a Eee we Baik eaitiar Community Club Contd, from Page 11 AFTER SCHOOL CRAFTS An after school craft program has been set up for children between grade 1 and 6. The program will start in October and will take place every Tuesday and Thurs- day evening at the Youth Centre. Activities such as sew- ing, baking, knitting, cooking, crochet, macrame, etc. will be offered. There will be a registration fee of $20.00 per child. This program will run in October and Novein- ber. CLUB PRESIDENT’S MEETING The Cassiar Community Club executive hosted a Pres- ident’s meeting in the Upper Leisure Room of the Re- creation Centre in June. All presidents of the various clubs were invited to attend and express their concerns. A couple of proposals were presented to the Community Club executive for the 1984 budget, and these will be tak- en into consideration by the executive at their regular meeting. The main reason for the-meeting was to look ahead at putting into effect a Calendar of Events that would be scheduled for the 1984 year. This would give the com- munity of Cassiar an insight on what was happening in the future. The meeting was not well represented, However, the ones who did attend were pleased that we had called the meeting and another meeting of this nature will take place in September. GRANTS - The Cassiar Community Club was awarded the follow.. ing grants for 1984: 1. Summer Employment Grant — provided work for four students from July 4 to August 26 at Simmons Lake Campground. Total amount of this grant was $7,481. 2. Summer Employment Grant — Career Orientated — from July 4 to August 26. One university student was hired as Summer Program Co-ordinator. The total amount of this grant was $1629.00 and this amount was offset by the Community Club. CASSIAR THEATRE The Community Club executive has been busy work- ing on the various ideas for the Cassiar Theatre. They re- gret that they were unable to hold a public meeting on the Theatre issue. However, some of the proposals have come in and are being readied for presentation at a Gen- eral Meeting of the Community Club in the near future. The proposals are as follows: _ 1. A quote from CRS Sports Ltd. for the installation of two portable squash courts, complete with plexiglass fronts and separate entrances. This quote was $73,000. This did not include room and board and the extra expenses. 2. A quote from Brunswick on the installation of four lanes, complete with automatic pin setters, was $120,000. This verbal quote was not altogether clear, however. It was a ball park figure. 3. The possibility of forming a Cine Club for the The- atre is still in the early planning stages and will be readied for the meeting. 4. The fourth proposal is looking at the possibility of breaking out the grey wall and taking out approxim- ately six rows of centre seats. The installation of a floor that would be even with the lobby area. This would enable more use of the theatre for meetings and parties, as well as keep the original plan of having a motion picture theatre. We are awaiting a proposed cost of the renovation. 5. The final proposal is to completely shut down the theatre and wait the time when it can be of benefit to the community. An invitation is extended to the members of the Community Club to send in their ideas on how the theatre could be a viable operation, and an asset to the Commun- ity. Please direct all letters to the Cassiar Community Club Box 336, Cassiar, B.C. ARENA The ice arena is tentatively to open on Oct. 3rd. The fee for the skating rink is as follows: Rink rental — $35 per hour Daily Admission — $1.00 pre-schoolers $1.50 students $2.00 adults Monthly Family Membership — $25.00 Monthly Single Membership — $15.00 Season Family Membership — $100.00 Season Single Membership | — $60.00 Skate sharpening — $2.00 / pr. of skates The arena schedule will be available in late Septem- ber. Please watch for the Community Club newsletter. Brinco announces six month loss Brinco Limited announces a net loss for the first six months ended June 30, 1983, of $2,413,000, compared with a net loss of $7,005,000 for the similar period in 1982. The loss per share for the six months was $0.26 compared with a loss of $0.53 for the first half of 1982. Revenue for the six months was $45,342,000, down from $50,118,000 for the same period in 1982. Expenses were $48,555,000, compared with $55,448,000 for the first half of 1982. Net loss for the second quarter was $224,000, or $0.07 per share compared to a net loss of $4,500,000 in the same quarter of 1982, or $0.33 per share. Working capital generated from operations for the first half of 1983 was $10,034,000, up from $8,750,000 in 1982. Working capital presently stands at $7,233,000. The dividends on the Company's preferred shares Series A and Series C normally payable on March 31 and June 30, 1983 were omitted, and dividends normally pay- able on these shares on September 30, 1983 will be omit- ted as well. THE CASSIAR THEATRE I read with interest Mr. Comper’s ad or notice, concerning the theatre building. Mr. Comper stat- ed that because the Concert Society suspended operations for the 1983—84 season, the theatre building became a very costly and futile white elephant to our town. If I recall correctly, the theatre building was not built to accommodate concerts, presented by the Concert Society. Naturally, it was fortunate for the Community Club to have the Concert Society to help with the upkeep of the theatre building. But its primary goal was showing movies. I know, I know! The next argument is that show- ing movies means an expensive operation. It was not profitable at Cassiar, and the Community Club could prove it in black and white. I wonder, however, how could a community in distress — as Faro, where Cyprus Anvil was closed for a year — or Mayo, with the same problem — or a smaller community than Cassiar, such as Watson Lake, operate their movies. There must be a secret. What it is I do not know, but the Community Club could find out easily. Another