Page 10 September 1982 Cassiar Courier COMMUNITY CLUB NEWS Hi. Welcome back. Hope everybody had a nice holiday. (Except for those of us who wasted it in southern B.C.) To start things off, the Rec Centre Gym and the Squash court will be closed from Aug. 30 to Sept. 4, 1982 for our annual maintenance and. renovation. SOCCER TOURNAMENT Remember the two aborted tournaments when the Whitehorse team did not show. Well, it turns out that Whitehorse is not the only town in the north with a soccer team besides ourselves. Tungsten will be sending a team in to compete with the local selects on Sept. 4 & 5. Practices are held every Wed. and Sunday for the locals to pre- pare for the tournament. For exact game times please watch out for the Community Club Calen- dar, radio and WSTV announcements. SPORTS FUN DAY A registration and tournament day for all Cas- siarites. Various clubs and associations will be holding registration, exhibition and tournaments on Saturday, Sept. 11th starting at 10:00 a.m. Come on down to the Rec Centre on that day to see what you and your family can participate in during the Fall and Spring season. Experience a new game. Be active this year. For the exact time when each club is doing the registration and tour- nament, please watch out for later announce- ments. A brief look at some of the programs that we will be offering in the 1982-83 season. BADMINTON - Recreational badminton as well as competitive badminton will again be offered. A badminton tournament is scheduled in Cassiar on the October 15 - 17th weekend. Invitations have been sent out to Terrace and Whitehorse. For those of you who are interested please contact the Rec Centre. BASKETBALL - At the close of last year’s season the basketball players in town raised about $1200 for a pair of basketball backstops to be installed in the Rec Centre so that they would be able to host a tournament. Both men’s and women’s B.C. PHOTOS B.C. PHOTOS FOR ALL YOUR PHOTOGRAPHIC ENLARGEMENTS CUSTOM FRAMING OF PHOTOS, PRINTS OR OILS METAL OR WOODEN FRAMES MOUNTING BOARD, MAT BOARDS, NON GLARE GLASS BILL & CECILE PRATT 297 Carmacks St. Phone - 778-7568 IF WE.RE HOME, WE RE OPEN (mainly the Cassiar School team) have done rela- tively well against outside teams last year. If you are interested in joining, please contact the Rec Centre. For the ladies, there are instructions given. BRIDGE - If you are not the active type, Bridge will-be offered every Tuesday. Come and enjoy a quiet evening where you have as much fun in play- ing as in socializing. Contact Marvel Nitti or the Rec Centre if you are interested. CURLING - One of the largest clubs in town. The reasons are clear, good fun and good company. Fun Bonspiels and dances for its members at a low fee. Watch out for their General Meeting notice. LADIES KEEP FIT - Use your morning to get in shape. It only takes an hour. The program is de- signed so that you progress on your own pace. A change from the tea party with your friends in the morning. Come out and meet new friends. Sessions are every Monday, Wednesday and Fri- day from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. SCOUTING - Scouts, Cubs, Beavers, Guides and Brownies are available for those who are interest- ed in scouting activities. Camping, games, canoe- ing and cooking. Let your child learn about him/ herself and group spirit. SQUASH - Most popular game in town in the winter. An easy way to get in shape. Try it for 40 minutes and you’ll find out. Watch out for the 4 Nos Tournament through the year. To join the | Squash Club, contact the Rec Centre. INDOOR SOCCER - Anyone who is interested in playing a fast.and exciting game, this is the sport. For those of us who participated in this sport in the 1981 Northern B.C. Winter Games, this will be the year for revenge. Come out and get your- self prepared. We are hoping to send a team in this year. FIGURE SKATING - We are pleased to announce that our Figure Skating Pro, Lorraine Menzel will ‘be back again this year. Lorraine has been teach- ing Figure Skating for the past 1% years and has done a great job. The figure skaters will get a chance to show off their skills in this year’s Yukon Games. HOCKEY - Senior & Junior - Senior Hockey of- fers both full contact and non-contact hockey. Junior Hockey offers teams in every division. Tournaments are held regularly with the other Northern communities. The Hockey teams. from Cassiar have always done well in these compet- itions both in scores and sportsmanship. RECREATION VOLLEYBALL - Recreation Vol- leyball has returned this year instead of the team Volleyball. You don’t need to have a lot of skills to get involved. Both men and ladies are welcome. SKIING - The Ski Hill will start its operation as soon as there is enough snow. This will most like- ly be early December. Also, the Community Club has initiated a project to