B4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, May 8, 1983 Pulpit & Pew by Ministers in the West Kootenay — By GEORGE JAMES Calvary Baptist Church Some people seem to find it hard to believe the Bible. A bunch of fairy tales, it is labled by some. Others be- lieve that, parts of it may be true. Too complicated, think some. Just too far-fetched for me to believe, is the opinion of a lot of people. Some find its symbolism unfathomable. I venture to say that most don't want to believe because it tells the truth, not only about our hearts but about everything else it mentions between its covers. To be sure the Bible is a controversial book. Nothing dealing with God as the Cre- ator and as Jesus as our Lord and Master and as eternal is d that man, with all his learn- ing and authority, needs a higher unseen power to guide his feeble footsteps is readily accepted by arrogant man. And so the skeptics rage against a book in which they have never yet found an er- ror in any aspect, except in the difficulty which is found in its translation from the various copies of the original manuscripts. What makes it so reliable? Only a book inspired of God could be so. You may dis- agree there also, but let us refer to its record as indi- cated by a few verses which are nowhere near the full list of fulfilled prophetic serip- tures. Micah foretold that Jesus would be born in Beth- lehem. It was verified by damnation the destiny of un- b: ry everyone. No implication and Luke that Jesus was indeed born in MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS KOOTENAY LAKE FERRIES SCHEDULE PACIFIC DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME Bethlehem. Isaiah said that Jesus would be born of a virgin, He was indeed born of a virgin, as recorded again by Mat- thew and Luke. Jeremiah stated that a great slaughter of children would take place and that there would be no comforting of the mothers weeping for them. Matthew used the very words spoken by Jeremiah in his account of the Birth of Jesus. When Joseph escaped into Egypt with Jesus and His mother to save him from the slaughter decreed by Herod, it had already been foretold by Hosea many years before it happened. Christ's betrayal by a friend was written in the book of Psalms long before the event, Christ was sold for 30 pieces of silver by Judas, one of Christ's followers. That very price was quoted in the book of Zechariah in which the betrayal of Jesus was foretold. Jesus was accused by false a.m. on Tuesday, May LEAVES BALFOUR 6:00 a.m. < <= BESERSE33 53 e< Promotions were pre- sented recently to cadets of 681. Castlegar Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets. With parents in attendance, cadets received their rank badges from Mayor Audrey Moore, RCMP Cpl. Ken Dow- son and Karl Koreen, chair- man of the parents’ sponsor- ing body representing the Air Cadet League of B.C. Five cadets, having passed a Junior Level Exam, were presented with LAC ‘props.’ They were: Daniel O'Connell, Malcolm Lamb, Deanna New- mann, Diana Churches, and Teresa Lamb. . Promoted from Lac. to Cpl. were; Wendy Basson, Mark Perry, Mathew Kagis, Tony Jackson, Rob Macdonald, Travis Omand, Kevin Rapin. Promoted from Cpl. to Sgt. were: Daniel Lamb, Gary Basson, Darryl Moore, Stu- art O'Connell, and Jennifer Gibson. Promotion to a Warrant - Officer rank-is subject.to. a. “tigi: test of generab-know-- ledge, drill and other areas and is administered by -Pac- ific. Region, . Victoria. This test was supervised by W/O Carscadden. and W/O Mun- den from Regional Head- quarters. . Both cadets being tested were given exceptional praise on their, performance and recommended for prom- otion. On the strength of this recommendation, Douglas Forrest was promoted from W/02 to W/01 and Kendra McTaggart was promoted from F/Sgt to W/02. A record of five successful senior cadets applying for Summer Award Courses was d. i Ex. to cadets of 581 Castlegar < applied for. Most cadets are _ eligible to attend: summer camps in Penhold, Alberta; Vernon, 'B.C., Grouse Moun- tain and others. Cadets were thanked for their participation in the Lions Club ‘Trade Fair and their assistance in parking and security at