210 Saturday, November 14, 1992 @ YourHOROSCOPE : ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19) If you’ve taken on too much you can expect problems with your mate on the 15th. If you get involved in seminars of self-improvement projects on the 16th and 17th you may run into someone from your past. Be careful who you con- fide in on the 18th and 19th. Partnerships will be dicey on the 20th and 21st. Avoid con- frontations, channel your en- ergy into worthwhile projects. TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20) You should spend a pas- sionate day with someone you love on the 15th. Don’t over- spend on luxury items for your home on the 16th and 17th. Start a new health regimen on the 18th and 19th. Don’t get involved emotionally with someone at work on the 20th and 21st. Chances are you won't be able to trust them. GEMINI (May 21-June 21) On the 15th you mustn’t allow family and friends to put unrealistic demands on you. Someone you work with may not be totally honest with you on the 16th and 17th. You can do well where property invest- ments are concerned on the 18th 19th. You must take time on the 20th and 21st to help those younger than yourself with projects they find diffi- cult. CANCER (June 22-July 22) You don’t need additional people on your domestic scene on the 15th. You can make ma- jor accomplishments at work on the 16th and 17th. Present your ideas and don’t be afraid to disagree with opposition. Your emotions are likely to be up and down on the 18th and 19th. Problems with your per- sonal life on the 20th and 21st may cause you to retreat into isolation. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You may have a problem get- ting others to pitch in and help on the 15th. Changes in your living quarters on the 16th and 17th may appear to be alarming at first glance. Give things a chance to settle down, you may find that the end re- sult is to your advantage. You can make all the right moves when it comes to work related matters on the 18th and 19th. Don’t get stuck paying for oth- er people’s entertainment on the 20th and 21st. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Get friends or relatives that are reclusive out and involved in groups you belong to on the 15th. Stay away from joint fi- nancial extravaganzas on the 16th and 17th. You will be emotional regarding an issue that you strongly believe in on the 18th and 19th. Be careful when it comes to budgeting our personal books on the 20th and 21st. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Tempers may flare up on the 15th if you decide to work. Don’t get involved in debates that could lead to unemploy- ment on the 16th and 17th. Emotional upset due to secret activities will be most discon- certing on the 18th and 19th. Your nerves will be frazzled, lowering your resistance on the 20th and 21st. You need to sort out your financial situa- tion. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Your gut feelings will more accurate than you imag- ine on the 15th. Be prepared to have someone oppose your ob- jectives on the 16th and 17th. Don’t retaliate, if you’re pro- fessional you will go much fur- ther. You can take the position of leader in group affairs on the 18th and 19th if you want. It will be easy to get your dan- der up on the 20th and 21st. Issues that you believe in may be opposed by someone you least expect. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23- Dec. 21) Take care of the hid- den matters on the 15th that have been playing on your mind for some time. You should be on the go on the 16th and 17th. Travel and involve- ment in large groups will be knowledgeable. Don't ruffle feathers at work on the 18th and 19th. The emotional prob- lems of co-workers will cause problems. You can make con- nections that will offer encour- agement on the 20th and 21st, however don’t expect to re- ceive hands on help. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22- Jan. 19) Talk to those that can make a difference on the 15th. Be careful not to over-indulge in spicy foods or stomach prob- lems will slow down your ob- jectives on the 16th and 17th. Secret talks will bring favor- able results on the 18th and 19th. You will make more progress out on the field where you can initiate hands-on ex- pertise. Express patience and understanding on the 20th and 21st and more will get done. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20- Feb. 19) You should shuffle through some paperwork on the 15th in order to ease your workload tomorrow. New part- nerships can be formulated on the 16th and 17th. Turn your stress into passion. Lady luck will be on your side on the 18th and 19th. You must look into investment opportunities. Travel will open up new av- enues on the 20th and 21st that will enhance your knowl- edge and bring about impor- tant friendships. