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CLASSIFIED Friday 1 June 2018
dOCTOR ON dUTY
Oranjestad
Dr. Esschendal
Tel. 586 0334
San Nicolas
Timeshares For Sale/Rent.. Dr. Boderie
divi Vill. wk 17 studio rm 3205, Tel. 584 5155
2775.$ EMERGENCIA 911
Casa del Mar ambass.
week 21 ,5/26 1335 rm
1600.$ wk 29 Casa del Mar
ambass. , rm1326, 2450$ wk 47
aruba Beach Club Studio POLICE 100
11/24.1600.$ ORANJESTAD 527-3140
NOORD
527-3200
local 565 9394, us 508 651 STA. CRUZ 527-2900
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FIRE DEPT. 115
FIRE DEPT. 582-1108
HOSPITAL 527-4000
DENTAL CLINIC 587-9850
AMBULANCE 582-1234
IMSAN 524-8833
RED CROSS 582-2219
This 2017 file photo Bert Baker, an amateur artist, stands in front of a recently finished seven-foot
tall sculpture of Christ at Red Bank Baptist Church in Lexington, S.C. Women in Difficulties
Associated Press PHARMACY
Baptist church removing Jesus Oranjestad:
Central Tel. 585 8077
San Nicolas
statue it deems too 'Catholic' Seroe Preto Tel. 584 4833

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LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — the church refused to tell "Almost week to week Editor TAXI D.T.S. 587-2300
A Baptist church in South the AP if that deadline re- there's another incident Caribbean Speed Printers N.V. SERVICE AUA 583-3232
Carolina plans to remove mained in place. in which southern Baptists Aruba Bank N.V. Acc. #332668 A1 TAXI SERVICES 587-8850
a hand-carved statue of The dispute is a symptom portray themselves ... hav- Caribbean Mercantile Bank N.V. 280-2828
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Jesus Christ because some of a larger "dysfunction" in ing convictions that look RBC Royal Bank Acc. #1330772 CruiSe SHiP
congregants believe it's too the Southern Baptist Con- like bias and prejudice in
"Catholic" for their place of vention, said Bill Leonard, a the larger culture," Leonard Assistant Director
worship. professor of Baptist studies said. q Xiomara Arends
The hand-carved, 7-foot
(2-meter) statue and ac- Editor in Chief June 06
companying reliefs depict- BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY ARUBA Linda Reijnders Monarch
ing scenes from Christ's (linda.reijnders@cspnv.com) June 07
life have been displayed Well known Food & Beverage establishment, Carnival Vista
outside Red Bank Baptist dinner type, located in prime Noord Area close to Editor Aruba Airport 524-2424
Church in Lexington for a mainstreet, 160 M2 and includes equipment. Richard Brooks American Airlines 582-2700
Avianca
588-0059
decade. With all required paper work & permits, including Aruba Airlines 583-8300
LLC registered at K.V.K.
But in a letter to the artist, Sales Jet Blue 588-2244
Pastor Jeff Wright said the Reason for sale: Leaving the island. Linda Reijnders Surinam 582-7896
art would be removed this Serious inquiries: morilloo@gmail.com (linda.reijnders@cspnv.com) Venezolana 583-7674
week. "We have discov- Marijke Croes Aruba Foundation
ered that there are people Mary-Ann Oduber For those Visually Incapasitated
Tel. 582-5051
that view the art as Catho- Classifieds
lic in nature," Wright wrote AL-ANON group
Rachelle Danje
in the letter to Delbert (rachelle.danje@cspnv.com) Sabana Liber #8, Noord
Tel. 736-2952 or 593-7081
Baker Jr. A friend of Baker's
posted the letter on Face- Distribution and Collection FUNDACIONS
book. accounting@bondia.com Respetami
Tel. 582-4433
Wright wrote that the stat-
ue and reliefs bring into Social / Website Centro Diabetic Arubano
question "the theology and Tel. 524-8888
core values of Red Bank Jeancarlo Trinidad Narcotics Anonymous
Baptist Church," but he Tel. 583-8989
didn't elaborate. Weststraat 22
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telephone calls or respond W: www.arubatoday.com Tel. 525-2672
to messages The Associ- @arubatoday Women in Difficulties
ated Press left in person Foundation
Tel. 583-5400
with his staff at the church
Wednesday. The letter said Bloodbank Aruba
Baker had until Thursday to Tel. 587-0002
remove the art if he want- Mobility Equipment Hire
ed to keep it. If not, it would Tel. 568-5165