the Kirinaird Elementary Penny Carnival. Community. activities are an important part of the training program. Plans are to take part in Trail's fire- fighters parade on May 14 and in the Governor-General visit on May 29.. Annual inspection will be held in the community com- plex June 1 at 6:30 p.m. and the ‘ity is invited to change Visit was awarded to W/02 .Kendra McTaggart, attend. The Reviewing Offi- cer will be Major Herron, Ce ing Officer of Can- Flying Scholarship to W/01 Douglas Forrest, Gliding Scholarships to Sgt. Gary Basson and Sgt. Darryl Moore, and a Senior Leaders to Sgt. Stuart O'Connell. Other summer camps vavailable »-to : junior ‘cadets have’ been announced: and adain Forces Station, Kam- loops. The Air Cadet League of B.C. will be represented by H. Cumming, vice-chairman from Richmond. Pacific Re- gion has designated WO Carscadden as its'repres itativece ele ws Record rainfall hit. Castlegar in April By CasNews Staff April gave Castlegar a couple of weather records, according to the Castlegar Airport weather office's monthly summary. Castlegar experienced a record rainfall April 24 when a moist southwesterly flow produced 15.8 mm of rain. Total precipitation for the month was about 50 per cent above normal. A total of 71 Funeral held mm of rain was recorded, though that is still well below the 99.5 mm which fell during April, 1980. As well, Castlegar Airport reported that rain fell on 13 days this April rather than the normal 10 days. Hours of sunshine in April was slightly above the monthly average for April at 189.9. Normal is 178 hours. Overall, the weather was service for Nina Wood Nina Wood of Trail died May 1 at the Trail Regional Hospital after a lengthy ill- ness. She was 98 years of age. Mrs. Wood was born in Spain on June 24, 1884 and later moved to Canada where she had been a resident of Trail since 1954. She is survived by two sons, Bob Wood of Syringa Creek and Michael Wood of Brandon, Man.; one daugh- ter, Mrs. Daphne Heise of Vancouver; one grandson, Robert Wood of Don Mills, Ont.; and she was prede- ceased by her husband, Rob- ert, in 1961. Funeral services were held - from Carberry's Memorial Chapel May 6 with Rev. Hugh Bayne officiating. Cre- ee " f_ MIKE'S RADIATOR REPAIR LEANED REPAIRED RECORED 8:30 - 5:00 p.m. Weekly 364-1606 Res. 389-7058 1598B - 2ND AVE., TRAIL mation followed at Mountain View Cemetery. For those wishing, a mem- orial donation may be made to the CAT Scanner Fund in care of the Trail Regional Hospital. dominated by either a ridge of high pressure which oc- easionally moved over the province from the Gulf of Alaska or a series of cold lows that cross the California coast at regular intervals. The only monthly weather record broken in April was for mean wind ‘speed. This April recorded a mean wind speed of 5.5 kmh. The pre- vious low was 6.4 kmh in 1979, while the average is 9.2 kmh. As well, the mean temperature in April was .4° above normal, A POWERFUL MESSAGE | By J.A; CHARTERS “What will happen to my (handicapped) son or daugh- ter when I am no longer here?” In a low-key but power- fully underlined address to the Castlegar Rotary ‘Club last Tuesday, Norma Collier, speaking for the Advocacy C for the Koot tive members of society, she said, if they are. given ‘suit- able training, environment and opportunity. Institutions can only offer a minimum of care and do not have the time for the one-on- one type of training neces- sary to achiove a lasting suc- cess, she said. Thus, ther: Helping handicapped — labelled as “different, who are isolated and highly vulnerable, and what is worst of all, often acutely aware of the situation. Furthermore, these insti- tutions are being phased out over a period of years and the inmates returned to the com- munity, thus putting more 0] Society for the Handicapped, presented the case for the mentally handicapped in so- ciety and Castlegar. Most mentally handicap- ped persons are capable of learning, taking care of them-: sevles and becoming produc- are adults (ch H speaking) who have to be fed, clothed, who still wear dia- pers and are tied to their beds at night to keep. them from making a nuisance of themselves, They exist in a physical, mental and emotional: limbo [Vital Statistics 7 ; BIRTHS . APELS — To Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Apets of Thrums, a boy, born Apr. BABAKAIFF — To Mr. and Mrs. David Bobakaiff of Slocan Park, aboy, born May ¥. CRAIG — To Mr. and Mrs, Dave Cralg of Nelson, a boy, born Ap- i130. 