The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

New Anglican Church Pastor Bob Elkin and his family are shown above relaxing in their new home. Shown from left, front, are Maria, Kathleen and Jamie, and back, Connie and By Ken Lusk The new pastor of St. John Anglican Church in Schreiber not only relishes the thought of his new placement in Schreiber, he has spent most of his life in the North- he feels right at home here on the North Shore. In fact, Bob Elkin could accuse local citizens of being southerners- Elkin spent many years north of here in places like the Pikanjikum Reserve and Big Trout Lake (the former is 50 kilo- metres north of Red Lake)- more on these chilling facts later. Wife and children Bob Elkin brings with him to Schreiber from London, Ontario, his wife Connie and three chil- dren, Kathleen, 2, Jamie, 11, and ° Maria (from Korea), 7. The Elkins, practicallly from the time they were married, have been foster and adoptive parents. Kathleen, Maria and three older children (not at home) all have been adopted by the Elkins (Jamie is the Elkins' only natural child). Connie said that she started fostering Kathleen at birth on a temporary basis. Over time, Connie decided she wanted to keep Kathleen but she was not available for adoption. Eventually Kathleen did become available and the Elkins adopted her. immediately after she and Bob married they began fostering chil- dren (their first two were in 1970). Connie made a point of differ- entiating between fostering and adopting. Adopting, of course, is actual- ly bringing a child into your home to live with you permanent- ly. Fostering, said Connie, is tak- ing care of a child until a perma- nent home is found, usually else- where than the foster parents' home. Connie has. also worked with Children's Aid, again taking care of children until a permanent home could be found. She said. that to date she and Bob have fostered 26 children. Mrs. Elkin has also been a relief parent, For example, she has taken care of retarded chil- Connie told the News that Part of the family Ken Lusk). parents a break. Out of the 26 fostered chil- dren, the Elkins have adopted five (previously mentioned). Boat persons Bob Elkin said that he and Connie first became involved with fostering and adopting chil- dren after being heavily involved with boat people. Bob said he helped form Thunder Bay Friends of Refugees, an organization that looked for sponsors for these peo- ple. It was through this involve- ment that Bob "realized the tremendous need for homes" (for these people). Northern residents . St. John Anglican Church Pastor Bob Elkin most-recently hails from London, Ontario, where he received his masters of divinity in Theology from Huron College last April. He was ordained last May in Sault Ste. Marie by the Bishop of Algoma, Les Peterson. _ But Elkin's post-high school Bob Elkin. The Elkins, who consider Northem » Ontario their home, like Schreiber and say they have already made many friends. (Photo by experiences started off in a differ- ent vein. Beginnings In 1969, Elkin left his home- town of Hamilton, Ontario, with his new wife Connie. She is originally from Holland. In 1965, she came to Canada to visit her father on the Bruce Peninsula and since then has never wanted to go back. Before leaving Hamilton, Elkin took one year of English at University. He then graduated from Teachers' College and went on to teach in Red Lake from 1969 to 1970. It was during this time the Elkins adopted their first two children. ; From Red Lake (where Bob taught Gr. 7 for one year) the Elkins were off to the Pikanjikum Reserve. Asked to read It was in Pikanjikum that Bob and his family got to know the minister. Bob was offered a job as a lay minister. Eventually he quit teaching and became a full-time Proprietor's Name - NOTICE - UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP MAC'S SERVICE IN ROSSPORT will be known as BEAU'S VARIETY 824-3370 Robert Beauregard a Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, July 29, 1987, page 3 New Anglican Church minister and his family are not strangers to living in the North lay minster for the next two years. It was in 1972 that the Elkins left Pikanjikum. The next move was to Big Trout Lake where Bob began teaching - again' with the Department of Indian Affairs. Then Bob applied to be a prin- cipal. He got the job and was sent back to Pikanjikum. After two more years in Pikanjikum, Bob left in 1975 for Thunder Bay, the reason being he said, so that his children could _ grow up in a more "urban" set- ting. Elkin and his family spent 10 years in the Thunder Bay area. Declining enrolment Because of declining enrol- ment in the schools, Elkin said he could not get a teaching position -- _in Thunder Bay. For awhile he worked in a see Elkin page 11 MOTOR DRAW SOTIGEBOEREDTION On Tickets Which Were Sold For: ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH -109, SCHREIBER, ONT. FISHERMAN'S SPECIAL - Tickets should Read: 1987 - 8 H.P. JOHNSON MOTOR 1987 - 14FT. NADEN ALUM. BOAT VALUE - $3,500.00 TO BE DRAWN - AUGUST 3, 1987 at Legion Field Day at 5:00 p.m. ll at tho Eeaion Grounds BOAT & ee emeemnelarieoren ae ae Me} THANK YOU My sincere thanks to all who sent floral § arrangements, cards, or who phoned and visit- ed while | was in hospital. Special thanks to Dr. Adey for making the speedy arrangements, Sister Grexton for her concern, my special { friend and neighbour, Kitty Paulmert and to my very special sons, Michael and Lorne. Emma Molinski kee eee eee eR EEE, Se ROR IROL OR OROLOR SRR ERORER OR OR IROR ORO ORO CARD OF THANKS The family of RAYMOND and LILLIAN BELLIVEAU wish to thank everyone who made the celebration of out par- ents' 40th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY a memorable NS occasion. Your cards, gifts and.attendance at their recep- tion were greatly appreciated by Mom and Dad. Special thanks to Father Campbell, Doris Chopty, Estelle Wallwin and Leon Theriault. This day will remain in our hearts for- ON es RRRESHBA OS ever. Annette, Claire, Lorraine, Gerri, Paul and Cathy fi i888 LBRARABLABLBLBLBLG 4 CARD OF THANKS N N The family of the late Raymond L. Belliveau would like to thank N N everyone who sent cards, food, masses and enrollments or Ny helped in any way during the loss_of our hasband, father and NY N grandfather § N Special thanks to Dr. Wilkes, McCausland Hospital staff, Dr. N yy Parales, |.C.U. staff at McKellar Hospital, Father B. Campbell, § \ C.W.L., Legion Ladies Auxiliary, pall bearers and members of 8 Royal Canadian Legion for their service. N Your thoughtfulnes will always be remembered 8 N Lillian and family N ve . SANS SSDS SSI SS CSS S SLD SIS SS SSDS ADDS A A AA Ao | SILLS THANK YOU | would like to thank Dr. Bailey and Staff for. their professionalism during my ~ wife' S Crisis. »'\OD > 2 a Z Mr. & Mrs. Borden Ross are pleased to an- nounce the engagement and forthcoming mar- riage of hein in hter ITA MARIE to aA TOM HENDRIKSON of Winnipeg, only son of Mr. & : Mrs. Charles Hendrikson. The marriage will take place in Winnipeg on AUGUST 29th/1987. ai ge AND DOE will be held in honour O SHEILAH HOUSTON & RANDY KOSTECKI On FRIDAY, JULY 31st, 1987. From 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. . at the Schreiber Legion Hall SORRY NO MINORS!