Cassiar Courier April 1984 Page 5 LIONESS NEWS We would like to extend our thanks and con- gratulations to the two winners of trophies for Page 4 April 1984 Cassiar Courier’ Surora Arts § Craft Centre LIONS CLUB NEWS CHUR CH S CHEDUL ES” A thank you to everyone who came out to Monte BROWNIES By Margaret Voss Well, it’s almost that time again, elections are just around the corner, for executive positions. It has been a long hard year. We last. surviving members thought we should shed some light on the situation. Since we are basically a non-profit organization, we tried very hard with fund-raising ideas to try to keep the centre afloat, a near im- possible task,to say the least. When we first took over the responsibility of the centre, the building was in such bad shape, we couldn’t even open it up for community use. Many repairs had to be done, and to those people who did volunteer their services and time—thank you very much, it was - ‘greatly appreciated. The building also had to be insured, this would cost us roughly eighteen hundred dollars for the year! We also had to heat the building—all these expenses weighed very heavy on our minds. We opened up a Craft Shoppe, let people be exposed to different handicrafts, let them show their work to the community. We held an open house, set up a course schedule and membership drive. We received very little community res- ponse. Panic!!. . . What had we done wrong, how could we correct the situation, how could we raise money? Thank goodness for the area rented by the ski _ chalet and the Craft Shoppe, a guaranteed source of income for the meantime. The cleaning up of the Ski Chalet area and the canteen are run by volunteers. Our most profitable projects to date have been the Valentine’s brunch and of course the dinners. Any dinner sponsored by the Arts and Crafts has been put on because of our situation and we know the community appreciates them. Thank you to everyone who has helped with the dinners and made them a big success. For all the volunteers who continue to help us because of a genuine interest in seeing the centre as a benefit to the community—thank you very much. Every penny earned on these fund raisers is certainly needed to keep the centre alive. We need help from community members de- ciding the future of the Arts and Crafts Centre. If you or your group would like to use the facilities for fund raisers or if you would like to do a show- ing of your craft, the larger rooms are and can be rented out for $50 each. An additional fee of $25 is charged for kitchen facilities, some type of clean up arrangement is made at the same time. Space can be rented provided there is no conflict- ing schedule and it has gone through executive ap- proval. If you need or want more information concerning this—contact any executive member. Hopefully in the near future we will get the infor- mation on Government Grants we requested some months ago. On Saturday, April 14th, there will be an evening of dining and dancing. This will be an Easter affair. A dinner is also planned in May— _ no definite date yet. April 21st (Saturday) an Easter egg workshop will be held for children ages 5 to 7, fee is $5.00 per child. An election meeting will be held April 17th at the Centre at 7:00 p.m. If you need any information about the facilities, executive members you can.contact are: Linda Andrews, Porti Nitti, Rita Brown, Lana Potocnjak. Any input at all would be well appreciated. Linda Andrews Lana Potocnjak Warren Cocking -. Kirst Dimension Mair Design 7 Ladies & Mens Hairstyling Perms, Colors and a full lineof Retail Products For Appointments Call Cindy 677 Brown St., Cassiar Already the Brownie year is %4’s of the way through and probably one of the more exciting times is approaching—Girl Guide Cookie Sales! In mid April, Girl Guide Cookies will be on sale and as in the past years, the girls will be coming door to door on a Saturday Afternoon. Please watch for posters and we would appreciate you keeping an eye on your dogs (and cookie monsters) when we come around! : Brownies recently celebrated ““Thinking Day” a day in remembrance of Guiding and Scouting founders—Lord and Lady Baden Powell. Also this is a day of International Sisterhood of Guiding throughout the World. By celebrating this, each pack of girls chose to represent a country