By BATON HOWETT — A new book on Harold Ballard others. However, those who love to hate Ballard will adore the book, Honston, a reporter with the Toronto Globe and Mail, admits in the acknowledgment that “this is an unauthorized biography written without the co-operation or approval of Harold Ballard.” As a constant critic of Ballard and his National Hockey League Toronto Maple Leafs, Houston has — along with others before him — been banned from both the team dressing room and the Maple Leaf Gardens press box at one time or another. There are reports he was threatened by Ballard after the beok, publis! hard-cover, hit by Summerhill Press at $19.95 in stands. LIKE WAR DIARY At some points, the book reads like the war diary of The Globe and Mail vs. Harold Ballard, with most of the direct hits scored by the newspaper. One Ballard legend — his prowess as a speedskater — is challénged in the book. Ballard has been referred to many times as a former Canadian speedskating champion, but Sam Shefsky, a longtime Toronto sportsman and businessman, is quoted as saying: “I remember him as a kid. I used to fool around with a little speedskating, as he did. “I remember going to skating meets with him. He'd come in his big coon coat and try to put on a show. He was a lousy skater. That stuff about the Canadian champion ship is a lot of bullshit.” The book tells of Ballard’s friendship with Hap Day, a former coach, player and hockey legend, and of his longing to get into Maple Leaf Gardens in any capacity. He finally made it during the Second World War when he was appointed president and general manager of the Toronto Marlboros, the senior and junior teams then owned by the Leafs. except behind bare, enjoying steak two or three times a week. And if you like profanity, which Ballard apparently does, you'll like the book even more for just about every indireet quote — Ballard didn’t talk to the author — is laced with it. ‘The book is rich, 100, in tales of the wheeling and dealing of Ballard, Leafs’ owner Stafford Smythe and the Silver Seven, a group of wealthy, swinging gentlemen who had their fun travelling with the Leafs and glorying in the successes of the 1950s. Toward the end of the book Houston has this to say about a man he obviously does not much admire: “it is fair to say that Ballard is many things to many people, good and bad. Despite his reputation, he is not a promoter and the record shows clearly that he is not a good hockey man either.” RECORD NOT GOOD “The myth about Ballard being a great sports promoter most likely started because of his ability to get his name in the newspapers. Without question, he is good at promoting Harold Ballard, but his record at promoting other things is not as good.” It goes on to say the Leafs are as good as they are — not very — not because of Ballard but despite him. Ballard’s acquisition of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats doesn't get much play in the book but it is pointed out that since Ballard bought the Canadian Football League team in 1978, attendance has steadily dropped. Punch Imlach, former Leaf coach and general manager, reinforces the author's view, saying: “He undermines everything you try to do. He doesn't do it on purpose. He can’t help himself “He has to see his name in the paper. If he doesn't, it isn't any fun and there would be no point in owning the team.” And Ballard has the fun of seeing a book devoted to his exploits as well TWO VICTORIES Bantams bombed Valley Castlegar Bantams bomb- tively. Travis Green finished In the second period Other Castlegar assisters ed Beaver Valley on the weekend with 93 and 7-1 visitors in a home and home series. The two victories were a welcome sight for the Ban tams, who lost their first league game to Nelson Dec. 5 by a score of 7-4 Ip Saturday's game, Castlegar came out with a vengeance and led 6-0 before Beaver Valley scored its first and only goal with only six minutes remaining in the game. Lorne Kanigan and Carl Overennay dominated the scoring for Castlegar with four and two goals respec off the scoring at 17:35 of the third period to complete the 7-1 rout of a small but feisty Beaver Valley team, Green added to his point total by assisting on two of Kanigan's goals. Scott Moarey, Dane Jackson, Crowe and Isfeld picked up assists on the high scoring Castlegar forwards. Although Castlegar out scored the opposition 7-1 Stan Makortoff was superb in goal, stopping 31 of the 32 Beaver Valley shots In Sunday's game, the two teams battled through a close-checking first period