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2 Castlegar News Jonvory 7, 1989

SPORTS

NFL playoff teams a mix

By the Associated Press

Since going to the Super Bow! in
1980, the Los Angeles Rams have not
been very successful in the playoffs.
These, however, are not the same
Rams that began the decade as a grind-
it-out, ground-oriented team,

“We did it that way for five years,”’
Rams coach John Robinson said,
“trying to run the ball and.be a solid
physical team.

“*Now, we don't play the game quite
that way, We're a little out of control
we try to scorea lot

Today, the Rams go

into the

conference semifinals against New
York tna 6a th t has scored a lot,
especially against the Giants. Los
Angeles has beaten the Giants 45-31
and 31-10 the past two seasons.

The other Sunday game has Pit-
tsburgh at Denver.

Since their Super Bowl loss to the
Pittsburgh Steelers, the Rams are 2-6

‘

in the playoffs, losing first-round
games four times. But most of those
“teams were built around running back
Eric Dickerson. Now the Ramé are
built around quarterback Jim Everett.
This season, the Rams broke a four-
game losing streak with their victory
over the Giants, and Everett com-
pleted 18 straight passes in one stretch.
STEELERS AT BRONCOS

Denver beat Pittsburgh 34-7 midway
through the season, but the Broncos
aren't taking the surprising Steelers
lightly. The Broncos lost three of their
* last four games after clinching the AFC

Peewees win

Champions.

That's what the Castlegar Pee Wee
Reps can consider themselves as they
went undefeated in five games enroute
to a first place finish in a hockey tour-
nament at Kelowna Dec. 28-30.

In the opening round-robin series
Castlegar had wins of 4-1 and 11-1
against Penticton and Prince George
respectively and, in probably the most
exciting finish of the tournament,
scored against Westside with one
second left in game three to gain a 5-5
tie and top spot in their division.

Goal scorers for Castlegar through
the three contests included Darren
Pottle and Craig Swanson. with five
each, Josh Sookero with three, Derek
Read and Teddy Hunter each with a
pair and Shawn Mosby, Pat Biln and
Philip Laporte with singles.

Rick Fauth led-the assists parade
with eight, while Read and Hunter,
notched four each, Soobero and
Swanson three each, Pottle, Ryan
Coulson and Mark Perrier had two

apiece while singles went to Mosby,
Biln and Mark Carlson.

In> the semi-final game against
Kamloops, Castlegar got two goal per-
formances from Hunter and Pottle on
their way to a6-3 victory and a berth in
the final.

Single goals went to Swanson and
Sookero with assists: awarded to
Fauth, Perrier, Coulson, Laporte,
Biln, Mosby and Swanson. Three of
Castlegar’s six goals were scored on
power-plays.

The championship game pitted
Castlegar against arch-rivals Beaver
Valley in an all West-Kootenay cham-
pionship.

Castlegar struck first at 2:06 of the
opening period as Hunter scored from
Read and Laporte. Beaver Valley tied
the game three minutes later but
Castlegar took a 2-1 lead at 12:56 as
Pottle tucked in a Fauth rebound. Pat
Biln received an assist on the play.

Five minutes later, Hunter recorded
his second goal of the game, flipping a

shot over the goalies’ shoulder after a
nice set-up by Swanson and Fauth and
Castlegar had a’3-1 lead. )

The only goal of the second period
was credited to Shawn Mosby as Mark
Carlson’s shot from the point was
redirected for 4-1 lead. Swanson was
awarded an assist.

In the final period, Beaver Valley
came out flying with their aggressive
style of play and succeeded in closing
to within two on a goal at 7:45.

But a power-play goal by Castlegar’s
Rick Fauth assisted by Pottle and
Carlson ended any chance of a Beaver
Valley comeback and Castlegar took
the championship game 5-2.

Solid performances were furned in
through the tournament by goalies
Mike Kooznetsoff and Ryan
Stoochnoff while Jeremy Ross played
aleading role in defense.

