RAE tn A ce edt at Roa on ar = By BRIAN ‘GREGG rot President Ronald Reagan has been shot in that fantasy island of world politics men call America... — the land where some dreams come true and others ‘turn into nightmares. -. Qne group of dreamers is the socalled Moral Majority led by TV evangelist and money raiser * Jerry Falwell, whose theology is as thick as a brick. The real question is; How moral is the majority? Sadly this group of political wheel ollers is teo often + gonfused with the real Christians. _... Granted, they believe that God created instead of "God evolved. The Christian view of creation is not : that God created the heavens, the earth and the ~" United States to do battle in places like El Salvador “go that there is social justice for all as long as_they ’ are capitalists with at least three or four dozen 1, MacDonald's golden arches in each major city. + God did create (rather than evolve) but creation ; ‘is a global condition that involves everyone in- ____Sluding the Soviets, not just Uncle Sam and his “4amily, There must therefore be a Christian “Judgement regarding the legitimacy of one nation *"* with less than six per cent of the world’s population va utilizing BD per cent of the world’s resources while. “" thousands go homeless and hungry everyday. But at “the same time there must be enother Christian ~ judgement regarding the legitimacy of Soviet ’@mpire building in’a world that needs to be clothed “and sheltered, not raped by half-wilted Marxists ' "who are in gleeful pursuit of greater glory and - ‘conquest. The one side is as bad as theother. “* Creation is therefore an important perspective to examine social justice on a global scale becanse ‘God did create people (not monkeys) in His own "image: and that means that oppression by either 4, Hide, or poverty because of the greed of North ‘Americans in their affluence, are offences against TESTE "i aac ey “God. Any real political perspective grounded in the “@octrine of creation would challenge.a foreign "policy, be it Soviet or American, than can excuse “Third World torture and tyranny when the ruling " junta is friendly to either side's interests. "A view of Special Creation would also see .the “importance of an ecological perspective and a ,., moral judgement on such issues as pollution and acid rain. It is not enough to support the interests of i __. the offending companies because they hold the key pe “to thousands of jote for people like you and 1, [f.an i t industry is slowly killing us because of realities like £5 acid rain then it must be brought to face its own * | epasequences under laws which protect the people. 2 Offending industries, whether they are inf Sudbury, * Detroit or Kitsault, must be ordered to clean up . their act no matter what the cast. What price is government willing lo put on human lives, other- wise? Throughout the Gospels, Jesus is identifi ed with _ the downtrodden; but throughout the centuries the _ church has too often taken action, along with the : pattern. PIU SETLEEE ESTES) 1 = THillers, against the downtrodden. The actions of | ? America's Moral Majority president and .the. : policies set by his administration follow this historic : The poor of the U.S. suffer as millions of dollars are transferred from their side of the ledger to the military. side. So not only the American poor will suffer; but the poor of countries like E) Salvador will also suffer. The news coverage of that country = jis beginning to lock more and more like the i pcoverage given to = a = - the Vietnam War. It is really no wonder that-cammunism is gaining t ground in the world today. Christ may proclaim ; liberty to the captives and set the oppressed free; = but the people in the U.S. who claim to be upholding His name are not doing much in this direction. Instead they are preparing for another war. The real Christians are guys like Bob Dylan who warned a couple of years ago: “Counterfeit philesophies have polluted all of your thoughts, Karl Marx has got ya by the throat and Henry ’ Kissinger’s got you tied up into knots... When you gonna wake up — and strengthen the things that remain?” _ Well, Kissinger's back. . Canada is okay in Third World HAVANA (Reuter) — “Canaa has prestige in the Third Warld because it does not have a haughty or hegemonic policy,” Cuban President Fidel Castro said Tuesday night after a two- bour meeting with Gerald Regan, Canadian minister of labor responsible for fitness and amateur sport. . The conversation took place during a farewell reception for Reger at the residence of the Canadian ambassador in Cuba, -Gary Harmon. Regan arrived in Cuba last Saturday at the head of a Canadian sports delegation. The Canadian minister sald that the conversations with Castro touching on sports and International events were “useful and positive’ and that he will ju report back to Prime Minister Trudeau. Regan met Castro previously, in (978; when he was premier of Nova