RS es Castlegar News October 8, 1989 DR. TIM ALLEN Optometrist Wishes to Announce the relocation ot his Castlegar Practice to 1458 Columbia Avenue Castlegar (Former Bun City Bakery) For appointments telephone 365-2220 = tga Beginning & intermediate, French: Wed., Oct, 11, $40. Please call tor more in formation Hair Braiding tor Beginners: Tues. Oct, 10, 6:8 p.m. $6 Sign Language: Tves., Oct, 10-Nov. 28, 7-9 p.m. $32 Women Visionaries: Three evenings of videos and discussion. Shore with Shaki Gowain, Louis Hay and Elizabeth Kubler Ross, their unusual insight and wisdom concerning health ond personal Pp Tuesday, Oct. 10 24, 7-10 p.m Water Color Workshop With Doolee McDonnell: Portraiture will be the e phasis of this workshop; however, Dooleé will cover a variety of water color techniques. Sat, & Sun., Oct. 14 8,15, 9-4 p.m., $30. Room G17 Introduction To Microcomputers Part 2 — Tues. & Thurs., Oct. 10-17, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Rm, B12, $45. industrial First Aid: Oct. 10-Nov. 11 $300, Rm, M14) 24 Evolving Complexity of Women’s Lives: A one day workshop by Clarissa Green Aszociate Professor of Nursing, U.8.C. The tocus throughout the workshop is on creative and positive problem-solving based on the “solutions contemporary 14, 9-4 p.m, $35. (Includes Tues. & Thurs,, 7-10 p.m,, Sat. 9-4 p.m professional women are finding usetul. Sat,, Oct TO REGISTER OR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL Castlegar Campus 365-7292 ext. 261 or 353 Selkirk College NOTICE W TO ALL OUR CUSTOMERS As of Tuesday, Oct. 10 we will no longer provide the services of Movie Rentals. ZZ We thank our loyal video rental customers for your support REMINDER: Please do not forget to use up your Rental Card betore Tuesday, Oct. 10! Pulpit & Pew A little boy was home, slightly sick Hewas feeling sorry for himself, full of complaints. His mom knew-what to do She brought into his room a pail of wood blocks, and said, **Let’s pile up one block for everything that makes yousad,”” “My throat hurts.”” That was one block. **I have a headache."’ That was block number two. “I'm tired of being in bed.” Block three friends at school."’ Block four. At block seven he was having trouble thinking of another complain, somom suggested a new pile “Now,” she said, “‘let’s make a pile for every happy thing you can think of “I miss my “1 can eat ice cream,”* Block one. **I like my room." Block two, ‘*You're here, mommy.”’ Block three: ‘1 can hear the birds singing.” Block four “My dog comes to see me."’ Block five. “*L have books to read.”’ Block six. And the boy kept thinking of other happy things until the happy pile was much higher than the sad pile, and when one more happy block made them all come-crashing down, mom and son had agreat laugh together The boy felt much better. He had Guild monthly There were 19 members and one guest present at the September meeting of the Selkirk Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild held in the upper room of the Rail Station Various reports from several mem. bers indicated that the guild had a busy summer. Demonstrations during Sun. fest at the station which were well received by the audience. The Doukhobor exhibit at the NEC was most successful and was viewed by many local people and tourists. Mabel Verigin and June Bell experienced weaving on an old hand-made loom and Snadra Donohue demonstrated hand-spinning At the Seniors’ booth from the re: Boise, Idaho was |set up at the Arts’ centre and was thé focus of much in- ames in Trail the followed the: prescription of the old hymn which says, ‘When upon life's billows you are tempest-tossed, when you are discouraged thinking all is Ipst, count your many blessings name them one by one, and it will surprise you what the Lord hath done."” Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of thé year, because it reminds me how very high is the pile of blessings God has given me. Sure, I have my sad pile. We all do But whenever I start to count my blessings, I'm amazed at how fur tunate I truly am Giving thanks picks up our spirits Feel down? Count your blessings, and you'll soon feel’ much stronger and happier Giving thanks also helps us think about God. Some know-it-all professors have said religion began with fear, when primitive man was afraid of the unknown, and tried to control the for ces by religion. I think that’s shallow nonsensé. If religion began from a feeling at all (and I doubt it) that feeling would have been gratitude. Nature’s bounty, the joys of family, and all our other blessings are so won: derful, our ancestors Would surely have wanted to say thank you to someone, holds meeting Some members turned up to help with the landscaping at the station. To top it all off a team journeyed to Salmon Arm for a Sheep-to-Tabard contest and ‘came home proudly bearing the first prize ribbon and a renewed sense of the friendliness of weavers and spinners. Three new officers were nominated and accepted by acclamation at the meeting. They are: president Alex Ready, vice-president Trish Rasku and treasurer Donna Moyer. The retiring president Darlene McDowell was presented with a thank-you gift There are two ongoing projects. One is the weaving of 37 yards