with neither team getting a puck past the goaltenders. a FOOTBALL Houston Oilers Chargers, | p.m Oilers, chonnel 13 ocKeY channe! Gomes played at Costlegor SUNDAY NFL: Green Bay Packers vs. Minnesoto Vikings, 10 channel 7; Regional coverage of New York Jets vs. Tompo Bucconeers. Indionapolis Colts vs. New England Patriots lo Bills vs. Cincinnati Bengals vs. or Cleveland Browns vs channel 6. Regional covery Steelers vs. L.A. Raiders or Kansas City Chi channel 6, Clevelond Browns vs NHL: Voncouver Canucks vs. Buttalo Sabres, 4 p.m CASTIEGAR RECREATIONAL LEAGUE: Corling O'Keete vs. Valley Contractors, noon. Williams Moving vs. Sandman Inn. 9.30 p.m Community Complex. MINOR of Pittsburgh js vs. San Diego Houston George Kalesnikoff came out of his five-game scoring slump to score Castlegar's first two goals. When Beaver Valley closed the score with a goal at 10:59 Travis Green responded with two goals before th eperiod ended. In the third period Dane Jackson scored a hat trick for Castlegar while Beaver Valley scored twice Kanigan followed up his four-goal performance Sat urday with two goals on Sun day were Moarey, Greg Roberts and Keith Semenoff. Kevin Kazakoff, Roberts and Bill Pottle played an outstanding checking game while killing off numerous Castlegar pen alties. Shawn Biln, while stopping 27 Beaver Valley shots, played his best game of the season. Following two games in Cranbrook this weekend the Bantams travel to Vernon for a five-game tournament dur ing the Christmas holidays. Pee Wees bit the dust Key team lapses at critical moments and the inability to get the big goal to motivate the team, resulted in Castle gar Pee Wees dropping two games to Cranbrook last weekend. The Castlegar team lost 12-2 and 13-8 to Cranbrook In the first game. Castle gar, as they often do, jumped all over the opposition early but, unfortunately, just couldn't capitalize on some Right winger Stelck, play ing good positional hockey, showed the value of being in the right place at the right time by opening the scoring Assists went to Carlson and Barr Junker, capitalizing on his second break away of the first period, scored the sec ond goal of the period set up by Barr The, Carlson, playing out standing hockey for Castle HOCKEY: Castlegor Juveniles vs. Spokone, 12:30 p.m. Old Arena MONDAY FOOTBALL — NFL: Dallas Cowboys vs. Mioma: Dolphins. 6 p.m channel 4 HOCKEY — RECREATIONAL LEAGUE: Sandman Inn vs Carling OKeete. 10 p.m., Castlegor Community Complex The Stin! chain saw you get this Christmas to cut the Yule log and keep the woodpile stocked will be same job next year, and the next, and the next best gift you could get. Or gi COLUMBIA SAW & SERVICE the it's the I ly, leading 5-2 at one point good goal-scoring opportun Cranbrook, having nu gar, took advantage of a par ities tiaf'‘breakaway and scored merous excellent shooters, the third goal, assisted by scored three quick goals Stel€k shortly after Danny Stelck Cii#Ison then scored his scored on a bad angle shot giving Castlegar an early one goal lead. He was as sisted by Carlson. Castlegar's only other goal was to be by secon goal by whipping a quick wrist shot high into the upper right hand corner. Stelck scored his second goal on a soft goalmouth pass by Stelck, assisted by Barr Carlson. Tremendous fore. In the second game, Castle checking while killing a pen gar again jumped out quick- alty resulted in a short handed goal by Vecchio. _ STOPPED SHOT . . . Sandman inn player tries to beat Carling O'Keefe quickly whips pucl Itender Dennis Johnson, who back into play in this Castlegar Recreational Hockey League game Thursday night. Carling O'Keefe won this gome 14-6. CasNews Photo by Chery! Ceiderbenk Playboys lose 5-4 By CasNews Staff Dean MacKinnon scored the winning goal at 5:57 of the third period to give Williams Moving a 54 win over Castlegar Playboys in a Castlegar Recreational League Hockey League game Friday night. In other league action this week, Carling O'Keefe went ona Thursday night to thump Sandman Inn 1446. On Tuesday night, Castle- gar Playboys and Valley Contractors played to a 5-5 throughout, Dan opened the scoring ‘for Castlegar Playboys in the first period, and Mike Mc Cormack notched a goal for Williams Moving. Clay Martini assisted on Denisoff's goal. Steve Sander and Mitch Quaedvlieg assis ted for Williams Moving. In the second period, Mike Schmitt scored for Williams Moving to give them a 2-1 lead, but Bruce Martin quick ly replied with a goal for the Playboys to even the score again. Gord Pace then scored two goals for Williams Moving to make the score 4-2 for Wil liams Moving. Denisoff scored another goal for the Playboys with 1:45 left in the period to make it 4-3. In the third period, Perry Samoyloff scored for Castle- gar Playboys at 5:50 to tie the game 4-4. But seven sec- oonds later, MacKinnon fired in the winner for Williams Moving, with help from Frank Costa and Bob Keraiff. On Thursday night, Car- ling O'Keefe scored four goals in the first period and Sandman Inn scored once. O'Keefe scored five more in the second frame, while ‘Sandman Tah got thres.""