As a bonus, Castlegar also won an
award for the best team banner which
was a co-operative effort on the part of
Craig Swanson, his sister Lesley and
parents Jim and Kelly.

Walker and Clay lead-the
pack in seniors’ curling

By BUD LOWTHER
Rinks skipped by Otto Walker and
Ralph Clay led the parade at the con-
clusion last week of the second draw in
the Seniors Men’s Curling League.

Walker and Clay put together recor-
ds of six wins, a loss and two ties to set
the pace as the players wrapped up
gameds in the second draw and prepare
for the start of the third draw this
week

Backed by a strong crew of third,
Buzz MacDonald, Wilf Leduc,
second, and lead Larry Laturnus,
Walkers athletic ability had them
rolling in the second draw. Also quite a
golfer (they say he yells fore when the
throws the rock), Walker's talent for
accuracy seems as equally prevalent on
the ice as on the tee

If anyone knows the ins and outs of
ice it’s Ralph Clay, the wiley old for
mer ice maker from Saskatchewan. He
certainly put his knowledge to good
use leading his rink to six straight wins
after coming out slowly in the second
draw

Clay’s compatriots — third, Frank
Holdsworth, second, Bill Shay and
lead Adin Ford — have done their part
as all have nice touches out of the hack
in a game in which finesse can be the
difference.

The game of the week featured
Hargy Bate against Ernie Mills in a
contest reminiscent of the OK Corral
shootout.

Bate, the fastest gun on the rink was
the hot shooter and Mills had his hands
full as the two battled to a tie through
nine ends.

The game came down to Mills’ last
rock in the 10th and a big job awaited

CASTLEGAR
FIGURE SKATING CLUB
Will be holding
REGISTRATION
FOR THE SECOND HALF
OF THE WINTER SESSIONS
Jan. 8&10

15 p.m

3:45 to §:
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that shot. With the slightest of
openings to work and facing a Bate
counter on thé Dytton, Mills had to
throw a hit-and-sthy to win. He did
just that to take the win and deflate the
Baterink.

The third draw in the seniors league
opens Tuesday at the Castlegar
Curling Club with the 9:30 a.m. games
featuring Mills taking on Cec Bradford,

Ralph Clay versus Dan Heagy, Walker
against Andy Shutek and Mike Verzuh
taking en Ed Flynn.

The 1 p.m. schedule has Jack =

Gourley meeting Bate, Gerry Rust
against Nick Burak, Bill McGauley
versus Rene Archambault and Tom
Wilson playing Curt Waterman,
Action in the league goes Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday.

Champs split

“onrule

MONCTON, N.C. (CP) — Former
world champions ‘playing in curling’s
richest tournament are divided over a
proposed rule change to their
tradition-conscious game.

At this week’s Moncton 100, a 16-
team bonspiel offering a potential first
prize of $65,000, leads are forbidden
from knocking opponents’ stones out
of play

The idea was proposed a year ago by
Russ Howard of Penetanguishene,
Ont. — the 1987 world champion
— as a way of preventing boring games
that feature dozens of takeouts and fex
finesse shots.

The change has yet to be embraced,
Howard admitted Thursday, but he
said the new rule should be used at all
Jevels of curling to encourage spectator
interest

“We're not taking. away from
curling,’’ he said. ‘‘We’re just en-
couraging more aggressive play

“It’s normal curling. It doesn't take
away from tradition, it just guarantees
more’ rocks in play and that’s what
people want tosee.””

Howard has backing from fellow On-
tarian Ed Werencih, the colorful and
outspoken 1983 world champion from
Toronto.

“Curling as we know it right now is
basically a pretty boring game,”
Werenich said. ‘If we don’t make the

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change

change, I think we're in a lot of

trouble.

“The only way we can impress spec-

tators is through the excitement this
would create by forcing certain types
fief shgi’s to be made.”