4 GOETTING — To Mr. and Mrs, Michael Goetting of Blueberry reek, a boy, orn May 5. HANSEN — To Mr. and Mrs. Reg- gie Hansen of Salmo, a girl, born April2. ‘HORIE — To Mr. and Mrs. Roy Horie of Nelson, a girl, born Ap- ril29, ey JOHNSON — To Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Johnson of Castlegar, a boy, born Apri! 28. JASSONE — To Mr. and Mrs, Ralph Tossone of Castlegar, a girl, born April 29. FUNERALS BOWOLIN — Andrew A, Bowlin died suddenly April 27, in Pally, Sask. He was formerly of Ymir. BOYES — Mrs. Isabel Frances Boyes of Nelson died recently, aged 77, Mrs. Boyes grew up at Balfour and took her teacher's training In Victoria. HOLOBOFF — Willlam Holobotf of Shoreacres passed away May 3, aged 95, He was born Dec, 25, 1887 In Russia and came to Cana- da in 1899, settling in Saskatche- wan. He later moved. to .Craek ond,finally Shoreacres, Funeral services took place nesday‘at the Shoréatres ‘Russ- ian Hall with burial in Shoréacres Cometery, LAURIE— Alexander (Alex)Craig Lourie of Trail died April 29 at the Teall Regional Hospital fal- lowing a lengthy illness. He was 81. Funeral service took place at the East Troll United Church with cremation following, McDICKEN — Thomas McMurdo McDicken of Fruitvale died May 2 at the Trail Regional Hospital after a brief illness and at the age of 78. Funeral service was held May 5 from Carberry’s Me- morlal Cc \apel. . SECCO — Helen Rita Seco, 77, of Trail, died May 2 at the Trail Regional Hospital after a lengthy illness. A prayer service was held from St. Anthony's Catholic Church May 5 and Funeral Mass was also celebrated from St. An- thony’s. SMART — Helen Black Smart of Trail died April 29 in Vancouver, at the ago of 67. TINDALL — Carroll Webster Tin- dall of Rossland died May 1 at Mt, St. Francis Hospital! in Nelson foliowing a lengthy illness. He wos 83, A family service was BONNETT'S Boy's & Men's Wear 365-6761 WE OFFER 1 oO % OFF ALL CASH M PURCHASES. 233 Columbia Ave., Castlegar ®@ NO SHOTS ®@ NO ORUGS NO CONTRACTS FRANCHISES, AVAILABLE LOSE WEIGHT HE DIET CENTER PROGRAM IS - FAST . SAFE . INEXPENSIVE AND WE'LL TEACH YOU HOW TO KEEP IT OFF, PERMANENTLY! conn THE Losi, NOW OVER 1,600 LOCATIONS U.S. & CANADA No. 1 1233-3RD ST., CASTLEGAR 365-6256 HOURS: Monday to Friday 7 ¢.m.-1p.m. Saturday 7:30-8:30 a.m. @ DELICIOUS NATURAL FOODS NUTRITION CLASSES ‘Tuesdays 7:30 a.m. to 9130 «.m. hold from Carberry's Memorial Chapel with Rev, Don Jackson officiating. Cremation followed. VERIGIN — Funeral service wos held April 28 for Mary Verigin of Nolton from the chapel of Thom- pson Funeral Service with Liou- P n st vices, while at the same time the government is reluctant to assist, The solution to the prob- lem, Collier said, lies in greater community respon- sibility and support, includ- ing citizen advocates who would undertake to speak and act on the part of indi- vidual handicapped persons — their “protegees” — as they would for themselves. To this end, she has been speaking to various com- munity groups advising them of the situation and asking for their financial support in tenant Gordon officl- ating, Interment followed in Nel- sonMemorial Park. VERISHINE — Funeral service for James Mervin Verishine of Nel- _ son was held April 30 in the cha- pel of Thomson Funeral Service, Rev. James O. Wilson officiated, and interment followed. Mr. Verishine died April 27, aged 39. VRANESIC — Funeral service for the late Nicholass Vrar held April 28 from the chape' hompson Funeral Service with Rev. James O. Wilson officiating, Mr. Veanesic dled April 25,,aged WOOD — Nina Wood, .98, of Trail, died May 1 at the Trall Re- lonal Hospital after a lerigthy illness, Funeral servic ‘at Carberry’s Memorial with Rev. ficlating, hapel Hugh Bayne” of- an y cen- tre. Collier named a tentative figure of $2,500 as the Rotary Club's share. 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