Page 10 January 1981 Cassiar Courier NORTHERN LIGHTS COLLEGE Box 612, 333 BATEMAN ST., CASSIAR,B.C. PHONE 778-7409 SPECIAL WINTER PROGRAMS CORE (Conservation & Outdoor Recreation Educ- ation) — This course has been developed by B.C. Ministry of Environment to produce a safer and better informed outdoorsman. This course in- cludes sections on outdoor ethics, safety, gun handling, animal and bird identification and out- door living. It is required to get a hunting license. It will be held Monday Feb. 2, to Friday, Feb. 6, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 7, 9:00 - 1:00 p.m. at the Cassiar Elementary-Secondary School. The fee is $20.00. C.P.R. (Cardio—Pulmonary Resuscitation) — A short course involving basic technique of this life- saving method. This course will be offered by a fully qualified instructor through the Canadian Heart Foundation. If necessary equipment is ob- tained for this course it will be offered early in March. WATERCOLOR PAINTING -— An artist from the Ernily Carr College of Art will be in Cassiar on Saturday, January 31, and Sunday, February 1, to hold a workshop in water colors. This is open to beginners and more experienced painters alike. Fee - $20.00, plus materials. STAINED GLASS WORKSHOP — If sufficient in- terest is shown a Whitehorse area artist will be available to instruct in techniques of stained glass working. This workshop is tentatively scheduled for February, so if you are interested please con- tact me as soon as possible as arrangements must be made well in advance. It will be a two day weekend class. Fee — $40.00, plus materials. Follow us North BRINGING WHITEHORSE CLOSER Daily Departures Monday to Friday FROM WATSON LAKE 10:20a.m. FOR RESERVATIONS AND FLIGHT INFORMATION CALL ~ YOUR TRAVEL AGENT OR LASA TRAVEL AT 53 6- 7797 IN OPEN LETTER This is an open letter to parents of all young people everywhere. Iam writing in response to some of the questions you ask me daily. I am no one police officer, but I represent every officer in every city and town in Canada. You may only know me as the cop who gave you a ticket last summer, but I am also the guy who lives down the street from you. I am a parent of three children and I share with you the same hope, am- bition and dreams that you have for your children. I am faced with the same problems you have. I share with you those moments of agony and ecstacy. I share with you the feeling of shame, guilt and. disappointment when my boy or girl gets into trouble. The scene is a long stretch of highway, with a sharp curve at one end. It has been raining and the roads were slick. A car travelling in excess of 80 mph missed the curve and plowed into an embankment where it then became airborne and struck a tree.At this point, two of the three young persons were hurled from the vehicle, one into the tree, the other onto the roadway where the car landed on him, snuffing out his life, like a discarded cigarette on the asphalt. He is killed instantly, and he is the lucky one. ; The girl thrown into the tree has her neck broken and although she was voted queen of the senior prom, and most likely to succeed, she will now spend the next 60 years of her life in a wheel chair. Unable to do anything else, she will live and relive that terrible moment over again many times. When I arrive, the car has come to rest on its top, the broken wheels have stopped spinning. Smoke and steam pour out of the engine ripped from its mounting by a terrible force. An eerie calm has settled over the scene and it appears deserted except for the one lone traveller who called it in. He is sick to his stomach and leaning against his car for support. The driver is conscious but in shock and unable to free himself from under the bent twisted steering column. His face will be forever scarred by deep cuts from broken glass and jagged metal. Those cuts will heal, but the ones inside cannot be touched by the skilled surgeon’s scalpel. The third passenger has almost stopped bleeding, the seat and his clothing are covered in blood from an artery cut in his arm by the broken bone end that protrudes from his fore- arm just below the elbow. His breath comes in gasps as he tries desperately to suck air past his blood- filled airway. He is unable to speak, and his eyes, blue and fixed on me pleadingly, are the only com- munication that he is terrified and wants my help. I feel a pang of guilt and recognize him as the boy I let off with a warning the other night for an open container of alcohol in his car. Maybe if I had cited him then, he wouldn’t be here now. Who knows? I don’t. He died soundlessly in my arms, his pale blue eyes staring vacantly as if trying to see into the future he will never have. I remember watching him play basketball and wonder what will happen to the scholar- ship he will never use. Dully, my mind focusses on a loud screaming and I identify it as the girl who was thrown from the vehicle. I race to her with a blanket but am afraid to move her. Her head is tilted at an exaggerated angle. She seems unaware of my presence there and whimpers for her mother like a little child. In the distance, I hear the mournful wail of the ambulance winding its way through the rainy night. I am filled with incredible grief at the waste of so valuable a resource - our youth. I am sick with