raAnr wn Suk RCE cred hm prin aon Page 12, February 1981 Cassiar Courier Cassiar Snowmobile Club UNLICENSED SNOWMOBILES ON THE STREETS There have been quite a few machines running up and down on the main streets and cross streets. Snowmobiles are NOT allowed on the streets ex- cept on certain streets to cross over to the nearest trails, and if you attended some of our meetings you would know which ones they are. In 1980 all snowmobile permits were cancelled. Then everybody was excited, they came to the meetings and told us that the ‘Club was not doing anything about it, some were going to quit the Club, others were going to sell their machines — our attendance at the meetings then was fifteen to twenty-five people. The Club went to work and wrote dozens of letters and made many phone calls, e.g. Attorney General of B.C., Minis- ter of Outdoors & Recreation,, M.L.A., Cassiar Resources, R.C.M.P., etc. Eventually the permits were re-issued and our meeting attendance.is now five to eight people. I’m not telling you to join the Club but DO STAY OFF THE STREETS! These machines are meant to go in the bush — not downtown. Be- sides, why should I and others. like. myself have our permits revoked because of you. Rules and regulations apply to all of us, and not just to the individual. 2K Ko ok ob ok ok OK KR How about the Golden Boys? Have you guys got your machines running yet? If you do, bring them out to races and get in shape for the big Annual Races in March (Schmoo Daze). Se ee SNOWMOBILE SAFETY I don’t think there is an age limit as to the oper- ation of a snowmobile and if you go to the north- west of town and the fire break you'll be surpris- ed at the ages and sizes of the kids on those big machines. I observed a couple of kids, 7, 8 or 9 years old, towing each other on large inner tubes at speeds of 20 to 25 m.p.h. If the frayed rope broke or the tube blew, the person being towed wouldn’t have a hope in hell! Accidents don’t happen — they are caused, and if they do happen, which I hope they don’t; who is to blame? PLEASE be careful with all cross country skiers, especially children. Just because they are on skis doesn’t mean you can run them over. 36 oe OR AR ok OR EK FAMILY OUTING The Snowmobile Club had a family outing on December 26. The turnout was good — two parties totalling 15 snowmobiles. “The weather was quite chilly but there were two children and several ladies participating. 2K AE KK RAFFLE WINNERS Richard Clark was the lucky winner of the Kitty Cat, which was first prize in the recent raffle held. Ed Komperdo won the. second prize — a snow- mobile suit and third prize, which was a Texas Mickey, was won by Bernd Guderjahn. The recent dance held by the Snowmobile Club . was well attended and we would like to thank Chris. Tate for the use of his column speakers and Murray Boyes and Steve Hanley for the music, and to everyone who helped set up the hall. oe 2K 2 OK OR Ak KK OK THANKS On behalf of the Snowmobile Club I would like to thank Tom Farrell, our ex-president, and his wife Patsy, who was secretary-treasurer, for the wonderful job in running the Snowmobile Club for the past two seasons. When Tom took over the Club we had 20 to 25 paid members. The Club now has 48 members. I hope you’ll both continue with this Club sport in Fort St. John.’ EE 2 2k ae 2k ok a ok We would like to thank Cassiar Resources for the use of the loader and grader and alpine to clean and maintain the oval track by the airport, and Jack, Robert and Glen for running the machines. ARR 2 a aK ok a ok ake ok SNOWMOBILE EXECUTIVE — 1981 President V. Isidoro Ph. 778-7696 Vice-president W. Erskine Ph. 778-7339 Secretary - M. Pearson Ph. 778-7560 Trail Co-ordinator M. Boyes. Ph. 778-7503 Sled Inspection ’R. Storie Ph. 778-7648 Racing Committee D.DeCecco Ph. 778-7 509 For more information call any of the above. Happy Snowmobiling in 1981. Valdemar Isidoro, President. ok oe ok a aR A EK nenior Hockey The Cassiar Senior Hockey league is looking for new members to join for the second half of the 1980-81 hockey season. Players who wish to join will be asked to pay a nominal fee of $50.00 to