is the central figure in scores o f photographs and one ‘of the main characters in the fantasy story series, “Tamar and the Dragontree’. As my copilot, he sat bolt upright and alert on the right side of the car. Death came quietly for my friend early one morning in May when I was at the Abbey and bitterly I mourned his passing. On the other hand there are many positive things to look back on. Last year about this time the prospects were none too bright for my future and no one seemed able to find the cause of my decline. It is only in the dark night, or from the bottom of a well, I understand, that one can see the stars — a concept which together with the need to keep trying in spite of all the odds. It is something one tends to forget when times are bright and is wonderfully illustrated by two entirely different books I have just read, ‘The City of Joy’ subtitled ‘An Epic of Love, Heroism and Hope in the In- dia of Mother Teresa’, written by Dominique Lapierre; and the biographic ‘Robert the Bruce’, greatest of the Scottish warrior kings — equally well written but in vastly removed circumstances, by Ronald Mc- Nair Scott, and are a re- minder that we do nothing Park project, and the Society's acknowledged debt of grati- tude to Marjory West, Dave Stadler of Sid’s Graphics of Castlegar, Bear Grass Press of Robson, and Roi Printing of Blueberry for the preparation of the recently issued Railway Station brochure. It is a fine job and if you haven't got your copy, get one at the station and send some to your friends. And speaking of the Rail Station and Chapel House, the Heritage Society has just received an order of smart first-ever sweat shirts and T- shirts. They’d make great back-to- British Columbia Magazine is done. My thanks to editor Bryan McGill for his patience during my convalescence, to his as- sistant editor, to his cutline editor, to the city staff, and particularly to professional photographer Gordon Brown of Kaslo who found new beau- ty in this community and be- came a strong booster and a valued friend in the doing of it. It should be published about. the beginning of No- vember. Hope you like it. And speaking of writing, Ron Norman has just com- pleted his first Canadian nov- “We were pleased to note that the city has finally cleaned up the entrance to the Heritage Park. It’s long-neglected appearance spoke volumes to the hundreds of visitors to our premier showplace and was an acute embarrassment to our citizens.’ alone. Once again, therefore, to all the medical community and my friends, my heartfelt My thanks also to Celgar Pulp Ltd. and Argo Industries for the causeway-which-stood- against-the-river. Its surface will be repaired and it must me made higher in the future but it marks the beginning of a new day in the Heritage Society’s objective of saving our past for our future. Thanks, as well, to the Castlegar Rotary Club for its one year sponsorship of the Zuckerberg Island Heritage school and Christmas gifts, as well as an opportunity to pro- mote both heritage and_ 4 Castlegar. We were pleased to note that the city has finally cleaned up the entrance to the Heritage Park. It’s long-ne- glected appearance spoke vol- umes to the hundreds of visi- tors to our premier showplace and was an acute embarrass- ment to our citizens. A special thanks to Mayor Audrey Moore for her con- stant support. Finally, after almost two years, the Castlegar and Dis- trict story for the Beautiful el and is looking for a publish- er, Vi Plotnikoff is working on e with a Doukhobor ethnic background, Jim Chapman is boning up for a second novel, not a sequel to his Canadian- Ukrainian novel, “The Horse- man” but set in Scotland, and Leonard Howe has several volumes for sale at the sta- tion, the Island and in the shops. At Castlegar Public Li- brary on Sept. 8, librarian Judy Wearmouth will be ob- serving Project Literacy Day by holding an open house in the afternoon and a ‘Celebri- ty Favorites’ reading at 7 p.m. BIRTHS HORNSETH / CROWTHER — To Cindy Hornseth and Scott Crowther of Castlegar, a boy, born Aug. 8. DIAS — To Corylie and Orlando Dias of Grand Forks, a girl, born July 26. DRICOS / MOORE — To Angela Dricos and Colin Moore of Nelson, a girl, born July 23. EGERDAHL — To Tracy and Glen Egerdahl of Salmo, a girl, born July 31. THROOP — To Nina and Greg Throop of Crescent Valley, a girl, born July 29. GORDON WALL FLOOR COVERINGS "Home Improvement Specialists” 801 Victoria St., Trail © 364-2537 Castlegar * 365-0422 y AUL'S LACE LTD. 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Can Communities play a role in the development and support of healthy families? What is needed? How can community mem- bers be involved? How do we begin? These are a few of the ques- tions addressed at a recent province-wide series of plan- ning forums sponsored by the B.C. Council for the Family. The forums, Community Challenges: Strategies to Strengthen Families, brought participants together to devel- op a vision for healthy families in healthy communities, and to plan for strategies to achieve that vision. Their feedback is presented in a report to government and Communities, Healthy Fami- lies in Healthy Communities: Tools for Action. According to forum partici- pants, families have the po- tential to be strong and healthy. They suggest, however, that fundamental changes are nec- essary in the ways in which we currently address the needs of families. . mocratic practices are central to the health of families. Besides recommending ways in which these can be fostered, the report also sug- gests that community mem- bers need to have more oppor- ‘More attention needs to be paid to the role that community plays in creating positive and supportive environments for the development of healthy families.’ Current approaches taken by government and service providers usually focus on strategies to intervene and support families after difficul- ties have been identified. More attention needs to be paid to the role that communi- ty plays in creating positive and supportive environments for the development of healthy families. As stated in the report, self- esteem, empowerment and de- tunities to participate in plan- ning for the social needs of families and the community. Government and communi- ‘ies must re-direct their ef- forts, placing increased prior- ity on prevention and commu- nity development approaches to meeting the needs of fami- lies and communities. Copies of the report are available free from the B.C. Council for the Family at 1- 800-663-5638.