CaP SR 5 Peto Ge ascent neat gine Ce llan oplunde ise teste January 1984 Cassiar Courier the Voice of Cassiar Country 10 cents _ HAPPY NEW YEAR Looking into 1984 By Peter Jones When the Cassiar Courier telephoned me to ask for an article about the Company’s 1984 operations, they refer- red to it as my “1984 doom and gloom message”’. The art- icles written in the last two years may not have been prophesies to gladden the hearts of men, however, they did turn out to be relatively accurate. Companies, consultants and economists all spend many hours trying to forecast the future, particularly in terms of the financial future for a coming period. Inevit- ably, we are all wrong, at least in the detail, but perhaps some can be accurate in terms of generalities. Our sales outlook in terms of tonnage for 1984, is very similar to that of 1983, that is, we foresee continuing with our 5 week summer shutdown again this year. In terms of value of our sales, we would see continued heavy discounting which in some grades may be even higher than this year’s discounts. We are however, optimistic that we can continue to hold our iticreased market share. A re-design of the Cassiar pit has allowed rescheduling of waste with reduced volumes to be moved in 1984. This has allowed changes of schedules so that nearly all the mine personnel can work Monday to Friday, with week- ends off. Although the life of the present open pit is currently forecasted as 1990, Engineering work is continuing on the McDame Deposit, and on salvage of ore from the pit using underground extraction. The ultimate decision as to if and when such projects go ahead will of course, be based on their-profitability which is a function of the marketplace. Fortunately, predicting that is somebody elses job. The Federal Government has now decided to extend its moratorium on the taxation of Northern Benefits for another period (probably until after the next Federal elec- tion) or until Revenue Canada can think of some other way of getting money out of northern resource opera- tions. Perhaps they too are hoping just as much as we are, that 1984 will eventually be the turn around year we have all been waiting for. School hoard meeting On the weekend of December 11th and 12th the Stikine District 87 School Board held a meeting in Cassiar. Part of the Sunday schedule was open to the public. At the public meeting the new trustees were sworn in. They were Sherry Sethen (2nd term Cassiar), Dorothy Odian (2nd term Atlin), Arlene Frank (Telegraph Creek) and Peter Stone (2nd term Lower Post). Sherry Sethen was re-elected as Chairman of the Board and Dorothy Odian was re-elected as Vice- Chair- man. As well two committees were formed. Dave Pewsey is chairman of the education committee and Dorothy Odian is chairman of the business committee. Burgess Longson agreed to continue as the representative on the Northern Interior Health Board. After the swearing in of officers, elections and ap- pointments ,the regular business started. Correspondence was read and reports were received from the Chairman, Superintendent, Secretary Treasurer and from the trustee for each school attendance area. Points of interest were:- a) The Ministry directive that only three days pay be withheld for the withdrawal of services. The Ministry counts each day as being 1/200th of the annual salary. b) A budget figure of $3,978,000 has been set for’ 1984. This is $16,000 less than for 1983. c) The successful opening of the Dease Lake kinder- garten facility. d) Lower Post school renovations are completed with the exception of the heating. e) A sum of $200 was donated to the Atlin T.V. Board. C.B.C., C.T.V. and Knowledge Network are now available in Atlin. f) Artisan has extended their warranty period of 12 months. Part of the $11,000 withheld to cover warranty work has been released. The remainder will be released when the doors and beams of Snowridge have been check- ed and repaired. g) Iskut School has been assigned to the Dease Lake Trustee. iy Atlin has formed a Parent Advisory Committee. _Continued on Page2 Provincial Safety Record det Photo Courtesy The Mining Association of British Columbia CAPPING OFF a new safety record for B.C. mining are Peter Jones, general manager of Cassiar Mine (left) and Tex Enemark, president of The Mining Association of British Columbia. Cassiar workforce, on July 31, 1983, completed 1,071,652 man-hours of work without a time-loss in- jury. Jones presented a special cap to Enemark to mark the occasion. R.C.M.P. Court News Court was held in Cassiar on December Ist and 2nd. Court is normally only one day, but an addi- tional day was added because of the large number of trials. TRIALS HELD. WERE: CHARLES CHIEF JR: AND SARAH McINTOSH were jointly charged with breaking in to four cab- ins at Chain Lakes. The judge dismissed the case. The case against two juveniles charged in the same case were dismissed. ALLAN McKAY was convicted of impaired driv- ing. He was fined $800 or 60 days in jail. DOUGLAS SKAIFE was convicted of impaired driving. He was fined $800 or 45 days in jail. CHARLIE TIBBETT was charged with assault. The judge dismissed the case for lack of evidence but no witnesses were subpoenaed. LOUISE PORTER was charged with assault aud the case was dismissed for lack of evidence. HARRY KELFORD was charged with impaired driving. He was fined $1000 or 60 days in jail. HOWARD VANCE — a charge of impaired driving was dismissed but he was fined $450 for failing to take a breathalyser test. STEVEN CHAPMAN ~— a charge of impaired driv- ing was dismissed. IRENE BARTELL — a charge of impaired driving was dismissed. OTHER COURT APPEARANCES: MARVIN QUOCK was charged with assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace. He elected trial by judge and the trial date will be set later. DAVID GIES ‘pleaded guilty to possession of a narcotic. He was fined $250 or 30 days in jail. COLIN CRAFT pleaded guilty to possession of a narcotic. He was fined $250 or 30 days in jail. BERNARD ARCHIBALD pleaded guilty to poss- ession of a narcotic. He was fined $250 or 30 days in jail. JOSEPH HEBERT pleaded guilty to assault, He received a conditional discharge and © months probation. ABDERRAHIM MIMOUNI pleaded guilty to im- paired driving. He was fined $1000 or 90 days in jail. KEVIN DAVIDSON pleaded guilty to impaired driving. He was fined $600 or 90 days in jail. Fa {