Page 4C _ The Castlegar Sun Community recycling off to a great start! During the month of October ervice the Playmor Junction area over 50,000 pounds of recyclable m the second Saturday of each material has been collected at the month, while the Winlaw area Castlegar depot located beside will be serviced on the fourth Sat Castlegar Foods urday of each month. The area This is a great start tor recy residents should take advantage cling in our sub-region. According Wednesday, November 17, 1993 Page 5C Wednesday, November 17, 1993 The Castlegar Sun A good book remains a friend for life |"“2usiness 's ou business. oy tuistens oroueiniiis: Please read and recycle The Castlegar Sun Hairdressing school needs you— or your hair! “The multitude of books is making us ignorant” —Voltaire could be converted into cash again or used as a trade-in for another needed text. On the other hand, they could be kept and placed on a shelf as a kind of library nucleus or an old cannot refer to it a ler date, it is a transient thing and the information it contains is equally transiem, hence of no value In short, the average school book has a CASTLEGAR of his service JEWELLERY REPAIRS Restoring & Designing to the attendants at the depot they are getting busier every day. This indicates that the residents and the businesses of Castlegar and the Our landfills (garbage dumps) are filling up, and we must all do our part to reduce the amount of waste that is taken there 2721 Columbia Ave. 365-6450 sub-region are glad that recycling Practice the three r's—reduce, has finally started. It appears that reuse, and on after the first two the majority of the people like the are done, recycle location of the depot Submitted by Recycling The mobile recycling unit will Advisory Group / teevct 82 SubRe Machinist/Millwright programs taking students Applications are invited for the January intake of students to Campuses in January, while the Machinist/Millwright program the 10-month Office Administra- is available only at the Nelson ch tion program or the nine-month Campus. Machinist/Millwright program. Contact the Admission Office Office Administration is in Nelson or Trail for application offered at the Trail and Nelson details. For an Experienced School Trustee Re-Elect ST. PETER } / | LUTHERAN Sunday School 10:00 am Worship 11:15 am 713 - 4th St., Castlegar Rev. V. Tech * 365-3664 ALL WELCOME! —/ KINNAIRD CHURCH OF GOD Submitted The Hairdressing salon at the Nelson Campus begins operations Nqgem- ber 18 by offeri ee shampoo and seté duging its first week. Starting November 22, Students will begin harcut- ting, and the week of November 29 permanents only will be offered. Full salon operations begin December 6 with hours running from Monday to Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.. Appointments are recommended and may be made by calling the salon at 354-3243 Please read and recycle The Castlegar Sun Submitted by: Pastor Stuart Laurie, Living Waters Faith Fellowship Have you ever felt that as you grow older in years, time actually seems to go by faster and faster. Days seem shorter, weeks fly by and months quickly turn into years. The world around us Moves at a pace that few are able to keep up with. I think it would be a true statement to Say that in many ways we are living in the best of times and the worst of times. Never before have we seen an age where such modern miracles of communication, transportation and recreation,abound. Knowledge is abounding with new inventions, new thinking and an Long, long ago, when the world was con- siderably younger than it is new and only the very, very young believed in tooth fairies, lolly-pop trees and free Money; when denims had real patches in appropriate places, were faded by washing in laundry soap (frequently home-made) in order to remove the soil of toil, while any Taggedy edges were trimmed off and hemmed up—we had books. And that’s the truth. Some little time carlict c 1436, Johann Gutenburg invented movable type and printed the first Eugopean book, the Gutenburg Bible, then others. The idea caught on and almost overnight everyone who was anyone owned a book or so—and read it. Very quickly monastic, then university and finally public libraries came into existence zealously watched over by eagle-eyed librarians, lineal descendents of those earlier monkish custodian who chained their books to the reading