help pay for ice time the rest of this season. Please come out and start to ready yourselves for the upcoming tournaments — Watson Lake Feb. 20, 21 and 22 and, of course, our own tourna- ment to be held March 13 to 15. We have prime ice time — Sundays 12:30 - 3:00 p.m., Tuesdays 7:45 -9:30 p.m. and Thursdays 7:30 - 10: 00 p.m. ‘If you have any questions contact Robert Green- way, °Garry Periard at 778-7527 or John Hsner at 778-7385. Soccer Every Sunday at 2 o’clock at the Cassiar School Gymnasium, eloquent remarks such as “Hey ref! You couldn’t blow your nose never mind a whis- tle” or “Last time I saw a pair of legs like that the _-mother - in - law was riding a donkey on Black- pool (English Bay) beach” No this isn’t the fine arts club or the Concert Soc- iety but The Indoor Soccer Club practising the in- tricate art of ball(mouth) control under the direct ion of Cassiar’s answer to Batman - Mighty Mill- ar and Giant John Wong.-All this is in preparation for the B.C. Northern Games which are being held in Prince Rupert on the 5th - 6th - 7th - 8th of February. I would like to take this opportunity of wishing Millars Marauders and Wongs Wobblers the best of luck and I’m sure that if you don’t win games you are going to win a lot of friends. a Domestic & internation 3 Fa MINOR HOCKEY A general meeting was held recently and the pur- pose of the meeting was to decide which tourn- aments to attend and to co-ordinate the Cassiar Minor Hockey tournament, which will be held March 6,7 & 8. The Pee Wees will participate in the Yukon Games at Whitehorse on the weekend of March 14th and 15th. The Bantam team part- icipated in Faro on February 7 & 8 in the Yukon Games and results will be in the next issue. Also a Round Rdébin tournament was held in Cassiar on the same weekend and the results will be in our next issue, as well. February 20, 21 and 22 all the teams will be attending the Father Rigeau Tourn- ament in Faro - all players will pay a $10.00 fee towards bus transportation. Den mothers for each team have been appointed: PUPS — Mrs. Hudson and Mrs. Pearson BANTAM MIDGETS — C: Terris “PEE WEES — Mrs. Guarducci and/or E. Glynn- Jones They will take care of Loan during the tourn- aments. Mrs. Baerwald, Pat Madore and Mrs. Hud- son will be the Billeting Co-ordinators during the Cassiar tournaments and C. Terris and her com- mittee will be looking after the canteen. G. Periard, M. McCauley and B. Carter have offered to put on a “Pancake Breakfast’’ for all the play- ers during the Cassiar Tournament. This will be at the Community Club. A change.of ice time has also been proposed to allow Pups more ice time. Due to the large num- ber of Pups players, it was decided to divide them into two divisions: Tots (anyone under 8 years) and Squirts (from 8 to 10 years). A 45 minute ice time each has been proposed. Hopefully, this will enable the coaches to spend more time with the younger ones. USDC Seals aes oyeaeeieak Heslea eae RENDEZVOUS, Casciarites will have the opportunity to attend Sourdough Rendezvous °81 again this year: A Rendezvous Bus & Air Charter, complete with hotel accommodations has been organized. This year’s float logo will be “Around the World in Ten Days”. The theme will honor all the national- ities working in Cassiar. Reservations and tickets can be picked up from Marvel Travel Service Ltd. The complete package (double occupancy) is $135. Get your tickets early. Part of the Rendez- vous Cassiar activities , will be a Disco Carnival Ball in the Klondike Ballroom on the Saturday evening. Cassiarites will be admitted free. Mrs. M. Nitti, 190 Zimmerman St., 778-7220 For All Your Travel Needs Reservations & Tickets ALL TYPES OF CHARTERS, BOTH DOMES- TIC AND TO EUROPE. SKY¥.BUS AVAIL. ABLE TO WINNIPEG, TORONTO, AND MONTREAL. CRUISES - HOLIDAY PACKAGES HOURS HAWAII, BAHAMAS, CARIBBEAN : @ 4 @ Cassiar Courier February 1981 Page 13 COMMUNITY CLUB NEWS | ‘February starts out with représentatives from Cassiar competing in the Northern B.C. Winter Games in Prince Rupert. Cassiar is represented in table tennis, badminton, squash, and indoor soc- cer. We would have entered