Page 20 June 1985 Cassiar Courier LANA POTOCNJAK continued from page 7 imagination can really let go.” says Lana. “These fabrics are very difficult to work on but I love them, and I love creating the intricate detail that unique formal attire al- lows.” She has already begun to plan designs for the next Christmas and New Year’s holiday season.“This summer when I am on holiday in Toronto, I will be searching through fabric stores from morning till night to find the special things that I will need to suit my new ideas.” Working in a remote place like Cassiar is not easy for a fashion designer. One must depend on reliable fabric dealers, who can suggest new materials over the phone. There are no trade people here to share ideas with and no opportunity to observe what is going on in the business. Yet the isolation does not seem to deter Lana’s spirit. She is proud of being self-taught and is determined to pursue her own design ideas. More and more she is doing her own designs and get- ting away from using patterns. Compare this spring’s show where she showed seven of her own works with last fall where she showed only two. She is gaining confidence and experience very quickly. Last month she had a letter from the promotion manager at Butterick/Vogue Patterns, who is anxious to see Lana’s portfolio and to offer some pro- fessional advice and encouragement. Lana’s prestige is growing locally. Her creativity, at- tention to detail and assurance of customer satisfaction have produced an appreciative list of regular clients. Or- ders must usually be placed months in advance and she has had to stop taking new customers. “‘At least until next fall’ says Lana, “ I have to give priority to my present clientele. If I still have time to take more or- ders after | have satisfied them, then maybe I can take on some new people.” Cassiar is Lana’s testing ground for the future. “My dream is to have a successful design business -- strictly custom -- in a major market area. But that is a few years away. Right now I just concentrate on being the best I can be. The rest will take care of itself” Cassiar Retail Store SUMMER OURS Effective July 2,1985 Mon. ~ Tue. ~ Thur. 12:30 ~- 5:30 pm Fri. 12:30 ~ 6:00pm Truck Arrivals July 2, 8,15, 22, 29 Aug. 2&8 Regular Hours Resume| Aug. 3, 1985 AL PASSARELL, M.L.A., ATLIN Atlin Constituency Office Box 359, Cassiar a> aS Cassiar ~778~7340 Atlin~- 651-7723 Victoria ~ 387-5207 - collect CZ Please contact our office if you havea concern one or more essential nutrients. Me SCHOOL BUDGETS continued from page 1 (3) All non-teaching clerical and teacher aides (teacher aides are not considered learning assistants) hours have been cut by 25% below policy recommendations (4) Maintenance — in some schools where janitorial em- ployees looked after maintenance as well, this has been eliminated. Maintenance will now be done by the District maintenance staff and emergency main-: tenance will be contracted out. (5) Grounds development money and any upgrading of school grounds will not be done at this time. This means there will be no work done on the Snowridge School grounds at this time. (6) The District was considering buying an Envoy System (electronic communication). This has now been aban- doned. (7) The position of assistant secretary-treasurer has been eliminated. (8) Staff travel has been cut back. The week these cuts were made three trustees, Sherry Sethen, Dave Pewsey and Dorothy Odian, as well as Don Best and Owen Corcoran, all travelled to Vancouver to at- tend the BCSTA annual general meeting. Sethen’s reply, when asked if this entourage type of travelling was neces- sary in view of the present financial situation,was “In nor- mal times the entire Board would have gone and that would have been 7 trustees and 3 administrators. Because of restraint we passed a policy at our last Board meeting limiting numbers of people attending such conferences. One thing that the people in Cassiar should realize is that there is a seven-person Board. In as much as both the chair- person and the administration are centred in Cassiar, this g’ pis much more visible.” The cuts made enabled the Board to submit a balanc- ed budget hy the deadline. Sethen said “Making the de- cision to cut the budget to a compliance level was fraught with much soul-searching on behalf of the Board. We felt that inasmuch as the government had the authority to withhold all funds if a tax by-law and compliance budget were not submitted by May 1, for the good of our elect- orate we had no choice but to comply. We have made the cuts hopefully where they will hurt the least.” NUTRITION continued from page 15 There certainly are no simple or perfect foods that alone can provide the road to perfect health. The most important thing is that you feel good a- bout the foods you are eating and that you select from a variety of sources.Fad diets are no way to live, because as shown above sooner or later the health will begin to suffer from deprevation of Consider the facts and then eat the way that is right for you, el) ANS = anere eS |S SI° >] Ss — Oo OSE ES POGDOOPDOOCPOPOOPSPOOOOVOO GOGO OOPS OPSPOPSPSPSPSPCOPOOOSOOOD HOLT AGENCIES INSURANCE LTD. R.R.S.P.'s — 10 3/42 Contents, Tenants, Fire Insurance 1.C.B.C. (Auto Plan) % Life Insurance Hours: Sees . Pe ee ee 8 > hho Geeaaaeadad ; 164 Elliott St. Cassiar, B.C. 778-7220 9:30-5:30 Mon.-: Fri. Postalk To the people of Cassiar and outlying residents. Here is a schedule of the hours of operation of the Cassiar Post Office. They are: / Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m.—1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.—5:30 p.m. (only wicket is closed at lunch) Saturday: 8:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m. Counter and wicket service Lobby open ‘til 5:30 p.m. for box holders _ The mail arrives at our office and is sorted on the following day by about 10:30 a.m., depending on the volume: of mail, on Thursdays, Saturdays and Mondays. We always get mail from Watson Lake and Whitehorse every other day. The mail leaves our office on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. If you have mail to go out on those days it should be in our office by the following times or it doesn’t go out: Registered and Priority Post by 11:00 a.m. Special Delivery, ist Class mail and parcels by 11:30 a.m, We also have the mail from Watson Lake leave our office every day. On Saturdays all mail should be in by 12:00 noon. Would all box holders please note that if they don’t bring their keys with them, we are not responsible for giving them their mail. Note there are always a few regulars who don’t bring their keys. The rest of the people are great and do. | hope this helps the people who are not yet famil- iar with our hours. Thank you. Cassiar Post Office Staff Mc Dame Gun Club Holds Shoot The McDame Gun Club held a shoot on June 2nd. The club added several new events to add to the excite- ment of the day. Some of the events were: 22s for kids (14 and under) and adults, a Black Powder shoot, hand guns, C.F. Rifles (no scopes) and Bingo shoots between events. The club has begun keeping members’ scores in the 22 shoot. 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