stand. They slept most uneasily if there was the slightest gap in their beautifully ordered shelves, Still later, school kids also had books textbooks. Ours were tough durable things, usually protected with an oilcloth wrapper or a free paper cover donated by the bank, gen- erously covered with advertising, as well as a place for name, school and grade. They were a social anthropologist’s dream for whole generations of brothers and sisters who had owned them and then passed them down to the next aspirant. Whole generations of marginal notes on every available space accumulated over the years in a variety of hands together with weird forest and zoos of doodles and under- linings. The back and the edge of books often sported such side-splitting witticism as ‘In case of fire, throw this out’, or minor intirna- cies ‘Mary loves Joe’. But the most important thing about these volumes was the fact that they had, at some time or another, been bought and paid for in hard-earned cash, and if necessity of inclination demanded, they Survival tips for winter driving friend to which one could refer to in time of need to check a fact or refresh a memory. Its footnotes and (usually) innocuous graffiti made it mofe, not less, valuable, fdr it had one’s own mark upon it and was therefore not just a book but a kind of friend or at least an acquaintance. And all this was in the best tradi- tion for marginal monkish comments all to be found in even the most ancient books and make them infinitely more valuable today. At some later period, a benign Depart- ment of Education with cries of ‘we want something better than what we had for our children’ aided and abetted by a whole spectrum of idealists and hungry publish- ers, produced the textbook rental scheme by which every pupil got all of his books for a flat fee of $4 (or something?). Thus the Text Book Branch was born and a man was appointed to operate it. Almost immediate- ly Parkinson's Law raised its many heads— the one man became a bureaucrat, the teachers were transformed into unusually highly paid clerks and cashiers, coping with blizzards of order forms, receipts and a mountain of books. During the tenure of the first N.D.P. gov- ernment the rental fee was abolished— whether for political reasons or because the collecting was more costly than the sum col- lected, I do not know—but the book problem remains, and it is this: Something for nothing is valued at nothing and since it is not one’s own personal property it is valued ever less, so that an attitude to books and other freebies is engendered. Since the books must be returned at the end of the term, marginal notes and comments cannot be permitted and thus the book lacks any personal and valuable intimacy for its user. Since the book is not his own, and he limited present, no past and no future. Fur thermore, like so many of the things we use today it has seemingly a built in obsoles cence which guaranteed ‘that it will fall apart in two to three years. Fine # for the publisher, but a poor bargain for the taxpayer. It is an altitude also which becomes attached to all books so that the schoo} text becomes even less of a teaching instrument over the years. I am _ old-fashioned enough to believe that those things we are going to make basic use of should have quali- ty, durability and if at all possible, beauty— and it matters not a wit whether it is a throwing stick, a cathedral or a book. We learn to appreciate quality by being exposed to it; good workmanship by experiencing it; and beauty by being associated with it. The average textbook in the schools today is a shoddy, wordy and ill-d Signed stop-gap, selected because it covers a predetermined program like a moth-eaten ill-fitting suit. In order to meet its deficiencies, numerous other sets of books must be purchased as “‘supple- mental’ material, again selected from some- where else, usually the States, and then used only in one province, thereby increasing the expense to the taxpayer even more. COATS FOR KIDS If you:need a warm coat this winter, please come to the 460 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar Nov 18 or 19 8:30 - 4:30 or Nov 20 10 am - 2 pm The coats are free, we ask only that you take one per person The entire system is and inefficient and gives a poor return education- ally and financially. It is so tangled in bureau- cratic red tape the no one knows how to