OPINION

WEDNESDAY, December 29

1993

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downed our New Year's cheer?

goals. I promised my of work.”

Pete Zaytsoff Manager of Pete's TV. Mike O’Connor Mayor of Castlegar.

“I don't make them-

Corporal Al Brown

more time with them and have a life outside

Reflecting on resolutions Who’s promising what this New Year’s Eve

of the New Year's tradition is mak- ing promises to ourselves that we can't possibly hope to keep. If that rings a

bell, then you know that we're talking about the "R* word—New Year's resolutions.

It’s not certain how making New Year's res- olutions came about, but one thing is for cer- tain—they're usually short-lived, half-hearted promises that don't live to see theelight of the new year. Besides that, who can remember what we promised the night before as we

family I will spend

MLA Ed Conroy

“To show that industry and the environment

can co-exist.

“To return all my calls." Ken Geddes Chamber president Taylor's Place Restaurant “Whenever I tried to make resolutions |

could never keep them, so I just gave up and

I can't keep them.”

band, and then look around for gainful employment.”

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Wednesday, December 29 1993

Letters to the Editor

The Castl

legar Sun

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Dea or:

Regarding a recent cartoon depicting our Mayor: The bag he is carrying is not a bag of goodies, but a heavy load, left over from previous years of neglect, to essential municipal service infrastructure.

There is, however, a ray of sunshine at City Hall. Most of the senior staff is no longer a bunch of Nay Sayers and procrastinators. They are now helpful and obliging, just what public servants are

No goodies in this Christmas bag!

supposed to be

The people of Castlegar deserve no less, and will show their appreciation in return

To City Council, staff, and all the people of Castlegar, my best wishes for all the good things in the New Year, includ- ing the staff and management of The Castlegar Sun.

incerely, N. T. Ogiow, Castlegar

Dear Editor:

Year tu all.

Local residents to the rescue showed true spirit of the season

I would like to say thank you to the two ladies who came to my aid and helped me up off the walkway on December 4, 1993 Thanks also to the gentleman who was kind enough to bring me a chair so I could sit down until the ambulance came

I would also like to thank the doctor and nurses of Cast legar and District Hospital for their help. Merry Christmas and happy New

Nellie Baker Castlegar

Sentiments of.a Christmas tradition long ago

Dear Editor:

For that one joyful weck at the end of ice-cold December | will try to forget the injustices of the world and think instead of Christ- mas, I will take my mind back many years to a little family Christmas in a snug two-room log cabin nestled beside a little creek near Castlegar — a bub- bling brook that murmurs con- tentedly beneath its four-foot blanket of heavy winter snow. I will think instead of

Four young children whisper- ing excitedly at 4 o'clock on Christmas morning as they grope their way in total darkness (with the help of an equally excited mom) to the foot of their metal bedstead — where hopeful stock- ings were hung with care. A crafty, late-working Mamma Clause has managed to fill them to the brim only two hours before

despite the lingering grip of the depression

And later the inevitable joyful rush of barefoot children from chilly log-walled bedroom to the magic aura of the Christmas tree as the first pale hint of daylight arrives — to see if Santa brought those greatly cherished gifts Indeed it was way back in mid- November that these were so eagerly chosen (from Eaton's cat- alogue) and ordered through labouriously pencilled Santa let- ters — carefully tucked behind the screen door.

Obituary

William Fred Philipoff

On Friday, December 24 1993. William Fred “Bill” Philipoff of Fruitvale, B.C passed away at the age of 87 years.

Mr. Philipoff was born November 27, 1906 at Canora Saskatchewai dd moyed witb his family to Champion Creek as a small boy. He grew up and

Mr. Philipoff moved to Fruit vale in 1956 and has lived there since. During his life he worked on many Construction projects in the area and around B.C., build. ing schools and roads.

As hobbies he enjoyed garden- ing. fishing. playing the harmoni ca and participating in the Kozack style

accordion and

vale and Mike of Creston; four grandchildren; one great grand- son, and one sister, Mary Jmayoff of Grand Forks, B.C.

