3 ee si ania “A pe Pray Nat he Oc OS a DEASE LAKE YOUTH KILLED MAY 9, 1981 — At 8:00 p.m. Benny Blackburn, 17 years old, of Dease Lake, B.C., was killed in a motor vehicle ac- cident on the Telegraph Creek road about five miles north of Telegraph Creek. He was a passenger in a vehicle,driven by his brother Joseph Blackburn, which went out of con- trol and left the road. Kitty Blackburn; Joseph's wife, was also a passenger and she received a broken leg and facial injuries. The driver was not injured. Hospital Board Meetings by Claire Redmond Two recent visitors to Cassiar were Mr. Robert Weston, a Labor Relations Consultant with the Health Labor Rela- tions Association of British Columbia and Mr. Francis Brunelle, Assistant Executive Director (Health Care Ser- vices) of the British Columbia Health Association. The B.C.H.A. respresents the public hospitals in the province - and its services. are primarily fourfold — Policy Develop- ment, Representation, Education and Information and Communication. The Health Labor Relations Association is concerned with labor-management relations. Both these a associations are voluntary and not affiliated with the gov- ernment. These two gentlemen met with Company representatives, ‘s _ hospital representatives, union officials, the doctors and the ‘members: of the Hospital Society to explain some of the channes which they envisaged might occur-with. the pending hospital take-over. While the issue is still some- what cloudy, these gentlemen certainly have helped to clarify the overall situation. ‘At the maoirielt the Hospital Society is still awaiting the return of the amended constitution and by-laws from the government. When the Hospital Society has been recog- . nized then much will be accomplished. Court was held in Dease Lake on May 15. Most of the ~ cases were put over to Sept. 15 and 16. However, the fol- lowing cases were dealt with: : HENRY BLACKBURN, Dease Lake, received a $25.00 fine for consuming liquor in a public place. WILLIAM CLEM, Dease Lake, received a-$25.00 fine for consuming liquor in a public place. JEFFERY QUOCK, Dease Lake, received a $25.00 fine - for being a minor in possession of liquor. A charge of discharging a firearm in a dangerous manner was dismissed against TOMMY LEON DENNIS, Iskut, B.C : APRIL 30, 1981 — We attended a place about 30 miles ‘south of Dease Lake on the Telegraph Creek Road after we received a complaint from a consultant who was work- ing for B.C. Hydro that he had his truck shot at. We arrest. ed a person by the name of John Marion from Telegraph Creek and he was charged with using a firearm in a man- ner dangerous to other persons. He will appear in court-on September 15. MAY 17, 1981 — Kenneth Pete Tashoots, Good Hope Lake, B.C., accidentally shot himself in the right shoulder _when a 22 calibre rifle discharged as he picked it up. He is “in satisfactory condition. MAY 19, 1981 — At 4:00 a.m. Charlotte Pete Tashoots, Dease Lake, B.C., was struck down by a motor vehicle. The driver of the car, David Quash of Cassidr, B.C., was charged with having.a blood alcohol count of over .08%. Charlotte was flown to the Cassiar Hospital by helicopter, where she was treated for minor injuries to both knees and then released. , Cassiar Courier the Voice of Cassiar Country : JUNE 1981 NEW GOVERNMENT AGENT Ms Ina Downing has opened the new Provincial Govern- ment Agent’s Office in Cassiar which is located in the Gov- ernment Building adjacent to the Cassiar Retail Store. She will be responsible for the geographical district which includes Cassiar, Dease Lake, Telegraph Creek, Iskut, Low- er Post and Good Hope Lake. Part of this area was former- ly administered by the Fort Nelson and Atlin agents. The Fort Nelson office previously issued fishing and hunt- zing licences, regulations and game tags as well as vital stat- istics. Both these. will now be available directly from the - Cassiar office. The head office for the whole region, na includes the 5 Cassiar District, is located at Danton: —— and administ- aie 9 ered. by ‘Mr. Stuart Minifie. ; - The services provided by the Cassiar Provincial Govern- ment Agent's office are varied. They are the |.C.B.C. agent and handle all Motor Vehicle Branch business. Ms Down- ing is the appointed Marriage Commissioner and she is also: the District Registrar for births, marriages and deaths. She will be the sub-mining recorder for the Liard ‘Mining Divis- ions in the future and will handle placer and mineral claim tags and issue free miners certificates. The government agent acts as deputy provincial collector of property taxes for rural areas; as the deputy district re- gistrar of voters for the provincial electoral district and as ~ Mation and Accommodation Directory for 1981 is commissioner for taking affidavits. The government