B2. CASTLEGAR NEWS, September 24, 1980 wii fe sag fs uly a 3 5 “CHILDREN ARE CHILDREN the world over. “ Thetuniver: sality of children’s art was made evident: “fo uthe JHobbit Hill Children’s Centre, when they.received.a sample _of art by children from Nigeria. The centre is engaged in an ongoing Art Exchange with countries th hout the are world. The Nigerian art work is currently.on display at the Hobbit Hill Centre. The public is invited to drop by and have a look. W eugisy ‘ Bchool at Cal- vary Baptist Chureh has group from newborn to adult” ‘The adult class, led by Pastor begun .a new fall * with"a new program and a new slate of teachers, ‘Classes are for every age’ _. Increase. © ‘in corporate - filing fees ’ Whe ‘first increases in four yearain registration and filing fees. for many. B.C. Hill, is issue of divorce — what the. { :’ Bible says and how we can cope if it occurs to,us‘or tod | friend. » The church dkehestath had its first practicd ‘ot! Suit} day evening under , ho I ad. ' ership of Rik Hall Nelson. They practice’ fh | Sunday evening and anyone who wishes, to may contact. books. Popular auth: e8 Dobson has written t sae, vane leat bok ‘by Consumer and H 1 Affaira Minister Sin Nielsen. »Nielsen::..said the " in- creases bring the fees in line with comparable charges in other -areas,. and reflect in- creased costs. “Another fac- tor prompting the change,” che. said, “is the need to ‘standardize; our fee struc- tures.” . :. Most of the increases are minor, ' auch, as ithe cost of books: “Coming Back” rt James. - Johnson is about his. own) struggle in coming back: to a full and active lifé after mas- sive and’ complicated ° heart i surgery. For women questioning ” values in the middle’ years, Jeannie Hendricks has writ- ten’ “Afternoon.” John fyhtie'e “Parents in Pain" ;is: ly helpful book f¢ which now goes from $126 to, . $175. Some.registration fees * . under the Seturities Act are also.increased while others Nielsen said that .docu- ments filed under'a total of 11 statutes are subject to the d fees. While travelling from . Mexico City last January, local resident N.T. Oglow was snowbound for seyeral hours at Denver, Col. . Reading through a copy of the Denver. Post, he came across an article which he says, “left a very strong im- pression on my mind.”. It dealt with the teaching of the science of peace. Since the United Nations, is sponsoring a Disarmament Week effective Oct. 24 - 30, he wanted to share this message with the people of this district. The article follows: » * *. * By VIRGINIA CULVER Denver Post Religion Editor “We're all hostages, but most people don't want to think about it or believe it,” according to Kathryn Con- ner. “The Russians have sub* marines off both our coasts that have weapons trained on all our cities every minute of every day and we have sub- - marines - with weapons trained on their cities every minute of:every day.” Mrs. Conner used the illustrations to make her point. about her main cause: peace. Half of the research and development going on in this country goes to work in Peace Seminar Leader feels Sonera assiypply. The two pconabte the idea of teaching the science of peace (or art of peace, as Mrs. Conner prefers to call it) to students of all ages. . She said in an interview that about 500 colleges and universities offer at least one course in peace studies and a believe that.” She said she thinks ‘ peace must be linked with ‘justice, “but many times armed conflicts bring less justice.” Quoting former Defense Secretary Robert McNa- mara, Mrs..Conner said “the more weapons we have the more insecure we become. small number-offer:a PhD- in We: +r have--enough= weapons the subject;::" The courses involve vi ious disciplines — political science, history, economics, and anthropology as well as global awareness, under- ing, settling di in now:to destroy the‘ world 12 times over, but we cannot get 50 people out of the embassy in Iran.” Because so much is spent oe the military other needs d, she said, in- a non-violent manner and “futures study.” The latter asks the questions, “Does the world have to go on as it is, do the same systems always have to be used?”- Nevertheless,. history. and government classés “still emphasize and glorify wars,” said Mrs. Conner. “They never emphasize iow some conflicts were avoided. “Tm not so naive as to think there won't be conflicts or to believe that we can totally disarm. But conflicts can be solved in non-violent ways.” This can be taught very early ina child's life, she pointed out. She said she was brought up “on the idea of just wars, I'm not sure I can cluding poverty, crime and other issues. Church - ‘groups are mixed in their reaction to talk of peace, especially with the current situation in, the world, Mrs. Conner thinks most people need “to exam- ine where they place their security. Economic, psychol- ogical and spiritual strength are as important as military - strength. But we've been taught the military myth,” She acknowledges that many Americans are right- fully upset about the Russian | invasion of: Afghanistan, as - the country was with inva- sions of Czechoslovakia and Hungary. “They were all de- plorable. But they (the So viets) are our Lait _ations or certain segments. military Pp and that includes both military gov- ernmental and private funds, because most major corpor- ations have military con- tracts, she said. “This kind of cycle will be broken only if people demand it.” Mrs. Conner and her husband, John, led a seminar Verticals. 