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Student minister is world traveller
When Kelvin Mutter was in grade 13 he
,'was.faced with the task of deciding On a
_ career. Initially, he intended on studying
research 'biology and then thought of
working with tropicalmedicine in the
missionary field. Later, he-eh;anged his
mind and looked into the Armed Forces,
surveying, photography, music and
engineering, - Finally he made the
decision to enter the Ontario Bible
College in Toronto.
Now at 21, after finishing the third
year of its four year course, Kelvin is
preaching aat the First Baptist Church
in Clinton fur the summer.
Kelvin feels that the sum'mer's ex-
perience will orient him for the future
and give him the opportunity' to be
directly, involved with the church and the
people.
Clinton is somewhat different from the
lifestyle that Kelvin, was used, to in the
city. 'The big city influence hasn't hit
with full force. 1 can leave rny• bicycle
unchained fion 'the street here ,without
anyone taking ,t,,Y he noted with some
amazement.
Travelling and moving is not a new
experience for Kelvin, since he- has
visited some 14 countries.
He and his family's'pent two years in
Bolivia where his parents worked as
professional consultants for a mission,
his father as an 'architect and his mother
asa nurse. -
is, parents had •-previously studied
Bible College Training for a year before,
their venture.
Kelvin's grandfather was also a
licenced lay preacher but Kelvin noted,
"My parents never forced religion or
Christianity on me. It's always been my
choice."
Probably the most unique and
memorable trip for the Mutter family
* was ' an expedition through Central
America, on bicycles.
Kelvin explained ,that one day he
brought home a "Guiness . Rook, of
Records" and read about a man that had
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Volunteer Bureau...
set ''a bicycling record. The Mutter
family joked about travelling' this way,
and a year later it became a reality. •
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what she planneg to do with them.
Wheeler added that she may need them
'to make her -presentation to LIP on the
project.
Taylor said he didn't have any idea
where the files could have gone, "Unless
the L -IP people themselves took them. I
ion't have a 'key, never did and never
will."
- Spence Cummings, also a member of
the committee and the county
development officer refused to comment
on the situation and the bureau itself.
He said, "I quit, when she (Kowbuz,)
started going to/he district papers."
He also added, "I refuse to . say
anything and I refuse to let you print
anything."
Along with a younger sisters and college..: where he will study to obtain his
brother, Kelvin and his parents left Bachelor of T-1it ()logy pmt which point he
Peterborough and travelled some 6,500 will go inti the Baptist ministry
miles through Canada, United States, "I have goals for my own ministry, but
Mexico ,and several Central American „my goals rn,ust be tempered with reality.
countries before landing in Panama and as such cannot be acted on without a
City. , proper understanding of the situation in.,
"We were- looking for a niche in Latin which one finds themself."
American society with the goal of He went on to say, "The most I can do
establishing a small plantation or some is my best with, what God has given r>11.o.
sort of business where my parents could to work with;". .
both be engaged in their professions and Kelvin feels that people are looking for
have sorne sort of missionary outreach. something today as a religion. -"You can
to the area people," he said. see it,in the hew religion' called cults.
However, the laws -in many countries, You can „see it in the appeal of"some,..of
hampered this hope so the farniyy had to the old philosophies, you cdh see it on.
settle with their 111/2 month ,bicycling television "'
trip. However he added; "People are also
According to Kelvin, they had no sick an' tired of religion as it's, been
problems with the 'tropical wildlife, or known in the past 50 to 60 years. This is
people. In., fact', Kelvin related a' story due to the fact that religion has become
where one bight in Mexico, the only spot institutionalized and bound by tradition:
for the family to sleep was under a By tradition I do not mean beliefs but
bridge where •a slum area was found. rather modes, practices, programs, the
Once they received permission to camp. ways. in which the, church has .s ught to
there a man opened his home, to The- express —itself. has not always . been
Mutters and took them in as his personal compatible with' changing' society.
guests. ,:Oo'mpatible doesn't mean compromise.
Kelvin noted that during the middle of Kelvin doesn't think he'll revolutionize
the night, they awoke to see that the the church, but he puts his efforts into
people of the town had set up guard duty maintaining it. For instance, it takes
to protect them. him some 16 to 20 hours to prepare and
Kelvin still remains an avid bicyclist.
"I don't own a car. tvly bicycle is my only
means of transportation ,and a way to
stay healthy and fit,.;'
write a sermon.
The time is spent by selecting athe
passage from the New Greek
Testament, to ga.in_.actual meanings of
words and phrases. Only after he has
At the end of 'the summer Kelvin is gained the full-tmmeaning of the text both
planning another excursion when he will grammatically and theologically does he
return to Toronto by bike. On his 10- begin to write his sermon.
speed bike with only a saddle bag and "I don't read a full written sermon. If
side packs Kelvin hopes to make the 150 what I'm saying means a lot to me, then
mile trip in two days. a I can get up and speak with very pew
Once back in Toronto, he will return to notes," Kelvinsaid.
Ex -councillor to fill seat
Frank Burch will be sworn in as a
Bayfield councillor July 18, Reeve Ed
Oddleifson confirmed last week.
Burch, a former councillor, was asked
to return to council after Milvena
Erickson resigned last week. He will
attend the next regular meeting.
Mrs. Erickson said in in interview
Thursday she resigned because of at-
titudes of many of the villagers.,
"I just got tired of all the hassles,"
said the 48 -year-old, five-year .council
veteran. "It's just got to the point where
some people want to have one law for
themselves "and one law for others and
they wonder why you don't favor them.
