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And contests like these—with exotic addresses like Beverly Hills or Charleston—lure these want-to-be poets out of the wood- ll We're 4 Celebrating work and seduce them into send- ing off a poem or two. the sending. It’s done in the fol- low-up by the contest company. A few weeks after the contest deadline, a letter arrives for the would-be poet. In glowing terms, it indicates the judges were impressed by the entrant's poem. The letter goes on to say the poem will be published in a forth- coming anthology put out by the contest publisher. } Our 1st Anniversary Come and browse for your special Christmas gift e Christian cards & books Self help books Crafts ¢ Candles Custom gift baskets AND MUCH MORE!! The Upper Room Gift Shop Located at HAL R-4-U DOWNTOWN CASTLEGAR 314 10th Ave. NEAR THE POST OFFICE Call 365-2213 $$ ENTERTAINMENT a | UD EG Thursday, Friday, Saturday San Jose West Sunday Bob's Open Stage Jam Session ‘\ Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Bob Hutchinson ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Branch 170 Sundays Mon. - Thurs. Fri. - Sat. 2 pm-8 pm 2 pm-10pm 11 am- 11 pm Live SRD FRIDA Guests with members welcomel The only hitch is the anthology will cost $59.95 in the regular edition or $99.95 in the deluxe version. The letter offers the excited poet-to-be a deal of $49.95 or $89.95 for early pur- chase of the I the now-published poet about the thrill of it all. One wanting-to-be poct, a middle-aged man from the Slo- can Valley, showed me the deluxe anthology his poem was ished in. He also described The ecstatic poet-on-the-verge quickly signs away his or her rights to the poem and promptly sends off a cheque for the For who can resist the come- on? Who can resist the chance to be published? Who can resist having a “lovely” book with one’s own poem in it to show to friends and family? Hoping-to-be-poets can't resist, and thus, these contest publishers laugh all the way to the bank. It’s not small change we're ing about. If the contest gen- erates 10,000 entries and has a $10 entry fee, that’s $100,000 up front. Then, suppose the publisher sells 5000 anthologies at a profit of $30 per anthology, that's another $150,000. Quite a take in exchange for giving out about $1,000 in prizes. But that’s not all. There are fol- low-up offers for cassette and CD versions of the anthology—all supposedly at cut-rate prices. A the ly-di 4 ly poet is invited—along with the contest winners—to attend a gala award ceremony. These take place in Los Ange- les or Atlanta or even St. Catharines, Ontario. All the bud- ding poet has to do is book the flight and hotel through the con- test publisher's travel agent. So caught up are we in the idea of the success of a new-found poet that local newspapers (yes, The Castlegar Sun, too) interview at Passmore Community Hall (10 miles from the South Slocan Junction on Hwy. 6) in the beautiful Slocan Valley. Great Selection of hand made crafts, bake table, door prizes, food hamper raffle & much more. Admission $1.00. 12 & under free Sponsored by Passmore Hall Society. For more information call 226-7363. his wonder- trip to California for a follow-up conference on poet- ry set up by the conference pub- lishers. The trip—including numerous workshop fees—set him back several thousand dol- lars. His published poem was awful. The contest publishers didn't care. They simply published it to set him up. All they wanted was the rake- off of funds they would get from a longing-to-be poet who got caught up in the scheme. The Federation of B. C. Writ- ers outlines the following tell- tale signals that indicate a poetry contest may not be rewarding just excellence: 1. You must buy a copy of the anthology where your poem appears. 2. You must pay for the inclu- sion of your biography. 3. You must pay for the inclu- sion of a dedication or to have your picture with the poem. 4. You discover that hundreds of people win. 5. You receive no payment from them for publishing your poem. So the next time you see a notice for a super-poetry contest, realize it is simply a promotion device for vanity publishers. They know that many people here in the hinterland fancy themselves as poets. And they count on the van- ity of wish-to-be poets as their Means to move money from your pockets to theirs. Museum hosts Bob, Jim show The Bob and Jim Show, an exhibition’ of artwork by Robert Blenderman and Jim Camplin, continues at the Nelson Museum until Dec. 15. The two artists are. both Nelson residents, with very