Galilee

On July 8, LAVISTA WHEELER; beloved wife of Willie Wheeler. She is also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Thursday after 8:30 A.M. where the family will receive friends between 5 until 7 P.M. The family will also receive friends on Friday at New Galilee Church of God in Christ Jesus Apostolic, Inc., 3016 Oakley Avenue at 10:30 A.M. followed by...

This Israeli wine isn't full-bodied, but it punches above its weight class with great flavor intensity and a finish that just won't stop. It's a complex red wine that offers well-focused flavors of cherry and wild berries, with an earthy, gamy overtone that traces its heritage to Burgundy. The alcohol level of 14.5 percent isn't geared toward French-style palates, but fans of good California pinot noir will feel right at home. For those who need to know, it's kosher for Passover but not mevushal.

THE BILLIONS in U.S. aid bestowed on Israel in the past decade have carried a caveat - none of the money could be used in the Palestinian territories captured by Israel during the 1967 war. That legal impediment should hold in any request for additional U.S. aid to help offset Israel's cost of evacuating 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip and four in a remote corner of the West Bank. The estimated $2 billion cost of removing settlers and demolishing their homes has been borne by the Israeli government.

For several years, Mary Lull sat quietly in her sister's Sunday school class while teachers relayed their lessons to the class of adults.But now Ms. Lull, 60, who is severely developmentally disabled, finally has a class of her own. She and other handicapped parishioners receive the attention they need during special education Sunday school classes at Galilee Lutheran Church on Mountain Road."

WASHINGTON -- Israelis and Syrians say they are findin areas of agreement in a Syrian paper on the Golan Heights that is now the basis of their peace negotiations.Neither side was willing to disclose details of the paper the Syrians presented this week. Both sides said their areas of disagreement were larger than their areas of agreement.But Bush administration officials said yesterday that Syria and .. Israel seemed to be moving into substantive negotiations just as Israel's separate negotiations with Jordan, Lebanon and the Palestinians were foundering on symbols and principles.

WHILE THEIR friends celebrated the start of Easter weekend, 20 teens from Galilee Lutheran Church's youth group began a 30-hour fast to raise money for World Vision. The young people, in grades six through 12, raised more than $2,000 for a program providing medical care in Third World countries and poverty-stricken areas of the United States. Denise Colebrook, youth group leader, said that when the idea of participating in the charity's nationwide fund-raising effort came to her attention, she was a little hesitant to suggest fasting.

The spiritual leader of the nation's largest denomination of Presbyterians, a Palestinian-American who as a boy was displaced by war from his home in Galilee, came to Baltimore yesterday with a message of hope and peace for his homeland. The Rev. Fahed Abu-Akel, 58, a minister from Atlanta who is serving a one-year term as moderator of the 2.5 million-member Presbyterian Church USA, told an audience at Second Presbyterian Church that peace will come to the Middle East only through prayer and nonviolent struggle.

The mouth-watering smell of chicken barbecuing on the grill will fill the air around Galilee Lutheran Church, 4652 Mountain Road, tomorrow.The men's group will be grilling from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.The cost is $3 for half a chicken.Proceeds will benefit the Lutheran Missions Society. The Aid Association for Lutherans Branch 10144 will match the funds.Crab feastWhile I'm in the food mode, the Pasadena Business Association will sponsor its 10th annual crab feast and bull roast from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. July 10 at Kurtz's Beach.

YOU CAN GET your peaches baked in pie, cobbler or cake, or served fresh over ice cream, or just plain at Galilee Lutheran Church's annual peach festival and craft fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 8 at the church, 4652 Mountain Road.But because neither man nor woman lives by fruit alone, the Lutheran men will be at the grills cooking pit beef and chicken. Meals are $6 for choice of meat, salad, roll and a beverage. A child's hot dog platter is $1.50.Local artisans will display their wares in the craft area, and face painters will brighten children's cheeks, noses and foreheads with colorful designs.

Galilee Lutheran Church invites you to its annual fall festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow at the church, 4652 Mountain Road.Treasure hunters can shop at the festival's Junktique, Country Store and Christmas Shop. And local artist Joyce King will be sketching portraits for a fee.Kids can enjoy pony rides, face painting, a clown, animal balloons and lemon sticks.Homemade soups, barbecue chicken, hot dogs with sauerkraut, chili, beef barbecue sandwiches, baked goods, peanut brittle and refreshments will be sold.