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IF YOU DROPPED by Terraceview Lodge last Friday, you might have thought it had ‘been converted into a daycare. The occasion? Kid's Day, part of the ongoing festivities during Riverhoat Days. Above is Katelin Marie Stanvick, obviously fairly pleased with her new look,

Evena cup of cold water —

shave. Angry arguments erupted,

By Pastor: Steve Bateman Evangelical Free Church

TWO WEEKS ago I was in Mex- - ico with a group of young people,- We were there to do a work pro-' ject in a small city'on the Baja’. Peninsula. The experience made a-. deep impression on each of us..." One. of the most difficult: things eee we saw. was the poverty, The>. 4ppeared. I mentally replayed ~ whall said hoping that I had not.

clinic where we worked was in. accidentally insulted one of his

one of tlie poorest’ barrios in the -

city. In many cases there were

people living in houses made, of

scraps of quarter inch plywood. - We were told the city bad been

a fishing Village until the govern:

ment sold the right to fish the lo- cal waters to:2 ‘foreign corpora-.

tion. Within’a short time. the fish

weré gone, and the People were. left trying to cope,

One evening we met some young men from the church we were painting, Their names were Arturo, Edgar, and Habacuc. I won’t soon forget the fun we had ~ standing out on the dusty strect, sweating in the heat and talking together.

During our conversation T men-

tioned (in brutal Spanish) that il: ..

was much hotter in Mexico. than Canada. I only brought it up be-

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: cause ‘Thad used up all the other’ . Spanish phrases I knew,

Immediately - Arturo — dis-

relatives or some such thing. - I breathed a sigh of relief when he reappeared..a few moments

later with cold pop for everyone

in the group. It was an act of.

.. friendship that touched me, _. Arturo had a job, and so he could afford it, but certainly any

one of us from Canada were in a much better position to be buying soft drinks than he was.

By the time we left Mexico this type of hospitality: had become commonplace to us. It taught us a Jot about. the graciousness of

_ these people. *

A few short days later we were in Las Vegas on our way home. We had a few hours and decided

‘to. go down to ‘the’ strip.”?. We

walked around and watched several of the free shows.

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. Thousands: of - -crowded the boardwalk and. it be-

We saw the moving statues in Ceasar’s palace and the volcano that erupts every fifteen minutes. We: saw the giant searchlight that is apparently visible from space.

The grand finale of our visit was the huge pirate battle in front of the. Treasure Island hotel. We went carly to get a place to see the two huge ships battle it out on the man-made sea. onlookers

came impossible for those -trying

to get through. They were forced -

to stand wilh us for ten. minutes

while the show went on.

The canons flared, the music blared, the fake | explosions

_Toared, and I felt sickness grip-

ping the pit of my stomach.

* Tts cause? Not the money

wasted on lhe pyrotechnics, nor the cramped conditions, but the- action of the crowd.

People began to get impatient,:

cursing because they couldn’t :

through. They started 10 push and

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is free and everyone is welcome (even those Terrace types) to the third annual Thomhill Com- munity Picnic.

. The fun gets underway at 11°

am. on Saturday, August 19 and continues till 5 p:m.-- ~~ -

Highlights include a teen bike “rally, a celebrity dunk tank, carnival games, manual truck pull ( 1..2..3.. heavel), kids races and more,

Aad good new for parents. Kids aged 11 and under get a free hot dog, drink and tree.

. A talent show wraps up ithe day: at 7 p.m. ;

This picnic is sponsored. by local businesses and the Thornhill Community C Church,

Little children started to cry? Why? All because people were

being delayed in their quest to get

to the next bank of slot machines

~or roulette table. .

The contrast was too much. I was face to face with a culture of excess s0 lost.in greed it cared more about personal pleasure and amusement than it did about the well being of others.

They were people who were rich beyond anything that my friends in Mexico could imagine, and yet they couldn’t) wait to throw their money away and trample anyone who got ‘in their way. Then, unexpectedly, [ was fave to face wilh myself, and my own hidden attitudes of greed and self centeredness.

I went to Mexico to be a minis- ter, but instead I was.a student. I was taught the meaning of Jesus’ words: “,.. ifanyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, ... he will certainly not lose his reward. ? (Matt. 10: 42)

The above column is one in a@ series of articles from the Terrace. Ministerial Association and ex- presses the views of the author.

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By Cmide’ Peter ‘Crompton Past President, - IT’S BEEN’ fuirly quict around

the branch this’ summer, But

hopefully things will pick up as

our summer draws to a close.

As we continue to celebrate 1995, as Canada Remembers, we at Branch 13 will hold a short ceremony at the Cenotaph on

Sunday, August 13 at 2:00 pm, to -

celebrate this VJ Day, the end of the war with Japan, ‘

As we celebrate this day. we

will also remember. those Cana- dians Jost in this ‘conflict. —

I ask all Legion’ members to come out and participate, We will parade from the Police station parking lot to the. Cenotaph at 1:45 pm were a short service will take place. -

We also welcome all citizens of Terrace to join us for this short act of Remembrance.

It was so disappointing on May Tih, when after:a lot of hard work

‘by the Terrace committee for: .' Canada Remembers, the tum out. at the- REM Theatre for the VE

Celebration was so poor.

The freedom we live with today was not easily come by. And we

The building committee is still i

need to take lime 10 Remember. ae those that gave of their lives: for

this Freedom. ho

The first steak night since’ ihe 7 break will be the first Friday of : September, ° _. We held a very successful darts :

fun night in July, and a ‘very good. es

golf tournament, though "the. -

weather in the moming put some: :

golfers off, . 4 -. The first general mecting. alter \ the summer break will be held on :

Tuesday, September 12 at 8 p.m. 2

Elctions will be taking place that night. So get involved, aud come e on out. We need your support: °°: We will be hosting. the’ Fall “ Zone mecling here in Terrace, ” which takes place on October. 13, : 14, and 15. Y Wednesday night fun darts will: : start up on September 6. And the. Terrace Open Darts Tournament takes place at the branch on Sep- - tember 29,30 and October 1.0

working on the plans for our new’ ae building, but we’ are going’ to.” need all our members siipport, ‘in many ways, if we are to ever achieve this goal.

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