different artistic interests and styles. Jim Camplin has lived in. Nelson for the past five years. He was exhibited in the Nelson Artwalk, ‘‘What carries us through life?” Submitted by: Father Herman, St. Rita's Parish What keeps us going? What carries us through life? Anyone who knows to swim, does not need much time to think whether the water will carry him. He knows it. But someone who is learning to swim, must first experience that he will not sink. We have this same experience in life...there are the clever and the lucky who always float on top. But there are also people with whom the water always reaches their lips, they waste their time in brooding. The have not got the courage to take control of their lives. However it does not matter to which category you belong, from time to time everyone has to answer the question: What carries me on? What keeps me going? The one will say: my job, another: my family. Again others will say: my children. ..spouse... All these are good reasons...but every individual But is this concept of God the true one? Is He not rather the element that carries us? He is the living water in which we move...He is the ground which supports us. In Him we find everything that normally supports us in life. God is not the rival of family, of job or friendship, absolutely not. But they cannot replace Him either. God allows Himself to be found in celebrations, in customs and traditions. Too often however, we attribute too little importance to our religious traditions and practices. We must not forget, they are the irrigation systems for the soul, without these we would soon sit on dry land. It can happen that we have nothing left to hang on o...our job, our family, our friends, even our who knows that trust, friendship, fidelity, or sympathy carries him or her, knows also how fragile that foundation is. And in case you have not experienced it in your own life, you will have seen among your friends how deceptive our certainty is. The needs of the poor, the fear of the weak and lonely, the hunger of the innocent disturb the peace of mind of exactly those who experienced a touch of good fortune in life. Many stake on God, when they see that their way of life is not acceptable to all people...they try to come to a compromise with God: they ask Him to take care of them and they will try to live according to His laws as well as they can. Many tum to God only when life has become a mess. They look to God as a life-buoy, which you need in emergencies. ST. PETER 713 4th St., Castlegar Rev. V. Tech * 365-3664 ALL WELCOME! The My ligion...all solid gi d seems to sink away under our feet. Then we have to leam to dig deeper. When in tropical countries streams dry up, then bore-holes are the only solution. There in the depth of the heart, in the encounter between God and our soul, there are sources which are inexhaustible. These are sources of hope, of faith, of courage, of humility and love. These sources can only be reached by prayer which makes us silent and attentive to the will of God. We often succeed in finding these sources in the community...and advice from a partner, a spiritual conversation with a friend, or a retreat with like- minded companions can lead us to such springs. Psalm 42 will then become our personal prayer: “As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God”. At such moments we will experience again: it is God who carries us through life. 614 Christina Place Pastor John Wiuff (B.th., M.Div.) Rules to live by Three things are needed to were taken Counsedlor’s Mallory child. abuse |_Gaet bitter and angry at life. Today daily. daily. Find a good author who has person who simply writes my two grandsons were play- say to Josh?” If you have no funny friends, tally and physically. Is this possible to laugh and ensure a healthy mental state. from a woman Clark. Benji and neglect. she is an inspiration to every- Rule number one You may have to look for lots of humour. about life. Observe children, ing, the one brought the other a Without any hesitation, Daniel make some new ones. Humour Rule number two cry all in the same day? Of These “rules” named Benji has an incred- Wilma She has every reason to be one. She lives these rules + Have a good belly laugh something funny but it’s there. Erma Bombeck is one such they are priceless. For instance, cookie. I said, “What do you said, “This one is too small”. is essential to our health, men- + Cry everyday. course it is. Tears keep us ten- der. Tears are a great release People help to bring up the emotions that are