and have displays. with various articles from that country. Also on this day, girls were tested for their singing badge and many of the girls received other badges such as Baking and Housekeeping. The girls have been very eager in doing their best to earn badges. Presently, many of them are working on badges such as Petkeeper, Birdwatch- er, Cooking, Collector, Snowshoer, and of course many of them receive their Skaters badge at this time of year. Year end is coming quickly for Brownies and we most certainly have to prepare for Brownie holiday camping weekends. Girls are now learning and preparing for outdoor adventures; basic first aid; campfire care; compass and landmark read- ing; nature awareness (what grows and lives in our | bushes); and also the girls plan their meals and ac- tivities for when they are away. The 20 Brownies will be divided into three separate groups and each group will spend one weekend experience in a cabin at Chain Lake. The first group will be on the May 26th weekend and follow through two weekends after, with “Brownie Holidays”. After Brownies and leaders survive this—mid June brings the Annual Mother and Daughter banquet which is also our event closing the Brownie sea- son. At our year end banquet there will be one girl—Liliana Bogdanovic flying to Guides. Liliana has completed the Brownie Program and will be 9 years old by June. Last of all, all the Brownies and Leaders would like t to wish Stephanie Price, Good Luck in her new home. We hope that Stephanie and her ucvw prownie Company can share some exper- iences with us. Don’t forget—Girl Guide Cookies are coming soon—watch for posters! BEAVERS The Beavers are looking forward to the Schmoo Daze parade and have a great float plan- ned for this year’s entry. Beaver meetings are held each Monday and consist of an hour of crafts, games and skill activities. One of the more interesting activities was try- ing to blow bubbles outside in the cold. The bub- bles had to be made quickly before the water turned to ice. None of the bubbles froze in mid- air however. On Wednesday evening, March 14th, the First Cassiar Scouts Executive met. Activities for the coming months were planned and discussed. Any- one interested in helping with the scouting pro- gram should feel free to contact any executive member for information. o 778-7765 Carlo night - it certainly was a large crowd. We hope everyone had a good time. There were cer- tainly a lot of winners. Now - an extra large, special thank you to all those non - Lion volunteers who helped us make it happen. Without them there is no way on earth something like this could have taken place. The can - can girls were excellent and as always, gives that special atmosphere. The people who helped us are too numerous to list, and all were equally important to the whole operation. THANK YOU The winners in the Gold and Jade raffle were :- Ist Ticket Drawn - Sterling Silver Cassiar Coin-.. Goldie Kavez 100th Ticket Drawn - 5 -$2 Cassiar Coins - Perry Bay - Erickson - 150th Ticket Drawn - 10 - $2 Cassiar Coins - Eldon Hardy 200th Ticket Drawn - 5 -$2 Cassiar Coins - Keith Meng and Deb Galipeau - Watson Lake 299th Ticket Drawn - Jade Clock - Tom Gibson 300th Ticket Drawn - 20z Gold Nuggets - _ - Heather Joseph We hope all the children had a good time during the day, and if anyone has any suggestions don’t hesitate to pass them along to me. Again another thank you to everyone who is sup- porting our Cassiar Coin project. The next order we are sending in for pate and gold coins will be April 15th. Because of fluctuating gold and silver prices, we can only estimate the retail prices of these coins ~ as follows: Silver $35.00, 10K Gold $400.00 and 24K Gold $800.00. by Dave Brocklebank CASSIAR LIONS MINI-BASKETBALL LEAGUE ‘Following our successful winter basketball league that wrapped up in February, the Cassiar Lions will be sponsoring a mini-basketball league this month, for players who are 10 years old or younger, starting April Ist. As the name suggests, mini-basketball is a miniature version of the regu- ~ lar game, with smaller basketballs, lower baskets and of course, smaller players. This game is: very popular in many southern cities, and a good way to develop skills in beginners who are sometimes overwhelmed by the adult game. Letters and registration forms were