1’’ Venetian Blinds and by Ki rsc\ We're sinners too.” ‘She re- Pay have supported dictators ferred to U.S. military and CIA ‘involvements in several countries, | Mrs. Conner believes her cause is patriotic and gets upset with those people who believe in the “My country — love it or leave it” theory. Mrs, Conner trusts in God, “The country, is only first of all. “He is God of the, if we're free to crit. :~whole world, but-we have the This is to, be a gax- “free will;to make decisions. ernment. of, and for and by ‘He isa caring God, but we're the people, notfor the benefit not prevented from destroy- of the military or corpor- ing the world or destroying people through genetic mu- tations so they don’t look like human beings. But God planted something ‘for us That i is good — that we might have life and have it more abundantly.” not without blame.” She believes many who do the “whipping up about communism” are the -indus- trialists who make money off armaments. As for her own security, And we believe in freedom and justice for all.” Mrs, Conner also criti- cizes those “who get us whipped up about the fe fear of communism. We in this coun- who kill and torture. We're © parents: who feel: that ‘shave lost control’ teenage children. He handles the subject well,‘ froni th parents ab well as the chil. -dren’s viewpoint. ~ Mechanical Repair « on’ ? pit vin of Cars and Trucks - ‘Phone 365-6218 OW je all FALt CHECK-UP “ENMAUST REPAIRS Antl-freeze, Brak add the personal fouch y' aan CQ \ he 7 By FRED MERRIMAN *, recelved a letter from some naive ya! . the waters around Victoria. . . whal earnest 0 “Miss Morrison, why did thi ints tote < ich my, des * will advise that ‘ accordingly.’’ '*Before you ‘alas A the matter, Misa Morrison, fi jad the audacity to send.me a personal Me Sonn toi rot the mans that unger 28 pun nicipal sewage . ! " freelance column in an interior weekly newspaper and that for political reasons, to word a more detailed reply,.”’ * “O.K., have Gon Smithers put together a technical "ple and figures and have it on my desk tht ‘noon for. slgi “Yea, sl 3 ater... ''Miss Morrison, get parks and et tell them | wanta as on my. desk within th er the alr. | should. orm fo you, slr, that CBC will be here at 3 p.m. fort we: Flehmond dumping incident: and you ‘have that caucus meeting at 4 pe ‘That's right, | forgot the statement.to the press on Richmond. 0.K., di and get out-for three more invironment apecialiste. : “This "outback may just be the first of many blowing the whistle on our past thon 1 need all the help ican get." - o Inbetatenr 3 “By the way, sir, there'was a P.S. to the colimnist’s. letter: He said that he understood you were very busy with the Richmond incident. and was sure that », Necessary to send letter Form §7G. He asked yout ' and If you can. He said he understood."’ Be Thank you, Miss Morrison. Give. méthe I personal reply on the second page. sag “Ge ct me a coffee, pledas, ‘and thank you. And, last but not least, cancel the - jor those ef the Probie when call to Now lot's see... if! ware the minister of the: Sirona and | had just ; raw sewage, out! fall Into You know full wellthat . “ pone government agent at Rossland tells mei tthe man weltesa - + the orders on Smithers and Parks. {'ll_ need him for facts still out on ih think Is se ag If-the Victoria ‘cuttall hits TV and’ that writer : = you already had the:Victorla problem under. eutapma that. it, would not be - r ie : “many. 5 , A little less than six months ago, I wrote a column on my longtime and much- admired friend, Cecil Mather, ‘Last week, after a lengthy illness, Cecil died very sud- denly as I wrote a hurried memorial for his funeral ser- vice. -In spite of its limitations, a number of people have asked. for copies of that memorial. However, ‘since it is not physically possible to, accommodate some without offending others, I am having it printed as delivered — with all ite inadequacies, ey I ee asked permission . .of the Mather family: and-of: the Reverend Kindschy-if*T- might saya few:-words on’ behalf ;of ‘my friend Goel ‘Mathers’, Tamy column earlier this. year I-wrote of him as 8 mar “of many: talents ’"— in: fhe workshop, on’ the’ land, in ; making friends, as well as’ “orl. -possessed ‘of - both“ the: intelligence and the intense interest in the workings of the world about him ‘that, iri more ‘fortunate’ circum-' stances, he might well have oe C Math , % ‘Geordies’ — that Is, they were born in Newcastle-on- Tyne,. an‘ancient city on ‘the E ish border CASTLEGAR NEWS, September 24, 1980 :. JOHN. CHARTERS’ Reflections & Recollections family and, most particularly, for the many hundreds.