cee For 1 ‘Thost of ‘the eight ‘years Irving

JRONTO (CP), ~

heéq' a: City. of North York. alderman, his:
have;eo ered: him 1 a. “mensch = Midas

issue. oo uo
Technically there j was 0. sissuestive years ago. a ‘bylaw:

: was passed in North York, ‘a part: of. Metropolitan Torenio;
: allowing group homes. ‘Council voted ‘unanimously: at that:

ng 18:. “December meeting not’ to’ jen te bylaw, :

eae fisticufis: ‘arnong * “spectators:: "Petitions “were a signed,’
_ brochures distributed and public: meeting Bela: ‘on the.

a STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) ~ Angry believers denounced a
panel of priests as ‘‘a bunch of devils" after the clergymen
ruled that a “weep
- church is. probably a: hoax, not a miracle.

One woman, LaVerne Pitta, burst into tears when the

. ~ findings. were announced Wednesday by the Diocese of
’ investigators.”

' “They are a bunch of degils, How can they do this?” i.

And Antonio Usana, whose wife:says she was.cured of |
- ~asthma-after. praying-to-the- statue: of -the- Virgin -Mary,—

a

dismissed the diocesan report, saying? “I believe i in it (the .

i“ o""fgtatuey,??
Reports that t).. 27-kilogram, statue sheds real tears and

ean move as far ag nine metres from its niche in.Mater .

-Ecclesias Mission Church in ‘Thornton began cireulating
_two years a0. : :

PEOPLE

a , oo
ie ~ ‘Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Feresa was resting in
4 : hospital this week for a few days of tests and after slipping

i and falling at her mission house in Rome. :
mo Mths nothing serious,” sald Dr. Giulio Vincenzo Bilotta.
“She is very tired and undergoing a checkup.

Ee: rest, but that’s not. easy because she is Buell. an. active
MA) woman.” *..

4 Mother Teresa; 72, won the | prize in » 1979 for her work i in.
-the slums of Calcutta. .

In the past year, Kevin Denbok of Stoney Creek, Ont.; has

at Ba EI PRE

_ Fibrosis Association, -
- -- Denbok, 18, who has oystic fibrosis, raised the. money
| thrqugh the sale of his album People Like You. :
7 “Sometimes, because Jam touring in jhis way, people

think Iam a CF victim who sings,” Denbok gays. “Actually
\ I am an entertainer’ who has cystic. fibrosis.” mo
’ Denbok has sold 32,000 copies of the album in Canada, a
market that rarely absorbs even 10,000 of a new artist. A
‘sale of 50,000 albums in: Canada warrants a gold record.
Cystic fibrosis, which causes respiratory and digestive .
problems, is second to cancer in claiming the lives af
. youngpeople, - ee yo

Evelyn Hart, tiny superstar of the Royal Winnipeg. Ballet
who is used to getting bouquets, received an unusual sur-
prise when the _ company played: in: Kitchener, Ont.,

recently,
.. Through hard work and maybe a bit of welght contro! she.

. keeps her five-foot-four' figure at a trim 95 pounds. Maybe ©
~ her Kitchener uncle thought she needed a bit of fattening.

up.

Anyway, the proud uncle brought along. 150 “paying.
patrons -and a giff — a 22-pound- bucket of home-made
peanut butter. . 4 .

‘Ih advance of Pope John Paul's Toronto visit j in- Sep-
* tember, 1984, the office of Emmett Cardinal Carter is
already belng bombarded. with inquiries, appeals and

suggestions.
One of the most unusual came from a Toronto con-°

proposed that i¢ be in boxes in papal colors, yellow and
white, and embossed with labels to commemorate the Holy
Father’s visit. - no '

it would be called Popecorn.-

_ Diana, Princess of, Wales, is “quite average,’ says
- Stephen Barry, former valet to Prince Charles, and cer-"
tainly'not the brain of Britain.” -

“I've never known her to gat up in the niorning and say,
‘Oh my God, what about the dollar?’ She’s more interested-
in thinking about ‘Let’s have some nice curtains; Jet's paint
this wall pink,’ and all that nonsense,” says Barry, 34, In an
interview in the July issue of Penthouse magazine:

Barry served the Prince of Wales for: 12- years before
‘retiring in 1981. He says Charles was in love with two or:

: three women, including the daughter of an American ad-

‘ miral, before he married Diana. — _

__ But Barry predicts “nothing is going to go wrong” in the

_ ~Inarriage of the 34-year-old heir to the British throne. :

ho “The one thing people perhaps don’t know..ds that she's

_ crazy about him, , absolutely crazy," Barry said.. :

