Page 14 May 1986 Cassiar Courier COURT NEWS — Continued from Page 1. in court. Watson has been charged with a traffic violation. PETER CHIEF, charged with sexual assault, failed to appear in court and a warrant has been issued for his arrest. SERENA CALLOW pleaded guilty to impair- ed driving and driving with an excess of .08 alcohol in the blood. She was fined $350 and her license was suspended for six months.: The case against HEATHER RATTRAY, who was charged with a traffic ticket violation, was dismissed. The case against MARVIN QUOCK was dismissed after two crown witnesses failed to appear in court. Quock was charged with poss- ession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace, assault, and failure to comply with the conditions of an undertaking. LEO JOHNNY pleaded guilty to pointing a firearm, mischief and assault. The charges arose out of two incidents at Good Hope Lake on November 30, 1985. The probation officer told the court Johnny had a very serious alcohol problem but that he has attempted to not drink during the last four months. The judge found Johnny guilty on the firearms charge and sus- pended passing of the sentence. He placed Johnny on probation for 18 months, ordered him to attend the “‘Crossroads” alcohol abuse treatment program in Whitehorse, which is a six week residential program, and forbid him to be in possession of firearms or ammunition, during the probation period. On the charge of assault Johnny was found guilty and ordered to pay a fine of $150. A fine of $150 was also ordered on the mischief charge. MINNIE CREYKE: pleaded not guilty to a charge of impaired driving and driving in excess of .08 alcohol in the blood. She will appear for trial on June 19th. NEWTON CARLICK ‘pleaded guilty to a charge of assault. The charge arose out of an incident. at Good Hope Lake on December 1 2, 1985, in which a woman was assaulted. The probation officer told the court Carlick was responsible while sober but had a problem with alcohol. The judge suspended passing of sentence and placed Carlick on probation for 18 months. He ordered Carlick to attend the “‘Crossroads” alcohol abuse treatment centre in Whitehorse and to pay restitution to the victim for eyeglasses that were broken during the assault. Patrick Dennis appeared for SCOTT DENNIS who has an outstanding fine to pay for impaired driving. Judge Overend ordered Dennis to pay the fine by the 18th of June or face incarceration. The next sitting of court will be June 19, 1986, in Cassiar. pen f eens [ym fy fn] SUMMER AIRFARES London from $1005 Amsterdam from $1041 Italy from $1512 Yugoslavia from $1657 Prices subject to change, tax and flight availability CoCo SSS —_a—_ Phone 778-7839 evenings (Gary Swift) for booking information through Shirley Swift DEPARTURES INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL SI“FSS -F Sa OT — Oe P& W Services Winter Schedule Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Closed Sundays Les Prosser & Rita Wylie ESSO DEALERS Cassiar, B.C. 778-7383 | >, } $e New Youth Support Group formed A community group to help children in need is currently being organized in Cassiar. A committee of concerned citizens has met to discuss the problems which affect our children and the group wants to do something to help them. In April a group of students met with the Committee to formulate a questionnaire to be sent to all school chil- dren. Results are expected early in May. The question- naire was to be anonymous and was expected to include such questions as: Do you think there is a need for ad- ditional support services for children in Cassiar? What do the children need? Sherry Sethen, a member of the Steering Committee, said the group is a community organization and is not connected with any government ministry. However, she said they are working with the assistance and advice of the ‘professionals’ in town, including John Nuyens at Human Resources, Marlene Hogg at Public Health, the RCMP and the school counsellors. At this point, they are not sure what form the organization will take: however, if the results indicate the need, a volunteer group will be estab- lished. Mrs. Sethen said the volunteers will have to be interviewed and screened by professionals before being selected. They would then be trained during a workshop. YOUTH SUPPORT QUESTIONNAIRE The purpose of this questionnaire is to determine whether there is a need for a support group, what concerns there are, and if there are other people interested in this group. The more information the group receives the better it can begin to organize itself to help. 1. Would you like to have someone to talk to about your problems? 2. Would you like to have a special place to go to? 3. If you had a problem would you prefer talking to someone on the telephone, in person or by mail? ‘4. Who would you feel comfortable talking to: people your own age, adult women, adult men, any of these? 5. Would you prefer group sessions or. private (one-to- one) sessions? 