‘of whose ‘roots go back to Roman times, and whose cit- izens, even in individualist Britain, ‘are famed for their individualism, their diligence and thelr special senke of humor, ~ On the other re Cecil was a very modest and pri- yate person and, therefore, I did not. mention bis" won- derful and quietly, for his friends, his neighbors, for the school axid for. the many teachers and students with whom he was associated through the years, ” He‘never became one of the ‘famous .of infamous whose. triumphs, misdeeds and pieadilloes enliven the ‘pages of the local and na- ‘onal press. Instead, he pve partnership with) hid: wife Nellie, hls affection ‘for his q taking heart the exortation by Guat mers, who siad: “Live for something! Do good and leave behind you h monument of virtue that the storm of time can nevér des- “troy. Write your name in kindness, love aid mercy on the hearts of the thousands you come in contact with, year by year, and you will ‘ never ‘be forgotten. Your involved in‘ ‘an aceldé ina Province or State ‘where the right "to recovery is legally. Prohibited, and’a resident of that j is at fault. ‘link of understanding which joth . Inverse Liability’ insurance covers damages to the extent that the person from that Intercity... fedco and Dome! one off-sea: SAVE 5100°° onintercity Unit .the name that means durability and efficiency in heating. Your cholce of a varlety of models and seizes for pro- , pane or natural gas. 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Nonetheless, though he, like Job, after many troubles, “died, being old and full of -days,” — the spirit of youth never really deserted him, so that I and his many friends can still say, with Shakes- : peare: . “To me, fair friend, you never can be old For as you were when first your eye I ey'd . Such seems your beauty still.” ‘ In closing, I would like to read, by way of a dedication, _ 8 passage (one of my favor- ites} from John. Bunyan's famous allegory “Pilgrim's Progress.” i It tells of the. passing of the soldier-pilgrim: Mr. Val- iant-for-truth, who wore his armor only in‘the: front; of how after rendering many valuable services to the other pilgrims on the‘road of life, he is summoned,’ makes ‘his way across the Jordan (the. river'of death) and arrives at the Celestial his: goal. “After this it was nolsed abroad that Mr. Valiant-for- truth was taken with a Sum- mons by the same Post as the other, and had this for a Token that the Summons was true — that his Pitcher was broken at the Fountain. When he understood it he called for his friends, and told * them of it, Then said he, “I am going to my Father's, and though with great difficulty I im got hither, yet now do I not repent me of all the Trouble I have been at to _ arrive where I am. My Sword I give to, him that ‘shall: succeed me in my Pilgrim- agep and‘ my Courage and Skill to him that can get it, “My Marks and Scars I carry ; with me to be witness for me ithat Ihave fought his Battles who now. will be my. Re- warder. “When the day came “that he mut go hence was come, many accompanied him to the Riverside, into which as he went he said, Death where is thy Stong? And as he went deeper he said, Grave, where is thy Victory? So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.” | So be it with all of us. ‘ provincial institutes? : ‘The Honourable Brian Smith. world of business, commerce and industry? - : Brian Smith wants to to help i improve our educatiofial system. But ‘before he acts, he wants: your views:on what’s right, and ‘wrong, with the present system. What do you think of the situation’ -in our public schools... .and in our community colleges and Should greater emphasis be placed on teaching practical skills + ola. that will benefit them once they have to'j join the workforce? Do you feel-we are preparing them sufficiently fora technological world thai is becoming more and more specialized? 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For instance, should we be refrigerators ard, CLU © giving our children a greater working’ | = -: aa on his attainmient of the Chartered Life : j A ; j inewlede Sterne ope ms ie 6 6 Underwriter designation. Sa raas wet a pea : . : a a oo : ei ; The CLU designation is awarded by the Institute of Chartered Life Underwriters of Canada upon completion of a series of comprehensive courses on all aspects of life underwriting, It is a recognized symbol of professional competence. Donald J. Hayward, CLU 507 Baker St., Nelson. 952-5635 Brian Smith-wants-your views to be heard. And to see that something i is done about them. ‘ But ‘he can't do anything if you don't tell him what you think. So please make a note of Brian Smith's open Forum on Education in your région. The date is Tuesday, September 30th. The place: k Trail Jutiior Secondary School, at 7 p.m. : And when he comes'to town, get involved. _ BRIAN SMITH, Minister. of Education, -WANT S YOUR VIEWS ON EDUCATION. tulate Donald J. Hayw Paper « 3722 Teal Square Fert « : SHIRLEY ANDERSON CASTLEGAR — 365-7561 Tri NATIONAL HOMES LIMITED P.O. Box 245, Abbotsford, B.C, or 4852 99th St., Edmonton, Alta. ease send me National's 1980 Catalogue of manufactured Province of British Columbia‘. The Honourable Brian-Smith, Minister Ministry of Education - For epaament time jo wane Call collect Mrs. Jean Murray at the office. Jn Richmond, Vanceaver, (lpn 278-3433.