~ Carling O'Keefe completed the scoring with five more in the third frame, while Sandman Inn got two more for the 14-6 final. Scoring for Carling O'Keefe were Mal Stelck with four goals, John Hor- coff, Wayne Kinakin and Chief Mercer with three each, and Wayne Zinio with one. Vince Antignani scored three goals for Sandman Inn, while John Obetkoff, Dan Walker and Dan Markin got one goal apiece Helping out for Carling O'Keefe were Mercer and Wayne Kinakin with five as Calgary gets marketing power By JEFF ADAMS CALGARY (CP) — Organ. izers of the 1988 Winter Olympics signed a long awaited agreement Friday with the Canadian Olympic Association, giving Calgary organizers exclusive rights to market the Games. The Calgary organizing i i took deal in September 1983, promising that the first $30 million in profits from the sale of sponsorships and li cences would go to the na tional sports grou Under rules rrwtablished by the ‘International Olympic Committee, the worldwide authority, national Olympic control market advantage of its newly ac quired power by signing « letter of agreement with— Coca-Cola Ltd. as the Olym REGIONAL Fe RECREATION COMMISSION #1 DEC. 16 — Public Skating. 1.45 - 3:30 Arena. Admission $1.25 Adults, $1 Students, 75¢ Children 17 — Lunch Hour Hockey — 12-1. $1 Drop in 18 — Adult Noon Skate. 12 to 1. Public Skating 2:30 30 19 — Public Skating 10:30 lp 12. Lunch Hour Skating 12 to 20 — Adult Noon Skete 12-1. Public Skating 2:30 - 4:30 2) — Public Skating 10:30 - 12. Lunch Hour Hockey 12 to 1 Rebels vs Grand Forks, game time 8:30. RRR RRR 22 — Public Skating 2:45 - 4:45 MAMY ICE RENTALS AVAILABLE FROM JANUARY TO MARCH. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL RECREATION OFFICE. 2101 - 6th Ave., Castlegar Phone 365-3386 Coca- Cola’s, Canadian president, told a news conference his company its 46-year associ- ation with the Olympics and it will continue to follow that policy through 1988. Bill Wardle, the Calgary committee's vice-president of marketing, said some Olym- pie sponsorships could sell for as much as $5 million. But he wouldn't say if Coca-Cola went that high. Wardle said he will an- nounce a second sponsor ing rights to the Games held in their country. But the Canadian associa tion signed away those rights to Calgary organizers, in ex change for $30 million. PAST EXPERIENCE Association president Roger Jackson said his group competed in 1976 with or ganizers of the Summer Olympics in Montreal, both trying to market their own Olympic products. The result was that they hurt each "Brian Valley © Contractors; sists each, Horcoff with three, Dick Braun with two and Zinio, Stelek, Alex Rei- bin and Bill Sloan with one apiece. Dan Walker and Al Isack. son had two assists each for Sandman Inn, Dan Friedel, Tony DaRosa, Kevin Kirby, Markin and Mike Nevak- shonoff had one assist each. Tuesday's tie game be- tween the Playboys and Val- ley Contractors, the score was 3-3 after the first period. Bill Nazaroff scored two goals and Terry Halisheff scored once for the Playbays. Bill Cheveldave got one goal. Getting the assists for the Contractors were Yuri Jma eff, James Verigin, Kelly Keraiff, Cheveldave, Sagriff and Brett McGuire. Halisheff and Martin collected two as. sists each for the Playboys and Rob Ostoforoff and Den isoff added one each. Castlegar Playboys held the Contractors scoreless in tractors goaltender Vic Jma- eff to notch a goal for the Playboys. Assists came from Nazaroff and Martin. The Centractors went ahead 6-4 in the third frame when Gerald Klassen scored two goals 562 minutes apart. But Denisoff notched a goa! for the Playboys with 2:42 left in the period to tie the game. Getting the assists for the Playboys were Martini and Martin,. Keraiff assisted twite for Valley Contractors and Yuri Jmaeff had one as. sist. In Recreational League ac tion today, Carling O'Keefe plays Valley Contractors at noon, while Williams Moving takes on Sandman Inn at 9:30 p.m. On Tuesday, Sandman Inn and Carling O'Keefe play at 10 a.m. All games are held in the Castlegar Community Complex. Weekend paid far more than usual to be part of an exelusive club. 