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THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010
CARLY RAE PLAYING HER HOMETOWN Mission musician in concert at the Clarke on Saturday PAGE 25 Miss
Coping with catastophe Mission man heads up an agency scrambling to deal with aftermath of Haitian quake BY JASON
ROESSLE
Black Press
The aftershock of the disastrous earthquake in Haiti are rippling across the planet, affecting people as far away as Mission. The outpouring of aid for Haiti continues and aiming money towards organizations with an established history in the nation could help even further, according to Light of the World Ministries.
The inter-denominational registered Canadian charity has been working in Haiti since the organization’s inception in the early 1980s, said president and founder Ross Robbins, a Ruskin resident. He explained that Light of the World has 300 pastors, assistants and leaders working under head pastor St. Clair St. Laurent, a man who visited the Lower Mainland in November 2008 to speak about the Haitians’ plight. Robbins and Coquitlam’s Brad Nuber, who
serves as Light of the World’s vice-president of ministry operations, said they were able to speak with St. Laurent earlier this week for just two minutes. During that short conversation, St. Laurent told them there were thousands of bodies piled everywhere, his own house was destroyed and they haven’t heard the fate of the organization’s orphanage in Gonaives, which houses about 30 children and is located approximately 100 km north of Port-au-Prince. See HAITI Page 2
SNIPERS TARGETS LIQUOR LICENCE Main street pool hall says it needs to serve liquor to remain a viable business. PAGE 3
A PREVIEW OF DISTRICT BUDGET Council held an informal meeting to introduce Mission’s budget to the public on Tuesday. Three options were presented. PAGE 5
BOX WITH GRAN Unlikely duo have become regulars at the Mission City Boxing club.
Haitian people pass buildings destroyed by the earthquake and bodies pulled from the rubble in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday.
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