cut Cross Country ski trails. If you have not tried Cross Country skiing before, give it a go this year and be converted into an enthusiast, whether by its need in conditioning or the magnificent beauty of the country scenery. The Rod and Reel Fishing Tackle Tents and Sleeping Bags Coleman Stoves and Coolers Knives and Binoculars Ammunition Rifes, Shotguns Air Rifles and Pistols Two- Man Boats HUNTING AND FISHING LICENCES 524 Malozemoff Cassiar B.C. Phone 778-7736 Mon. - Sat. 1-8p.m. COOP PLAYSCHOOL - A huge success for last spring. A well organized, fun filled program for pre-school children. The coop playschool will be doing registration during the Sports Fun Day. TEEN CLUB - Located in the Arena Lounge, the Teen Club has been a welcomed place by the teen- agers in town. Thanks for the hard work to raise funds by the executive, the Teen Club will be re- turning again this season. Watch for the opening date. Major events for this year include the Yukon Games,of which Cassiar will be hosting part of the events; the Northern BC,Winter Games in Terrace; the Annual Schmoo Daze Carnival, Curling Club’s Open Bonspiel. Other special events include: Bingos, Children’s Christmas Party, Concerts by the Cassiar Concert Society, Bazaars, Dances, Auctions and Casino Nights. All these events will be advertized at later dates. COMMUNITY CLUB BBQ The Cassiar Community Club held a Summer Fun Day and BBQ on Sunday, August 15, 1982 at Simmons’s Lake campground. Expecting a crowd of around 150 people, pre- parations were made, and readied. However, with temperatures of around 24°C and beautiful sun- shine, a crowd of 300 came out to enjoy the day. Canoe jousting,. greasy pole, horseshoe, races (adult and children) kayak races and canoe races were some of the games. Steak, corn on the cob, hamburgers and hot- dogs were available topped off with a beer garden and pop stand. A good time was had by all and hopefully it wi be a yearly event Construction has started on the new peak for _ the Arena roof. All construction will be complet- ed by the end of August. With the new peak, hopefully our leak problems will cease. The total cost of the upgrading will be $25,000, The money will come from the renovations bud- get for 1982 which is paid by Cassiar Resources. The Kamloops contractors were chosen because their bid was the lowest received by the Cassiar Community Club. Other renovation monies will be spent on up- grading the bar and washroom areas in the lounge. This project is scheduled to commence the latter part of August. Further details in the next issue. Sat. & Sun.~ OPEN IF HOME The following is a copy of a letter sent to the Smithers Interior News in reply to a letter Concerning the damm- ing of the Stikine. To the Editor, The Smithers Interior News, P.O.Box 2560, Smithers, B.C. VOJ 2NO. Dear Sir: * Re: A letter a itianed on February 24, 1982 from Mr. Mel Fredrickson of Telegraph Creek, B.C. | most strongly object to the inflamatory statements made by Mr. Fredrickson in his recent letter. The letter, reads, in part ‘‘Are you going to allow a handful of hippies to stir up_a few natives and delay or even stop a project that is so important to those of us who want to make a decent living and develop our resources?”’ First of all, | must remind Mr.. Fredrickson that those resources do not. belong to him, land claims are a fact of life recognized by governments and the courts of law. Secondly, we as Tahltans, have never taken kindly to the notion of other people making decisions for us, or for that matter, putting words in our mouths. We are quite capable of making our own decisions. When a pro- ject of this magnitude, threatens our very way of life and also, threatens to put everyone in this province in debt forever, because the project will in all probability never pay for itself, we feel an obligation to speak out and in- form other citizens of this beautiful province of ours. If that makes us a “‘sick country” as Mr. Frederickson sug- gests, so be it. On the other hand, we consider it democra- cy in action! Also, the few ‘’disgruntled natives’ that he refers to, happen to number in excess of 1,400. (Member- ship of the Association of United Tahltans, whose mem- bers must be of Tahitan ancestry.) As for the moose slaughter that he alleges is taking place, | might point out that moose is and always has been a very important part of our diet. And if Tahltans have lived in this area for 10,000 years, as recent archeological evidence suggests, then we have done a pretty good job of slaughtering the moose! Thirdly, as a native of the area, and | might add the majority in population, we as a group strongly urge a unified approach to resource planning before development takes place. Over the past five years, we have seen an increase in the volume of resource development unprecedented in Canada’s history. Yet, there