Page 8 February 1983 Cassiar Courier COMMUNITY CLUB NEWS COMMUNITY CLUB REPORT 1982 by Gary Periard The Cassiar Community Club finished up the year with another deficit. The amount of the def- icit will be close to $30,000.00. Cutbacks in all areas helped, however, reve- nues dropped drastically due to both shutdowns. A full financial report will be published in the next issue of the Courier. The Club is operating at its lowest capacity without facilities being affected, but if the trend carries on into 1983, some facilities will have to be cut back severely. As stated, shutdowns play a major role in the Club, not only during shutdown, but before and after and revenues keep the Club operating. All is not gloom as the Club managed to have the Arena roof installed the Lounge finally got its new bar. Programs were not affected for the Commu- nity in 1982 even though money was tough, and this area is one of the roles of the Club. The Club acquired the Simmons Lake Campground and further work will be done in 1983 to provide a summer recreation program for Cassiar. Cassiar Resources has dropped financial sup- port from $138,400 in 1982 operating to $105,400 in 1983; capital and renovations from $59,500 to $42,600. This means some cutbacks will remain in effect for 1983. Events started are the Annual Bonspiel, Schmoo Daze, Senior Hockey Tournament, Rec League Tournament, Figure Skating Show, Minor: Hockey Tournament, etc. Lets keep our Club going and look at support- ing it in 1983. B.C.WINTER GAMES Approximately 50 athletes from Cassiar will be participating in the B.C.Winter Games in Ter- race this year. The Games are from Feb. 4 to 6th. They will be representing Cassiar in the following areas: Cross Country Skiing, Downhill Skiing, In- door Soccer, Bantam Hockey, Wrestling, Black Powder Shooting, Chess and Cribbage. Cassiar has been refused entries in Boys Basketball and our traditionally strong event Badminton. If you hap- pen to be around Terrace, why not find out where these events are held and come and give our athletes a boost. Anyone interested in travel- ling with the team to Terrace should contact the Rec Centre as soon as possible. A full report on how our athletes do in the Games will be in the Courier’s March edition. FLIGHT 671 FLIGHT 672 MT FLIGHT 929 FLIGHT 930 FLIGHT 816 FLIGHT 817 NO.C.P. AIR FLIGHT TUESDAY, THURSDAY OR SATURDAY TRANS NORTH AIR vw _ MONDAY — WEDNESDAY — FRIDAY ARRIVES 10:45 A.M. FROM WHITEHORSE DEPARTS 11:00 A.M. TO YELLOWKNIFE TUESDAY — THURSDAY NO TRANS NORTH FLIGHTS ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY CCC MEMBERSHIP INCREASE Effective January 1; 1983, the following increases go into effect: 1982 1983 Single Active CCC Members 9.90 10.50 Family Active CCC Members 16.50 17.50 *Single Country CCC Members 9.90 15.00 *Family Country CCC Members 16.50 25.00 *For the Country Members, the price of $15.00 and $25.00 has been placed if paid on a monthly basis, however, if paid for 6 months in advance the price of $10.50 and $17.50 will be in effect respectively. The decision on the substantial rate increase for Country Members was due mainly because no subsidies are paid by Country Members through their various employers and the Coun- try Membership is a priviledge extended by the Active Members of the Club. BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT The boy’s Basketball team will be hosting a basketball tournament on Feb. 26 - 27th weekend in the Rec Centre. Two new backboards will be in the Rec Centre by that date. The Basketball play- ers in town raised some funds and with contribu- tions from the Town Council and CCC, the two backboards were purchased, thus making this first tournament and others to follow a possiblity. At the present time, Cassiar is bidding to host the Senior Men & Women’s Basketball tournaments for the Yukon Games. Please watch out for more details. Anyone who is interested in the sport, practices are held twice a week, Mon. & Wed. at 7:30 p.m. at the Secondary School Gym until the new backboards are up at the Rec Centre. INDOOR SOCCER Cassiar will be again trying our hands (and feet) at the Indoor Soccer competition in Terrace. Remembering how we were humbled the last time in Prince Rupert, practices have been going on twice a week at the new Snowridge School Gym. Spirits are high and we hope to do a lot better this year. However, we will be continuing