SUPPORTS MOVE

Reigning world champion Pat
Ryan supports the innovation in bon-
spiels like the Moncton 100 but he does
not want it to become partof curling’s
official rules.

“The traditional style of game
shouldn’t be tampered with because
it’s a successful formula,’’ said Ryan,
who moved to Kelowna, B.C., aftr
winning the 1989 world title out_of
Edmonton.

West, so they’re not taking anybody
lightly, ‘

The Siéelérs lost their first two
games 51-0 and 41-10 but finished 9-7
after winning five of their last six, then
beat Houston 26-23 in the wild-card
game. .

BILLS AT BROWNS

Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar
still has a sore throwing elbow, but
coach Bud Carson isn't worred.

“Idon't think his arm is 100 per cent
yet,’’ Carson said. ‘‘But the guy's got
such great coura;

consistent with Jim Kelly at quarter-
back, the defence got a boost when
linebacker Cornelius Bennett ret rned
from a knee injury in the final game of
the regular season. ‘Defence will be
Buffalo's strong point against
Cleveland.

VIKINGS AT 49ers
The 49ers will activate wide receiver
Mike Sherrard for the game. He hasn't
played for three'years because of a leg
he has broken twice. Sherrard thinks
he. might be able to surprise the

ed bag |

“They don’t have any film on me,”
he said.

If they win, the 49ers will be the first
defending Super Bowl champion in six
years to make it back to.a conference
title game. They'll also be a victory
closer to becoming the first repeat
champion since the Pittsburgh Steelers
a decade ago.

‘Sherrard’s leg is ‘96-97 per cent’’
healed, but he became a candidate for
the team’s fourth wide receiver spot
only because Terry Greer is yet to
recover from a knee injury sustained

~ _sonvary 7.1969 Castlégar News 13

While Buffalo's offence has been in-

Vikings...

* Nov. 12.

Local sports briefs

By CasNews Staff

After a slow start, Castlegar Realty has come into
its own and won five straight, climbing to within one
game of first place in the Trail Senior Men’s Basketball
League. si s

Castlegar’s latest win came Wednesday night in
Trail as Brian Turlock canned 22 in a62-58 win over Vic-
toria Place.

Wayne Tamelin managed 18 points and Lou Cic-
cetti had 14 for Castlegar.

League points leader Ernie Rella of Victoria Place
added to his totals with 19, bringing him to 249 points in
10 games this season.

Victoria Place’s Chad Coupland, who sits right
behind Rella in the scoring race with 179 points, led all
scorers in the game with 24.

Turlock, Tamelin and the injured Wayne McCar-
thy of the Castlegar squad sit four, five 'and six in the
scoring race respectively.

The win improves. Castlegar’s record to 64 and
puts them comfortably into second place,-one game
behind Kingfisher Bobcat Services and two games up on
Victoria Place. Smetler Pub is holding down last place
with a 3-7 record.

Kingfisher demolished Smelter Pub 81-46 in the
other game Wednesday.

‘ Adams, Lenardon suffer

VANCOUVER (CP) — It’s been a tough week for
West Kootenay natives Greg Adams and Tim Lenardon
of the Vancouver Canugks.

Adams, the Canufks’ leading goal scorer, under-
went surgery this weeKend to repair a fractured cheek-
bone suffered Thursday in the team’s 4-3 loss to Pit-
tsburgh.

A Nelson native, Adams was injured when he was
checked into the boards by Bob Errey of the Penguins.

Adams leads the Canucks in goal-scoring with 20
and is tied for the team lead in points with 33.

“He'll be out for an indefinite period,” said team
spokesman Frank Bohmer. **It’ll be quiteg while.”*

Meanwhile Lenardon, a Trail native, was sent
down to the Canucks’ farm team in Milwaukee of the
International Hockey League.

Junker keys Spokane

SPOKANE, WASH. (CP) — Castlegar native
Steve Junker assisted on all three goals, including the
winner in overtime, as the Spokane Chiefs beat the Tri-
Cities Americans 3-2 in Western Hockey League action
Thursday.