in more events, but unfortunately, there had been a breakdown in communication between the Games Office and the host committee, and we were not notified a- bout the Games until late December. Hopefully, we will have a bigger contingent to the Games . next year. Also in the world of sports, (eas will be part- icipating in the Yukon Games. We have over 80 participants representing Cassiar in downhill ski- ~ ing, bantam hockey, cross country skiing, figure skating, peewee hockey, badminton, men’s and women’s on the weekend of February 7, 8, and 9. The rest of the sports will be in Whitehorse on the week- end of March 13, 14, and 15th. OSCSOOOORODOOOCSNESE09C000 B.C. WINTER GAMES The B.C. Winter Games will be held in Prince George this year on March 12,13, 14 and 15. © Cassiar will be sending three players to compete in the Squash tournament — Dick Chambers, Pat McGuire and Jay Dahlgren. The small size deleg- ation is because of the emphasis on zone compet- ition by all other sports besides squash. In the B.C Winter Games, the province is divided into 8 ‘zones. Each zone is allotted so many berths, therefore, if there are more players than the allot- ted berths, a zone playoff has to be held. Because of Cassiar’s geographical location, the playoff is quite a disadvantage to Cassiar players as theyt have to travel a long distance and have to perform — their best over a period of one weekend. This year we are fortunate that the Squash tournament does not put emphasis on interzone competition, but rather individual competition. Thus, this al- lows us to participate without having to play off in Prince Rupert first. Hopefully, we will get the Games Committee to change the structure or to grant us special status to make this a truly “Provincial Game’. RECREATION INFORMATION MEETINGS What are they all about? This is a chance for all . Cassiar Community Club members to come to a meeting once a month and find out the inner workings of their Club. Everything from finance, budgets, future endeavours and complaints are discussed. Each meeting we have a certain part of the operation delved into and explained and notices of this agenda are in the C.C.C. News- letter, along with the place and time of the meet- ing. The next meeting will be in the Upper Lei- sure Room on Monday, February 16, at 7:30 p.m CLUB PRESIDENTS MEET The Presidents of the various Clubs in Cassiar held a second meeting in the Upper Leisure Room “recently. The purpose of these meetings is to look into the next five years for recreation. in Cassiar, and set up a very flexible recreation master plan. Once the plan has been developed and set out, the pub- lic will be able to view it for suggestions or critic- isms and hopefully it will be adopted. The next meeting will be held February 23. --at 7.30 p.m. basketball. Downhill skiing will be in Watson Lake and bantam hockey will be in Faro © SQUASH CLUB MEETING REPORT A general membership meeting for the Casca Racquets Club was called on January 15, 1981 in the upper leisure room af the Recreation Centre. The following is a report from the meeting. The first topic on the agenda was the Northern B.C. Winter Games and the B.C. Winter Games. Due to the fact that Cassiar was granted special status this year in both Games (i.e. automatic berths in the games without having to play off), the Rec. Co—ordinator urged participation. Barb Cameron suggested that all members who did not attend the meeting should be notified by letter on these games, and that a deadline should be set. If anyone is interested they should contact the Rec. Office. The second topic concerning the newly installed hardwood floor was discussed and it was hoped that all members would comply with the rule that 0 “street shoes” be worn while using the court. The third topic concerned booking. There seems to be some misunderstanding concerning book- ings. It was suggested by the Rec. Co-Ordinator that no member’s name should appear on the booking list twice on the same day. However, since 40 minutes: may not be enough for some members , it was suggested that if any member wishes to play for more than 40 