circulated to parents in late March, explaining the require- ments for participation in mini-basketball. For the $6.00 registration fee, each player receives a T-shirt and is guaranteed 6 games. Games will be played on weekday afternoons at the Snowridge Elementary School gymnasium. Parents and other interested adults or children are encouraged to at- tend. For more information, contact Merv Prier at 7718-7746. : __ by Merv Prier OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH Sunday Masses 7:15 p.m. (Saturday) 11:00 a.m. Daily Mass 11:00 a.m. During Lent: | Wednesday-7:15 p.m. Mass Friday - 7:15 p.m. Stations ‘of the Cross Sunday Service — Mid-week ALL SAIN TS ANGLICAN COMM UNITY CHURCH 11:00 a.m. _ April Ist - The Liturgy April 8th - Holy Eucharist Preacher: Archdeacon Buckle April 15th - Liturgy of Palms ednedays, 7:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist HOLY WEEK HOLY or MAUNDY THURSDAY - 8:00 p.m. - Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper - A Joint Anglican-Roman Catholic Service in All Saints Church GOOD or GOD’S FRIDAY -9:00 a.m. - Good Friday Walk-A-Thon for the Churches’ Relief and Development Funds -3:00 p.m. - Liturgy of the Passion-A Joint Anglican-Roman Catholic . Service in Our Lady of Lourdes Church Easter Easter Vigil - 11:00 p.m. Saturday Mass - 11:00 a.m. Sunday EE EE) 1) (GLE XE ) 0.) lican Church News Ang At the Annual Congregational Meeting, the following people were elected or appointed to the Vestry, the Church’s board of management: Lothar Tischler, Rector’s Warden Wally Cameron, People’s Warden Patricia Riddle, Secretary Verna Knowles, Treasurer and Lay-R eader Peter Cartwright, Lay-Reader Marian Craft, Lay-Reader Kathleen King, President, Ladies Group Lil Kamlah, Director Donald Best, Director Normand Rivet, Director — Melvin Taylor, Director : Four more people may be appointed by the Rec- tor, at his discretion. —— Mr. Gord Moir, incumbent of Atlin and Car- cross and the Diocese of Yukon’s Co-ordinator for the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, was guest preacher on February 26. In his sermon about the work of the Primate’s Fund, he spoke about the experience he had when, with — diocesan co-ordinators from across Canada, he at- tended a training conference on Third-World real- ity, in Cuernavacci, Mexico. Here, side by side, were scenes of luxury and comfort (the tourist Mexico) and abject poverty and neglect (the life of the majority of the World today). Through their Relief and Development Funds, Churches in North America provide assistance by: 1) Making financial grants to help people help themselves, to provide the basics of food and water, and land or cottage industry to create an economic foundation upon which they can build purposeful. self-providing lives and meaningful employment. 2) Responding to man-made and natural disas- ters with emergency relief. 3) Lobbying the Canadian Government to do what it can to change the hearts of govern- ments that oppress and victimize their people instead of helping them live adequately hu- man lives. 4) Educating people at ome to the reality of life in most of the world; to the structures that perpetuate that pain; and to what we can do to help change the situation. sath The Canadian Government is coming to real- ize more and more the value of the Churches’ Re- lief and Development agencies as channels for foreign aid payments. In the past, a $1 gift was usually matched by $1 from the Federal Govern- ment, now that $1 is consistently matched by 3 government dollars, and frequently 6 or more. Some provinces provide matching grants as well. Money channeled through the churches’ Relief and Development agencies is far more likely to get to the people who need it than money chan- Easter Day April 22 - Festive Eucharist April 29 - The Liturgy neled through government; and less than 10% if it is going to be used for administration costs. (Other agencies’ costs tend to run about 30%, with some ‘aid’ scams consuming as much as 80% of funds contributed). In Cassiar, contributions to this aspect of Christian Caring are raised through Lenten coin . folders at the Anglican Church, the ‘Share Lent’ program of the Catholic Church, and especially by the joint Good Friday Walkathon for Develop- ment and Peace. On February 27th, Gord Moir was.joined