agent can be the representative at strike votes for the Labour Board. Disbursment of cheques from Dawson Creek will be done through the Cassiar office,such as for the Human Resources food vouchers. Information is available from the office regarding first « -home grant applications, second mortgage applications, “small business assistance in B.C.,as well as mobile home registry forms and mobile home relocation permits. Other services include the sale of dog licences and business licences for rural areas, electrical permits for homeowners and contractors and the handling of social service tax re- mittances. They act on behalf of the rentalsman in a limit- ed capacity and brochures are available on renting. . Anyone is able to go into the office and read the govern- ment statutes — covering all acts and legalities, as well as the recent budget and background information and public- ations on crown land. They have a Programme Directory available for public view. This is a descriptive listing of all public access programs of the various ministries of the Provincial Government Each listing also gives an informat ion contact where full details on a particular programme can be obtained. They will be carrying a good suppy of topographical maps ~ which will be available at a reasonable cost to the public. They will also. take orders for maps not in stock. Free — 1981 road maps of B. c: -and maps ‘of B.C. s Provincial , parks are readily available as well as the B. Cc . Travel | Infors.. As all the ‘Ministries oes aware of the new Cassiar of- fice, all public information from the government will be: sent and brochures will be available from display racks. News releases from government departments will be post- ed on a bulletin board at the office. Ms Downing will be hiring an assistant for the office and they should be able to assist the public in their problems and provide information and answers to their questions. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. — 4:30 p.m., closed for lunch from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Telephone 778-7507. RECREATION GRANT REFUSED Ina meeting with Mr. David Hull, Project Officer with the Recreation Branch in Victoria, G. Periard was in- formed that the Grant applied for by the Cassiar Commun- ity Club had been turned down. The reasons. given were no money, and a new policy that has been set down by the Recreation Branch. The ‘no money’ reason was that a lot of grants had been made to the Recreation Facility Assistance Program, . and_due to this, the introduction of the policy had to be made, because of the lack of funds. - This new policy is that any facility that is in need-of major repair and is under twenty years old, should be the” responsibility of the town, as somewhere along the con- structing of this building, a structural pattern wasn’t pro- per. The policy states that monies will be given for any facility that is in need of major repair, and is older than twenty years. Monies may be used for the construction of a new facility.. G. Periard stipulated that the turn down of the grant was unfair, in that none of the Recreation Branch Person- nel had been to Cassiar to see the buildings of the Com- munity Club. He stipulated as well, that the building had been erected by the local townspeople, with only a small centennial grant received to help in the completion of the Arena Lounge, and that a temporary roof had been built because of the cost of a new one at the time. This " tempo rary roof had been in operation for fourteen years, and two years ago, some work had been done on the cen- tre part of the roof, to help stop the leaks that were hap- pening. _ Periard also notified Mr. Hull that hard work by vol- unteers of the Community had made the facilities of the Cassiar Community Club an asset to the town, and that no money from the B.C. Government had ever been granted to the Club. He understood our situation, and was quite warm to a visit to our community this THE along with the Chief of the Recreation Branch. Periard made him aware of the monies that was allot- ted to Stewart, B.C. a few years back, and they had closed. their facility during the shutdown, which was for a period of two years. He knew of this situation, but considered this an unfortunate incident. A list of the grant monies for the Atlin riding for the 1981 year, is to be sent to the Recreation Office in the . very near future, and will be forwarded to the Courier. One result did, however, come out of the meeting with Mr. Hull, and that was our status. We are now able to apply for grants with the Recreation Branch in Victoria and can qualify as any other town. The. “Company Town” status has finally been dropped. by G Periard. : FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE PAGE 6