FREE The Columbia Valley Vol. 3/Issue 41 Your Weekly Source for News and Events October 13, 2006

Serving The Upper Columbia Valley including Spillimacheen, Brisco, Edgewater, Radium, Invermere, Windermere, Fairmont and Canal Flats

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Lake Enid, just north of Wilmer, lies dreaming under a deep blue October sky.Photo by Jill Unger, Invermere

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Between September 30th and October 7th there wee 96 calls for service in the Columbia Valley area. Th ere were nine accidents.

• September 28: Unknown culprit(s) entered and Invermere garage and stole two sets of golf clubs. One set of ladies’ and one set of men’s clubs were stolen. Th e ladies’ clubs golf bag was recovered a short dis-tance away; however, several of the clubs were still missing!

• September 30: Police responded to a two-ve-hicle accident at the intersection of Burns Avenue and Arbuckle Street in Canal Flats. No injuries were sus-tained as a result of the accident.

Both drivers provided confl icting stories as to how the accident occurred. A 31-year-old male was charged for driving without insurance and not pos-sessing a driver’s licence.

• October 1: It was reported to police of a smashed vehicle window with a pipe on Grainger Road in Ca-nal Flats.

• October 1: It was reported to police of mischief to a Fairmont Hot Springs business in which un-known culprits used a felt marker on glass, umbrellas, the building, etc.

Th e culprit(s) also wrote several racist remarks to-wards diff erent ethnic groups.

• October 1: Radium RCMP received a call from a motel owner after he located a quantity of marijuana in a room.

Police attended and arrested a 24-year-old Ed-monton man for possession of a controlled substance. Th e man will be summoned to court at a later date.

• October 2: In the early morning hours, po-lice received complaint of a disturbance at a home in Athalmer.

Police attended to learn that a 24-year-old Invermere man had been involved in a domestic al-tercation at the home. Th e man was arrested and faces charges of domestic violence. Alcohol was a factor in the incident.

• October 2: Ontario tourists fell victim to a thief while visiting that Radium Hot Pools. Th e victim’s car was parked at the pools when it was forcibly en-tered and several items including luggage, camera and equipment and passports were stolen.

• October 2: A lost clarinet was reported to the RCMP. Th e clarinet had been left at the Farside Pub in Fairmont Hot Springs. It is black and silver, in a grey case. If anyone has any information regarding this please contact this detachment.

• October 4: Police were advised of a stolen 372 Husqvarna Chainsaw stolen from Brisco Road in Bris-co.

• October 4: At approximately 2 a.m. a hit-and-run occurred on Sinclair Avenue in Windermere. It was not until 8 a.m. that it was reported to the RCMP. As a result of some investigation, a person was charged for failing to stop after collision with an unattended vehicle.

• October 4: At about 3:10 p.m., members of the Columbia Valley RCMP were dispatched to a gravel truck rollover at the intersection of Highway 93/95 in Radium.

A loaded gravel truck was attempting to negotiate the right hand turn off of Highway 93 onto Highway 95 North at the Petro Canada Intersection.

Th e driver was unable to stop the gravel truck which overturned in the turn then slid across the on-coming lane on its side.

Fortunately, the momentum of the truck was stopped by a light pole prior to possibly descending into the deep ravine. Th e driver suff ered only minor injuries. Th is incident is still under investigation by Cpl. Ayers.

• October 7: At 6:26 p.m., the Columbia Valley RCMP were notifi ed of a sudden death on the Marble Canyon Trail, Kootenay National Park.

James Charles Arsenault, age 51, of Canmore, Alberta, passed away while hiking with friends. Th e friends were heroic in attempting to revive him.

Parks Canada Wardens, along with the Banff Emergency Medical Services, attended the remote lo-cation and did everything that could be done.

Th e sudden death is being investigated by the Co-lumbia Valley Coroner’s Offi ce. Foul play is not sus-pected. Please direct any enquiries to Cpl. Brent Ayers of the Columbia Valley RCMP.