Pat Falloon scored at 6:33 of overtime to cap a three-
goal comeback by the Chiefs.

Falloon, taking a pass from Ray Whitney who was fed
by Junker jammed the puck past Americans goaltender
Olaf Kolzig for his 28th goal of the season and second of
the game.

AWhitney, who had a goal and two assists, said it was
the first time this season he and Falloon played regular
shifts on the sameline. -

After a scoreless first period, Scott Levins and Scott
Farrell scored 25 seconds apart to give Tri-Cities a 2-0
lead after 40 minutes.

Whitney and Falloon scored for Spokane in a span of
28 seconds midway through the third period to tie the
game and set up the sudden-death period.

The victory snapped a four-game Spokane losing
streak and pulled the Chiefs to within six points of the
third place Americans in the Western Division.

EXHIBITION WINNERS... . The
Selkirk College Saints men's
volleyball team hosted Calgary's
Southern Alberta Institute of
Technology's Trojans
Wednesday and continued their
hot play by beating the cowtown
squed 15-4, 13-15, 15-10 and 15-

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RECORD BOOK:
Walt Poddubny represented
Quebec at the [989 all-star
game. The New Jersey Devils
assigned him to Utica of the
AHL on Dec. 30.

I had intended starting this last decade of the
second millennium with a new series of biographical
sketches on local pioneers for the 1990s Heritage Week
celebrations (Feb. 19-25). However, circumstances an@
the debilitating ‘‘bug’’ interfered.

One of the circumstances involves a series of phone
‘calls and a letter from my home away from home, the
Abbey. It is from one of the monks and says in part:

“Dear old Father Bede passed to the Lord a week
ago (Dec. 17).""

The Poor Clares (a close order of nuns whose
monastery is also located in Mission and is the home of
my friend Sister Kathleen, formerly of Grand Forks)
wrote ‘‘Heaver will not be the same.””

It is a Comment of considerable merit, for Father

_ Bede Reynolds was no ordinary man. He was born in

John Charters

Reflections
and
recollections

“4.992 in Michigan and graduated from the University of
California in 1914 in civil engineering. A year later he
married Patricia Pfitzer, adevout Catholic, and conver-
ted 18 years later.

As the result of important discoveries and
developments in the petroleum industry, he was able to
retire at age 34, then served as a volunteer during the
war

When Patricia died of cancer in 1945, he began the
careful disposition of his possessions to a number of
charities, took his vows in the Benedictine Priory of St.
Joseph of Westminster (the-forerunner of the Abbey)
in 1948, and was ordained priest in 1951.-After his or-
dination he taught theology at the Seminary of Christ
the King and worked on retreats and missions at the Ab-
bey. —

In 1970, he wrote an autobiography of his life up to
the time of Patricia’s death entitled Rebel from Riches.
The print run to date is about 20,000 copies. He has also
published five other books in the fields of apologetics
and spirituality. A fall several yéars ago forced him into
a wheelchair and eventually into a hospital bed but his
mind remained sharp to the end. At age 98, he was the
senior inthe American Swiss Benedictine congregation.

One of the legacies of his presence at the Abbey is
the Pfitzer Memorial bell tower and carillon which can
be seen and heard for miles around the countryside. At
itebase there is acrypt anda private chapel where Father
Bede celebrated Mass daily for his beloved Patricia.

He was buried on Dec. 20, 1989 just north of the tall

Heaven will not
be the same

Benedict was also taken for the last time to Mission
Hospital. °

More than a year previous, he had been diagnosed
as having cancer of the liver and given only weeks to
live. Much to everyone’s surprise and delight, however,
he rallied and returned to the monastery where he was
able eventually to celebrate in the daily Mass, take some
of his meals in the refrectory and do a little pastoral
counselling. 7

As a young man, Father Benedict had been an out-
standing athlete and most active in his church. Even-
tually he had to make a choice — to play on one of the
major Igague baseball teams or take Holy Orders. He
chose the latter and entered the monastery, like Father
Bede, in the 1940s.