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Amonio 112 478 4 Kansas City 66 273 8 LA Lakers 15 10 400 Proenis 13 10 Portiond 13212 300 2 Seorie "one 3 Chippers “am 4 G. Stove ais 3m 6 Editor's note: Following is the second partof a series of letters from members of Canada World Youth group. Last September the team of young men and women briefly visited Castlegar en route to India where they have spent the last three months. The group arrived back in Castlegar Saturday for a stay here with their Indian counterparts. More will be heard from them, but for now, here are excerts from the group's letters from India, offering a glimpse of what life was like for them there. TRIP It was a long, tiring bus ride of about 16 hours to Goa, but well worth it. Goa has the most gorgeous, long beaches of fine, white sand. The salty sea water is lukewarm. For some, it was the first time at the sea. Many participants learned how to swim. It was fun watching the beginners courageously overcome their fears and dive into the waves. The powerful waves were perfect for body surfing. During the day we went to the more popular beaches. It was nice to be able to take a break from the hot sun and have a cool drink at one of the cafes by the beach or do some shopping. We stayed at a hostel on a quiet beach. The view of the sunsets on the water was breathtaking. We enjoyed some peaceful walks along the beach in’ the evenings. Goa is a touristy and more westernized state, quite different from the rest of India. Most of the Canadians were surprised to see hippies roaming the streets. It reminded some of us of Italy or Spain. Goa was originally Portuguese settlement. We visited two Roman Catholic Cathedrals. St. Francis of Assissis rests in one of them. We also visited the Governor of the State at his impressive residence on top of a hill, overlooking the Arabian Sea. We were graciously received by a band. Refreshments were served on the lawn. Later we all sauntered through the mansion; it was exciting to discover some precious art works from around the world The trip was an exciting four days. But the two of us were happy to return home after the long journey back. — Mala and Lisa M. GROUP ACTIVITY DAY NEWSLETTER Hi everyone! Since it was our GAD, we thought it ge aes 4 Youth was most appropriate that we will be the ones to tell you about it. Our work placement had been sericulture, where in we learnt “the silk-worm rearing and the mulberry plantation” part of it. But we were very keen on learning the industrial part of it, so we planned a visit to a few places where reeling and weaving of silk was done. We very much appreciated the help and co-operation given by our former work supervisor, Mr. Bau (Director of Depart ment of Sericulture, Karnataka) in planning our visit. We spent the morning, touring four sites during which we saw the entire process of silk-making right from the purchasing of the cocoons to the weaving of silk scarves. Everyone was very impressed by the handloom weaving of silk sarees and two people in the group were so impressed that they each bought one. The second half of our GAD was different from the other GAD's because it was filmed for a video/docu mentary film being made on the Canada World Youth The second half of our GAD was different from the other GAD's because it was filmed for a video/documen- tary film being made on the Canada World Youth Program in India. At first everyone was a bit camera shy, especially when they started filming us while we had our lunch, but eventually everyone relaxed and we were ourselves — in fact, all of us put in our best We began with the Language Class of both French and Kannada and part of the Kannada class was learning of a new song, which all of us enjoyed. Then, after a short break went on toa really long and interesting diseussion on “roles of men and women.” We ended our GAD with a group evaluation of the whole day. Then we all went down to the lake to be filmed, singing with the sunset in the background which was followed by the filming of our “cultural show practise” by moonlight Everyone seemed to really enjoy the day and we were happy to be able to plan a day which everyone liked so much — Claudette and Rasika [EEE John Charters .. . Reflections e mn & recollections PA ~ = Impatiently we awaited the day when we could shift in with our billet families. That D-day was on Oct. 17. ‘That morning we packed