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Plan to spend time with friends and family on the 15th. Someone you work with can be twisted around easily. Part- nerships with creative people will lead to financial gains on the 18th and 19th. Plans will not go as you wished on the 20th and 21st. Be ready for de- lays and willing to make ad- justments. CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Con games 6 Shan 10 “— Lama Ding Dong” (1961 song) 14 Make a basket 19 One of the archangels 20 Steak order fossil or 21 Long-legged finger bird 57 Overlaid with 22 Alan and old leaf Barbara 58 Golf club 23 Voracious 60 Bridget eel Fonda, to 24 Polynesian Jane demon god 61 Saxophone 25 Antenna need shape, 62 Sharpens nowadays 63 Ravel 26 Man and composition Wight 65 Fr. holy 27 Phantom's woman bailiwick 66 Crushing 28 Playing snake marble 68 Elicits 29 Left-hand 70 Arthur or page Lillie 30 Tantalize 73 Merle of 31 Quiet — Hollywood 34 Actor Stern 76 With 16 size of “Home Down, cut 117 Baseball's Alone” time (in Yogi 36 Wood for music) 118 Two together baseball bats 78 “Mr. Republi- 119 Capital of 39 Rosary can” Latvia prayers 82 Russian 120 Fill with color 40 Aspiring union 121 Author Nin author's pile: 84Changethe 122 Samms of abbr. decor 42 Spartan 85 Land of the queen shamrock 43 Pay—view 86 Ballet studio a banquet 46 Showed fixture 125 Heavy 2 3 5 7 9 scorn or derision 48 Evil one 50 Jewish school 52 Intense fear 53 Low, wet tracts 55 Neat — 56 Word before tossed 89 Matadors 91 More breezy 92 Sharp — 94 Irritates 95 Green — 96 Bandleader Brown 97 Capital of 106 Down 99 Hollywood dealmaker: abbr. 100 “The Thin Man” scene- stealer 101 Haggard novel 104 Fresh — 107 Tree of the birch family 110 Peter of “A World Without Love” fame 112 Actress Harper, to pals 113 Smallest in TV 123 Mutilate 124 Entertain at 87Someare reading? — 126 Suppose 127 Social climber 128 Happen as a consequence DOWN 1 Japanese form of wrestling 2 Riding whip 3 River in England 4 Stiller's partner 5 Very cunning 6 Hit the books 7 Proportions 8 The black vulture 9 Rachel 10 Carnival attraction 11 “She's —ina gilded cage” 12 Liturgical book 13 Sweet — 14 “...Its fleece was —" 15 Atelier item 16 With 76 Across, cut time (in music) 17 Victory signs 18 Being 29 Suit parts 32 Declare formally 33 Common sense: colloqg. “35 Any inven- Grande 79 Pavarotti offerings 80 From the 37 Part of an act arden 38 Wandering 81 Rudely tribe concise 83 Corrode 86 The real tion, at first 36 Up and about 41 European master in India 43 Vocal organs? 44 Eject from the premises 45 Rajah's wife composer 47 Girl's name 91 Italian wine 48 Bargain region bonanza 93 Worked the 49 Pianist Peter dough 51 Fencer'scry 95 Meek — 53 Mosiem 98 Take upon mosque oneself tower 100 Slowly, in 54 Joins, ina music * 102 Eagle's McCoy 88 Strike- breaker 90 “The Enigma Variations” me 103 Dishonor or disgrace 105 Having to do with birds 106 Country on the Red Sea 107 Blind as — 108 He's after Carson danger 62 Target in quoits 64 “Norma —" 67 Irritatingly impudent 69 Entertainer Kay 109 Sixty grains 70 Fundamental 111 Dutch 71 Obliterate cheese 72 Geographic 114 Sleeveless reference Arab book garments 115 One of a atmosphere people in 75 Water wheel Sierra Leone 76 French caps 116 French head 77 Bravo and 119 Apt. units 74 Pervasive WW 12 15 116 17 [18 #548 11-15 WGEGQZFR EDRRME WGEEUMS; ZM _ IGUS, Today’s Cryptoquip clue: W equals M EMQUEMS “G WUII UI GI UR Average time of solution: 60 minutes. CRYPTOQUIP FESME QF AFFS GI G AMQ WUYM.” Answers, page 19 GORDON WALL FLOOR COVERINGS "Home Improvement Specialists" 801 Victoria St., Trail © 364-2537 © Castlegar * 365-0422 DAVE WILLIAMSON SALES MANAGER Chrysiler * Plymouth Dodge + Dodge Trucks Waneta Junction, Trail - 368-8295 @ Saturday, November 14, 1992 Time to remove our masks A friend told me a delight- ful story the other day. On Halloween a little neighborhood boy came to the door for trick or treats. He was dressed in a very cute squirrel costume, masks and all. Recognizing him, my friend mused out loud, as she rum- maged through her stock of goodies, “Hmm, I wonder what little squirrels like to eat?” Then came the somewhat anxious response: “But you know, if you take this off, there’s people inside.” Pre- Pulpit & Pew Grace Presbyterian Church Rev. Murray GARVIN sumably, he had been hoping for something other than nuts. We all like to wear masks, perhaps whole costumes, from time to time. Some people do it all the time. Masks have advantages. They allow us to keep our feel- ings to ourselves, to prevent others from knowing some of the hurtful, unwanted, less lovely things that go on inside us. If we wear them success- fully enough,we can keep our- selves from dealing with these things. Of course, I am not talking about a physical mask, like the little squirrel wore, but the things we do, the tricks we use, to make things look dif- ferent on the outside from what we really are and feel on the inside. Wearing such masks can be dangerous, too. They cannot give us the help we often real- ly need, and by not being whol- ly ourselves to them we cannot give them all that we might. It is even more important that we be honest before God. There are many stories in the Bible of individuals who tried to hide from God what they were really like, with unfortu- nate results. One day a man came to Je- sus for help. He had a very re- al problem: he was paralyzed. But Jesus saw behind that problem to an even greater need: his need for forgiveness. And in meeting that need, Jesus resolved the presenting problem as well. How impor- tant it is that we be open and honest before God and each other? To