extricate it. It is an idea who time has come— to an end. “But,” someone will counter, “I have a computer”, and I will answer: A computer is like fire, a good servant but a bad master—a seductive, changeful tyrant. A good book, well chosen, can teach much more than what lies within its covers and it remains a friend for life We Install Ira L. Johnson, B.Th (Pastor) Castlegar, BC, VIN 2x5 (Church 365-5300 Services 5 classes for a: MORNING WORSHIP: 1100-2 WEDNESDAY. abundance of new technology that we are told will make o lives better and more fulfilling. Yet with all of this knowledge that is becoming available we are seeing on a daily basis that this world may not actually be that much of a better or kinder place to live in, The vialence, crime and tbuse that we s¢e and hear about dail: would seem to indicate that there is a price to be paid for this new life Style and that not everyone is rcally benefitting from it 8:00 am - Holy Communion - B.A.S. Traditional 10:00 am - Family Eucharist - Church School & Nursery Rev. Canon Dorothy Barker Phone: 365-2271 TO KNOW CHRIST AND TO MAKE HIM KNOWN byterian ; : The P; + a port Mai camcl RC : ey im Canada GRACE PRESBYTERIAN 2605 Columbia Ave. Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m. Need a ride to church? Call 365-2438 basic ingredijent of a right relationship with God, all our knowledge could run the risk of Rev. Murray Garvin 1-226-7540 + 365-2438 Calva Baptist Church 9.30 am Sunday School (For all ages) Worship times: y—d | 6:30 pm Evening Worship | Oct. 31: 5 - 7 Childrens Camival Pastor Bob Marsh 365-3430 - Church 809 Memy Creek RA. | | peua wt a nen Castlegar 2 - Th $t Phone: 365-5212 Join us at spouse GOD CARE 10:45 am Moming Worship turch Avalable CASTLEGAR UNITED CHURCH 2224 - 6th Ave., Castlegar Ph. 365-8337 Minister: The Rev. Ann Pollock 10:00 Worship Service ind Long ago King Solomon wrote in his book of proverbs that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. The word fear, as it is used here, means a respect or reverence of God which would be expressed in submission to His will. What King Solomon would seem to be Saying to us today is that without this going astray and actually making us to be more foolish than wise. Adam and Eve were seduced into eating the forbidden fruit of the tree of the “KNOWLEDGE” of good and evil and were assured that if they did they would be like God Himself. In many ways it seems like this same scenario is being replayed today as mankind continues to make decisions based on his knowledge that would seem to indicate a desire to take God's place. The Atheist will tell us that there really is no God anyway so why worry about it, but to me it takes a lot more faith to believe there is no God © SPECIAL EVENTS « tonentals (Oct 22) © Singspwa a Sunday School ee CASTLEGAR FULL GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP 1801 Connors Rd. , A Bible Based, Sunday School 9:45 am Sunday Morning Worship 10:45 am Evening Fellowship 6:30 pm than to believe this universe was planned and ordered by a God who cares about and loves us. The Humanist will tell us that all of us are our own God and we can make up the rules of life as we go along, which as any of us knows only leads to anarchy and chaos. The message of the Christian Gospel is that we have a loving Heavenly Father who desires to have a close intimate relationship with each one of us and gives us Submitted The snow and ice have already visited some areas of BC and it could be only a matter of time for the rest of us. With that in mind, Fergus Savage, [CBC's Commer- cial Vehicle Safety Manager, offers some specific driving tips for handling snow-covered roads First, Savage stresses the need to drive according to the road and weather conditions, which some- times means not going out at all snowing and blowing . “Avoiding heavy traffic periods will help, as will staying clear of unplowed side streets where possible” For those who must hit the tuad, Savage lists off the nuw- familiar cautions, “Slow down, increase following distances, use low-beam headlights in daytime hours, buckle up and adjust the head rest so that it’s actually behind your head. “Good tires are vital for safety. Local driving conditions may require at least all-season radials, but winter tires or even chains may be necessary,” Savage adds. “If you're heading out of town, make sure your gas tank and