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Castlegar Beavers were out in force for Friday's Remembrance Day service at the Castlegar cenotaph in Kinsmen Park. Beavers were Canada in war PRESBYTERIAN MEMBERSHIP DWINDLING By BONNE MORGAN Staff Writer Membership in the Presbyterian Church of Canada is dwindling and the church may run out of money to train ministers within the next four years. These are a few of the challenges the church must overcome, according to Bruce Miles, moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Miles paid a visit to Castlegar recently as part of his tour of Presbyterian ministries. “It's to meet the people and see what's happening in the church,” Miles told the Castlegar News while relaxing in the living room of Rev. Jim Ferrier. Miles was chosen from six candidates by 1,400 voting church members to fill the position of figure- head of the church. The 59-year-old minister has been ordained for 36 years and spent six years on the administrative council. His is a one-year appointment which started in June. Already Miles has been to South Africa and southern parts of Africa, includii i and BRUCE MILES - ON Cross-country tour Miles feels there may be several reasons for the ini membership. He said the church is no Zimbabwe to tour Presbyterian ministries. He started his tour of Canadian ministries on Vancouver Island and is working his way east. Besides the Grace Presbyterian Church in Castlegar there are two other presbyterian churches in the Kootenays — one in Nelson and another in Cranbrook. Miles said the fact that Canadian membership has dropped by between one and two per cent a year in the last 15 years can be blamed partly on the age of the church which was established in 1875. “Our average age is between 55 (and) 65 (years) and the next generation is not in the church,” he said. longer “relevant” to people and blames this partly on “the fast pace of life.” He said the “yuppie generation” has many other things to do for recreation and relaxation when it gets home from work. “Then you go and hear a minister yelling at you and you somehow turn off,” he said. “Somehow, the church has not been able to attract them in terms of relevancy.” Miles thinks the church must be able to listen and provide opportunities for people to be a part of the church. continued on page A3 CosNews Photo by Doug Hervey Hundreds remember Castlegar war dead By BONNE MORGAN Staff Writer Several hundred people gathered under grey skies at the cenotaph in Kinsmen Park Friday morning for the Remembrance Day service. Groups of Boy Scouts, Cubs, Air Cadets, Brownie: irl Guides and RCMP in dress uniform formed a loose cirele around the war memorial, along with uniformed and non-uni formed veterans and private citizens for a solemn tribute to the more than 104,000 Canadians who were killed in war. “Let us be also thankful for the long period of relative peace we have enjoyed and let us live in hope that the young in our nation may never again be required to take up arms in the cause of freedom,” Bob Deptock, president of the Royal Canadian Le gion Branch 170, told the crowd In his address, Gwilym Hughes ur ged the gathering to contribute to life's national issues such as poverty education, labor relations, religion, racial discrimination and political in tegrity “We have, a long road to travel to realize the world that is worthy of their sacrifice,” he said of the war dead. Hughes remembered a particular friend killed 46 years ago along with 247 other men in an attack on the Royal Navy during World War II “Many of you, my comrades, have known a similar experience,” he said “And so, for us, today becomes |a very personal day of memory and grief.” For others Nov. 11 is a day of national honor and remembrance, said Hughes. “Unfortunately, for too many it is nothing more than a statutory holi day,” he added. Hughes said veterans are “celebrating or glorifying war” in their observance of the day. He said medals, uniforms and parade-ground rituals are “symbols of service and comradeship which have a profound significance chiefly to ourselves.” Wreaths of poppies were laid on the cenotaph after a minute of silence was observed. Rev. Charles Balfour led the prayer and Rev. Ira Johnson performed the benediction Members of the Legion's “sister post” from Spokane, Veterans Who Fought in Wars (VWF's) 7815 and 51, were among those who took part in the ceremony. Mayor Audrey Moore offered remarks and Albert Culley read the honor roll The Kinnaird Junior secondary school band accompanied the crowd in singing several hymns and the parade led by Bob MacBain marched back to the Legion Hall where people gathered for coffee. Peter Lavoie, 77, was among the veterans gathered in the Legion basement. He said he has a very vivid memory of D Day. “When they stopped the fighting, Tl never forget it,” he said. Lavoie, a sergeant in the 29th Canadian Army Recce regiment (sar), stationed in Germany when the war ended “I was in charge of the wallabies,” which supplied ammunition, gas and petroleum to the front lines,” he ex plained Lavoie recalled how it took several months before he was shipped home. “I just wanted to get home,” he said, where he had a wife and. four children waiting for him. not was By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer A small group of Silverton busi ness owners and residents are press ing the provincial Ministry of High: ways for a tunnel through the rock bluff at the Cape Horn section of Highway 6 between Slocan and Sil verton. Bobbie Nesbitt, a group spokes. man, said the citizens are demanding Highways Minister Neil Vant im mediately study the possibility of building a tunnel route through the rock bluff. The group believes a tunnel is the safest option for the small section of road which is cur rently closed. Hugh Wilson, owner of the Silver- ton Resort and another member of the group of concerned citizens, says everybody in the community “is up in arms over the road.” The road — a one-kilometre stretch of winding one-lane access bugging an unstable rock face — was in the midst of improvement work Oct. 21 when a 100-metre section of the road was wiped out by falling rocks from blasting and scaling work on the cliffs above. All traffic is being re-routed through Kaslo until the road re-opens Monday. Wilson said there should be a firm commitment by the government to do more to the road than just patch it up. “It's pretty disastrous,” he said. “I think they made it worse since they've started this blasting and pat ching technique.” Silverton residents and business owners are incensed at the govern. ment's apparent “desensitized man. ner” when trying to ease the con cerns of people forced to drive hun- dreds of kilometres out of their way continued on page A2 Air quality a concern By RON NORMAN Editor The six candidates vying for three vacant seats on Castlegar council seem to agree on one thing: Castlegar's air pollution is a major problem. “You've got to do something about your air,” Bob Branning told about 45 residents at Thursday night's all- candidates’ forum in the Stanley Humphries secondary school activity room. Branning linked air pollution from Celgar pulp mill to the area's slow growth. “In the short time that we have been here, we are amazed at the lack of growth in a community which pro- bably has the greatest potential of anywhere else in the West Kootenay, mainly because of central location and transportation links,” Branning said. “One of the major reasons for small population growth is the quality of air, which I believe is the number one concern for most of the residents.” He suggested Celgar's pollution upgrading program “must be scrut- inized” to ensure it is followed through. He said he prefers a “phased-in approach” to pollution improvements at the mill, but said the program should be shortened and the company should provide a “clear, concise timetable of reductions.” continued on page A?