anger and frustration with parents and leaders who think that a little bit of alcohol won’t hurt anything. I am filled with contempt for people who propose lowering the drinking age be- ‘cause they will get booze anyway, so why not make it legal. I am frustrated with laws, court rulings, and other legal maneouvring that restrict my ability to do my job in preventing this kind of tragedy. The ambulance begins the job of scraping up and removing the dead and injured. I stand by watching as hot tears mingle with rain and drip off my cheeks. I would give anything to know who furnished those young people with that booze. As I clear the scene, I will spend several hours on reports and sev- eral months trying to erase from my memory the details of that night. I will not be alone. The driver will recover and spend a lifetime trying to forget. I know that eventually the memory of this fatal ac- cident will be diluted and mixed with other similar accidents I will be called upon to cover. Yes, I am angry and sick at heart with trying to do my job and being tagged the bad guy. I pray to God that I might never have to face another parent in the middle of the night and say your son, Bill, or your daughter, Susan, has just been killed in a car accident. You ask me why did this happen? It happened because a young person, stoned out of his mind, thought he could handle two tons of hurtling death at 80 mph. It happened because an adult trying to. be a “good guy” bought for or sold to some minor a case of beer. It happened because you as parents weren’t concerned enough about your child to know where he was and what he was doing; and you were unconcerned about minors and alcohol abuse and would rather blame me for harassing them when I was only trying to prevent this kind of tragedy. It happened because, as people say, you believe this sort of thing only happens to someone else. For your sake, I hope it doesn’t happen to you but if you continue to regard alcohol abuse as part of growing up, then please keep your porch light on because some cold rainy night, you will find me at your doorstep, eyes downcast, staring at my feet, with a message of death for you. THE COP DOWN THE STREET PORTRAITS PASSPORT PICTURES MON. 7:30 p.m. B & W DARK ROOM FINISHING MORTIFEE MUNSHAW DEALER FOR COLOR AND ENLARGEMENTS FILMS, CAMERAS & ACCESSORIES FOR SALE CAMERA REPAIRS WEDDINGS & SPECIAL EVENTS DINING BY CANDLELIGHT — The Christmas season gave occasion for marvelous parties in Cassiar, forcing us to rack our brains for new and different menu items to titillate the _ palate. This is a challenge we always look forward to as the height of our culinary year, giving us a break from the more,mundane duties. Here is a selection of some of our favorites — Goose in Blueberry Sauce, Tempura Frogs Legs, Roast Hip of Buffalo, Stir Fried Crabs Legs and Sweet Hot Brie. ‘ GOOSE IN BLUEBERRY SAUCE Here is an interesting variation of the traditional Christmas Goose. Remove the legs and wings of the goose and re- serve for other uses. Filet the breast off the bone and divide into 4 oz. portions. Prick skin with a fork several times, season with salt and pepper, allspice and ginger. Place breast pieces skin down in a heated frying pan, then saute in their own fat until well sealed. Then place pan in oven for 20 minutes in moderate heat. Remove pan from oven, remove goose breast and placé'on kitchen paper and pat dry. Draw excéss fat'¥rom pan, replace goose breast and flame with kirsch and Add 1 cup chicken stock and I cup dry white wine and reduce by half. Add I cup blueberries and I cup fresh cream and simmer 5 minutes. Thicken with alittle corn starch and serve. TEMPURA FROGS LEGS There is a tendency these days amongst some of our more. progressive chefs to experiment, mixing East and West cuisines. This represents a strong change in the last six or seven years in the attit- udes of European chefs. Prior to this, in the inter- est of purist haute cuisine, we kept strictly to the bodoux and Fetu. Fortunately, we are learning to experiment again. This is one interesting result conceived and prepared for us by John Sheppard. They say it was nicely time to coincide with the release of the Muppet movie on CBC and movie channel. serves 6 f “3 dbz, Frog ’Légs Juice of alemon 3 02. oil salt pepper 1 crushed clove garlic 3 oz. soya sauce Kikonnon chopped parsley Marinate the frogs legs in the other ingredients over night. Dry with a cloth. TEMPURA BATTER makes about 3 cups 6 pistachio nuts chopped I egg yolk 2 cups ice cold water (important) 1/8 tsp.baking soda 1 2/3 cups all purpose flour Combine egg yolk with two cups of ice cold water and 1/8 tsp. baking soda in a mixing bowl. Sift in the flour and mix well with a wooden spoon. The batter should be somewhat thin and watery. Add chopped pistachio nuts. The batter should be used shortly after being made. ; ROAST OF BUFFALO GARRY PERRIARD tecipes of {NEES and his disciples, Gilbert. Her- Stalk and shoot one 500 — 600 ue buffalo, Skin The Help! INTRODUCTION The Helpline for Children, a 24-hour telephone service for reporting situations of child abuse or neglect, was intro- duced in August 1979, and has now been operating for ~ more than fifteen months. It was a “‘first’’ in Canada, and has generated a great deal of interest in other provinces. Alberta