do so of course requires trust. But until we can learn to trust, and to give ourselves to trusting relationships, we are liable to be like little squir- rels running around in cos- tumes, afraid that we may get only the peanuts. Let’s not be afraid to be the people inside. KEYS PLEASE a H Bob Sorenson (left) and Mark Zurek (far right) of the Castlegar Selkirk Lions Club hand over the keys for doors that were donated and installed by the organization to Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society’s Kim Adamson News photo by Corinne Jackson Sandy McTavish may be gone, but not he’s forgotten ‘Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who pos- sessed beauty with vanity, strength without insolence, courage without ferocity, and all the virtues of man without his vices.’ - Lord Byron, Inscription on the Monument to his Newfoundland dog, 1808. eee Sandy MacTavish (‘Tavish’) died quietly on Sunday morn- ing, just short of his 14th birth- day and sorrow sits heavily in the Charters’ house. Tavish was a cairn terrier, dark brindle, double coat, short bowed legs, short erect tail and whiskery quizzical face, surmounted by one cocked and one droopy ear. Reflections and Recollections John CHARTERS| hiding places for all manner of small game, and a little terrier that could squeeze into them and exterminate rates and other vermin pleased the high- landers.” Moreover, anyone who has seen the Wizard of Oz and ‘It was a case of love at first sight so that the half-grown puppy became, for her, ‘the best friend I ever had”’. What could I do?’ In fact, he was so much the Scot that when one watched him bouncing and swaggering from side to side on those short legs, one could almost see the swing of his kilt. Harper’s Illustrated Hand- books of Dogs writes of his breed as “developed in North- ern Scotland over the course of several centuries, the cairn terrier takes its name from the cairns or piles of stones that are characteristic of its home- land. These cairns are natural Dorothy’s Toto, knows that a cairn terrier is a forthful and courageous friend who will stand up to witches, flying monkeys and just about any- thing else. Happily there are many To- tos, and MacTavish was one of the best. He was the most even-tem- pered, uncomplaining, gentle and quietly friendly little dog I have ever met, even under the repeated sneak attacks of the courageous griffin, ‘Scot- tie’, or the snapping of the jeal- Cairn terrier ous newcomer, Duchess. He was a good companion to my caramel-colored ‘MacGre- gor’, who you will remember insisted on driving the right side of my car and relegating Tavish to the back seat. His great favorite, when they were younger, however, was the 80 pound malamute- cross, Tasha, the gentlest but most fearsome looking of all the dogs. In a dazzling display of dex- terity he would harry at her heels, or leap high at her shoulders as they raced mad- ly together across the mead- ows or over the island, with great cries of pure canine joy. A mile walk for me was at least a five mile romp for the them, but always a shared pleasure for all. MacTavish also shared in my series of as-yet unpub- lished child fantasy stories, ‘Tamar and the Dragon Tree’, playing a counter-balancing courageously imperturbable ‘Toto’ to the more nervous and excitable MacGregor. Meanwhile, at home, he played several parts: In one he was the provocateur who raised a noisy alarm then stopped at the doorway as the two younger dogs rushed ex- citedly into the yard shouting defiance to the non-existent in- truders; in another, he was the benign, official welcomer with the metronome tail awaiting the deserved and approving pat. His most important role, however, was that of compan- ion-comforter who would sit on Bunny’s lap for hours of mutu- al meditative content. He had been a refugee, like most of our pets over the years, abandoned, in this case, in a vacated house in Fruitvale and only rescued by the chance vis- it of the real estate agent. The realtor, unable to find a home for him before he left for Vancouver, put him into the Trail Animal Shelter. He had already overstayed his time and faced death when Bunny heard about him and despite my protestations on the grounds that we were already ‘overdogged’, secretly raced to his rescue. It was a case of love at first sight so that the half-grown puppy became, for her, “the best friend I ever had”. What could I do? Anyone who has read the wonderful dog stories of York- shire Dales Veterinarian au- thor James Herriot (“The Good Lord Made Them All, etc.”) knows that there is always a price to pay for these love af- fairs with dogs. It is a part of the equation of living, and Farley Mowat, the Canadian author, sums it up in the book on the highly individ- ualistic mutt pal of his youth, in the story of ‘The Dog Who Wouldn't Be.’ It comes in the concluding sentence (probably the best he ever wrote) on the death of his old friend: “The tracks that followed (the rabbit tracks) ended here, nor would they ever lead my heart again... The pact of timelessness between the two of us was ended, and I went from him into the darkening tunnel of theyears.” Farewell, but not forgotten, good and faithful friend Tavish. eee Dedicated to Bunny who loved him.