"They want council to pass bylaws
that affect their neighbors but not
them." ' "
The village is harder to run now, but
the old residents don't seem ' to un-
derstand that, said Mrs. Erickson, alife-
long resident. "It's' just not the quiet
little village it used to be."
The' pressure and complaints' aren't
coming from new residents 'or tiie
summer residents who swell Bayfield's
population, she said. '._`'
"It's mostly soiree of the older ones
who should know better," she said. "I
don't know if they don't have enough to
occupy their minds."
.She said . she had considered not
running in last year's municipal election
but had been persuaded by voters to
stand for.re-election.
But the .• complaints have been
building, especially since 'the - recent
announcement that the arena -would
have to be rebuilt to meet safety stan-
dards, she said.
That, coupled with a desire to spend
more time with her three children and a
personal disappointment with the defeat
,of her friend, Progressive. Conservative'
candidate Anson McKinley, in the June 9.,
provincial election, sparked her decision
to quit, Mrs. Erickson staid. ,
Oddleifson said Mrs. ,Erick'son .-'ha'd'
done an outstandingjob in her time on
council. "We're very sorry and we ac-
cepted' her resignation with a great deal'
of regret."
oitD. THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1007
Area PPO
collect expenses
''first you pick passage from the Bible, then yoru translate its equivalent from the
New Greek Testament. Then aftgr some 16 to 20 hours or deciphering, one has the
basis 'for a Sunday sermon. This'i's the Oay.that Kelvin Mutter plans his service at
4'Iinton's First Baptist Church each week. (News -Record photo)
1~'ifteen provincial -,MPPs in south-
western Ontario have' listed their ex-
penses at about $323,500 tot their con-,
stituency, and legislative offices, ac
com;modation and travel in the fiscal
year of 197q-77:
,The cost, which is over and above the
MPP's salary, is paid by the'publie and
goes, for such things. -as—printing and•
mailing .costs; telephone charges, out-of-
town living expenses, Or mileage, air
mileage and any rail or bus fares:'
Huron -Middlesex "MPP Jack Riddell
estimated. his expenses , at $10,724 and
M, url~a"y Gaunt the Liberal MPP for
' Huron -Bruce had expenses'of $17,696. ,
,Eddie Sargent, the Liberal member in
Grey; Bruce; tallied up a bill of $2.41,049
•and. Hugh Edighoffer, the Liberal"
member in Perth; charged for $19,812.
The highest area .expenses were
claimed, by, Robert McKessock, the
Liberal MPP in Grey County, whose bill
came to $29,969 and the lowest expenses
came from Ron McNeil, the Con-
servative member in Elgin, with $13,460.
It was noted that McNeil did not include
any expenses for a constituency office.
On the wider_ scale, the 125 MPPs in
Ontario had a total expense bill of about
..$;2.7 million. The highest spender in the
group was Bob Bain of Temiscaming
who spent $42,200. He lost his seat in the
lasCelection.
an loses license he never had
Walter Cornelius Balls of
S.t. Marys has had his rights
to a motor vehicle license
suspended for three months,
even though he diti°nt have a
license previous to his date.in
Clinton court JaV We'anesday,
, Balls also received -a, $200
fine for 20 days in jail after he
was found guilty of an im-
paired driving charge. The
19 -year-old man was in.
Clinton on May 27 when police
found that he was driving
irratically. He went into a
ditch, knocked over a
mailbox and at the scene of
the accident he seemed un-
steady.
It was his first offence and
when Judge .G. Hayes asked
for Ball's drivers license he
admitted that he had never
had one.
The . former Terra -Ex
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Services Ltd.; 345 Matilda St.;
Clinton' was found guilty on
two charges of failure to file
incomes tax returns on May 2-
3, 1975.'
Company, president Cecil
Fotty was present in court to
plead guilty to the' charges
and said he would straighten
.and
the matter. The company
was fined $50 for each count.
Jack Einboden, 39,' of
Vanastra pleaded guilty to
three charges of making false
statements under the
unemployment act - and
receiving benefits while he
was working.,
Although he :indicated he
had no work) at the time, in
the fall or 1976, he was em-
ployed in the Town of Exeter
and at the same. time gained
$420 from unemployment
cheques.
Einboden said that he did
not realize that he was ..fined $15.0 on two counts or 15
making a false statement but days in jail.
it was pointed out that the ° Robert S. O'Connell was"- ,
money he was receiving was found guilty of having open
being,; used to pay back liquor and was fined $54 or'
previous overpayments. ' five days in jail. - -
judge Hayes fined Ein- Robert A. Einboden was
boden $100 for each charge or fined $78 Or seven days in jail
10 days in jail. He is also for an unnecessary noise.
required.to pay back the $420 charge.
-to the unemployment Kenneth Colclough was
department. found guilty on a speeding
Duncan De Groat,., 34, of charge and was fined $33 or
Kinburn Was in court for three'days in jail.
similar charges with the Reid A Jamieson got a
unemployment department. sentence of one day in jail or a
$20 'fine after he was found'
He pleaded guilty to making
false statements 'about his guilty of being intoxicated
employment Status even' a public place.
ClJ
though he was working with a ' s iff d
or : Holland was
construction company inc;''
ned•$63 or six days in jail.for
Brantford. speeding and Bruce R. Allin.
.was given five days in jail or
He collected a total of $344 ' fine of $54 after being found
in benefitclaims, all of which g ilty of ' having liquor
has been paid back. He was available.
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