6. Do you want any information on a specific problem? If so, what? 7. How would YOU like to see the Youth Support Group operate? If you are interested in becoming a volunteer with the Youth Support Group, please contact: Sherry Sethen, Co-ordinator — 778-7564 Norma Ray — 778-7243 Joan Cass — 778-7877 ECT) EEO ME OE MH EOD ( ; by Stan Deyo The Curling Club just completed its curling season with the Annual Ethnic Bonspiel held the weekend of April 11,12 and 13. Winners were: “A” EVENT Bruce Leckie Darren DeCecco Marvel Knudslien Ushi Leckie “B” EVENT Ivan Vidovic Jerry Pisonic Mario Gimmi (honorary Yugoslav) Dragica Vidovic “@? EVENT Ken Larden Tish Sutherland Stan Carter Darlene Larden We had a very successful season, with close to 200 members. A banquet and prize presentation for curlers in the Family League and Family Bonspiel was held on April 25th, with our final Prize Presentation and banquet on May 3rd. Thanks to all those who worked hard and supported the club. We'll look forward to seeing everyone in the Fall. New Bursary Program: Announced The British Columbia Ministry of Health has ann- ounced a bursary program to boost recruitment of health professionals to rural and isolated B.C. commun- ities. Students in health specialties including audiology, speech pathology, psychology, physiotherapy, occupa- tional therapy and dental hygiene will be eligible. The bursary - which will be available beginning in the 1986/87 academic year - will provide a student with aid of $5,000 a year for each year he or she agrees to work in an area determined by the Ministry of Health. _ More Schmoo Daze results = Continued from Page 10 YOUTH FLOOR HOCKEY TOURNAMENT “ROAD WARRIORS” — Ist Pat Ferguson Danny Walters Don Harrison David Pascal Stephen Ryan Paul Guarducci David Liddle YOUTH BADMINTON TOURNEY 1st — Danny W. & Jason G. 2nd — Paul G. & Roland R. 3rd — John C. & David L. ADULT BASKETBALL SHOOTS 1st — Merv Prier — 16 2nd — Joey Anderson — 6 3rd — John Sethen — 5 MEN’S FLOOR HOCKEY TOURNAMENT “Tuli’s Terrorists’? — 1st Atul Kaul Frank Nuyens Richard Knowles Porti Nitti P.J. Connelly John Sethen ADULTS TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT 1st — Atul Kaul 2nd — Blythe Grimmeth 3rd — Richard Knowles YOUTH TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT 1st — Mr. Bubbles 2nd — Andy Gowan 3rd — Roland Rudkowsky YOUTH BASKETBALL SHOOT 1st — Jason Gay — 4 2nd — Denise Gay — 3 3rd — Kelly Huber — 2 MINI MIXED BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT “BASKET CASES” — Ist Andy Gowan Ellen Artico Jason Gay Denise Gay SNOWSHOE BASEBALL “THE DROPS” “THE BUBBLEHEADS” Graham Overton David George Rose Gay Mr. Bubbles Katherine Lanteigne James Lanteigne Krista Randall Kyle Zubek David Bennett Denise Gay Donna French Jason Gay Maurice Pain Bob Best Travis Penno Rosemary Best Roland Rudkowsky David Liddle SCORE - 9 (1st) SCORE - 4 (2nd) SNOWSHOE RACES YOUTH 1st - Katherine Lanteigne - 00:52 2nd - David Bennett - 00:56 3rd - Amy Erickson - 1:10 MENS 1st - Graham Overton - 00:26 2nd -Andre McCutcheon- 00:27 3rd - Maurice Pain -00:36 LADIES 1st - Rose Gay - 1:06 2nd - Donna French - 1:08 SWEDE SAW CONTESTS YOUTH 1st - Liddle - Cavanaugh Co. - :35.35 2nd - Hebert - Loughran Co. - :35.42 3rd - Erickson - Robbyn Co. - :40:77 MENS 1st - Prosser - Steadman Connection - :17.24 2nd - George - Frenette Co. - :20.00 3rd - ‘“‘Noodle’’-“‘Dips”’ - :21.92 WOMENS ‘Ist - Rose - Joyce Co. - :20.24 2nd - Claire - Rose Co. - :24.34 3rd - Donna - Kay Co. - :49.34 ONE DOG PULL 1st - “Mush” Lefebvre - 200 lbs. 2nd - ‘‘Caesar” Gibson - 100 lbs. 3rd - “Shane” Beddington - refused to move Seca SSR i A DONE RAE Ba I I IEE OE SE ITOE SEO eee 252 ae ee ee CASSIAR COUNTRY Continued from Page 6. bunkhousing. However, his involvement in Cassiar doesn’t stop there. He was on the steering committee that trans- formed the Cassiar Hospital from a company-run private hospital to a public facility operated by a hospital society. For the last three years he has been chairman of the hospital board and is quite pleased with their accomplish- ments. “We have made a lot of changes there,’ Frank says. “We’ve installed new. equipment and refurbished the building inside and out.” He has been a citizenship judge for ten years and has given courses for people studying to become Canad- ian citizens. Prior to the opening of the government agent’s office in Cassiar Frank was the registrar of births, deaths and marriages. He performed several marriages during his time as registrar. He was asked by the govern- ment to also be the coroner for our area, but Frank says, “That was the only thing I refused to do...I drew the line there!” Frank was also on the committee that organized the Cassiar Concert Society in 1978 and was president of the society during the five years that it was actively bringing in musical groups to Cassiar. The society also held Spring Preludes and Beer Fests to raise funds for their musical events. Last year Frank was appointed to the board of Northern Lights College as the representative from the Stikine region. He is also on the six member board of the Celebrity Concert Society of B.C. and represents northern B.C. Frank’s