Anyone with information on any of the above incidents is asked to call police at 342-9292 or Crime Stoppers.

RCMP ReportHappy 40th AnniversaryAdriana & Dennis

(Nona & Nono)

Love Grace & April

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342-6908

TIP OF THE WEEKMarianne says,

“It is time to clean the leaves from your eavestroughs with a

leaf blower or gutter blaster from Home Hardware.”

WE’VE GOT YOUR LUMBER.

A Day in CourtTh e following people appeared in Adult Provincial

Court at the Invermere Court House on Tuesday, Oc-tober 10th presided by Judge Ron Webb.

• Robert J. Abbey pled guilty to one charge of as-sault. Court heard that between June 15, 2005 and July 5, 2005 at or near Fairmont Hot Springs, Mr. Ab-bey committed an assault on Gehrmann Eckhardt.

He was sentenced to 12 months of probation and a $200 fi ne.

VILLAGE OF CANAL FLATSNOTICE OF PROPERTY DISPOSITIONAs per Section 26 of the Community Charter,

the Village of Canal Flats proposes to sell the following property:

Lot 22, Block 2, DL 110 KD Plan 2580Located at 4981 Stephens Avenue, Canal Flats, B.C.

Also known as ‘Clinic Building’

This property is listed with the following realtor:Barry Benson – Rocky Mountain Realty Ltd

Phone: 250-345-4000

Brendan DonahueInvestment Advisor

Phone: 342-2112

GIC Rates as of Oct. 10thCashable 3.85%90 days 4.01%1 year 4.05%2 Year 4.10%3 Year 4.15%4 Year 4.15%5 Year 4.20%

Corporate Bonds as of Oct. 10thBell 06/28/07 4.36%HSBC 07/02/08 4.34%BNS 02/18/10 3.93%Wells Fargo 06/01/10 4.25%Shaw Comm 11/16/12 5.82%

Corporate bonds carry varying degrees of risk depending upon the fi nancial situation of each company and are not suitable replacements for GICs. Commissions to buy and sell corpo-rate bonds apply. Subject to availability. Rates may changewithout notice.

Rates subject to change without notice.Subject to availability.

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LAKE WINDERMERE ALLIANCE CHURCH Sunday, October 15th - 10:30 a.m. Worship and Life Instruc-tion. “Th e Power of Prayer.” Sunday School, for ages 3 to grade 7

during the morning service.Senior Pastor Rev. Dieter Magnus • Associate Pastor Rev. Jared Enns

326 - 10th Avenue, Invermere • 342-9535

WINDERMERE VALLEY SHARED MINISTRY10:30 a.m. - Invermere - Christ Church Trinity,

Worship & Sunday School.Rev. Sandy Ferguson • 110 - 7th Avenue, Invermere • 342-6644

VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLYSunday • 10:00 a.m.

Children’s church during the message part of the service. Children 4 - 12 years.

Sunday, 7:00 pm Prayer MeetingSenior Pastor Rev. John Cuyler • www.vcassembly.com

Highway 93/95, 1 km north of Windermere • 342-9511

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHCanadian Martyrs Church, Invermere

Saturday, 7:00 p.m. Mass • Sunday, 9:00 a.m. Mass St. Joseph’s Church, Hwy 93/95 Radium Sunday, 11:00 a.m. MassSt. Anthony’s Church, Canal Flats Sunday, 4:00 p.m. MassFather Jose Joaquin • 712 -12th Ave., Invermere • 342-6167

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN MISSION OF INVERMERERegular weekly worship services every Sunday at 1:30 pm

at Christ Church Trinity 110 - 7th Ave., Invermere Pastor Rev. Fraser Coltman • 1-866-426-7564

RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIPEvery Sunday 10:00 am

Pastor Wayne and Linda Frater • Radium Seniors’ Hall • 342-6633

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTSSunday, 10:00 am

President J.P. Tremblay • Columbia Valley Branch5014 Fairway, Fairmont Hot Springs • 1-866-594-7825

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Grace comes at a costBy Sandy FergusonWindermereValley Shared Ministry

One of the most im-portant theological infl u-ences in my faith journey was the German theolo-gian, minister and mar-tyr, Dietrich Bonhoeff er. He was born on the 4th of February 1906 in Bre-slau, Germany. Bonhoef-fer is one of the most important theological voices of the 20th century. He continues to challenge people of faith, with his vision of what it means to follow Christ Jesus in the world and what it means to be a voice of faith in a diffi cult world.

So who was Dietrich Bonhoeff er? He was born into an intellectual middle-class family, though he grew up in troubled time, as Germany suff ered from the aftermath of the First World War. Faith had not been part of his childhood; it was as a young adult that Bonhoeff er began to understand that God was calling him, through Christ Jesus, to explore the mystery of faith. Bonhoeff er followed this call to become a minis-ter serving the Lutheran church of Germany.

At the heart of Bonhoeff er’s witness would be his experience serving the church as Germany slipped into the nightmare of Nazism.

It would be Bonhoeff er’s opposition to the rising forces of Nazism that would shape his witness. Bon-hoeff er saw that they were many people in the Ger-man churches who preferred to fi nd an accommoda-tion with the Nazis, rather than oppose them. But Bonhoeff er felt it was necessary to oppose the evil of Nazism and its corruption of the Christian faith. He worked to create communities of faith, hoping that they would oppose the Nazis.

Also throughout his ministry, Bonhoeff er would continue his theological work, trying to understand the nature of the faith that had called him into min-istry. And he tried to understand why people were willing to compromise their faith with the values of this world. One product of his work was the book, “Th e Cost of Discipleship”, from which I would like to share these words:

“Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church disci-pline . . . Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate . . .

Costly grace is the gospel, which must be sought

again and again, the gift, which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock.

Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ. It is costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life. It is costly be-cause it condemns sin and grace because it justifi es the sinner. Above all it is costly because it cost God the life of his son. Costly grace is the Incarnation of God.

Costly grace confronts us as a gracious call to fol-low Jesus, it comes as a word of forgiveness to the bro-ken spirit and the contrite heart...It is grace because Jesus says: “My yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Th ese words became for me a revelation of what it means to follow Jesus in this world. Cheap grace lies at the heart of the compromise between faith and the world. It is not the grace shared with us by God, but the grace we create for ourselves when we allow faith to be corrupted by the human desire to control the world around us.

And cheap grace prevents us from been challenged us out of the complacency of the values of this world, because we refuse to accept that too often God’s love is not at the centre of these values. Th rough our pur-suit of cheap grace, we abandon the vision of God’s unconditional love for all of creation.

Costly grace calls us to proclaim this truth of God’s love to a world that would rather hear the cry for cheap grace. At the heart of costly grace is faith, that we are all beloved children of God, and God has faith that we are willing to be changed by the encoun-ter with God’s love.

Costly grace frees us from the desire to try and control the world around us, because we see that God is the One in control, not us. And so, costly grace calls us to fi nd God in the brokenness of this world, as well as the brokenness of our own lives, and through our witness to God’s love, God heals the brokenness of our lives and the world around us.

Th e path of costly grace can be diffi cult, because we have to say farewell to the certainties of life that we have established. We can do so because we gain strength from the examples of people such as Bon-hoeff er and others.

We can stand up to the challenges of this world, and proclaim the truth of God, that God loves all of creation without condition, that we are all made in the image of God, and we are all blessed with gifts from God to share with creation. We proclaim the dream, of the Kingdom of God, in which we will all be in right relationship with God and with each other.

Are we fully prepared to be prophets of true grace in this world? Are we willing to accept the cost of dis-cipleship?