important to us as indi- viduals. If all else fails, watch This is probably the rule for people in North Ameri- ca to live by. We are rushing, going, hur- rying people. We have long for- gotten why we are in such a hurry. But in our hurry we have often missed “life”. One client shared with me that the only way she could “sit still” for any length of time was to drink alcohol. I would dare say there are a lot of us that have to have a “reason” to sit down. I would like to challenge you to start with ten minutes a day and do absolutely nothing snd eveneually work it up to a Jee You Shere! GET READY FOR HRISTMAS Castleview Care Centre Christmas Tea & Sale December 3 2:00 - 4:00 Crafts, baking, woodwork, ceramics, Russian noodles & Borscht Tickets: $1.50 at the door 248 Columbia Ave., Castlegar 365-7017 _] 8:00: Holy Communion - BAS. Traditional | aa ‘ 10:00: Family Service and Church School & Nursery Nov. 12-6 pm: Parish Dinner & Talent Show ALL WELCOME The Rev. Canon Dorothy Barker — Phone: 365-2271 TO KNOW CHRIST AND TO MAKE HiM KNOWN. NG VERS sem FAITH FELLOWSHIP 2404 Columbia Ave. Castlegar, BC, VIN 2X5 Pastor 365-6762 (Church 365-5300 SUNDAY: bol 104s .m. Sunday School jorship "2 ay Fai MA comme STARTING SEPT. 21/ 6:00 PM Faithtully serving Castlegar for over 30 years. ‘A Church built on LOVE-ACCEPTANCE-FORGIVENESS gigi 2329 6th Ave., Castlegar ¢ 365-5818 SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP 10:30 am — Nur EVENING CELEBRATION WEDNESDAY FAMILY meen WATCH FAITH ALIVE ON SHAW CABLE 10 sasaemceneenssri liated with C: di hip of Churches & Mini s LIVING WATERS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY - Grades K - 12 Individualized Curriculum ee RAISING TOMORROW'S LEADERS °° RC: ug 5 Cmmada GRACE PRESBYTERIAN 2605 Columbia Ave. Need a ride to church? Call 365-2438 Rev. Murray Garvin 1-226-7540 ¢ 365-2438 Minister: The Rev. Ann Pollock 10:00 am Worship Service & Sunday School Meeting kids' basic needs Aunt Mary says kids today need a part-time job by age 12 to learn the meaning of work. Your neighbor says kids need to eat vegetables of every color each day to be health. The magazine article you just read says today’s ids will need to learn a second anguage to succeed as adults. There is no shortage of advice or today's parents. Well-meaning elatiyes, friends, writers and pro- essjonals stand ready to offer nnumerable suggestions and lofty roals for parents. So much advice s available, in fact, that parenting 1as become not only challenging but confusion. Workable practices and solutions need to be sorted from passing fads and theories. As you evaluate the advice before you, consider these factors: + Is the source credible and experienced? + Is there evidence that the suggestions have been effective in similar situations, (child/s age, development, maturity level)? + Does the advice seem com- patible with the family’s chosen belief system or values? + Does it seem sensible and reasonable? When you take the time to answer these questions, you are more likely to make positive, educated and effective child-rear- ing choices. As family structure undergoes change, the basic tenets of caring parenting remain the same. dren, regardless of the economic or social conditions surrounding them, still need parents who will take them seriously. They need to see evidence of genuine loving intent in daily interactions. The Ohio Depart- ment of Education offers the fol- lowing suggestions on what all children need. Take a break with your Kids! Love: children need to feel that they matter very much to someone. Acceptance: children need to believe that parents like them for themselves just the way they are. Security: children need to know that they belong to a family or group; that there is a place where they fit in. Control: children need to know that there are limits to what they are permitted to do and that par- ents will hold them to these limits. Independence: children need to know that parents have confi- dence in them and in their ability to do things for themselves and by themselves. Faith: children need to have a set of moral standards to live by. Guidance: children need to have grown-ups around them who show them by example how to get along with others. Protection: children need to feel that their parents will keep them safe from harm. = —— COME JOIN THE = nv alvary Uke ‘RALLY’ Thursday, Pool : COSPE Friday, phe Tournament | \ SHAW CABLE SCHEDULE NOV. 21 - NOV. 27 1994 4 > || Baptist wel — November 26, 1994 Balment Park, 1:00 p.m. Saturday Food — {2 toonstar Church : ie