For the past quarter century he has occupied the
di ding post of Y gi ter with total
dedication and unfailing kindness. He never lost his in-
terest in sports, however, and his knowledge of baseball
and hockey was a by-word in the cgmmunity. He grew
with his suffering andhis last year has been an example
of patience and serenity to those who knew and loved
him. He died as he had lived, quietly and gently, on New
Year’s Eve, attended by two members of his fellow
monks. y

He is being buried just at the time that this column
is being written (Jan. 4) in the monastery cemetery
somewhere near his brother, Father Andrew, also a
much-loved member of the community who had
predeceased him a decade earlier.

His plain but beautifully crafted coffin and his
grave will, in the Benedicti diti be p by

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WHAT'S THIS STUFF? . . . three-year-old Gordie Genero looks a little
snowfall as he gets pulled across the bridge in downtown Castlegar Thursday.

miffed at last week's

CosNews photo by Ed Mull:

the brothers and the funeral mass celebrated by his
fellow priests in an atmosphere of joyois sadness.

Great credit is due to the doctors and nursing staff
at Mission Hospital in their unstinting efforts to make
those last illnesses of these good men as comfortable
possible. | add my personal thanks to those of
monks.

The letter continues: ‘‘At the momely and for
the past week we have had people going~down and
coming up from stomach flu. I have not experienced this
for years — lasts for about 24 hours for the worst of it.
Father Mark (Dumont) took two key ‘loads’ for me and
now he is down and I am back. So the Lord provides.
‘How good, bretheren dwelling in unity.’ ’’ (A
quotation from the daily morning church service for the
community.)

“The liturgy of Christmas has been wonderful and
the choir in good form,”’ the letter continues.

“*I heard a specialist on communicable diseases ex-
plaining this morning that the current flu epidemic
lasted from three to seven days and had a recuperation
period of several weeks. On the other hand, the monks
do operate on a different wavelength and are certainly
the eternal optimists, so... .

“*In any case the doctor has no magic potions to of-
fer, just grandmother’s remedies — hot lemonade,
aspirin,.lot of fluids and rest, and perhaps if there is a
sort throat, an across-the-counter medication. Please
do not ask for antiobiotics, this isthe wrong bug.”

A week or so afi

blue spruce in the mogpery cemetery.
ir L had left the monastery at the
end of November, the saintly and much-loved Father

best wishes for the

And to my readers, if there are any left, my very

last decade of the 20th century and

the second millennium.

KOOTENAYS, OKANAGAN ~

Green groups active

The West Kootenay-Revelstoke
Green Party held its monthly meeting
at the Vallicat’ Whole Community
Hall Nov. 18 followed by a 3 p.m
open-to-the-public discussion on
forestry policies facilitated by David
Lewis.

During their . meeting, members
heard reports on the activities of other
Green chapters by Michael Brown who
had met with the Okanagan Greens
and Janie Lewis who attended the
Rossland-Trail Greéns chapter
meeting. Both concurred that all
Green groups are active and en-
thusiastic with bright green ideas, a
news release from the party says.

Lewis cited the Angus Reed_poll
which indicates that 14-15 per cent of

the people would right now vote for a
party that made the environment its
main concerri and he recommended
related articles in the September 1989
Scieptific American magazine and a
book by Rudolf Bahro, The Challenge
of Global Warming. Lewis also had
minutes from a meeting of the standing
committee on global warming. For a
copy write to: Minutes of Proceedings
and Evidence of the Stdnding Commit-
tee on Environment, Canadian
Government Publishing Centre, Sup-
ply and Services Canada, Ottawa, On-
tario, KIA 0S9. The committee is
made up of I! parties.