prac- tices after the Games. If you are interested in kick- ing the ball around, why not come out every Tues. at 7:30 p.m. and Sun. at 2:00 p.m. One restric- tion though, please no street running shoes or shoes with soles that leave marks on the floor. Watson Lake Schedule Changes Effective January 9, 1983 qCPAir MONDAY — WEDNESDAY — FRIDAY — SUNDAY ARRIVES 4:43 P.M. DEPARTS 5:30 P.M. ARRIVES 4:45 P.M. FROM WHITEHORSE DEPARTS 5:15 P.M. TO WHITEHORSE $25.00 - Adults - by John Wong YUKON GAMES Cassiar will be bidding to host part of the Yukon Games for 1983. The tentative date is set on March 25th. We will be bidding for the Senior Men’s Hockey and Senior Women and Men’s Basketball. If the dates for the Yukon Games are confirmed, the Schmoo Daze will be delayed till April 7 - 10th. The confirmation of the dates will be decided in a meeting on Jan. 22nd. If you are interested in helping in either events please con- tact the Rec Centre. ANNUAL KLONDIKE NITE A date to remember — Feb. 19th — The Cas- siar Concert Society is presenting the Annual Klondike Nite - gambling, food, beverages and of course the Can-Can Girls. SPORTS WEEKEND Sponsored by the Cassiar Community Club another Spectacular Sports Weekend. The trip will start on March 9th - leave Wat- son Lake for Edmonton. Three nights of accom- modation in Edmonton at the Northwards Inn, plus tickets to the Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers Hockey Game on Friday. Depart from Edmonton to Vancouver on Sat., lodging at Century Plaza and also tickets to Vancouver Can- ucks and Buffalo Sabres Hockey Game. Returning to Watson Lake on Sunday. The whole package is $400.00 which will include airfare, hotel, game tickets, limousine service from airport-hotel-sta- dium and return in Edmonton and airport-hotel return in Vancouver. For registration please call Marvel Travel. SKI HILL SCHEDULE Tues. to Fri. 1 to4 p.m. : 7 to 9 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 1 to 5 p.m. 7 to9 p.m. Monthly Memberships: : $20.00 - Secondary Students $15.00 Elementary Students and under. Daily Pass: $5.00 Adults $3.00 Secondary Students $2.00 Elementary & under. Minor Hockey by Ida Walters Minor Hockey season is at the half-way point now. The boys are doing well and are enjoying themselves. On Dec. 27th, fourteen Atoms and PeeWees went on a one week Christmas Tournament in Terrace accompanied by their coaches Kelly John- ston and Jeff Laurie along with their chauffeurs Gary Periard and Kim Hozak. All of Cassiar can be extremely proud of their boys as they played very hard and never gave an inch although faced with overwhelming odds. The whole team was awarded the most Sportsmanlike team award with each boy taking home his own replica. We were treated very well in Terrace and enjoyed a very well organized tournament. On Jan 8th the whole organization went to Watson Lake for a one day tournament and did very well both in the scoring department and the effort department. Faro is hosting a Minor Hockey Tournament from Feb. 17 to Feb. 20. The Cassiar Atoms, Pee Wees and hopefully Bantam Midgets will be com- peting. All teams are to meet at 7:00 a.m. at the Arena on Feb. 17th to catch the bus. Everyone must pack a lunch and also bring a sleeping bag if possible. Cassiar will be hosting a Minor Hockey Tour- nament on March 11, 12 and 13th, and we re- quire people to take billets. If you can take a bil- let please contact Sandy Crawford at 778-7594. The entire Minor Hockey Association wishes to thank the community for their support and hope to see it continue for the rest of the season. In and around School District 87 Thanks to. a most considerate Christmas weather sprite no major maintenance problems occurred during the vacation period and all schools opened on schedule. The new addition, Snowridge, is now in full operation and both teachers and students have combined to produce a good teaching and learning place up on the ridge. The new board has been sworn in. The only new face is that of Peter Stone, the new trustee from Lower Post. New teachers who commenced duty with us are Mrs. S. Best, who replaced Ms. C. Guldner at Cassiar Secondary E, Lieb at Telegraph Creek; and an “oldie but newie’ is Mrs. G. Scott who will fill in for Mrs. P. Pierce at Dease - Lake. : lf the district can finalize its new budget and get a tuling from the Compensation Stabilization Commission on its new salary