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CASSIAR PLAYGROUP CLASSES

SHOWN HERE WITH THEIR TEACHER, MELANIE WOLFE, ARE THIS YEAR’S PLAYSCHOOL ATTENDEES

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ORNING

BACK ROW: Rene Gilroy, Tanner Dick, Michael Willis,

Nathan Wolfe, Sean Connally

FRONT ROW: Bradley Woodrow, Heather Collins, Carrie Best,
Crystal Morrissey, Schuyler, Harlan Playford,

Skyler Prosser
MISSING: Cody Evans, Devon Gleason

EVER

No Trump

by Kees van der Pol

The third season has started for the Cassiar Duplicate
Bridge Club and we have been playing every Tuesday since
September 9th. Although the’ turnouts have not been as
good as in our first season, we are now averaging two
tables, or eight people. The regulars are back with us
again and their consistent support is very much appreci-
ated. A new member, Iris Trask, has joined us as well.
Iris played only once or twice before coming out to our
bridge sessions. She basically had to learn the game again
and is learning the skills of bridge very quickly with assis-
tance from everyone. In fact, during the first game she
played on her own, Iris came in tied for first ‘place!

if there are any new bridge players in Cassiar, please
do not hesitate to come and watch and see what the game
is all about. For those inexperienced bridge players,
duplicate bridge is an excellent method for refining your

> skills. For those of you out there who are experienced

but believe that duplicate is a different kind of bridge.
come out to play and you will quickly realize that the
only differences are in scoring and in the mechanics of
keeping track of the tricks.

During the first six nights we have had four 2-table
games and two | 3/4-table games during which we had our
unique Cassiar method of having “rotating dummies”.
As of October 14, Kees is in first place with 24 points
overall, followed closely by Ed Craft with 21 1/2 points.
Ed would have been in first place but he missed two
sessions. All the bridge club members wish Ed well in
his new home town of Smithers and hope that whenever
he is back in town he will join us on Tuesday nights.
Third place overall goes to Brock Taplin with 17 points.

Bridge is played every Tuesday night in the Library
at the Rec Centre in Cassiar, starting at 7:30 p.m. sharp.
If you wish to find out more about duplicate bridge or
if you are interested in joining, please telephone Kees
van der Pol at 778-7567.

“CHANGE OF NAME ACT”
(Section 6)
NOTICE OF APPLICATION

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ursuant to the provisions of the “Change of Name Act”
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CHRISTMAS)

IN A BOX

A Community Affair

The ‘Christmas in a Box” committee, consisting of
Rita Brown, Shelley Cosnett, Karen Muir, Helen McKinley
Gary Periard and Lorraine Lanteigne met October 1, 1986
to organize a community Christmas celebration, to be
held Saturday, December 13th.

The Lioness Club, C.C.C. and other sponsors will
supply the funding for the event. Santa will arrive with a
little treat for every child between the ages of one through
twelve, and hot dogs, pop and donuts will be served. The
Ptarmigan Players will deliver the entertainment with an
afternoon matinee for the young children and their par-
ents, and an evening performance for the older children
and the general public.

If you are interested in assisting the committee or
donating to the “Christmas in a Box” Fund, please con-
tact Karen Muir or Lorraine Lanteigne.

TOKIO RO ORO ROTOR TORI IO IO I

* BOOK FAIR :

* Cassiar Secondary Schoo! is pleased to announce &
our forthcoming Book Fair, to be held on the»
+ following dates:

November 26-28, 1986

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% Please mark these dates on your calendar and*
%come out and support this fund-raising Brercis

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* The books to be sold will be paperback and
y% directed toward young adult readers in grades»
% 8-12. Also requested has been an adult’s best*
+ seller display.

HOURS

Wednesday, November 26
12 noon - 1 p.m.
3:10 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. ©

Thursday, November 27
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
3:10 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday, November 28
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
3:10 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
PLACE

Cassiar Secondary School Library -

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Come early for the best choice. Paperback books *
make great Christmas stocking stuffers. "

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‘niters Corner
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by Ruthie Hagemann

A LULLABY FOR THE LAND

A fairytale land in Winter,

A new paradise in Spring. ~

Summer nights kissed by the midnight sun
Where mountains commune with the sky as one,
And forest pines chanting in native tongue

As the rainbow caresses the autumn.

Rivers and streams laughing and playing,
Greeting the flowers and meadows they pass
As they rush forth into the embrace

Of cool serene waters and, peaceful at last,
In consummate union forever entwined

And blessed by the warm mellow breezes.

White towers beckon the heavens

And merge with the notionless land.

Castles for creatures who sleep within,

Each one secure in his own special den,

While Nature commissions the snow and the wind
To sculpture her velvet creation.

Bright Northern Lights flashing and dancing

Shatter the stillness of ebony night,

Swirling enchantment exciting the senses of darkness
Which seeks to possess their delight.