of curtain material for the windows of the second floor of the station The second is the designing and Still, today, being thankful makes us think of God. And our many blessings are a clue as to how kind and’ good that God is. Some religions, and some distortions of Christian religion, paint a picture of @ méan and cruel God, Not true, We just have to notice how wonderfully blessed we aré to realize God must be kind, not cruel. For Christians, the heart of God is Jove, shown to usin the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. When. we Christians give thanks this weekend, it’s not just for pofatoes and pum pkins. We give thanks for the love of God Count-your blessings, and have a happy Thanksgiving Day © Thrift Shop helps low-income shopper St. David's Thrift Shop is operated by, the joint effort of the Anglican Church Women and the United Chur- ch Women for the benefit of their respective churches anid for the com- munity, The community benefits by the recycling of good used clothing and household articles that would probably be otherwise disposed of. It gives low-income families ‘an oppor- tunity to purchase goods at a reasonable cost. The Thrift, Sfop first began operating in 1972, ina little shop on 4th Street, that. was later occupied by Classic Fabrics. After a few years, the opportunity came to move to the old school béard office jon Columbia Avenue. When that property was bought to be used for a court house the school board building had to be torn down. This required another moves this time to our present location in the Oglow building Through the support and generosity of the community, our space has always been overflowing with donations for which we are most ap- preciative. The many garage sales taking place in the community have proved to be a mixed blessing for the Thrift Shop, but unfortunately, what doesn’t sell at a garage sale doesn’t sell at the Thrift Shop either and takes up valuable room and makes more work sorting, so: please bring only the very best and bring donations only during store hours. Ina few weeks we are about to move once again, this time into the premises vacated by CKQR. When it is refur- bished it will offer more display, area and more cheerful surroundings. October 8, 1989 4 Castlegar News 27 The Kootenay Society for the Handicapped is one of many agen- cies in Castlegar supported by the United Way and serves a number of adults with mental handicaps in a variety of different settings. These include residential, -life skills, respite and dayprogram ser- vices. It is this latter area which directly benefits from the society's involvement with the United Way. The society's day program ser- vice, based at the program centre, offers a variety of individualized facilty- and community-based. social, life, educational and vocational programs to 15 in- dividuals. To the extent that staff resources permit, activities are located in the community. The following are specific ser- Mentally handicapped benefit The clients are involved in all aspects of the operation from in voicing, pick-up and delivery, to UNITED WAY FEATURE VOCATIONAL Using a work crew model, clients are actively involved in community based work experiences such as ground maintenance and lan- dscaping contracts. The program centre also main- IT & FASHION The full figure woman is the focus of top designers and our outstanding selection reflects this welcome trend. Stop in today for a look at the latest in larger sizes during our 2nd An- niversary Sale. Sale Dates Wed., Oct. 4 to Sat., Oct. 14 See our new line of fall and winter fashions * Shop early for best selection * Sizes 14 to 52 Treatment may speed recovery sreport TORONTO (CP) — Some patients with multiple sclerosis recover more quickly from attacks of the disease when they’re treated with blood plasma exchange used in conjunction with ‘certain drugs, says a report in the Journal of Neurology The report announces findings of a two-year clinical trial by doctors at six medical centres. It’s estimated that 25,000 Canadians have multiple sclerosis, which destroys the insulation’ — a substnace called myelin — that surrounds nervegfibres. As a result, nerve messages get distor- ted or fail to go through. People with the disease have trouble controlling their movements. Often, they can’t walk and symtoms can include tremors, blurred vision, weakness and slurred speech The two-year trial involved 59 patients treated with the three- pronged treatment and a control group of $7 patients who were given only the drugs — _ corticosteroids plus cyclophosphamide A blood plasma exchange is perfor- med to reduce antibodies in a patient’s blood stream which attack myelin. On average, the 59 patients recovered from a multiple sclerosis at- tack in four weeks compared with 13 weeks for the control group AL S This year, the day program cen- muffin service known as Muffin Mania, Fresh muffins are baked at the centre and delivered to a variety of business and offices around town. The clients are involved in all aspetts of the services which includes, or- 4 \\"WA WA Fire Prevention Week October 8-14 dering supplies, baking, delivering and invoicing. 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