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Bud, both of Rossland: pe aed My p ’ ‘ : tour grandchildren nd tre OTTAWA (CP) — Highlights of federal budget Ey omersentzs™ (°"'"® Bicimera. dach, James end this weak by Finance Misitay Michael Wias: LENKOWSKI/KING — To Trocy Norma Dominicic is “ ; billion and orevenues by $8.5 Frottele. 9 gi, bornfeb, 12 * of Grandview. . ‘ } to cut the to $29.3 in, MOXENESS — To Judy and Peter tomes eines Tee at oe Maxeness of Nelson, a boy, born March 31. ei ¥.

FRIEDEL — To Marlene and Ed og ie enable aa poorer-than-expected Feb, 5. ft deficit, the budget speech was upbeat with Wilson about the solid performance of the economy and lit! will continue. ‘

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‘Prospects predicting that after inflation the economy will expand 2.8 per cent in 1987.

However, that rate of growth is down from 3.8 per cent last’ year and would represent the third year in which economic growth has slowed. i

Wilson conceded that “the benefits of our strong economic performance have not been evenly shared across the country.”

And while he said “some regions are hurting,” the budget did not include any specific measures to reduce the gap between rich and poor regions of the country.

In fact, regional development spending will rise by only 1.7 per cent, the lowest increase in any of the major spending categories.

Because of that slowdown in economic growth and

i in the labor force; the budget predicts the unemployment rate will be reduced only slightly to nine per cent at the end of 1987 from 9.4 per cent at the end of last

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" "And to that end the minister hit smokers and snack-food lovers with liate tax as well as up taxes on gasoline and airline tickets. He also warned big that the days of unfairly ducking taxes will soon

POMPU — To Brenda and Lorry Pompu of Castlegar, a girl, born . V7.

SOVRAN — To Linne and Casey Sovran of Oasis, a boy, born Feb. 7.

VAN YZERLOO — To Shelly and Bill Van Yzerloo of Costlegor, a rs ‘ j current stock in the stores runs out. 4 boy, ae and nephews. ; . é . @ Tariffs on mostly American products of 10 per cent 4 | ‘on books, 30 per cent on Christmas trees and various levels on computer parts and are

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@ Federal sales tax by 12 per cent will be added July 1 to such snack foods as popcorn, potato chips, granola bars, Popsicles and some types of ice cream.

@ Airline passengers face a new $4 tax May 1 on domestic flights and Aug. 1 on ional flights to

paying three cents more for a package of 25 cigar motorists one cent more a litre for gasoline.

and Amy of Castlegar, Ivy lywood, Flo, and Linkletter of Hamilton; Robert of Hamilton: 16

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uncles and cousins.

HILTS — Leslie R. Hilts of Trail Sask., in .

Trail from Kaslo in 1942’ and work: i

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ROWE — William (Bill) Rowe of New Denver died.suddenly Feb.

Jacob Alex Verigin of Raspberry Village died sud- dently Feb. 17 at age 79. He is survived by his wife Molly; four daughters, Molly Semenoft of Kaslo, Pauline Swetlishoff of Thrums, Nancy Zwick of Midway and Connie Markin of Grand Forks; 10 hildren and two great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by two brothers, Pete and Nick.

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The key to all Christian religion is a belief in the Bible. What can be done to convert anyone to the Chris- tian faith who doesn't believe the Bible? Nothing.

If a person doesn’t believe the Bible, how can he be brought to a saving know- ledge of Christ?

The person says, “But I think the Bible is a lot of fairy tales, it’s out of date, and any way I have my own religion.”

Where does our friend go from there? We say: “Let the Bible talk to you a moment.”

The unbeliever says: “No, why should I waste my time?” °

Weare inclined to say, “Ah my friend you are thinking just like the Book you claim to be a lot of fables.”

Listen to what the Bible says in a letter to the Cor- inthians: “But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid from them that are lost. In whom the god of this world hath blind- ed the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God should shine unto them.”