So quickly these magnetic maidens must flee,

For their secret remains their splendor:

ENCOUNTER

Wanting for some time to meet you
And’awaiting the certain eventuality.
You more a. mystery than a puzzle,
My timidness less than the fear

Of malignant gossip that restricts
Our reaching out to each other
Because our bodies are-not the same.

Your warm touch was responsive and strong,
And the surprise’of my approach

Dimmed to a courteous observance

Induced by words carefully chosen

To label myself and put you at eace.

An unfaltering countenance, a genuine smile
Then honored me to think as I choose.

Excepting the mask of conventionality

And a learned feminine constraint

Designed to prevent misconstruction of motive,
I would hope you understood the purpose

Of my greeting and the offering of my hand

As unconditional acceptance of your being

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Cassiar Courier November 1986 Page 15

ALL CANDIDATES MEETING: HELD: VSaNDER Za.

On Wednesday, October 15th, Cassiar was
host to an “‘All Candidates” meeting at the Rec
Centre. Attending were Larry Guno, representing
the New Democratic Party, and Andy Burton, the
Social Credit candidate. Betty Cavanagh was the
moderator for this first-of-a-kind event.

Guno, born and raised in Aiyansh, is a lawyer
who practices in Vancouver. Burton, a resident
of Stewart for 37 years, is a private businessman
who has been in municipal politics for 20 years.

In his opening speech, Guno stated that
“Premier Vander Zalm denies opportunity for
economic recovery.’’ Going on, Guno said that
“the election is about rebuilding the economy,
and educational system, as well as protecting the
jobs we have today.”’

Burton believed that the basic issues were
the same for either party but stated, “‘Who can

Total Erickson Resources Ltd. announced that,
through a series of agreements reached with Noranda
Explorations Ltd., Canadian United Minerals Inc., Reako
Explorations Ltd., and Panther Mines Ltd., Total Erick-
son may acquire directly, or through a subsidiary, up to
64% of the Dome Mountain Project. This precious metals
project is located 70 kilometers by road from Smithers,
B.C. These agreements are subject to board approval.

Under an agreement with the operator, Canadian
United Minerals, Total Erickson will manage the project.

Previous work done by Canadian United and others
on the twenty square mile property has discovered 14
significant gold-silver quartz-carbonate main showings.
The exploration work to date has been concentrated on
the Boulder Creek and the Forks zones.

The Boulder Creek zone was discovered in 1985 by

best create the climate in the province and the
Atlin riding condusive to investment, which
creates employment opportunities that create
the tax base that allows us to live here: that
is the basic issue.” :

During the progress of the debate other
positions were discussed. Guno felt that the
matter of Indian land claims should be dealt
with provincially.

Burton stressed the importance of the ex-
tension of the B.C. power grid into the north.

Several questions were directed to the can-
didates from the audience of over 60 local res-
idents. Both candidates answered all the ques-
tions presented and informed the voters of
their stands on the issues brought forward.

On the whole, it was an informative evening
which ran for three hours.

TOTAL ERICKSON AQUIRES
RIGHTSTO GOLD PROPERTY

trenching a geochemical anomaly. Follow-up diamond
drilling on this zone has intersected ore grades over
mineable widths in 19 drill holes over an 820’ strike
length. Half of these holes ran in excess of 0.5 0z. gold
per ton and one ran 2.1 oz. of gold per ton across 16.8
feet. The full potential of this zone has not been exam-
ined and it remains open to extension.

Two gold-bearing veins have been located in the
Forks zone. Five diamond drill intersections in this
zone have widths in excess of 5 feet with values ranging
between 0.29 and 0.70 ounces of gold per ton and 2.12
and 3.65 ounces of silver per ton.

The next phase of property work at Dome Mountain

- will likely consist of underground exploration and further

diamond drilling to increase reserves in the Boulder
Creek zone and build reserves in the Forks zone.

STAGES MOCK ACCIDENT
AMBULANCE CREW

by Ross Harper, UNIT CHIEF

Although the following article is somewhat belated,
Cassiar residents should find it informative and educa-
tional.

Earlier this year, the Cassiar Ambulance Service
staged a mock accident in the park area between Hunt
and Carmacks Streets. The scene was a station wagon
(Doug Parton’s donation) which had driven into a tree
and knocked it down. There was a fire in the engine
compartment with smoke billowing ouc and two adults
and one child in the front seat of the wagon.

The adults in the wagon were suffering from over-
indulgence of alcohol and some pretty gruesome injuries
(thanks to hours of work b; the patients, the loan of the
mine rescue wound kit and the skill of our makeup
artist, Walter Comper). The child was not badly injured
but was hysterical.