Scotia. Regan said that “regar- diess of political philosophy of a government, the more ordinary people, like gifted athi¢tes, have the op portunity to be exposed to those from other. lands, the |- better the world and the un- derstanding of eich other will be.” Castro, in a spirited mood, |” after his two-hour con- versation with Regan. An earlier one-hour meeting between the two men took place after the signing of a bilateral sports protocol for the exchange of teams and athletes in track and field, boxing, waterpolo, volleybatl, baseball, syo- chronized swimming, hor- semarehip, wrestling and do. Peter Lesaux, Canadian deputy minister for fitness and amateur sport, said that Canada will provide assistance ta Cuba. ws : , f Ce eee we EE es Saas ten Tine iii -wtiirrarsts-e--y k | Yellowhead. West 4- H Club met in Smithers . By AUDREY ¥. READ St. James Centre in Smithers, B.C. was the scene for the Yellowhead West 4-H . Regional Public Speaking held March 28. Many interested people were out to hear the top speakers who took part. The members came from Vanderhoof, Burns Lake, Smithers and Terrace Districts to compete. Master of Ceremonies for the event was our 4-H Specialist from Prince George, Irene Borysowich. Our Region is extremely lucky to have such an en- thusigstic and hard working gal and we all really ap preciate her. She really helps keep our. 4-H program on the go! First speaker was Johnny * Jones from the Nechako Newcomers 4-H Club in Vanderhoof. Johnny spoke on‘‘The Beaver", his speech was very interesting and well presented and we all learned a lot. Wyatt Jackson, a Cedar Beef Club member from Terrace gave an interesting and humorous speech on “The World's Most Plentiful Bird,” - Not a crow, a sparrow or a dove ... but a plain ol’ chicken! Chicken that is often ‘finger lickin' good" aye Wyatt! Rhonda Warren from the Smithers District and representing the Hazelton Sheep and Beef Club made it possible for everyone that was listening to her to have'a good idea how to “Choose a Breeding Ewe." Rhonda's speech was extremely well organized and her presen- tation well polished. The last junior speaker was Chris Fitzgerald, a ‘member of the Champion Chompers Dog Club in Burns Lake. Chris took us through the career of the “Beatles” explaining .how they had introduced their own par: ticular type of music and what a tragedy the shooting of John Lennen really was. Chris had done a lot of research to put his speech together m making it very interesting, Our senior speakers for the afternoon spoke on a wide variety of topics, each holding their audience captive throughout their : speech. (Which is more than [can say for a lot of adult speakers I've heard!) “Acid Rain” was the topic chosen by George Koopmans of the Bulkley Valley Dairy Club in Smithers. George Showed a great deal of ex- perience in his way of - preseritaHion and certainly gave us all a lot to think - about. He will never find speaking in front of & crowd anordeall ¥vonne Penner from the Nechako Valley Beef and Dairy -Club in - Vanderhoof spoke at ‘Patents of Life,” ¥vonne was the Region's top speaker for 1980 and cer- tainly was able to get her points ecross through choice of words and gestures. A lot of preparation and thought’ went into her well organized Epeech. ; “Outdoors” was the topic chosen by Nia Jones who . Tepresented the Nechako Newcomers in the Van- derboot District. We will all be able to go on a trip in our - great outdoors and know just what equipment to take and how to use it... asnake bite kit! Interesting and fun to listen to Nia. Kelly Critchlow representing the Francois Lake Beef Ciub in Burns. Lake spoke on “Some Ills of Coal a born again fuel EDMONTON (CP) — Canadian and British ex- perts painted a rosy future for coal — the “born-again” fuel — on the opening day of a two-day symposium on the prospects for coal. The symposium was tald Tuesday that demand for Canada's coal will grow both for domestic and export use. Several speakers also said that conversion of coal to petroleum could produce more oil in Alberta. But coupled with the rosy outlook came a warning from Sir Derek Ezra, chairman of Brithin’s national coal board, that decisions must be made now to expand use and production of coal to meet the growing demand for it as an alternate _ nergy source. _ In the keynote address to the symposium, Ezra said construction of coal mines and electric generating Stations that use coal must begin now if the demands of the 1990s are to be met. Coal- will have to meet 55 per cent of the increase in energy demand of western countries by the year 2000. “It must be our task to keep on emphasizing the urgent need to prepare for the future in spite of the current worldwide economic weakness," Ezra led a team of British experts who made most of the presentations to the symposium which concludes today. “Spurred. on by the dramatic oil price increases of OPEC, the development of coal resources has takenon