all our bags and baggages and hot trotted it to our respective families. We left our little “palace” with heavy hearts, because the 16 of us were parting after three enjoyable weeks of group living. But we were also full of anticipation for what lay ahead of us. We kept on moving from house to house dropping off people here and there and finally it was our turn There seemed to be a whole village to greet us at the door. A sea of smiling faces; young and old faces; welcoming arms; excitement in the air, and general confusion. Smiling silent gentlemen; shy, giggling ladies hovering near the door, and impudent laughing children — all curious to see these two new specimens. Mala and Lisa helped us in carrying our luggage in, and thus there was some confusion about the number of people coming to stay with them. Because of the general excitement and also due to the crowd, it took some explaining that there was only two of us. Our new family is a traditional rural Indian joint family, at the head of which are the grandparents, Aagi and Aaaja. They have six children — three sons and three daughters. The eldest son is married and stays in the same house with his family The two elder daughters are also married, and stay away in different villages with their in-laws. But their children stay with the grandparents for their education. The second son is a final-year engineering student and stays in the city. The third and youngest son is studying commerce and lives with the family, attending college every day at the village nearby. The youngest daughter has finished high school and will be getting married shortly. The whole village is related to one another by marriage. Thus, the whole community is made up of uncles, aunties, brothers, sisters, step-children, second cousins, third cousins and in-laws, all staying next to each other. The family looks after us extremely well. Every morning we wake up to the music of birds and monkeys and also sometimes there are hymns over the village mike. Every morning a big fire is lit up in the bathroom to heat water, so, as soon as we get up we have hot water for baths. The water has a unique smell of burnt sandlewood and ash, which is quite nice. As we get ready for our day of labor, our billet sister Renuka, aunty and mummy (amma) prepare breakfast for us. We have morning coffee with the girls, usually in our room. They like to come and sit with us as we dress up. They are curious and interested about so many things. They keep on asking us questions, in their broken English, or Hindi, which we try replying in our sparse Kannada. So, now you all can well understand why the mornings are full of laughter. The Diwali Festival is a festival of lights. We were having holidays on those days and thus could celebrate with the family Early on Diwali morning before sunrise, the people got up and had their baths, applied oil and incense. They then did Puja (prayer) and then as the sun finally rose, they burst the first firecrackers of the day (to welcome the day with a bang) Throughout the day there was great activity in the house, with the ladies busy preparing sweetmeats, the young girls cleaning up the house, and the boys decorating up the rooms with flowers. That evening the whole village was lit up with little shining lights of all colors, sizes and shapes. Tiny bulbs and oil-lamps adorned each and every house. There was excitement in the air. Visitors were given sweets and asked to join in the fun. Old and young alike were bursting crackers, lighting lamps and passing sweets around — enjoyment and rejoicing. — Manove and Leena Births & Funerals BIRTHS APPLEBY To Mr. and Mrs Mork Appleby of Crescent Volley, o boy, born Dec. 12 ARCHAMBAULT To Mr Mrs. Bob Archambault of Castlegar. a girl, born Dec. 12 BOISVERT To Mr. and Mrs. jockey Botevert of Slocan, @ girl, bornDec. 4 To Mr. and Mrs. Den BOZZER ny Bozrer of Trail, o girl, born Dec. 6 BUHR — To Mr. ond Mrs. Doug © girl, born Buhr of Rossland Dec 8 GAVIN — Ta fir. ond Mrs Gavin of N@lgen. 0 boy Dec. 5 ; Bob born GREEP — T@Mr. ond Mrs. Dennis Greep of Castlegar. o boy, born Dec. 9 ULMER To Mr. ond Mrs. Wolf limer. @ boy, born Dec. 3. KARDELIS To Mr. ond Mrs Kevin Kordelis of Cochrane Alto... a boy, born Nov. 12 KOENIG — To Kelly Koenig and Sherri O'Brien of Nelson, o boy, born Dec. 7 To Fred ond Eftel © boy, born KUFCH Kutch of Nokusp. Dec 3 To Stephen and Beth born Dec. LAUER Lover of Nelson, a gi MASTROBUONO To Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Mastrobvono of Nelson. o boy, born Dec. 6 