Funeral service was held at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel on Tuesday. December 28, 1993 with burial at the Brilliant Ceme tery. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castle-

A delightful

fir-smelling Christmas tree

decked to the hilt with a dazzling array of deli cate multicolored glass orna ments that magically glitter and glint from reflected light of any kind. No profusion of coloured electric lights in those days nor would our cautious father have anything to do with real live candles burning on a tree

Joyful pandemonium around the Christmas tree as exciting parcels are hastily located as dolls and toys and games and books are unceremoniously shed of those colourful wrappings that were so painstakingly done only the night before

Red and green intertwined streamers running diagonally from corner to corner of the big bare-logged room — suspended at the central criss-cross with a large crepe paper bell that opens accordion-like and hangs majesti- cally at the centre of the room

A crackling fire kindled in the heater stove as our faithful and attentive dad shaves the dry cedar kindling with his sharp pocket knife and soon conjures up a roaring blaze to drive the chill from the big livingroom/kitchen

- which occupies three quarters of the house.

Hastily bundling up after breakfast (oatmeal porridge of course) for a rambunctious frol ick in the new-fallen snow with that new red-runnered sled — along with cozy home-knit stock- ings and mits — courtesy of Grandma's famous knitting skills.

Sitting down at last to Mom's

Your family hair care centre and Gift Shop The Upper Room 314-10th Ave.

delicious Christmas dinner of extra-tender, yearling chicken roasted to a golden brown along with heaps of creamy mashed potatoes overtopped with a@ generous portion of Mom's delectable brown gravy made right in the roastpan. Then embel lishing all with a dash of ruby-red cranberry sauce and finishing our meal with goodly “helpings” of boiled Christmas pudding christened with heaping spoon fuls of clear caramel sauce

Then Dad's joyful after-supper rendition of Christmas carols on his flashy white-and-ivory coloured accordion made by “Verdi” — as Mom coaches her children somewhat reluctantly away from their new toys — to join in singing some favorite little Christmas tunes.

The constant reassuring purr of the Coleman lantern suspended by a wire hook from the log rafters overhead casting its blessed light over the joyful

Christmas scene in our sunple but happy pioneer hom.

A final burst of Christmas music from the lille battery-pow ered radio perched on the small unpainted corner shelf, But we children are getting weary now

and after one last tum at our books and toys US time tO say goodnight. And so ends the pic ture of our litthe family Christmas many years ago.

Thank seven heart-warming days in ice-cold December nd all of the rich tradition that has devel oped around the humble arrival of a certain little baby — born in a manger two thousand years ago. If only that magic week of hope and joy could last through out the year

goodness for those

Merry Christmas all! H. Killough

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married Helen Bulanoff on February 29, 1929 at Champion Creek. B.C

Wedding vows Batchelor/Mclintyre

don't make them anymore. But I guess, if | was to make a resolution it would be to stan writing things down so I don't’ forget them.” What was that order again?

of Russian dancing He is survived by his wife Helen: two sons, Fred of Fruit

Castlegar RCMP member ‘I'm not going to make any—I never do. I break them anyhow.”

We thought it would be great fun to find out gar Funeral Chapel.

1 gallon of pride vor Y : j 0 what resolutions some Castlegar residents

’ heaping tbsp. of aie: would be making this year and so here they

supportive community are

2 cups of honesty

1/2 cup each of sweat and tears

2 well-rounded cups of ethics

1 well-rounded cup of dedicated staff

6 working computers

a pinch of persuasiveness

1 ton of doggedness

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Neil Kalawsky

Co-owner of Kalawsky Pontiac Buick School District No. 9 board chair “To enjoy the lifestyle here in the Kootenays Castlegar Fire Chief

“To make the most of each day one day at a more.” “Td like to lose some weight, and challenge time.” other Castlegar firefighters to do the same."* Jim Gustafson (Gerry wouldn't mention names!)

City of Castlegar Administrator.

“I plan to get more ‘revitalized’ next year.”

Joanne Baker Gerry Rempel

Jack Charters

Long-time resident and local author. Steve Davis

Plenty of tact

A dash of wit

tact as needed,

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surrounding ar residents

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2 cups of patience 1 cup of humor

1. Take a supportive community, blend with honesty, pride and compassion.

2. Pour in sweat and tears

3. To above mixture beat in ethics and 1 cup of dedicated staff. Let rise until double in size. (Hey! Does that mean we get twice the staff for half the price?)