As usual there were a few hitches which made
things interesting. Due to a communications mix up
the fire department was a little late but that wasn’t a

. big problem, as our raging inferno had gone out before

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The Cassiar Courier is sponsoring a children’s Christmas writing contest,

we even got there. Needless to say, we looked a little
foolish scurrying to remove people from a burning
vehicle when the fire was already out, but, if YOU
were a fireman what would you do if you were to demon-
strate YOUR skills on a blazing engine when you barely
had smoke. It was a little confusing for a while. Ah,
well, the demonstration went well and a few members
of the crowd were surprised into clamping the odd
spurting artery or stabilizing the head of an obnoxious
drunk. The firemen (Ciril Habjan, Ted Krawczyk and
Valdi Isidoro) then came over and helped load the pa-
tients and away we went.

Werner Schneeberger go all this on video for WSTV
and as soon as he ties down his narrator, he’s going to edit
it into a finished product.

Many thanks to the above and the patients: Ben
Tromp, Barbara (Cookie) Boyes, Jason Hebert, and the
attendants: Sonja Willits and Mary Ryan. Above all,
thanks to the coach and fire starter, Joe Hebert.

If you would like more information on the Cassiar
Ambulance Service and its members, please contact Ross
Harper at 778-7886.

<3 CHRISTMAS STORY “
x CONTEST

and all children in Grades 1-7 aré invited to participate.

Hii There will be two categories: grades 1-4 and 5-7. Either short stories or nie
poems may be submitted. The topics to choose from this year are:
QW, MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME EDA
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ae All entries should be neatly printed or written. Please don’t forget to oe
pat include your name and grade. Entries should be delivered to the Courier Bah

offices before November 15, 1986.

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Be. The winning stories and poems will be published in the December issue of
ean the Courier and there will be prizes for the winners. So come on, kids, let
us know just how you feel about Christmas, and send in those entries?!

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-Vander Zalm and his Social

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As of October 22, 1986,
election night in British
Columbia, Premier William

Credit Party had captured
49 of the possible 69 seats
in the Legislative Assembly.
The remaining 20 seats were
taken by the N.D.P., led by
Bob Skelly. The Liberals,
who had hoped to win
seats in this election came
up short but increased their

share of the popular vote
from 3% to 7%. The election results are not final as

there are several ballots not counted until November 4,
1986. These include Section 80 votes, cast by B.C. res-
idents who register on election day, S. 115 votes, cast
at advance polls, S. 117 votes (absentee ballots), and
S. 118 and 118(a) votes, cast by Atlin electoral district
voters, cast outside the district.

NOMINATION MEETING
MARRED BY TRAGEDY

The September 27, 1986 Social Credit nominating
convention in Dease Lake was marred by the tragic death
of Socred incumbent, Al Passarell of Atlin, B.C.

Passarell, his wife Ruth, Joe Florence, Ben Able and
Shelly Smith, all residents of Atlin, died after the small
plane in which they were flying crashed and sank into
Dease Lake. The only survivor was pilot, Theresa Bond.

Ernie Sande, a B.C./Yukon Air Service pilot was
standing on a float plane dock overlooking the lake when

Premier Bill Vander Zalm

the plane went down. It crashed about two kilometres
from shore. The charter company employee quickly
lept into action and a boat was dispatched to the crash
scene. When the rescuers arrived, the plane was sinking
fast but they managed to pull the pilot of the plane to
safety. She was the only victim the rescuers could grab
before the plane sank, to a depth of 125 feet.

The meeting, which was to start at 7:00 p.m., was
delayed after news of the tragedy reached the delegates.
While waiting for further news from the R.C.M.P. and
confirmation of the fact that the plane was indeed carry-
ing Passarell and his party, the members discussed whether
or not to proceed with the evening.

Sixty people had arrived to select the Socred candi-
date for the October 22nd election, most of whom had
travelled some distance to be present. x

Upon receiving confirmation of the tragedy, Chair-
man Stephen Rogers called the meeting to order. The
membership stood for two minutes of respectful silence
for Passarell and the other passengers who had died.
Several of those present were visibly upset by the news
of the tragedy. — -

Chairman Rogers then addressed the assembly,
acknowledging that the situation was very unusual. He
stated, however, that the responsibility rested heavily
with the delegates to determine the format of the meeting
Following serious discussion, a motion was tabled regard-
ing continuance of the meeting, and the majority voted to
proceed.

Criticism of the decision was directed at the Social
Credit party by Jim Fulton, M.P. for Skeena. Party mem-
bers felt that such criticism was unwarranted, particularly
by Fulton, as they felt he should have had a greater appre-
ciation of the distances involved. Premier Vander Zalm
acknowledged that the vastness of the region would have
made postponing the event “unfeasible”.

Three candidates were norminated from the floor,
including Andy Burton of Stewart, Barry Church of
Vancouver and Bonnie Kennedy of Kitimat. After the
prospective candidates made their speeches, Andy Burton
was elected with a majority 38 out of the 60 ballots cast,
with no spoilt ballots.

BEREAN VAN AN ERE EVEN VERE UYS

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