MacHATTIE To Robb MocHot tie and Lorraine Webber, o git! born Nov. 6 To Mr ond Mrs. Chris NIELSEN Nielsen of Fruitvale, 0 girl. born Nov 26 PALMER — To Mr. ond Mrs. Dove fore Genelle, a boy, born = Pastor Tom Mulder, the ‘os minister of the Castlegar PRENTICE — To Mr ond Mrs Evangelical Free Church. Woyne Prentice of Nelson, o oy born Gee. and Beth Maureen Warken tin of Oliver were recently united in marriage at the Oliver Evangelical Free Church. Beth is the daughter of Albert and Helen Warkentin of Oliver, and Pastor Mulder is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mulder of Chicago. Candlelabra standards ado- rned with pink and white carnations, greenery and rib- bon, with white ribbon bows and streamers marking the family pews made a pretty setting with the cross and the RADCLIFFE — To Mr. ond Mrs Colin Radclitte of Nelson, 0 girl born Dec. 6 ZAHN — To Mr. ond Mrs Zohn of Fruitvale, a girl Nov. 30 David born DEATHS CROZIER — Dan Wade Crozier of Nelson, died Dec. 2, oged 64 HENRY — John Hilton Henry, 68 25 years. retiring in 1976. He was fo member of the Selkirk Mineral Club ond the West Kootenay Noturolists Club. KOCPEK _ Maudie Kocpek, 63 E T seimo, died Dec coe ol Lord is My Shepherd as a Sostol Hospitat following © background long illness. Born in Nelson inp, Erale Bedd offic 19D, she wos a resident of _ Pastor Solmo tor 60 years. Mrs. Kecpek iated at the double-ring cere enjoyed softboll, ond was octive in running, ond wos on avid curler ond golfer sho s servived by her mony. A prayer was given by the groom following the exthange of rings. Soloist Debbie Dyck of Gunn, Alberta, sang the “Wedding Song - There is Love.” She was accompanied by of ot Coavteger grondchildren Toni end Michell grect-grondchildren Pier ond Brett, mother Rilla Stewert Solmo, and brother Bill Stewart of INelson newphews ond one niece MR. AND MRS. TOM MULDER residing in Castlegar Couple wed in Oliver organist Lily Jantz of Oko kentin, sister of the bride, toks, Alberta, the bride's was dainty in pink and aunt carried a bouquet matching the maid of honor was Michael Russell, a friend of the groom's from Chicago. Shar ing ushering duties were Ralph Warkentin, brother of During the signing of the register Oh, Perfeet Love was played by the organist Given in marriage by her mother and father, the bride wore a gown of sheer lace with seed pearis over bridal the bride, and Leigh Budd, taffeta with a full train. both of Oliver The bodice, adorned with = 4, the couple left the lace, featured a high ruffled neckline and long sheer sle eves with Ince tapered cuffs ehureh, Art Thou with Me? was played by the bride's with a frill. sunt. _ __. ‘The reception followed at Her sheer fingertip veil ty. Elks Hall. Master of etched with lace drifted softly from a halo of white silk flowers and sand pearls. She carried a bouquet of white roses, freeshia and stephanotis laced with rib bon. Maid of honor, Debbie Dyck was attired in a pink gown with square neckline and puffed elbow sleeves, an arm Wouquet of white roses, frééshia and steph- anotis. Flower girl, Ruth War. Ceremonies was Rev. Ronald Swanson of Kamloops. Many from Castlegar par ticipated in the reception program. The Smithers fam. fly gave an instrumental number, Verna Hemmons and Dave Hundrichs sang a bumorous duet on the trib iday to Shuswap Lake, the couple took up residence In Pulpit & Pew Wedding write-ups By REV. TERRY DEFOE St. Peter Lutheran Church CAN YOU HEAR IT? For me, Christmas brings mixed feelings every year On the one hand, I rejoice at the effect Christmas has on most of us. I enjoy the goodwill; I enjoy the generosity. It is good to see these old-fash ioned virtues come out of hiding for a few weeks each year But I dread getting back to business as usual. I want to know why we can't have these Christmas virtues all year long. Most honest people would admit that there is a tension between what they would like to be and what they really are. We know what we want, but we don't know how to make it a reality The Christian faith deals with this problem. The Bible tells us that people don't measure up to God's stan dards. And as a result, they feel guilty; they avoid God They are embarrassed in His presence. But the Bible also tells us that God had devised a way to deal with this problem. How many times have you gone shopping during the Christmas season and heard Christmas carols being play ed in the stores? The answer is there, can you hear it? How silenty, how silently the wondrous gift is given God imparts to human hearts the blessings