tna A spring bear hunt turned into a tragedy when four hunters attempted to cross the swollen waters of the Dease River a few miles south east of the community of Good Hope Lake, B.C. in the Boya Lake Provincial Park area. The canoe in which the four men and their gear were travelling, floundered in the swift water throwing the men out into the cold water of the Dease River. Roderick BUCHANAN of Wiarton, Ontario and Kevin DAVIDSON of Good Hope Lake, B.C. battled the strong currents and made it safely back to shore. Their companions Walter JOHNNY, age 26, of Good Hope Lake, B.C. and Willie JAKESTA, age 33, of Good Hope Lake, B.C. were swept down stream and are presumed drowned. An in- tensive search for several days by the RCMP Cassiar Detachment, and local volunteers using boats and aircraft have turned up the canoe and some of the gear. A scaled down check will con- tinue in hopes of recovering the two missing men. e @ Stikine School e e@ @ District Capital Budgets Approved Education Minister Brian Smoth recently an- nounced provincial government approval of $2,223,000 for the construction of a new elem- entary school in Stikine School District. The new school, to be named Cassiar Elemen- tary School, will accommodate 50 kindergarten and 200 grades | to 7 students. The approval will allow completion of a pro- ject originally scheduled for the 1981-82 budget. year. He also announced provincial government ap- proval of $840,010 for Stikine School District’s capital budget program for 1982-83. The approval includes $345,000 for a new ad- ministrative office; $287,500 for a maintenance building; and $96,000 for re-roofing at various schools. The balance. of the budget will be used for equipment and minor renovations at various schools. “seaferfenieafeafesp siecle Forest Fires by George Holman Several small forest fires have been reported in the Good hope Lake area in the past few weeks, All the fires to date have been started by people being careless with camp fires and the burning of brush. A fire.in the Cotten Lake area near Mighty Moe’s place started when a Highways brushing crew let a fire get away on them. A fire supression crew from Dease Lake and Highways employees put out the fire. A fire in the Boya Lake Provincial Park was extinguished by the Forestry fire supression crew from Lower Post, B.C. Other small fires in the area have been extin- guished by local residents and travelling public a- long Highway No. 37. Please ensure your CAMP FIRE IS OUT. When travelling, please use-your ashtrays. Cassiar Courier the Voice of Cassiar Country July 1982 cer Moresumed dead"? ERICKSON FIRST AID WINNERS 10 cents Left to right - Coach Joe Hebert, Tom Williams, Jim Bordeson, Tom McGrail On J une 5, 1982, Erickson Gold Mines three-man miner First Aid team competed in the underground division at the Regional level in Nanaimo. Team members Jim Bondesen, Captain, Tom Williams, Tom McGrail and Joe Hebert, ‘coach, won first place and brought back the trop wo hy for the second year in a row. They competed against teams from West Min (formerly Western Mines) and Boss Mountain. Now they will go on to compet which are also being held in Nanaimo this year on June 19. e in the Provincial competitions Runners up at Smithers CASSIAR MINE RESCUE TEAM On June 4, 1982, the Northern Zone Surface Mine Rescue competion and the Miners Three Person First Aid Competition took place in Smithers. Cassiar placed second in both competitions. Six Mine Rescue teams participated in the competion. They were from Equity, Granisle Cop- per, Bell Copper, Amax, Endako and Cassiar. The ist place team was Equity. All of the teams per- formed well. The Ist and 2nd place teams were very close and the judges must have had a difficult decision to make in choosing the winner. It should be pointed out that while it is nice to win the competion the main objective of all the training is to have a competent Mine Rescue Team capable of performing a rescue should the need arise. The Cassiar team consisting of Danny Harrison, (Cap- tain) Larry Prince, Jim Gilpin, Bruce Burns, Ralph Voss, Darren DeCecco and Dale Ritter, have shown themselves both in practice and in competion to be well able to deal ' with any accidents which may arise - a fact which we may all be proud of. Well done guys! The First Aid problem was a difficult one. The pat- ient had two life threatening conditions that had to be taken into consideration - the build up of fluids in his CASSIAR FIRST AID TEAM mouth and throat and severe respiratory distress caused by multiple fractures to the ribs. These problems had to be dealt with before further first aid treatment could be applied. Once again the Cassiar No. 2 team was “‘just pip- ped at the post’? by Equity. The Team, consisting of Christine Normand, Bruce Burns and Anue Coté gave an excellent performance. Congratulations to both teams for a job well done and to Coach Don Toth for his hard work in training the teams. HAPPY HOLIDAYS ‘There will be no August issue of the Cassiar Courier because of the July shutdown. The deadline for the September issue will be August 9th. We would appreciate all articles being in by this date and hope that everyone in Cassiar Country has a SAFE and HAPPY holiday.