Dean ‘Martin has been honored as ‘Hone ‘ol the “world’s
greatest entertainers” at a “Plittering, affalr attended: “by:
. . Princeas Anne,

"Britain, a charity organization of entertainers, with’ the
event raising nearly’ $5,000 for the Riding for, the Disabled.
Fund, headed by Princess Anite. |:

; ea the huncheon at a a London hotel for the BS-year-old
singer
“We decided to reserve the moat littering event we have
ever held” to‘ salute one of. the world’s sreatest en:
_ terfalners v an organization spokesman said.

ly emer oe

i “The artist who literally draped it Biscayne Bay Idlands in.

rf
ke _ pink has been honored for his iiaterial exploits,
if _ “The ‘Surrounded Islands’ project will fo down in history .
ny ‘as one of the-'most extraordinary art profécts' ever
f developed," ‘said slate official Géorge Firtaloné. “Fora
fi . Fei of time, a all the eyes in the syeria were on the atate eat

‘

~ Church denounces holy statue:

" Madonna ina rural Roman Catholic .

Manuel Pitta protested t that “these investigators are not

“We are trying to make her stay as long as possible for *.”

‘Singing his way across Canada for the. Association of :
Kinsmen Clubs, raising more than $300, 000-for the ‘Cystic’

- fectioner who' wants to market popcorn for the occasion. He -

The honor was bestowed by the Variety Club of Great’

More than 600 people from the entertainment. ‘world ate

Chapley, “short. and’: bulky} wi
jewellery and fat: cigars, wad
‘1 fee Bs

‘always nidre:Benelicial:to their residents than institutio s. « plac

For the mentally-and: physically handicapped; a tommiunity .
"setting aids development and lends ‘a’ sense of dignity’ ndt:
- Possible | in an Institution: ‘For’ “delinquent bildren, onvicts:

Church atlendance has ‘tripled since then, with as many
as 600 people visiting each week,
Last year, the diocese named a commission to study the.
reports. In announcig the panel's findings, Bishop Roger
Mahony said the events connected with the statue “do nat
meet the erlleria for an authenticated appearance of Mary,
i the mother of Jesus Christ.”
The statue may have been moved by someone, and. the
: -tears. may have been applied, he sald. | ‘

... “Noone has ever reported actually seeing the ‘tears’ flow

_from the eyed ‘of the statue,” he: said. “Rather, it was

- - establishment something that something oilt of the norm.. te
With only ‘three: or four residents, zoning changes. aren't -
required and when we rent, people’s concerns: ‘about ‘the ~

dollar’ value ‘oe their homes aren't: threatened. Hts
psychological Teally. are .

She sald that once the honie is ready, iwe just move > in
and become Rood 1 nelghbors,’ * So do moat other group: home

near 18 group, homes. in ‘Kitchenet-Waterloo, Ont., is any
a “she'd be leas ‘worried,

ndication..

The study “ghiowed that ‘4 per ‘cent of those surveyed . -
‘ “We're not ‘Against: group homes on. a. main arig, where oe
.. tiers are lots of adults:"" ae :

weren't even aware there was a group home in thelr nelgh-
bothod. Two-thirds of thse who expressed feelings about

Group ‘homes: inade” positive’ remarks. | ‘More’ extensive
‘surveys. done in the United States: ‘and. i’ England have ‘

resulted: ‘in similar. findings. ©

reported that at a ‘given time, liquid was on the face of the |

~ Statue.”
Mahony said-a one. witness: reported touching the liquid;

‘ which was olly and sticky, and “certainly. not the texture ar |

consistency of human tears.” .

“MIRACLES. VALIDATED BY. THE Raman - Catholic
Church, he said, always have been accompanied by a clear,
important message, But in this case, ‘there is no, report of
any clear and important message in the: context of. Cheiet’ s
work of salvation,” hesaid.

“One could rightfully’ ‘question, ‘therefore, the reason’ for

- the divine or supernatural phenomena alleged fo have

. taken place,” the bishop said.

Mater Ecclesias-is an outpost of. St. Anne's: “Catholic [7

Church in Lodi, It should be kept “ag a parigh. Mission
rather thai a shrine,” said Rev. Harmpa Stdllin, ‘pastor of
St. Anne’s., 4

“We will discourage pilgrimages to the church by. among.
‘other things, reserving the.major ‘area of the church for
local people at Sunday.morning mass.” .

: Skillin also said some of the embellishment avouind the:
statue’ will be removed to rettore: the promitierice. of the-
. altar.

