_. CASTLEGAR NEWS, February 4, 1981 ‘

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Hon Jan, 25, the Baha'i

tommunity of Central Koot-

@nay “J" (Robson) elected

their first Local ‘Spiritual

Assembly.

% Whenever there are nine
more adult Baha'is (21
rs or over) residing in any

given locality, a Local Spir-
1 Assembly is elected. An

‘ embly consists of nine
adult believers who are

glected by ‘secret ballot in a

spirit of prayer, without pre-

Qminary electioneering or

Hominating of candidates. Its

duties are those of regulating

_ the affairs of the local Baha'i
émmunity with special em-
Bhasis on the initiation and
Shpervision of teaching ‘the
ha'i Faith in the area. .
The Local Spiritual As-
gemblies, of which there are
Sresently over 300 in Canada,
e responsible to-the Na-*
onal Spiritual Assembly
Universal House of Justice,
&n internationally-elected
Body. The Universal House of
Justice is the supreme guid-
ihg institution of the Baha'i
Paith and has its seat on the

Full Gospel
fellowship

meeting

The speaker for the Feb-
ruary banquet meeting of
Full Gospel Businessmen’s
Fellowship International will
be Ron Redpath of Moose

Redpath owns and oper-
ates Parkview Funeral Home
th that city, and has served
for many years as city alder-

an and also as director on

e hospital board.

Having been raised in a

ristian home, he was nev- .

értheless only lukewarm. in
his Christian experience until
God turned his life around in
spectacular way. He re-
jived a healing in his spirit,
ul and body.
Any interested person is
Icome to attend this meet-
ing at the Fireside Place.

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slopes of Mount Carmel in
Haifa, Israel. ‘

The Baha'i Faith is an
independent world religion
with followers in almost
every country. It has its own
sacred scriptures, laws, ad-
ministrative institutions and’
its own holy places, the most
sacred of whith are situated
on or near Mount Carmel.

In Canada the National
Spiritual Assembly was in-
corporated by the Act of
Parliament in 1949. In a
majority of provinces Baha'i
local Spiritual! Assemblies
are entitled to perform mar-
riages and energetic efforts
are being made to complete
this process in the remaining
provinces,

Baha'is believe: There is -
only one God and all know-
ledge comes. to man from
God. He is the Creator of all
things. Man learns of God
through His | Messengers.
Thes¢ Messengers, or
Prophets, are great teachers
sent by God to man about

.every 1,000 years. These

Messengers of God, like the |
sun, bring the light of divine
knowledge for each new age.
The Messenger of God for’
this day is Baha'u'llah, Baha-
‘y'llah, Whose name means
the Glory of God, is the
Promised One foretold by
Moses, Jesus, Christ and

‘other Messengers of God.

The purpose of His coming is
to unite all men. Baha’u'llah
wrote “Ye are the fruits of
one tree and the leaves of one
branch,” and “The earth is
but one country and mankind
its citizens.”

In keeping with this, the
Canadian Baha'i Community
reflects the ethnic variety
found in Canada as a whole.

a'is elect first local assembly

iy me

, Forty-six leaders of Boy

> Scouts,” Beavers, ‘and Cubs
: from all parts of the East and

West Kootenays spent all

‘day ‘Saturday. at Salmo at-

“tending Sno-Ball’ Winter

Camping Training Seminar,
‘commencing/at 9:15 a.m, and

* continuing till 11 p.m.

Camp chief for the day was
Bob Dyer, member of the
provincial field executive for
B.C.-Yukon Provincial Coun-
cil, Boy Srouta of Canada. He
‘was assisted by West Koot-
enay Regional Commissioner

: Bill, Ramsden of Nelson.
+ Other assistant regional com-

=| missioners in attendance

were ‘Rowena Ramsden’ of

Nelson, Bunnie Gellette of .

Fernie, Sharon Waswick of
Fernle, Don Cleverly of Ra-

. dium Hot Springs and Randy

Frank of Beaverdell.
District commissioners in .

" attendance were Mark Zurek

of Castlegar, Terry Hearne of

Salmo and Terry Caloutti of

Trail,

‘Salmo hosts were Boy,
Scout loaders Mike Lyver,

Lionel Heuscher, Dale Jack-

), an.and helper Chris Mac- -

Neill; Cub leaders Terry
Hearne,’ Lyall Street and
Brian Blake; Beaver leaders
Aileen Newton, Louisé Rob-

, ertson and ‘helper Georgina

, and §

Violet. Members of Salmo
Scouting -Grop Committee
jo Boy. Scouts also

helped with social activities.