of His heaven. “No ear may hear His coming, but in this world of sin. “Where meek souls will rec eive Him still, the dear Christ enters in.” “Oh, holy child of Beth lehem, descend to us we pray. Cast out our sim and enter in, be born in us tgday.” Right now, wherever you are, this promise is for you You can be the one God created you to be. Your sins ne$d never embarass you again. Stop refusing His call “Where meeks souls will recieve him still, the dear Christ enters in.” The answer is there. Can you hear it? Castlegar News welcomes wedding write-ups from area residents and will publish the write-ups at no charge However, write-ups must be hand delivered to the Castlegar News office at 197 Columbia Ave., or mailed to P.O. Drawer 3007 Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H4 within three months of the wedding day Any write-ups which do not arrive within three months of the wedding day will not be published. There will be no exceptions. A wedding may also be included with the write up. Photogaphs should be black and white or clear color photographs photograph FLORIAN REINHARDT Student leaves for Brazil By JOHN CHARTERS “An astute young man and a pleasure to have in the school. He gave us.a better understanding of his home land, Brazil. We will miss him and wish him well.” Such was the response of Don King, vice principal at Stanley Humphries Secondary School, when asked to give a quick evaluation of Florian Reinhardt, the Castle gar Rotary Club's exchange student from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Rheinhardt came from the city of Castlegar last January as a part of the Rotary Inter national Student Exchange program for world peace and understanding During his year’s stay he has been a member of four Rotary families: Jim and Ann Gouk. Carl and Marg Henne, Ron and Elaine Ross, and Grant and Adele Parnell He also enrolled in the matriculation class at Stanley Humphries and undertook a heavy course program which included Physics 12, English 12, Algebra 12, Automotive 11, Metalwork 11, Consumer Education 12 and Lifetime Sports 11 When asked which of these he had liked best, he said: “Metalwork.” And why Metalwork? “Because I learned so much. particularly how many things can be done with a very few machines. I found it to be a very creative outlet,” he said And his other activities? “Mainly volleyball and photography in the school And outside? “The swimming club, water skiing, fishing. and skiing, of course; at least these were the main ones During the summer holidays he also enrolled in an outdoor survival course in Utah (“terrific), and had given & program on it to the Rotary. This Monday he returns to Sao Paulo and to his father and mother, Dr. Hans Peter Reinhardt a 12 million to the and senior executive in Karen Reinhardt, and and Dr mechanical engineer Mercedes Benz plant, anesthesiologist He was the guest of honor at the Rotary Ladies’ night last Tuesday and made his last address. He thanked his Canadian “parents” and all of those who were so helpful to him in school and in the community, and talked with wit and clarity of the challenges of the exchange program and the necessary adaptations to a Canadian lifestyle — “an essential part of the whole program.” He added he will now look at his real parents from an entirely different point of view Rotary president Dr. Waldo Yule presented him with two club banners, one for himself and one for his sponsoring club in Sao Paulo The entire company was invited to attend a farewell party gt the home of Ron and Elaine Ross on the following night and Ron added, “but the Ross refrigerator will always to open to you, Florian,” a humorous reference to Rheinhardt's now legendary appetite. Bunny Charters closed by stating that she spoke for all of the high school staff when she said that Rheinhardt had been an excellent student, a pleasure to his teachers and a fine young ambassador for Brazil Rheinhardt received his Grade 12 graduation ~ certificate in December on the semester system and was honored at presentation ceremonies at the school. When he returns home he will have two more years of study before entering mechanical engineering at one as yet unnamed but prestigious German engineering universities Before leaving Stanley Humphries, Rheinhardt donated a large illustrated book in Portuguese and English entitled Pantanal — Ecological Sanctuary, With an inscription in his hand which ends, “May this book give Canadians an impression of Brazil's natural beauty and awaken life and mystery in their spirits.”