has been no comprehensive and intergrated approach to resource planning and devel- opment. On the contrary, development has taken place in a piecemeal and hap-hazard fashion. One only has to look at some of the more costly mistakes, such as the Dease Lake Extension of B.C. Rail and their $3 million dollar bridge on the Stikine. As an added consequence, the majority of these developments taking place are near Indian Reserves and communities and because of this, native rights, resources, lands and way-of-life are adversely affected. Moreover, al- though these developments may create some jobs locally, Indian people tend to be low on the priority list for em- ployment and not only the native people suffer as a con- sequence of this approach. Any major development results in large contracts for construction, and jobs on these pro- jects. This would appear to be an ideal opportunity for local people to find employment and increase their in- comes. However, the benefit of construction activity of- ten does not go to local people who need jobs most. Fre- quently in most cases, union contracts require that union members be brought in, even though nonunion local peo- ple have the needed skills. Another problem is that construction work usually is short term, when the project is completed, the job ends. Therefore, if a major development proceeds, residents must be prepared to see large numbers of short term work- ers from the south, who do not have families or other strong ties to bind them to the area, and who may have little respect for local values. As for Mr. Fredrickson’s statement that “‘the fishery would be unaffected” obviously, he does not see the river the way we see it. We see the Stikine River as a living thing, teeming with life and giving life to everything in its vicinity. The river supports a food fishery for our people since time immemorial. Fish from the Stikine is utilized in many forms including: dried, salted, smoked and fresh frozen. The salmon forms a very important part of our diet and also has a very important role in our culture. The Stikine is regarded as a major producer of-salmon on the ~ Cassiar Courier September 1982 Page 11 CIGARETTES & CHILDREN Every year thousands of children between the’ ages of ten and fifteen become regular users of cigarettes. Most will continue to smoke until they die, for many this will be a premature death, a loss of ten or twenty years is common for the average smoker. One out of every three will die of a cigarette induced illness. Most of the others, will at some time in their lives, suffer minor or major cardio- respiratory problems as a direct result of smoking. The health concerns loom foremost in our minds, meanwhile, social, economic environmen- tal and psychological factors should be of real significance. Can the air pollution created by Can- ada’s seven and one half million smokers be over- looked? A form of bad air that is most often trap- ped in buildings that are shared by nonsmokers. Can the fires caused by smokers that cost billions of dollars in property damage and not infrequent- ly human lives, be forgotten? Who pays? We all do, smoker and nonsmoker alike. Conservative estimates indicate that 16% of all hospital beds would be empty if no one smok- ed cigarettes. A close look proves this figure is very low. One area not yet examined is the segment of by Marie L. J. Tracy the population that is starting earlier and smoking more, girls! The future health problems and sub- sequent social and economical burden placed on government services will be astronomical. Prema- ture birth, birth defects, learning disabilities as well as respiratory diseases and hyperactivity are by-products of smoking mothers. Research now suggests an increase rate of cancer among the off- spring of smokers, during their adult life. Lost days from school, lost days from work, effect education and production and add a drain on the national economy. It is time we realized that adults do not become smokers, children start to smoke and grow up to be smoking adults. The trend can be reversed, first by curbing cigarette use, followed by an organized plan to influence children to stop copymg adults and other children that smoke. By preventing this mass, life long ad- diction amongst our children we can prevent need- less future suffering, death and disease. The time has come to counteract the seduct- ion of tobacco advertising and tell our children the truth. Cigarettes can not and will not make life happier or more fun! Smoking is not glamor- ous, there is no prestige in being addicted to cigar- ettes. Circle the words listed below when you find them in the vertical, horizontal or diagonal rows of letters The Circulatory System Scramble DSM ZHnD-ArwAwArOndnKYN Sati DmMoamrrnrovurtuape QFPuUH CrreDanKDZMaX KOM NMOQWUDEHADVMADSMQAB HOrTxXMMADmMDCHHNnmDVO