a renewed energy,” Charles Smith, senior assistant deputy minister of. mines, said in a speech to a sym- posium dinner. “After years. af relative neglect. by the energy. industry, coal is a much seught-after fuel." Smith, standing’ in for Mines Minister Judy Erola who was unable to attend the conference because of the constitutional debate in the House of Commons, read the speeth Erola. was to have delivered, . Garnet Page, president of the Coal Association of Canada, sald the Canadian coal industry almost died alter oil was discovered at Leduc, Alta., in 1947. As late as 1970, Canada wasn’t exporting coal, but during the last decade exports grew fo more than 12 million lonnes a year. Coal production of 36.42 million tonnes in Canada last year was worth close to $1 billion. The largest buyers of Canadian coal were Japan, which purchased 10.45 Million tonnes, and Korea at 1.13 million tonnes. Jack Morrish, newly- elected chairman ‘a! the association, said that Canadian coal exports would double to about 25 million tonnes by 1985, "Although Alberta already produces the bulk of Canada's petroleum, the symposium was told the province's vast reserves’ of coal could be processed in conversion plants and turned even down to - . thoughts! Agriculture, " Explaining why farmers heed ‘a “hand. up, not a hand out.” Well organized and to the point Kelty! As the afternoon wore on ‘we were even given a lecture on a “Well Balanced Diet” by Judy Reitsma of the Evelyn Beef' Club in Smithers. Now, if 1 could only follow your good lesson Judy Id sure be-in a bot smaller clothea!.... The second speaker from the Burns Lake District in the senior division was Verna Hopper who spoke on “Fantasies of Space.” Verna is from the Champion | Chompers Dog Club and~ makes a speech come alive through her own enthusiasm and hard work. =. - Carolyn Hamer from the Cedar Beef Club in Terrace was unable to attend. Following the senior members prepared speeches they were all asked to leave the room and brought back one at a ime to give a one minute impromptu speech on “What will we do-when the oil is gone." If you think - this is an easy task just try it sometime with only one minute te -prepare ones How I admire these kids! I think the world will be in good hands ina few - years if all teenagers are as level headed as our present - +H'rs in this Region! Good going kids, I'm mighty proud. of you! Judges for the day were all impressed and congratulated each and every member for a job well done. Our thanks go out to Vincent Ciampichini of Telk- -wa, Joyce Read of Van- derhoof and Bernadette Peebles from Burns Lake for giving their time to judge this years speakers. Thanks also [© Wally Storey of Smithers’ for timing and Loma ‘Wilson, all the way from Australia for tabulating the scores. Audrey Read, president - of the Yellowhead West Regional Council explained how a junior member must give a three to five minute speech and receive 60 per ; cent from the judges in orde? to receive a public speaking ‘badge. She proudly an- nounced that all the junior Speakers will receive a badge! You did well kids, keep it up! The senior members on the other hand must achieve 75: per cent on both. their Prepared speech ‘ot five.'to seven minutes and also-on ‘their one minute Impromptu sptech in order to acquire a ‘ senior skill certificate. - Tough to get sometimes isn't it kids! Don't give up, youll all get it one day. Trophies for the top senior -and junior speakers were presented by Audrey Read and ‘donated by = Tri-S Transport, your. -friendly. cattle hauler. The Regional Council donated the certificates for the speakers as well as the judges which were presented by the president. ‘fension and excitement always gathers when it comes time for the judges results and that day, was nO exception. Rhonda Warren received top honours in- the junior division with an & per cent score. Needless to say that ‘trophy will have a place of honour in her home. ‘ Congratulations Rhonda for a job well done! Placing second was a new member from a new club, Wyatt Jackson with a 76 per. cent ... now thats quite a seore for a first year member! Good going Wyatt and happy lickin’! Johnny Jones placed third with 73 per cent and Chris Fitzgerald fourth with 67 percent. Well done boys, keep up the good work! Congratulations to top senior speaker of the day, George Koopmans with 99 out of a possible 125 points. George will be representing . this region in Courtney, B.C. on April 14 and 16th to compete for top provincial speaker. Our best wishes go with you George, bring home the honours! Second place went to last years winner, Yvonne Penner with 96 out of 125. I believe Yvonne and George traded places this year which goes to show what good speakers they are. Congratulations both of you! Judy Reitsma came third and Verna Hopper fourth. Good going girls, you'll give them a run for their money next year! 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