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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS CHRISTMAS LUNCH Members of the Parent Advisory Council (PAC) feed hungry students at Central Elementary School last Tuesday. Every year, the PAC hosts a school function for the students and this year, about 600 students gathered in the Central gymnasium for a turkey dinner with all the trimmings – including dessert. PAC president Kriss Morel said they had the dinner to give the students a meal together before the Christmas break. Various groups in the community donated a total of 10 turkeys for the school’s lunch.
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From Page 3 “If he was going to have to be euthanized, then I was going to let the vet do it right there,” Caros said. Colvin said she came over to the truck to say her goodbyes to Charlie and was expecting the dog to be brought into the clinic. The vet arrived and went to go see the dog at the truck, but Charlie had already taken his last breaths. Caros told the Herald when she found the dog and first brought him to the vet, he “ate like there’s no tomorrow” and after a few days began eating normally. She said he also drank copious amounts of water at first, but soon began drinking normally. “People can say they’re feeding their dog, but actions speak a lot louder than words,” she said. Caros also told the Herald that if Charlie’s owners couldn’t afford to send him to a vet, they shouldn’t have had the dog. “Why not reach out for help from somebody?” she said. Colvin said she never considered handing the dog over to Angel’s Animal Rescue before the society found him. She said if he was going to die, she wanted it to be at the family home with them. Caros said it isn’t certain if Charlie was sick or not. “If he died from malnourishment, what
happens is they become so malnourished that their systems shut down, their organs stop functioning properly. If they’ve been starved,” Caros said, noting the vet records point to malnourishment. Colvin’s daughter Melissa told the Herald she thinks that if this was a case of neglect, the dog should have got better as opposed to dying after being taken in by the shelter. “When we talked about putting Charlie down, it wasn’t that I’m going to take Charlie into the vet, give him a full check-up and everything, he’s sick. I’m going to have him put down and get his ashes
back,” Colvin said. Caros said she thinks Charlie should have received veterinary care. “That poor dog suffered to the day he died. There should have been something done for him, that’s why we have veterinarians. Our animals don’t have to suffer like this,” Caros said. Caros also said fundraising efforts by Charlie’s owners should have been done when they first noticed him deteriorating. Colvin said Caros knew Charlie was her dog and probably should have come to her door when she picked him up and asked if they had taken him to a vet. Caros said when
she found the dog, she wasn’t 100 per cent sure it was the one that belonged to Colvin. Colvin said if she was mistreating her dog, she wouldn’t have had him tied up in the front yard where everyone could see him. She also said she has two other dogs, both of whom are healthy. Caros said pet owners need to budget for their pets in case they do need to see a veterinarian. Saving up money, making payment arrangements with a vet or phoning an animal rescue group for help are options to consider for those who may not be able to afford medical care for their pets.
God
the Word, the World
By Herman Kneller
When Jesus had promised to die for them and give them another chance, He showed Adam how to build an altar and sacrifice an animal on the altar. These animals, a young sheep or goat, represented Jesus and every time one was killed, he was reminded that this foretold what would happen to Jesus. It was to help them to not do anything that they had to sacrifice an innocent lamb in order to be forgiven their wrong doings. Adam and Eve had children. The people began to multiply. The people then lived for 900 years. After a few years they had big families. Some did not do what God had asked of them. Many liked the idea of a sacrifice, but they would sacrifice to the sun, moon, and stars, not to God. You see, these could not tell what was right or wrong so they just did what they wanted. The records say that the minds of men were veil continually, and the Earth
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Abraham was one of the last faithful to God. He said that through Abraham He would make a nation that would follow Him and through them, Jesus would come to fulfill the promise God had made. Abraham became the father of the faithful and of the Jewish nation. It was through the prophets of the Jewish nation that they foretold of the dead being asleep, of Jesus’ first coming, His life, death and resurrection, and of the second coming to resurrect those who fell asleep loving and obeying God.
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was filled with violence. Hmm. Sounds a bit like our day, doesn’t it? No matter how bad things got there were always some who loved God and worshipped Him. Through these, God always tried to show the world His love and care. Even for those who did their own thing, He let the sun shine and the rain fall on them so they would see that He cared for them.
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