The Sierra Club will meet in Nelson
in the summer and, is looking for 4
place to megfand a contact person. For
the ever-growing’ amount of infor-

mative material, the Greens will get a
new file cabinet to be built by Roy
Franks.

After a round of sharing thoughts,
feelings and ideas, the members ended
the meeting and took a 10-minute
break to allow the public to be seated
and then proceeded with the open
forum on forestry policies. The chap-
ter then enjoyed a pot-luck supper.

The next chapter meeting will be,
held Jan. 13 at the KCSF New En-
vironmental Centre, 202 Vernon Street
in Nelson. This is the building that was
formerly the Preservation House
restaurant. There will be a pot-luck
lunch first at noon and the meeting will
Start at 1:30 p.m. All Kootenay Green;
and interested people are encourag
to attend.

Survey seeks answers
to education questions

Selkirk College wants your help.

The college is conducting a survey of
the general public in the college region
TO assess the needs and requirements
for education and training. The survey
is being done on behalf of the Ministry
of Regional and Economic Develop-
ment, Kootenay development region.

The objectives of the survey are to
help establish educational and training
requirements, to find out what would
prevent people from obtaining
training, to determine what methods
of delivery would be acceptable and to
determine whether people would study
locally if more courses were available,
especially at the third- and fourth-year
levels +

The survey of the general public is
being distributed as part of the Selkirk
College continuing education calen-
dar, which will be delivered to local
homes in the next few days. The
questionnaire is on the last two pages
of the calendar and can be easily
removed, folded and dropped in the
mail. No postage is required.

Selkirk College encourages
everyone who gets a calendar to take

few minutes té answer the question-
naire and drop it in the mail.

It has been about eight years since
the last in-depth survey was com-
pleted. The information obtained will
be a tremendous help to those involved

Pulpit & Pew

By Pastor IRA JOHNSON

\—~Kinnaird Church of God

The Christmas season is rapidly
becoming a memory for many people.
Less than a week ago, we entered anew
decade of human history, the jast
decade of this century.

An important question for us to ask

ourselves is, ‘What does the birth of -

Christ have to do with the past history,
the present history and the future
history of mankind?”’

Some 700 years before Christ was
born, the prophet Isaiah predicted
Christ’s birth. (See Isaiah 9:6) That
prophecy was loaded with deep
meaning, for it gave insight into
something of the true greatness and
importance of Christ our Lord. Four
royal titles were given to Christ in this
verse of scripture, one of which was
“Everlasting Father.’”

z)
The literal translation of that term

out of the Hebrew is Father of Eter-
nity or The Eternal One. Isaiah was
proclaiming a very important truth,
that Christ’s existence is without
Beginning and without end, He is eter-
nal.

Most of us “began” our understan-
ding of Christ as the special child who
was born in Bethlehem nearly 2,000
years ago. We were taught about His
birth, His trip to the temple at age 12,

and His public ministry beginning at
age 30. His miracles and his teaching
set Him apart from ordinary men, yet
He refused to use His divine powers to
avoid the cruel death of a Roman
cross. But then He startled all who
knew of Him, by rising from death in
triumph and eventually ascending
back to the eternal world

One prgminent commentator has
suggested that. to think accurately
about Christ we must take a long
backward look. By that He meant that
to truly appreciate Christ for who He
is, we must come to grips with the fact
that Christ is the creator of all that
exists in our universe. In other words,
look back as far as you want to look,
and Christ is there. He is eternal. (See
St: John 1:1-3, Colossians 1:15-17 nd
Hebrews 1: 1-3)

The same commentator goes on to
say that to think accurately about
Christ, we must take a long forward
look. Those who crucified Jesus
thought that they had finally rid them:
selves of this man who claimed to be
one with God. (St. John 14:9-11) Little
did they realize that-the only reason
Christ submitted to death was to make
atonement for the sins of all mankind
because He created our universe and
created mankind. His death of
mankind's behalf was the only

Venturini guest
at meeting

Heather Venturini will be the special
guest speaker at a luncheon meeting of
the Castlegar Women's Aglow
Fellowship at the Fireside Inn at 10:30
a.m. Jan. 11.