' Some people who learned of the ruling while in the ehuréh |
Wednesday said their belief remained unshaken. “~:

’ Many believers think ‘the tears’ are connected with the ©

reported appedrance of the Virgin Mary to thres cfildren at.
Fatima, Portugal, on May: 13, WIFE a:

“When this Virgin appeared to the-kids in Portugal, they -

didn’t believe them," Usuna said. “They. were practically
‘tortured.

“These things usually appear to the humble and low: :
income, the poor. These aS are not t for everybody. "

Pot seized -

‘GOLD RIVER, B, c. (CP) — A man who fled. into dense
bush on the west coast of Varicouver Island as RCMP
- arrested six people and seized more than 2,700 kilograms of

, ‘Marijuana was arrested Wednesday.

A police spokesman said that following the seizure police

- combed the area and found the'man walking downa road in |
the remote area. He was ‘apparently happy to see humans, i
-- even: though ‘they were: Police,: because he could have:

wandered for days without meeting anyone. | .
Police seized a variety of U.S. registered boats, including:

a sailboat, power boat and arubber dinghy, plus, two pickup

trucks, and a motor. home.

The six men’ dnd one woman were being held i in RCMP”
cells i in Gold River. just east of Nootka Sound, to

- The arrests” ‘followed an eight-month’ investigation by:
RCMP and: v. S: ‘ctistoms agents. ee fo

Camels recalled

VANCOUVER (CP) — Strange tales abound of the foibles .

and follies of British Columbia’s early entrepreneurs, | but ©
the. story of Frank” Laumeister and the Cariboo camels:
ranks among.the best.”

Laumeister ’ “WAB 8 merchant” who- brought’ supplies by | [

.pack animal into the B.C. Interior during the 1860s when the

Cariboo gold. rush pebked: .

It was.a profitable business, with: freight rates running
« about:50 cents for half a. -kilogram:. Laumeister's mule.
trains, couldn’e- keep: up with the demand.

"Being an enterprising sort, he looked for ways to expand i. ,
_ hig capacity; ‘and increase his share of the fortunes being .

“made in the’ Cariboo. ;
That's. how't the ‘camels: came into the picture. -

a ” Lauinelste ‘had heard of successful experimexits- with
‘hum ped) - -céniels'in the southwestern’ —

_dromedary:; A
‘U.S. andhe ‘thought He doula put these “ships of the desert”
to goad use.

He had heard the camels could carry up! to 360 kilograms. '
* at least 65 kilometres a day: Bis pack mules: could carry

only 225 kilograms over 25 kilometres a day, so Laumeister. 7

didn’t have to be a mathematical denius to see where for-
tune lay. : .

-He formed a syndicate vith ‘Adam Heffley and. Henry
Ingram to import 23 bactrian (two-humped) camels from
Manthuria.” '

An advertisement in the Vietorta Colonist waxed eloquent.
on the camels’ attributes: “Their greatest atility lies in
thejr long legs which: will. enable them to breast deep snow
‘drifts, the. merest . sight ‘of which: would disturb the |
equanimity of . thie - “strongest-nerved or best-conducted.
jackass in British Columbia.” -

However, the newspaper itself was more skefitical and :
* quipped that camiels were only tHe first of a variety of...

btrange beasts to be employed in Britiah Columbia: “We!
‘learn that a number of trained whales will be placed on the.

toute between Victoria and the Stickeen ésic) River; :
~ carrylig freight and inaide passengers ~—ala Jonah, — ab

reduced rates." |
The synilicate’ ignored such criticisms and the camels
- arrived in Victoria’ April 14, 1962,

’ Laumeister got his first taste of the trouble to come when! 4
‘they ‘wery unloaded. In an April 15 item, The Colonist
described the arrival: {They are singular-looking: animals.”
and when driven from the steamer, frightened the horses al. -
“Esquimalt out” of ‘thelr propriety and a week's appetite. me

“Apparently “the positive attitudes 2 are formed. ‘after o

people move in," ‘sald Orville’ Endicott, lawyer: for the’

: Canadian: Association . for: the Mentally: Retarded. “They
begin to bé seen as people who have a right to be there; arid

not/as a ‘threat: to” ‘the’ people who already ‘live there.”
In-addition to apposition ‘from potential neighbors, zoning

bylaws concerning the number of unrelated people living in. °
politicians to stand up to'an unpopular cause. Sure you have aE

one: house ‘are sometimes an. obstacle. ‘It. can often ‘take
months or years to unravel the red tape entangling bylaw
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