interests are wide and varied. He’s well known in Cassiar for his gourmet cooking (‘I like mess- ing around in the kitchen but I don’t like cleaning up,” he says.) and he’s an avid bridge player and curler. In 1981 he went to Scotland and curled with Frank Nitti, Tony Coran and Cyril Habjan. The team placed 4th overall. Frank Buckley has expended his energies both on the job and off to make Cassiar a better place to live. He’s been involved with the town’s health, education, culture and leisure activities and it can be said without a doubt that his endeavours have touched the lives of nearly everyone in Cassiar Country! june3 C ensus Gay SUNBAW RUNCH LETTER TO THE EDITOR Continued fran Page 2. reflect the fact that phase contrast microscopy is an international standard and his comments represent the views of only one doctor among many who have re- searched asbestos related disease. Your article appears to be biased without regard for twenty years of research. I am not just a person looking out for my job in the asbestos industry, but I am a poll- ution control technologist who has worked in the pulp and paper, natural gas, oil refining and grain handling industries over the past fourteen years, I believe the as- bestos industry is working very hard to protect its workers and to provide information to end users. It is very unfortunate that articles such as yours are published in a brochure to promote safety and these same articles increase paranoia, decrease our market and therefore decrease our occupational health and safety budgets. You may not realize it but this non-objective article and others like it actually increase the risk to em- -ployees, they do not lessen the risks. -You must realize that H2S is a highly dangerous and toxic substance which causes olfactory fatigue rendering your body unaware that it is exposed to a toxic chemical. In Ontario alone there are four major sources of SO2 and assuming 2% H2S accompanying the SO2 you may have a very large amount of toxic chemical emitted to the atmosphere. Inco produces approximately 730,000 tons per year of airborne SO2, Ontario Hydro approximately 390,000 tons per year, Falconbridge and Algoma steel are also major producers of SO2. The gold industry frequently uses cyanide in its process. Natural gas plants, oil refineries and kraft pulp mills give off H2S. Vancouver has a major chlorine plant located on the north shore. These are all risks of living , people put up with and we in the asbestos industry have worked to make the risks from asbestos less than those | of everyday life. Dr. Selikoff has done a great deal of research into | pulmonary fibrosis and mesothelioma but he has shown no evidence of analyzing the cause to determine the type | of fibre (whether synthetic or natural) or if it is actually asbestos and what type of asbestos it actually is. I have come to respect your publications and to read an article such as this is very disheartening. I hope in the ~ future you will either research an article before publishing or failing that, provide both points of view in a contro- versy such as Asbestos. I think the stature of your brochure demands a more objective and well rounded look at controversial subjects. I would appreciate a response to this letter as I feel an injustice has been done. Every Sunday . Cassiar Courier May 1986 Page 15 Recreation Hockey by Bruce Leckie The Recreation Hockey Season came to an end on March 18, 1986. The regular season ended as follows: Ist - C.C.C. Flyers 2nd - Oldtimers 3rd - P & W Panthers The first round of the playoffs was between the P & W Panthers and the Oldtimers. This series came down to the final minutes of the final game, with the Panthers upsetting the Oldtimers and winning the series. The finals were Letween the P & W Panthers and the C.C.C. Flyers. The Flyers won the first game but the Panthers re-grouped and won the next 2 games to win the 1985-86 Playoffs. Congratulations to John Drzimotta of the C.C.C. Flyers who won the scoring race. The players would like to thank all the fans, time- keepers and referees for their help and support during the 1985-86 season. New Chief Mine Inspector Victor E. Dawson, a man with almost 30 years | direct experience in the field of mine safety, has been appointed chief inspector of mines for British Columbia. Dawson, 59, will head the inspection and engineering branch of the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources which is respon- sible for enforcing safety standards and regula- tions at all mining operations in B.C. PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA “CHANGE OF NAME ACT” (Section 6) NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that an application will be made to the Director of Vital Statistics for a change of name, pursuant to the provisions of the “Change of Name Act” by me: Pamela Sue Swift. To change my name from Pamela Sue Swift, known as Pamela Sue Reid Swift, to Pamela Sue Reid Swift. Dated this 18th day of March, 1986. Hours 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. $8.00 per person THE COOKERY