BAHA'IS ELECT first local spiritual assambly in Central , Brenda Mcinnes, Back row, left to right, Katherine Ar.
Kootenay “J” on the weekend. They are, front row, left
to right, Kent Robbie, Suzie Newnham, Cheryl Grey and Melnnes. Missing from photo is Tim Ripper.

mstrong, Alison Eaton, Margusrite. Hinde and Alan

New ruling on common-law marriages |

VANCOUVER (CP) — A
B.C. Supreme Court ‘ruling
Thursday that common-law

- marriages are not valid in.

B.C. is reason for couples
who live together to think
more about their legal rights,
says a lawyer involved in the

case. : :
The court found that a
woman who lost the man
with whom she was living
was not entitled to compen-
sation from the driver of. the
car in which her partner died
because common-law marri-

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Neil Bolton, a Prince
George lawyer who repre-
sented the driver of the car,
said Chief Justice Allan. Mc-
Eachern's. decision means
that couples who live to-
gether have no rights outside

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of those specifically granted
by individual statutes.

. However, Bolton’ said the
decision ‘does not mean a
change in ‘the law because
common-law marriages have
not been recognized by law.

The case involved a claim
under, the’ Families Compen-

’ sation Act made on behaif.of

Beryl- Kiff. ‘She ‘ was* living
ith Michael John Dunthy,
22,.and was‘seven months

"pregnant. when he. died-in a’

ear accident: near’--Prince
George in February of 1974.
~ The chief justice dismissed

the woman’s.claim for com-_

pensation from the. driver,
Ray Helm, but ruled that the
son born to the couple was

entitled to compensation and
awarded him $15,000. .
He said the couple had
‘expressly decided not to
marry and, in the absence of.
such an intention, she did not
acquire the status of wife. — |
Bolton’ said if the couple .
had been married, me c

bly - woul

titled to.“a ‘conside
‘of money.” She did not make
a claim for a specific amount.

The woman would have a
claim under Insurance Corp.
‘of B.C. legislation because it
considers a couple man. and
wife if they have lived to-
gether years: and have .
expressed “an intention’ to
continue living together.

This was both a fun day
and a‘learning day for the
‘scouting leaders. Early in the
morning they had their tents |
pitched scouting styié in'the
vacant: property. next to Sai- °
mo Firehall and had their
camp fires burning. This was
to be a day something like
the leaders. would have-tak-
ing their boys out on a winter
camping trip. ee
> It began with “Flagbreak”
under the leadership of camp
chief Bob ‘Dyer and the adop-:
tion of a “Thought for the
Day,” addresses of welcome,
and plans and patrols for the -
day. A noon meal was pre-
pared on the camp fire and
eaten, and Rowena Ramsden *
gave instructions on foil din-
ners. ‘ .

een 8 and. 8:80. p.m.
the-camp was’ completely

‘dismantled, leaving no trace

that a.camp had been held on

:the property.

The leaders next moved

cover to Knights of Pythias

Hall for coffee and ‘to contin-
ue thei seminar. Camp chief
Bob: Dyer. and Salmo . Cub
leader Terry Hearne gave
some instructions.on rules,

regulations and: camping
questionnaire forms, samples
of which were distributed.
Jean Lund, Selkirk public
health nurse, Salmo, gave ine

structions ‘on food prepar- —

ations and health in camp.
Larry Secconi gave instruc:
tions on and demonstrations
of the use of thermal equip-
ment. This was followed by a
question-and-answer period.

Ernie's Restaurant catered
for an evening dinher of
chicken and ribs for the
scouting leaders. ;

After dinner there was
another period of questions
and answers and instructions
on do's and don'ts.

arts teacher at Salmo Sec
ondar School, gave instruc:
tions on hypothermia and on
avalanche areas.

At the front of the room
was a. display of winter
camping equipment. This
was examined, and instruc-
tions were given on its use
and care.

Plans were made for fur-
ther group winter activities.
* Between 9:30 and 10 p.m.
campfire was again held
-under the leadership of camp-
fire chief Bill Ramsden,

By “mug up” time it gen-
erally was agreed that all had
enjoyed the fun and fellow-
ship and had profited a great
deal from the instructions
and activities.

Jordan
in second
‘mishap
Misdotor Pat Sordan has bed?

another close call — her
second of the winter.

She was riding in a car.

driven by her husband re-
cently when the vehicle was
struck by another car. Jor-
dan was badly shaken up but
not seriously hurt.

Damage to the Jordan car
is estimated at $9,000.

Driver of the second car,
1T-year-old Barry Allan Reid,
of Vernon,‘has ‘been charged
with driving without due
care, and attention,

Late last year, Jordan .
jumped from an Air B.C."

plane when it was involved in
an accident while taking off
from Victoria's Inner Harbor,

Although shaken up, she.
managed: to swim to shore
and éscaped serious injury.

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