Venturini, a wife and mother of two
children, was born and raised in Trail
and has been employed by the pay of-
fice of Cominco Ltd. since 1974. She
served on the Kootenay-area board of
Women’s Aglow for five years, during
which time many of the Aglow
fellowships in the Kootenay area got
their start, a news release from the
Women’s Aglow Fellowship says.

She is currently once again serving
on the area board as recording
secretary. Venturini is also an am-

bassador for the International
Christian Embassy in Jerusalem,
which is involved in helping both Jews
and Arabs in Israel that are in need of
food and clothing as well as in the
relocation of Russian dissidents to
Israel

Venturini has travelled extensively,
including several trips to Israel. She
has just rgjurned from the Orient —
Hong g, Singapore, Thailand,
South Korea. and Macau. While in
South Korea, she visited the 615,000-
member ghurch of Paul Yongi.Cho
Venturini will host her own tour to
Israel and Egypt in October

Women's Aglow invites all in
terested women to the monthly
meetings.

sacrifice sufficient for such a spiritual
debt.

Having accomplished this humanly

task, Christ

- His power over death by rising from

the dead. All down through the cen-

turies of time, His kingdom has been

growing in the hearts of all who trust in
His death for them.

At this very moment, there are
millions of people who acknowledge
Christ as their'living Lord and king
But what about the future?

The Bible plainly declares that the
day is coming when Christ will sum-
mon all mankind from all the centuries
of time, to the day of judgment. Each
person will have to give an account of
how they have lived their earthly life
and what response they have made to
Christ in view of all he has done for
them. (See St. Matthew 25;31-46 and
Philipians 2:6-11)

It will be t60 late then to try to make
amends. Therefore, we need to
respond to Christ's gracious
provisions while there still is time and
opportunity. There is an eternity ot
ahead, for which we neéf-io he
prepared iid

So look as far as you will'into tRe
future and Christ will be there. He is
the eternal one. Commit your past,
your present and your future to Him
Heis worthy :

HEATHER VENTURINI
. .. guest of Women’s Aglow

in planning at all levels of
and will help to ensure that the coflege
has the training resources available to
meet the present and future needs of
local residents, a college news release
Says.

Info sessions

slated fo

The public is invited to attend either
of two post-secondary information
sessions presented by Selkirk College
at the Castlegar campus Jan. 18 and
19. The occasion is the annual infor-
mation days conference, Info °90,
scheduled for the benefit of regional
high school counsellors and the public,
a college news release says.

Each year the college invites
representatives from the three provin-
cial universities and the British
Columbia Institute of Technology to
explain to school counsellors what

r college:

changes are new to theier institutions
This year, for the first time, Spokane’s *
Gonzaga University will be represen-
ted. Also in attendance will be a
representative of the University of Vic-
toria’s faculty of education

The public may meet with the
visiting representatives Jan. 18 from 7
P.m. to9 p.m. and again Jan. 19 from
9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the main lounge at
the Castlegar campus. No appoin-
tments are necessary as representatives
are seen on a first-come, first-served
basis,

Osachoffs
celébrate
No. 50

Alex and Florence Osachoff of
Ootischenia celebrated their SOth
gery) nniversary Dec. 2.

The immediate family enjoyed a
dinner followed by a social evening
where they reminisced about the
days gone by

The following day, family,
friends and neighbors gathered at
the Osachoffs’ home gpd enjoyed
an afternoon of socializing and
singing. Congratulations were
received from various dignitaries.
A buffet luncheon followed.

Out-of-town guests came from
Creston, Kaslo, Grand Forks and
Vernon. The weekend was enjoyed
byall.

FLORENCE and ALEX OSACHOFF .
. .. golden wedding anniversary