agreement the new year can proceed as normal, | hope. LOOKING AWAY FROM EDUCATION — In order to get a loan, you must first prove you don’t need it. — You will always find something in the last place you look. ; — No matter how long or hard you shop for an item, af- ter you've bought it, it. will be on sale somehwere cheaper. — The other line always moves faster. — A shortcut is the longest distance between two points. When in doubt mumble. When in trouble delegate. Murphy’s Golden Rule: Whoever has the gold makes the rules. Indicators of Management Performance Following is the Indicators of Management Perform- ance Report issued by the Provincial Government for each School District. A BCSTA statement on the report said that there are several reasons why per-student costs and pupil-teacher ratios vary. — Prices of goods and services. New and remote districts have younger teachers at the bottom of the pay scale while older ones have more senior teachers. — Different quantities of goods and service. For example, northern districts must buy more fuel. Large districts have transportation costs. — Students with different needs. It is more expensive to educate children with English as a second language. And a small district with one or two disabled children who need a specialist can have its costs pushed far out of line. — Different districts have elected to have different kinds of educational services. Ding by Candlelight It is an exciting time and also one of great tension, for there are many factors to be considered and points that can go wrong. Will the required supplies arrive or will the food truck be snowed out the wrong side of Meziadan Junction? Have you priced the meal correctly, if not you may lose in one night what you saved in a week. Are your quantities correct? A party that is over-catered to is more offensive than one that is discreetly run tight, especially in these times of economic awareness, and will the recipes work, for if you want to prepare items that are different the chances are that you will not have had a chance to test them before, or at least not in that quantity. All the plan- ning must be done ahead — what equipment you will use, - the work distribution for the staff you have available, the menu itself must be developed, dishes you can’t instantly recall must be researched in a multitude of old cookbooks, checked for their feasability and memorized, for on the day of the function there will be no-time for cookbooks in the kitchen, for it is that day that is the true test ofa professional. All you have learned is in your head, now you must make it work, cooking partly on recall and most- ly on nerves. Often for a big party, working 15 to 18 hours without leaving the stove for a coffee break, the adrenalin runs high, This year was no exception. T have always looked forward to Christmas and New Year in Cassiar as a time of challenge. For a few short weeks you are given the opportunity, through special functions and banquets, to rise above the routine and mundane work that is your weekly lot. At this time of year even the most. disinterested of palates, after fifty-one weeks of steak and one week of turkey, call out to be tempted. Cassiar Courier February 1983 Page 9 by Owen Corcoran Indicators of Management Performance S.D. 87(Stikine) DATE OF 1, ACHIEVEMENT INDICATIONS SARA PERCENT OF GRADE 12 GRADUATES 6/82 ABSENTEE RATE 6/82 PERCENT OF SCHOOL DROPOUTS EL 6/82 SEC 6/82 TOT 6/82 ASSESSMENT RESULTS GRADE 4 — READING 3/80 — MATHEMATICS 3/81 — SCIENCE 3/82 GRADE 8 — READING 3/80 — MATHEMATICS 3/81 — SCIENCE 3/82 GRADE 12— READING 3/80 — MATHEMATICS 3/81 — SCIENCE 3/82 2. FINANCIAL INDICATORS ADMINISTRATION COSTS PER PUPIL 5/82 INSTRUCTIONAL COST PER PUPIL See ep RD OPERATION COST PER PUPIL 5/82 GRDS. & BLDGS. MTCE PER PUPIL 5/82 EQUIPMENT COSTS PER PUPIL 5/82 TEACHER SALARY PER PUPIL 5/82 ADMIN. SALARY PER PUPIL 5/82 SUPPLIES & EXPENSE PER PUPIL 5/82 TOTAL OPERATING COST PER PUPIL 5/82 3. STAFFING INDICATORS PUPILS PER TEACHER 9/81 PUPILS PER ADMINISTRATOR 9/81 PUPIL PER DISTRICT SUPERVISOR 9/81 PUPIL PER DON-EDUCATIONAL STAFF 9/81 AVERAGE ELEMENTARY CLASS SIZE 9/81 AVERAGE SECONDARY CLASS SIZE 9/81 PERCENT NON-INSTRUCTIONAL TIME 9/81 4. FACILITIES INDICATORS TOTAL SCHOOL AREA PER PUPIL 5/82 “TOTAL INSTRUCTIONAL AREA/PUPIL 5/82 OPERATIONAL COST PER SQ. METRE 5/82 GRDS. & BLDGS. MTCE PER SQ. METRE 5/82 5. TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS TEACHER RETENTION (ELEM) 9/81 (SEC) 9/81 (TOTAL) 9/81 EXPERIENCE OF TEACHING FORCE PERCENT WITH 1 ~— 4 YEARS 9/81 PERCENT WITH 5 — 8 YEARS 9/81 PERCENT WITH 9 — 13 YEARS 9/81 PERCENT WITH 13+ YEARS 9/81 CERTIFICATION OF TEACHING FORCE PERCENT WITH PROFESSIONAL 9/81 PERCENT WITH STANDARD 9/81 PERCENT WITH OTHER PERMITS 9/81 6. ANALYSIS OF NON INSTRUCTION TIME LIBRARY 9/81 ‘STUDY eR Cia oe 9/84 COUNSELLING 9/81 ADMINISTRATION 9/81 OTHER 9/81 NON ASSIGNED 9/81 7. PERCENT VARIATIONS IN CLASS SIZES ELEM. CLASSES WITH 1 — 20 PUPILS 9/81 21 — 24 PUPILS 9/81 25 — 27 PUPILS 9/81 28+ PUPILS 9/81 SEC. CLASSES WITH 1 — 20 PUPILS 9/81 21 — 24 PUPILS 9/81 25 — 27 PUPILS 9/81 28 + PUPILS 9/81 PUPIL PER DISTRICT SUPERVISOR 9/81 by Terry Farrell Although at first hesitant to cater for 250 at the New Years Ball, with my now dwindled brigade and cooking facilities, I was goaded on by my sous chef wife, riding high with an uncommon confidence, the result of having catered single handed a finger buffet for 120 people at Finning Tractor two weeks prior, with appreciated results, I need not have feared. My staff of two, though small in number and slight in gender, were a match for any crew I had led. More than one diner was heard to say that the workers had never been fed so well on a New Years Eve since the buffalo for the mine manager’s party arrived a week late. Or, to quote the Community Club manager, Mr. Periard paraphrasing another British stalwart who triumphed in adversity — ‘Never before have so many been fed so well by so few”. Here are just a few of the recipes prepared on that night. DEEP FRIED PORKBALLS 4 servings 1 lb. pork J slice fresh ginger root 1% tbsps. cornstarch 1 tbsp. water % tsp. salt 2 tbspn. soy sauce Mince or grind pork and ginger root. Blend cornstarch and add cold water to a paste. then stir in salt and soy sauce. Add to pork and ginger and mix weil. Form into walnut sized balls. Meanwhile, heat oil. Deep fry and serve with a sweet and pungent sauce. S.D. 87 PROVINCIAL S.D. AS% AVERAGE OF PROVINCE 80.0 79.2 101.01 82 6.1 134.43 4 2 200.00 7.9 6.5 121.54 2.3 2.7 85.19 72.8 77.1 94.42 51.6 57.2 90.21 53.7 62.7 85.65 54.5 67.6 80.62 47.1 53.8 87.55 53.7 53.9 99.63 65.8 67.0 98.21 73.0 57.8 126.30 57.2 53.0 107.92 790.9 119.5 661.84 4215.1 2493.9 169.02 863.9 316.9 269.45 451.9 185.1 244.14 51.5 38.7 133.07 3791.9 2230.0 170.04 483.3 83.3 580.19 363.6 150.9 240.95 6678.8 3282.7 203.45 11.7 16.7 70.06 207.8 327.9 63.37 561.0 1234.1 45.46 30.8 41.1 74.94 17.2 23.7 72.57 11.2 22.4 50.00 20.3 20.4 99.51 2.6 10.3 122.33 5.4 6.1 88.52 18.3 30.4 60.20 9.7 178 54.49 57.6 86.5 66.59 85.7 89.0 96.29 66.0 87.6 75.34 62.9 27.8 226.26 20.4 23.6 86.44 12.5 21.1 59.24 42 27.6 15.11 72.0 83.4 86.33 22.0 17.7 124.29 6.0 8 750.00 18 3.4 52.94 if) mt 300.00 say doy 4 2.7 7.41 6.5 6.3 103.17 5.0 2.0 250.00 6.5 5.9 110.17 518 17.2 301.16 22.2 32.3 68.73 7.4 27.4 27.01 18.5 23.1 80.09 98.8 32.4 304.94 24.5 17.7 1.1 25.4 4.33 561.0 ROAST HONEY DUCK 4 servings 1 duck (4 to 5 lbs.) salt 2 garlic cloves 2 or 3 scallions 3 tbsps. soy sauce 3 tbsps. sherry 2 tbsps. honey Wipe duck with a damp cloth. Rub lightly, inside and out, with salt. Preheat oven to 350. Crush garlic and mince scallions, then combine with soy sauce and sherry. Divide mixture in half. Mix honey with one-half. Rub into duck skin and let stand a few minutes until dry, then re- peat. (Reserve remainder of honey mixture. Combine it with I cup boiling water for basting. ) Pour remaining half of soy mixture into duck cavity. Place bird on a rack over a drip pan, containing several inches of water. Roast until done (about 1% to 2 hrs.), basting with reserved honey mixture at 15 minute intervals. Add more water to drip pan as it evaporates. MONGOLIAN GRILL WITH JADE FLOWERS Bone out one leg of lamb and remove all fat and sinew. Cut into bite size pieces and place in the following marin- ade for 2 hours - % cup sherry, % cup soy sauce, 2 tsps. brown sugar, 2 dashes tabasco sauce, 2 chopped green onions, 2 slices ginger, 2 crushed cloves of garlic. Put a few good dashes of sesame oil into a heated wok. Stir- fry I pound of fresh broccoli flowers, adding a little of the lamb marinade. Pour onto platter and keep warm. Re- peat the process with the lamb. Arrange the lamb on top of the broccoli. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Serves 6.