recently implement- ed a similar service. The Ministry of Human Resources developed the Helpline to reach into the. commuhity“and ‘provide a contact point for families and children’ wh6 aréif Crisis or who need in- formation or counselling about child welfare matters. OPERATION OF THE HELPLINE The Helpline operates out of the Ministry’s Emergency Services office in Vancouver. During regular office hours (Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 4:30) calls to the Helpline are routed automatically to the nearest Ministry office where social work staff are avail- able. After office hours and on weekends and holidays, all calls are taken in Vancouver; A staff of trained social workers who specialize in child abuse procedures réspond to the calls. These workers assess the urgency of the call and either provide telephone counselling and information or refer the calls to a local resource. In cases of emergency they take immediate action. Emergency calls from the lower mainland area are referred ~ to the Emergency Services workers who go out and invest- igate right away. Crisis calls from other areas of the pro- vince are referred to an available night social worker or to the R.C.M.P. VOLUME OF CALLS TO THE HELPLINE From September 1979, when it went into operation, to the end of September 1980, the Helpline received more than 14,000 calls from children and families throughout the province; 1,922 of the calls related to alleged child abuse or neglect, and 4,494 to family or personal concernse RESPONSE TO CALLS Because of the variety of calls directed to the Helpline, the kinds of responses vary greatly. They range from tele- phone counselling and provision of information to referral to Ministry offices, agencies or the police. In -crisis situ- ations, staff will initiate immediate action. Reports are written to the appropriate Ministry office on all serious calls so that social workers can follow up on the situations Following are some examples of the calls received and the _kinds of response: TYPE OF CALL RESPONSE Mother called about a dis- Telephone counselling by cipline problem with her child worker Case referred to the near- est M.H.R. office for fol- lowup Neighbor called about a family’s rough treatment of achild Referred to R.C.M.P. for immediate investigation Child called about his bro- ther’s treatment by father Father called about a custody Counselled by telephone problem | * * ai ; Fs a Ne fi a : NG 222 KENNEDY SFREET. %& e rests 3 AP 3 % HOURS: ‘ TUESDAY & THURSDAY FRIDAY ¥ SATURDAY *& % *& % ine for Children | PHONE 778-7476 “y CUTTING, STYLING AND PERMING FOR MEN & WOMEN _THE COSMETIC BOUTIQUE CARRIES A FULL LINE OF ACID BALANCED SKIN CARE, HAIR CARE AND COSMETIC PRODUCTS rile ince}. LBOt wasn OL pee ' Cassia Courier January 1981 Page 11 by Terry Farrell it and have your butcher cut and section it to your requirements, keeping two 80 to 100 Ib. hips whole. Meanwhile, dig a large pit outside the Rec Centre. Start-a good charcoal fire in the pit and cover with medium size river stones dug from Troutline Creek. Cover these with cedar boughs and on top of this place the well seasoned buffalo hips, a bouquet garni and a sprig of parsley and then repeat the process in reverse - cedar boughs, stones and charcoal. Cook for 8 hours and serve. (serves 250 to 300). The last two dishes are ideas I got from magazines (probably Ladies Home Journal) and I perfected with the assistance of John Sheppard. I think we were both pleasantly surprised with the results. STIR FRIED CRAB LEGS Take 2lbs. King Crag legs and 2.0z. each of snow peas, whole baby corn, red peppers, water chest- nuts & broccoli. Cut the crab out of the shell with a pair of scissors. Cut the red pepper, chestnuts and broccoli chinese style and saute with a little garlic. Add the crab, snow peas and corn and stir fry. Let down with a little sauce made of I cup of chicken stock, 4 slices ginger, 4 chopped green. onions, a few good dashes of soya sauce and thickened with a little cornstartch. Serves six. HOT BRIE WITH RED CURRANT SAUCE Take a young brie, approximately 2 lbs. Remove the top crust with a carving knife, cover with a layer of pecan nuts, sprinkle with brown sugar. bake in hot oven for 15 minutes. The accompanying sauce is made of I cup red currant jelly, 1 cup port, 1/2 cup fresh orange juice and 1/2 cup lemon juice, thickened with a little cornstarch. Success was never so simple or so sweet! ‘ “ LU Child called to say he was left alone Visited by Emergency Ser- vices worker Child called about problems Advised to talk to school at school counsellor Telephone counselling by worker Teenager called about trou- bles with parents Referred to local M.H.R. office Adult called wanting help in dealing with children . Woman called about de- Advised to call Crisis line pression Child called about family dispute Visited by Emergency Ser- vices worker Investigated by M.H.R. worker Relative called about a neg- lected child Counselled and advised to talk to his parents . Young boy called to say he had no friends The Helpline also receives a number of prank or mischief calls. The proportion of these calls was highest during the advertising campaign which launched the service. The calls cont’d. on Page 12 10:30 — 6:00 P.M. 11:00 — 7:00 P.M. 10:00 — 5:30 P.M. Japon ESS IOI