Page 6 September 1985 Cassiar Courier

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I Really Enjoyed the Lions Youth Camp by Julie Walters

From July 12th to the 27th the Lions Club of Cassiar
sponsored me for a youth camp in Fox, Alaska. I'd like to

thank them for the busiest and most enjoyable two weeks.

There was never a dull monsent and I’ve never met
so many close friends so quickly! There were 21 kids at
the camp, consisting of guys and girls, ranging in age from
15-17. They came from all over: Inuvik, Tuktoyuktuk,
Washington, Saskatchewan, and different parts of Alaska.

When | arrived in Whitehorse-I was billeted there for
one night and I met two girls going to the camp from
Saskatchewan. The following morning we boarded a “not
very modern” DC3. It seated only 20 people and didn’t
look as if it was capable of making it over the mountains.
There were 10 of us going to the youth camp on the plane
and all of us were Canadians.

When we arrived in: Fairbanks we were taken to the
camp for a look around and some lunch. We played a
game of softball and were then taken to host families. We
spent two nights enjoying the city of Fairbanks and then
were taken to the camp in Fox, just outside of Fairbanks.
Sunday afternoon everyone was brought together and we
spent the afternoon settling in and doing activities to get
acquainted.

The first day of camp we awoke “bright and carly~
to have our showers and eat breakfast. The morning was
spent on Chena River's Riverboat Discovery Tour. After
returning for lunch we spent the afternoon at the museum
and played softball and had some free time. After dinner
we went to a live play and then back to camp for a greatly
needed sleep.

C.C.C. Summer Fun Day
At Simmons Lake

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Every day was a full day; the free time we managed
to get was always appreciated. They filled every day with
activities such as: going to stock car races, a Nicks &
Panners baseball game. horseback riding, gold panning,
preparing food for International Food Day. visiting a
permafrost tunnel. swimming, being hosted by Lions
Clubs all over for lunches and dinners, touring the Univer-
sity of Alaska, touring a Gold Dredge, having visits by
people who have been to places of interest, shopping and
playing various sports.

The second week of camp was spent travelling. This
year they chose to bring the camp into Canada. We
crossed the border the first day and got as far as Destruc-
tion Bay. The second day we got to Whitehorse and stay-
ed in private cabins on the waterfront. We spent the even-
ing in the water and sitting around the fire: The weather
was beautiful and a few people slept on the beach all
night.

The next morning we were served a huge breakfast,
taken to the museum in Whitehorse and then spent the
day in the hot springs. That night we stayed at host
families and went to the movies. We drove to Haines
Junction the following day and had a huge Bar-B-Que
before being issued host families.

The last day of camp we had to prepare our jamboree
Families were invited for a banquet and awards present-
ation. We performed our. skits and started our farewells.

The next day everyone cried as we parted. It was a
fun-filled and memory-filled two weeks. Everyone was
sad to see it end. The romances and friendships of two
weeks ended with excellent memories.

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Recently the Cassiar Post Office held an Open
House at which they collected donations for
the Lions Club. Above Lion Norm Cosnett
receives the donations from Postal Clerk
Phoebe Randell.

The Cassiar Lions Club has bridge-size playing
cards for sale. These are brand new, unopened.
Cost of the cards is $2.00 a pack. To purchase
the cards please see Dave Brocklebank or Reg
Ash.

STARTING NOVEMBER 1 FLY

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Cassiar Courier reporter Lee Coran recently visited
one of our area’s fire lookout posts. Here is her +eport:

High atop a mountain overlooking Telegraph Creek,
Cathie Bluck begins: her daily routine by checking in with
the Dease Lake Forestry office at 8 a.m. to report the tem-
perature, relative humidity and’ cloud cover. Cathie is
spending her fifth summer as a Fire Lookout in the Dease
Lake Forest District and her second here at the Dodjatin
Lookout. Although Telegraph Creek can be seen from the
Lookout, the only access is by helicopter.

The normal firewatch season is from early May to the
end of August and Cathie usually does not come down
from her mountain top home during that period unless ad-
verse weather conditions make firewatching unnecessary.
She has the option of coming out for three days every
twenty-one days but doesn’t. Instead she places her groc-
ery order by radio telephone and the helicopter brings
these, her mail and a three-week supply of water every
three weeks.

Cathie’s day is spent looking out over the vast area of

mountains, meadows and lakes to spot any signs of fire.
During a thunderstorm she makes notes of lightning
strikes and pays special attention to these areas after, so
that smouldering fires can be spotted quickly. Even as she
talks, every few minutes, seemingly unconsciously, she
puts on her glasses and her eyes scan the horizon. During
the first three years of firewatching she did not have one
fire to report. Last year, however, in her first month at
Dodjatin she had five fires to report and then none for the
rest of the summer,

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Her daily time is filled with many activities. She reads
practices Tai Chi, is learning the flute and going through
a training program in Autogenics, set up by Dr. Odessky.
She has also this year taken up drawing. If the fire hazard
is low she goes for long walks, Although she hasn’t’seen
any animals yet this year she usually takes along a double-
barrelled shotgun on these walks. \

Unless there is a thunderstorm in the area, her day
finally ends at 10 p.m. with a final check-in with Dease
Lake Forestry office.

Dodjatin Lookout, located high above Telegraph Creek,
may only be reached by helicopter.

Dodjatin is one of three Primary Lookouts in the
Dease Lake Forestry District, which covers approximately
one-seventh of the province of B.C. The other two are 1
Ace Mountain, which covers from the Yukon border at
Lower Post to the Horse Ranch Range and the McLeod,
which covers the Dease Valley from Gnat Pass to Dease
Crossing. There are also three secondary Lookouts which
are now only manned during high fire hazard in their area.
They are Sister Mary, which covers the Stikine; Cascade
which covers the Kinaskin Campground and the highway
corridor south of Kiniskan; and Bob Quinn, which covers
the Bob Quinn Lake area.

In addition to the regular employees, during the fire
season seventeen seasonal employees are hired in the Dis-
trict. Nine of these are 3 three-men initial attack crews
stationed at Dease Lake, Lower Post and Atlin.

Every three weeks Cathie Bluck, above, receives mail

and supplies at her solitary look out post. Here she
puts away her new supply of groceries.

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