thought — the price of tickets during the 1981—82 season cost $3.75. For the 1982—83 season it was raised to $5.00, i.e. a 33% increase in price without similar increase in quality of pic- tures shown. I returned recently from Vancouver where in a downtown first class theatre the price was $5.50, with a substantial reduced rate for stu- dents and senior citizens. And they show first class pictures! The process, concerning Cassiar shows, is quite well known. It is as was before — grand opening in October (skipping September). The first, or at~ most the first two shows, are first class and the theatre is full. After will come the rest — No post- ers, just handwritten notices, concerning movies which will be shown. Therefore, the prospective movie goer has no idea what he is paying for. Such notices as ‘‘Tattoo In The Sky starring Mus- cle Jones and Bosso Smith” does not tell too much, because nobody has ever heard of the title and the stars of that third rate abomination. And when the customer cannot stand it anymore he will get up and go home in the middle of the show, fuming and cursing. Naturally, the custom- er can blame himself partly — there were very few cars parked at the theatre when he arrived and when the show started there were very few customers in the theatre. He should have known better. On the other hand, he already paid his ad- mission and the notice on the wall tells us “No admission will be refunded”’. I really cannot blame the public. If they pay top Letters to the Editor Continued from Page 2 Safety News Congratulations are in order for all employees of the Cassiar Division of Brinco Mining for an outstanding safety record. From May 25, 1982 (the date of our last Lost Time Accident) to July 31, 1983 we have accumulated 1,048,019 manhours of worker exposure without a time loss injury, and we are still counting. This is an achieve- ment that everyone can be proud of, an achievement that is almost unheard of in the mining industry of B. C. It in- dicates that everyone—Workers and Foreman and Senior Management are striving for a safer work environment and have reached a measure of success. We haven't wiped out injuries altogether, but for the past 15 months our time loss injury frequency is ZERO, and not one day has been lost due to a work related injury that occurred during this period, On behalf of our management, the Safety Depart- ment would like to thank you all for your co-operation, and to remind you that we can expand on our accomplish- ment and keep counting. To enhance our Safety Program, we ask everyone to practice Safety First, and avoid any type of injury from now on. prices to see a show, they want their money’s worth. If the public has to choose between two third rate pictures — one showing on TV ina well heated room, sitting in any easy chair with a bot- tle of beer in hand, and not paying for it right away and the other is showing in a barely heated theatre and paying $5.00 for that privilege — they will certainly stay home. They are not stupid. According to R. Heinlein — the known S.F. writer — this situation is T.I.N.S.T.A.A.F.L., meaning “‘There is no such thing as a free lunch”’, i.e. give the customers their money’s worth and there will be customers and their money for the theatre. Otherwise, there won’t be, and you will have — as — you well stated in your ad — a very costly and fu- tile white elephant. Naturally, there might be other facts that I am not aware of. My letter is based on facts that I do know about. Yours truly, Frank Cserey Kak kkk FRANK HOWARD QUESTIONS GOVERNMENT SPENDING Jack Davis, M.L.A., in a recent letter to the Editor, is quite right when he says that ‘’B.C. government spending is at an all time high”’. ‘B. C. government spending—of taxpayers’ money is at an all time high because Mr. Davis’ government, the Socreds, have increased the budget this year by 16.7 per- cent over last year’s budget and have re-stated last year’s figures to hide this fact. B.C. government spending of the taxpayers’ money has increased by more than 85 percent since Mr. Curtis became the Minister of Finance, indicating a complete in- ability to handle the taxpayers’ money in a responsible fashion. 3 The Socreds have been on a spending binge for at least the last four years. - The question which needs to be answered by the Soc- red government is this: Where did all that money go and where is the massive 16.7 percent increase in this year’s budget going? | John Selden, were he alive today, would find his statement ‘’Tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess’’ to be right on. Sincerely, Frank Howard, M.L.A., Skeena Ka KKKKK BICYCLERS SHOULD NOT BE IMMUNE Considering that the rules of the road apply not only to those respon-ible for motor vehicles, but also bicycles, those adolescents who flaunt the law by riding those same bicycles everywhere but on the right side of the road and generally ignoring those rules should pay the same penalty. Perhaps if these children had to pay for these mistakes in the same fashion as their parents, re-occurrences would be ~ the exception rather than the rule. Yours truly, Bob Greenway k q 1] SK GR 6 Re eI EE AEN eh Salted BIG SAVINGS | SEPT 29, 30, OCT.1 Gold Seal Pink Salmon 220g Peek Frean’s Digestive Cookies 400g McLaren’s Baby Dills 1 lit. MJB Coffee — Reg. & Fine Grind 454 Salada Teabags 120 Uncle Ben’s Rice 2kg Nestle Rice Pudding 425¢ Cloverleaf Solid White Tuna 198, Libby’s Pumpkin 796g Lancia Spaghetti ikg Burns Canned Ham 6802 Kraft Margarine 1.36kg Shreddies 800g Gaines Beef Burgers 2 kg Palmolive Liquid Soap 155 lit. J Cloths 10 pack Viva Paper Towels 2 pack Purex Bath Tissues 4 pack Just a few of the bargains! 2.09 2.43 2.91 | 4.55 4.93 4.55 1.35 2.85 1.76 2.16 6.24 3.13 3.08 5.95 5.83 2.19 1.76 2.69 Look for those Meat Dept. “Surprise” Specials USUAL DISCOUNTS APPLY | Cassiar Courier September 1983 Page 15 So race on downto | the Cassiar Retail | Store on Sept. 29 MANY MORE ITEMS Not Lisrep and take advantage] of some BIG!! Savings