WEAR YOUR COLOURS
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| Each clan, grouping, circle or clique better find some fancy duds
so we recognize yuh’ ll. How about one of those colourful,
itty-bitty, can’t-keep-my-eyes off of you costume things with
a big bow! |
WHERE TO HANG YOUR HAT
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Here’s some places
to call. Don’t hesitate though, the’re going like
ice water at a camel market. |
TRAIL:
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•Best Western Terra Nova - (250) 368-3355
•Glenwood
Motel - (250) 368-5522
•Ray Lynn Motel - (250) 368-5541
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ROSSLAND:
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| •THhe Uplander - (250) 362-7375 |
CASTLEGAR:
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•Sandman Hotel - (250) 365-8444
•Super 8 Hotel - (250)
365-2700 |
KEY FAMILY CONTACTS
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The following have been the early contacts.
Thanks for your help! |
•Joyce Adams kenadams123@hotmail.com
•Myrna Balbi
•Penny Ivens-Baker
•Elsie Milne georginamilne@yahoo.ca
•Gale Smyth
keithandgale@shaw.ca
•Louisa Ganzert lganzert@yahoo.com |
LAST MINUTE
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•Conversations
are underway about a web page. If this is your forte, let us know.
More to follow.
•We need another update of
the family tree. We should be on line with this. Your thoughts are
welcome. |
ATTENTION GETTER
To show you how important it is to contact us with confirmation
and to get your money in as soon as possible (by May 1st!!!)
we are giving a BIG prize - a trip for10 to Disneyland. Okay,so
we can’t afford this. How about an early bird draw for
a $ 50 registration rebate! |
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The Station by Robert J. Hastings
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"Tucked away in our subconscious is an
idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a long trip that spans the
continent. We are traveling by train. Out the windows, we drink
in the passing scene of cars or nearby highways, Of children waving
at a crossing, of cattle grazing on a distant hillside, of smoke
pouring from a power plant, of row upon row of corn and wheat,
of flatlands and valleys, of mountains and rolling meadows, of
city skyliners and village halls.
"But uppermost in our minds is the final destination. On a certain
day at a certain hour, we will pull into the station. Bands will be
playing and flags waving. Once we get there, so many wonderful dreams
will come true and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a
completed jigsaw puzzle. How restlessly we pace the aisles, damning
the minutes for loitering - waiting, waiting, waiting for the station.
"'When we reach the station, that will be it' we cry. 'When I'm 18.' 'When
I buy a new 450SL Mercedes Benz!' 'When I put the last kid through college.'
'When I have paid off the mortgage!' 'When I get a promotion.' 'When I reach
the age of retirement, I shall live happily ever after'...
"....Sooner or later, we must realize there is no station, no one place
to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. The station
is only a dream. It constantly outdistances us.
"'Relish the moment' is a good motto, especially when coupled with Psalm
118:24: 'This is the day that the Lord hath made, we will rejoice and be glad
in it.' It isn't the burdens of today that drive men mad. It is the regrets over
yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob
us of today.
"So stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains,
eat more ice cream, go barefoot more often, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets,
laugh more, cry less. Life must be lived as we go along. The station will come
soon enough." |
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