by the other area incumbents for a two day confer- ence in Cassiar. Archdeacon Terry Buckle from Fort Nelson, Roger Holmes from Telegraph Creek and the Rev'd Brian. Wiig from Teslin, joined Gord and Bill Morrison for a time of sharing, dis- cussing issues, prayer, study and fellowship. We are grateful to Cassiar Resources for providing a guest trailer and cookhouse privileges fOr these guests. Mr. Morrison visited Tungsten February 22nd to 24th, and conducted a service in the Commun- ity Church. Tungsten is in the Watson Lake pas- toral charge, but while the Rev. David Pritchard is attending school in Saskatoon, Bill is making pas- toral visits there once a month. Bishop Ron Ferris and Kelly Huber On Sunday, March 18th, All Saints Anglican Church was visited by Bishop Ron Ferris, Bishop of Yukon (of which Cassiar is part). At the same service, Christine Amber Creyke, daughter of Chris and Louise Creyke, was baptis- ed and Kelly Noel Huber was Baptised and Con- firmed. Following the service, a social hour of coffee and a special Baptism Cake was enjoyed by all. The cake was decorated by Mrs. Cheryl Davies. vss PARPY RASTER — 4 ZZ) ~ this year’s Skat-A-Thon. They are: Most Money Collected - Stacey Day Most Laps Skated - Corrina Boyes ; We will be presenting the trophies on W.S.T.V. Channel 8 as soon as they come beck from the engravers. Eager Skaters A special thanks to Lorraine, your support and co-operation was greatly appreciated. We would like to have seen more children skating this year, unforunately, due to circum- stances beyond our control, only about 20 child- ren turned out. However, those 20 put forth a monumental effort and so did the people of Cas- siar who sponsored them. Thanks to both groups we should be able to send approximately $900 to the Easter Seal House. This is a new building in Vancouver, where a parent can stay with their child instead of in a hotel room, when the child has to use the facilities of Children’s Hospital. You can get detailed information by watching -‘Timmy’s Christmas Telethon each year. Also in February, the Lioness’ enjoyed a love- ly luncheon with Mr. & Mrs. Snell, our nurses and some of the staff, and got a sneak preview of the new furniture and enjoyed swapping stories of the **Hospital in the old days”. _ In March the Lioness’ enjoyed helping the Lions at their Monte Carlo (a special commenda- tion of bravery to Lioness Judy, who should be able to straighten up and look a clown in the face by our next meeting!). I can personally testify that the Popcorn and Candy Floss were also a great success. Coming up in the future, is our afternoon tea and a special treat to celebrate the non-arrival of spring, and later something for Father’s Day. We are still hoping to get the license for our T.V. Bingo in time to start on the first week of April. . Look for posters for the sale of cards. Thanks again, Cassiar, for all your support. CABIN FEVER By Rita Brown I have spent gen winters in Cassiar, and Cabin Fever is just another phrase to me. I like the winters in Cassiar. We have a long winter so people tell me, but Iam a Lioness, and the winter is when I.get to spend two nights a month with the ladies in town. We don’t talk about dishes, cooking or house cleaning. We have a good time planning new pro-_ jects (most of which are so-impossible that one dear old Lion is constantly seen shaking his head and mutteting something about losing their shirts) for our town, mostly for the kids, or any group that asks for our help. We like to be involved in anything, as long as it is for our town and our people. Being a Lioness means to me having friends to talk to and have coffee with when I’m bored or lonesome, but we don’t have that problem much when we spend most of our time talking about and planning new things to do. So ladies if you have Cabin Fever, think of the Lioness Club and join us in making the winter very short-and a lot of fun. Contact any of the members and come and see what we do before you decide to join us. If you’re shy about calling one of us, please. look for posters on our upcoming tea when we in- vite any ladies who would like to know more about our club, to come and have tea and hear what we are all about, and bring a friend. Lioness Rita --778-7216 Lioness Pam - 778-7324 Lioness Shelly - C.C.C. Office By Pam Krawczyk