4. Let above mixture rise, and add 6 computers (pray they work!).

5. Slowly (so they don’t notice) add a pinch of persuasiveness

6. Take doggedness and roll in as much

slowly add patience (after

being stretched thin).

7. Sprinkle liberally with wit and humor (be careful of sarcasm slipping through)

8. Pour all into a large well-oiled printing

9. Bake quickly on a Tuesday night Best if served fresh each Wednesday

Will keep indefinitely. Serves: A growing community and

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Year and the Best in ’94!

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Tree this year.”

Marilyn Strong Publisher The Castlegar Sun

“I vow to finish Tamara and the Dragon

“I don’t make resolutions, but I do set

(Gustafson refused to

Audrey Moore Castlegar’s previous

elaborate further.)

mayor.

“T plan to become re-acquainted with my

friends, take a holiday with Bill, my hus-

“T think making resolutions is a big joke They ‘re just an excuse and people don't fol- low them anyway.”

Christmas

Christmas has come and gone 57 times since I announced my arrival with a lusty cry of protest over having to leave the comfort and quiet of my mother's womb for what must have seemed a cold and uncertain world. But nothing could have prepared me for the reality that lay ahead

The Germany of 1935 was still peaceful, but the brew of horror that Adolf Hitler had begun con- cocting two years earlier was already starting to bubble

While my parents celebrated Christmas that year with their six year-old son and their nine month-old baby, Hitler was consolidating his grip on power.

The Reichstag, the German par- liament, was a Nazi-dominated rubber stamp, and the nation's armed forces were swelling, and the country's industrial strength was being utilized to rearm Ger many

Rival parties were outlawed political opponents were already languishing in jails, and Jews were hoping against hope that the new dictatorship's anti-Semitic policies would be no worse than so many other programs they had

endured over the centuries.

My first memories of Christmas go back to when I was four years old. Oblivious to the ugliness that was growing day by day, the world seemed perfect to me, espe- cially at Christmas

Beyer Beware

Hubert Beyer

Christmas of 1939 was some- how different. Although I have no particular recollection of war hav- ing broken out that September, I distinctly recall an odd feeling of seeing my father in uniform, handing out the presents under the tree

That was to be the last time for at least eight years we were to cel- ebrate Christmas without having to fear for our lives.

For the duration of the war, the innocence of childhood was replaced by a wary quest for sur- vival. There was the Christmases

without my father, who was sta- tioned in northern Norway and wouldn't always get leave.

There was the memorable Christmas Eve in a huge bomb shelter with hundreds of women and children singing Silent Night, Holy Night, over the dull sound of bombs exploding outside.

There was the Christmas of 1944, when my 15-year-old broth- er told us he had been drafted and would leave for the Russian front the next day. Our family was luck- ier than many others. Both my father and my brother came back

There were the Christmases after the war amidst ruin and star- vation. There was the Christmas some unknown benefactor left a few pounds of potatoes outside the makeshift shelter we called home

I remember mother crying with joy over this generous and uncx pected gift that allowed her to feed us for a couple of days. It was a daily struggle for survival

As Christmas 1993 draws near, I count my blessings. In spite of the hardships of my childhood, there was the unwavering love of my parents. And there is the mem- ory of all the wonderful Christ-

past, present and future

mases that followed the war years and the post-war time

On Christmas Eve 1959, the most beautiful present under the tree was our first-born, a four- week-old boy, who was joined by two more boys and a girl over the next few rs

They're all grown up now, and we're busy filling the wish lists of four beautiful and healthy grand- children. You bet I'm counting my blessings.

As for my Christmas wishes, they're probably a littler harder to come by than those we buy for our grandchildren.

T wish that no child would ever go hungry again. I wish that no child would ever be abused again T wish that this country, which has been so good to me, would open Us heart to those who want to makc a better life for themselves regardless of what part of the world they come from

And I wish that the world’s last sword be tumed into a plowshare that love and compassion replace hatred and bigotry. I wish that someday, there really will be peace on earth

Merry Christmas.

Sorry, no MY TURN column this week

Friends and family gathered at St. Rita's church in Castlegar to witness the marriage of Connie, daughter of Tom and Karen Batchelor of Blueberry Creek, to Paul, son of Joseph and Cecilia McIntyre of Dominion, Nova Scotia. The wedding took place July 3, 1993 with Father Herman Engberink officiating

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