minutes, he/she and partner should check the time slot immediate- ly before and after his/hers. If there is an opening he/she is welcome to use those time slots. How- ever those time slots will not be reserved in case - there is any last minute booking from any other members. - A’ tournament was arranged and held the last weekend in PAN Albert Gondurak asked about the possibility of having a set of squash rules posted outside the squash court, the wire mesh at the front wall be stapled down and the decoration hanging from the lights to be taken down. This would be done as soon as possible. Concerning the ladder setup on the viewing area, only a portion of the ladder is up to date. How- ever it was pointed out that not all people like competition. A list of members, with their con- tact address has been posted outside the squash court so that members can phone each other to airange games. The meeting was adjourned. Members present were John Wong, Recreation Co-ordinator, Barb Cameron and Sue Chambers, Squash Court Advisory Committee, Owen Cor- coran, George Millar, Jim Gilpin, Albert Gondu- - ak, Carl Penno, Marc Sourisseau and Pat Maguire. @POSSOOSOCOSCODEOCSOCOOCCCES T.V. BINGO A new adventure by the Cassiar Community Club this spring is the T. V. Bingo. This is made pos- sible through the co-operation of W.S.T.V. The T.V. Bingo is on every Wednesday night at 6.30p.m. on Channel 3. Bingo cards can be pur- chased at W.S.T.V., Town Administration and the Rec. Centre Office. They are $2.00 a piece and the winner will get half the pot. The other half will go towards the ski hill operation. Winners to date are: January 7th Barbara Boyes $160 January 14th Patricia Quash $75 January 21st Pansy Quash $110 January 28th Mary Tomashewski $83 0000000000 0000000000000000000 CASSIAR THEATRE NOTICE Due to the slow season, the show days of the Cassiar Theatre have been reduced in February. All Cassiar residents should have received a copy of the schedule already. If not, there are some ~ spare copies at the theatre and the Rec. Centre. The movie nights will be Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. 00000000000000000000000000 VOLUNTEER What is a volunteer? A person who commits some of his/her time to a club or organization in var- ious roles, for the betterment of the community is a volunteer. Each year new executives are elect- ed and people are needed to fill these positions. Let’s see you do your part and make a commit- ment. Areas to look .at are the upcoming C.C.C. Elections, Schmoo Daze ’81, and areas of recreat- ion in Cassiar. Information can be obtained from the Recreation Centre. _ @CCOCCCCCCCODOOCOOOCOCOCO NEW SKI SCHEDULE ‘Tuesday - Friday lp.m. to Sp.m. & 7 to 9p.m. Saturday and Sunday .- 1la.m. to 5p.m. There will be no night skiing Sat. and Sun. Monday CLOSED SKI LESSONS Friday 7p.m. to 9p.m. Saturday 1p.m.to eee Please phone 778-7769 to be scheduled in a class. ..or to inquire about private lessons. | RACING On The Slope Training — Tues. to Fri. 3- 5 p.m. | Dry Land Training — Wed: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. in the Rec Centre. HELICOPTER SKIING . Plans are underway for having our first Helicopter Skiing in March 1981. Dates will be announced in the next edition of the Courier. Frontier Helicop- ters are in the process of obtaining the services of a fully qualified Helicopter Ski Guide complete with avalanche beepers. The C.C.C. are checking out their liabilities. A fully detailed program will -also be published next month. Further informat- ion may Re ee obtained from the recreation Office. — F SCHMOO DAZE 8] -The second in a series of meetings was ® teld in the Arena Lounge for the 4th Annual Schmoo Daze Carnival 81. This year’s Carnival will be held from March 27 to April 5 and the logo is “Around The World in Ten Days”, honoring all the various nationalities in the town of Cassiar. New events this year will be: - International Costume Ball International Pot Luck Supper Ar. “Octhalon” Event Goosey Moose Contests Jigging Contest We need volunteers to help with various events. If you are interested come out to the meetings. f° : .