Look at it honestly now. Perhaps you are the un- believer mentioned in the verse. Perhaps the god of this world has more power over you than the true God of the Word. That is why it is impossible for you to believe until you give God the right to your mind.

Perhaps the unbeliever continues with the argument that he thinks the Bible is not common sense. Of course a lot of it is not common sense.

It is uncommon sense, God's sense, Divine sense. The ruler of the universe doesn’t have to stoop to the norm.

It doesn’t make sense in our limited finite reasoning to love those who hate us. The story of the flood and the few souls rescued in the ark doesn’t make sense to a person who doesn't know God nor wants to know him. Neither did it make sense that our blood circulates through our body until William Harvey proved it was true in the early 17th century.

But there is a difference. Nowhere in the Bible does God ask to be proven. He needs no apology any more than the sun needs a list of credentials.

God acts by power beyond proof and our feeble effort to

prove His worth to our soul. The only reason he is rejec- ted is pride. People are reluctant to hand over their lives to an unseen agent and call him Lord.

But read the text again.

“The god of this world” has perhaps won your affection already and whether you know it or not, you call him Lord and Master. That is why some people choose to disbelieve, because they don't want a Holy God upsetting their comfortable way of life.

The Bible? Get to know even a little of it and if you are honest you will confess that God's infinate wisdom makes a lot of common sense. But God is more than a scien- tific wonder or a wise coun- sellor. He is our salvation through Jesus Christ whom

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help pay for such things as increased security.

@ Planned defence spending increases are chopped $200. million in 1987-88 and restored in 1988-89, while foreign aid is cut $150 million.

e Businesses that send the federal government more than $15,000 monthly in employee deductions now will send the money twice-monthly, resulting in a one-time windfall of $1.2 billion for the federal government.

e Large profitable corporations are warned they've been avoiding taxes and that the government intends to do something about it.

“—— FAX DATES- OTTAWA (CP) — Effective dates of the major tax changes announced in Wednesday's federal budget: IMMEDIATE: e Excise tax on gasoline and diesel fuel increases by one cent a litre. e Excise tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products increases by four per cent. Recently imposed tariffs on foreign books, Christmas trees and parts and i d 's are removed. e General preferential tariff on imports of most specialty and carbon steel mill products are removed. APRIL 1,1987; “2 "LS Federal sales tax on leaded gasoline rises by one-third

P granola bars, will be paying federal sales tax.

‘The federal tax on airline tickets will rise by $4 a ticket as of May 1 for tickets bought in Canada and as of Aug, 1 for tickets bought abroad.

The tax increases, which will generate an extra $1.78 billion in government revenue in the 1987-88 fiscal year beginning April 1, and a $600-million cut in spending still leave the- minister virtually a year behind in his deficit-reduetion schedule.

The deficit in the coming fiscal year is expected to be $29.8 billion, down from an expected $32 billion this year. that is $200 million less than the $29.5 billion Wilson had originally hoped to get the deficit down to this

Wilson blamed the deficit-reduction setback on the drop in oil prices, which has robbed the government of energy industry revenues, special payments for farmers battered by falling grain prices and tax avoidance moves by big business.

Yet, he said he still plans to meet his goals of producing a big reduction in the deficit in each year and holding the growth in the federal debt, now roughly $266 billion, to the rate of growth of the economy by the end of the decade.

Federal spending will rise to $122.6 billion in the coming fiscal year from $116.6 billion this year while revenues are expected to rise to $93.2 billion from. $84.7 billion.

ite ny between revenues and expenditures wg up the federal debt to $295 billion — $11,346 for each Cahadian — by the end of 1987-88.

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OTTAWA (CP) — The government will carve $150 million from its previously planned spending on foreign aid and hand out more IOUs this year under budget meas- ures announced by Finance Minister Michael Wilson.

Wilson told the Commons the government remained commited to gradually in- creasing its financial aid to developing countries, which will reach a value of $2.545 billion in 1987-88, up from an estimated $2.245 billion in 1986-87.

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