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ir has. been said that. there is - nothing more

7.)

: consta than. chang . Certainly one would have

‘to-agree that in this modern. age each day is filled
with change, some insignificant and some quite

' dramatic. ”. Cee

ing 1980 there have
béen sufficient changes both
politically and economically .
to -earn the dubious
distinction of being the year
of change. os
Early in the year. Canada
was changing federal politics
from the'short-lived :Progres-
sive Conservative parliament

_ to the~ experienced’ and

established Liberal. govern-
ment. Governments were
also. changed in the
American elections below
the. border and another
change occurred in civic
elections in Vancouver.
Economics did not escape

“changes during the. past

year. In fact the year is
ending the way it started,
with high: interest- rates -with.

_ @ Significant. drop .in bet-

ween. The cost of living has

reached an all-time-high and

the unemployed surpass all
previous levels.

While it is. natural and
perhaps an, ¢asy way out to
blame the government or the

establishment for - all -the
‘dramatic changes, the real

cause is more spiritual than

. physical.

The evolutionist would
have us believe that all

CARIBOO CAROL:
Preparing to spend
istmas amid the Arctic
snows of 100 Mile House was
half the fun. Advice from the
natives was specific: “Don't
try to get by with Vancouver
winter clothing — it will be
very, very cold.” So off to
the stores, returning $150
jater with longjolms, thick
socks, woollen toque and a
parka that would have
turned Amundsen = green
with envy. Thus
magnificently equipped to
face Nature's worst, we
stepped off the train at the
Exeter whistlestop at 5 p.m.
Christmas Eve on to, a
quarter of an inch ‘of
dejected snow, with the
thermometer at three above.
At the ranch -- nine miles
from 100 Mile and 500 ft.
higher - the snow was doing
marginally better. There was
still just enough around the
place on Christmas Day to
go snowmobiling. In a sports
jacket. : Temperature a
balmy seven plus in the
shade.

By Saturday midday the
Cariboo had finally
capitulated. One could walk
around unscathed in a
pullover under the brilliant
sun, Roads all bare,. Fields
and pastures ditto, with the
cattle feeding on them like
crazy. Snowmobiles stashed
away, useless, in the shed.
Our host had never seen

. Significant,

changes are for the better or
an improvement but the
scripture explains that “there
is a way which seemeth right
unto a man, but the end
thereof are the ways. of
death” (Proverbs 14:12)..
The changes. we face
during 1981 could be very
especially in
light of the scriptures which
predict that) our money
system will changé some
day, or there will be more
frequent earthquakes and
volcanoes erupting to say
nothing of thé continual
moral decline in our nations.
Indeed the scriptures refer
to the last days as being filled
with changes such
changes we have never seen

' before. In Matthew, Chapter

24, Jesus describes some of
the coming events, such as
false Christs deceiving many;
wars, famines, pestilences
and earthquakes.

The similarity between the
“last days” and the “days of
Noah” is referred to in
Matthew 24:38 which
suggests there will be no
regard for marriage in the
days prior to the coming of

Jesus. Can anyone question

how close His Coming might

‘be in light of our divorce rate.”

and permissive, society

The New Year will have .

many changes but the
greatest change of all could
be the Coming of Jesus
Christ when the — true
Christian who believes in
Him will be changed “in the
twinkling of an eye” and

by Noel Wright

anythiag like it before carly
April.

Saturday was the day to
return to the treadmill. Then

came the bonus. Trains
running only as far as
Lillooet. No way into

Vancouver by road except
via the Okanagan and the
States. No hope of even a”
standby from Williams Lake
airport for a couple of days.
So back to the ranch for a
stolen weekend of further
sunbathing before finally
making it home (by bus)
Monday night. Longjohns
still in their cellophane
wrapper. Do those Cariboo
folk put us lotus-caters on
about their winter, just to
cultivate a macho image?

Anyhow, the parka should
come in handy when the
next blizzard hits Marine
Drive...

oes

Today’s the day (Sunday,
Jan. 4) to get that potential
fire bomb — your dried-out
Xmas tree -~ safely out of the
house and along to the 50¢
Chip-Up in aid of Lions Club
charities. It's happening
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at
Capilano Mall, Westlynn
Mall, ‘Park Royal South and
Stong’s in Dundarave, with
Pacific Tree Services Lid.
doing the honors.

eee

The North Shore's gift to
classical music lovers moves

into the bigtime this month -

when the North Vancouver-
based Symphonie Canadiana
under maestro Yondant Butt
invades the Orpheum
January 15 for the first of a

. series of four concerts on the

home turf of the Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra. Just
five years old and dedicated

to developing top local
talent, Symphonie
Canadiana has already

achieved a reputation that
fully justifies its claim to be
Vancouver's ‘‘other”’
professional symphony. In
between the performances
over town it will also be
giving three more concerts
at the North Van Centennial
Theatre (Jan. 8, Feb. 5 and
April 16) — reservations for
both scries at Vancouver
Ticket Centre outlets and
Eaton’s. If you've an car for
Brahms and Beethoven, and
haven't yet heard your own
North Shore symphony in
action, you're neglecting
yourself...

Calling all sailors, Brian
Morse of

Sailing School is ccstatic
about a new book, Pacific

Yachting’s Cruising Guide to:

B.C. Vol. Il ~ Desolation
Sound ani the Discovery
Islands, by Bill Wolferstan.
Brian's a tough professionat

of. Can on Heights Chapel i in
North fanco

North Shore .

in these matters. When he.
raves over someone else's fe
sailing book, it has to be 3
good... ’

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PEOPLE-SHOW: I hope*? v
Mayors Don Bell and Jack’.
Loucks like spaghetti. The:
new Mother's Spaghetti...
House on Marine Drive is:
holding, a charity contest.”
Janu 27 at which “local:
dignitaries” will be invited to.”
compete’ with one another in’.
cating the stringy pasta, all:
by way: of launching the :
Kingmen * Mothers’ March |
for the disabled... Glen’
Foster. of the North Van Fire :

ent wants to say a
big Thank You to everyone.
who helped in the recent
muscular dystrophy drive...:
Congrats to former Citizen
editor Ralph Hall, now:
named ‘executive editor of
Independent Business
Forum (that’s in addition -to.
being elected: a City

alderman last November)...
And welcome home to West
Van. Mayor Derrick
Humphreys and his
Margaret who spent
Christmas afloat in southern
climes.

WRIGHT OR WRONG:
Do you sometimes feel life is.

‘like a skateboard that has

just’ gone round a. corner
without you? A very Happy
New Year to.you, just the
same,‘