your windshield fluid are topped up Carry a sand bag for weight and traction and for yourself, a warm blanket, some candles and match- es plus some snack food in case NEW IN TOWN? you get stranded.” Savage also has some specific tips to handle skids. He says to imagine that you have thumb tacks stuck on the gas and brake pedals and the steering wheel. If you jam on your brakes and lock your wheels You're going to find it very hard to keep any steering control. Instead, tap your brakes gently... and when you feel your wheels start to lock, off just a bit teer gently in the direction you want to go... but don’t swing your wheel back and forth. If you start to slide on the way down a hill, slip your transmission into neutral, tap the brakes gently, and tum your wheel gradually. Try to ease into the loose-packed snow outside the slippery witeel tracks. Same for going up hill...stay out of wheel ruts. As a final note, Savage reminds us once again to keep an eye on the road and the sky by tuning in radio road and weather reports and not ing Highways’ Department road condition bulletins. OPEN SUNDAYS until December 5 10:00 am to 3 pm Beside Greyhound jakula for Councillor mbitious een ip on the issues loyal ccountable and accessible to all the citizens of Castlegar MEE VOTE NOVEMBER 20 PAKULA FOR CITY COUNCILLOR BUILT-IN VACUUM SYSTEMS + NO Bags to buy + NO Filters to clean + 4.1 peak horse power * 140° water lift * 10-year motor warranty $ COMPLETE WITH HAND TOOLS (Other models available) 365-5087 CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S CLUB Dinner evening 7:00 pm., November 18, Fireside Inn. Feature: “Apple-tizers"-Bev Kennedy; Speaker: Gwynn Ketel Reservations 365-8025 or 365-3886. CASTLEGAR CHAPTER OF R.N.A.B.C. to meet Tuesday, November 23. 1993 at 1900 at Castlegar and District Hospital, main conference room. Guest: Maureen Little. Topic: slide presentation on I.C.N. Conterence in Madrid, Spain-June 1993. THE ST. DAVIDS ANGLICAN CHURCH Women Tea, Craft & Bake Sale at Castlegar Legion Hall, Saturday, November 20th, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m PIE BINGO CHILDRENS ORCHARD Russian Exposure Preschool Saturday, November 20 at Tarry's Hall. Admission: adults $4, children $2 Doors open at 6:30. Game begins at 7:00. Bring your coffee mug to be eligible A Council that listens Public meetings on major expenditures Hire locally For a ride to the polls call 365-5634 Oe aS See Saturday, November 20, 1993 O'CONNOR, Mike MAYOR Budding writers ages 12 and up are invited to write a story, up to 200 words, starting with “I couldn't belp but wonder...” and concluding with \ Spirit Filled, Family Church Wednesday Bible Study & Prayer 7:00 pm Friday Youth Activities 7:00 pm “The timing couldn't have been more perfect.” His principles for living in the Bible, His written word ple ROBSON SENIORS CRAFT SALE November 26 & 27,10 am. - 4pm LET US PUT OMWSUIF WAT 1 with Canadian Fellowshir ING WATERS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ** RAISING TOMORROW'S LEADERS «+ 2229 6th Ave., Castlegar ¢ 365-5818 A loving, caring church invites your participation. You are welcome here! Home of Castlegar Christian Academy 365-7818 Pastor Stan Block 365-6317 Why not take some time this week to find out more about this by reading God's Word, the Bible, and attending a church where you can hear about the great things God is doing in people's lives today? It just may increase your KNOWLEDGE in a way that will benefit vou forever OUT THE MAT FOR YOu! be sine to call ott Veéiome Way Refreshments available. COME CELEBRATE WITH US! The 20th Annual Kootenay Christmas Faire. December 2,3,4,5. Nelson Civic Centre. The best in arts, crafts and music. Coming events of Castlegar and District non organizations may be listed here. The first 12 words are and additional words are 15¢ each. Boldtaced words t eus mus con REPAID. Deadline is 11:3 $) count as two words. Each {-price. Minimum charge is $4 8°Monday Please bring in or mail your notices to wy The Castidgar Sun Zi 465 Columbia Avenue Castlegar, BC VIN 1G8 Please submit your stories to The Castlegar Sun, 465 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar by Friday, December 10 and they will appear in our December 22 issue. 12 - 14: $10.00 gift certificate (Blue Top Burger) 15 - 17: Pen & Pencil Set (Carl's Drugs) 18+: $25.00 gift certificate (The Book Shop) PRIZES: