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Page 16. July 1980 Cassiar Courier

On Saturday the Aurora Arts and Crafts held a midsum-
mers Eve Feast to celebrate the Longest Day. Some 24°
guests and the King and Queen Gary Perriard and Jay
Dahlgren enjoyed the feast which consisted of:-

Chicken Gusset

Lettuce Tansie Parmysant

Oysters in Claret

Manchet Bread Stoffado of Pig.

Potato Paste with Curds and Cream

Roste Pheasant Roste Rabbit

Brook Trout in Orange and Wine

Roste Chicken Boyle Pigeons with Grapes

Cheddar Cheese and Apples
Trifle
And plenty of wine, punch and beer to wash it down.

Most of the dishes were prepared as in the Olde English
Tradition by Derek from the Isle of Man.

Here are a few recipes used for the occasion.

PARMYSANT

A seasoning for the meat or poultry.
8 Tblsp. Parmesan Cheese ~

8 Thlsp. Grated breadcrumbs

1 tsp. Caraway seeds

Yatsp. Brown sugar

2 Tablsp, Red Wine

1 tsp. Grated horseradish

Yatsp. Tarragon

Mix all the ingredients together and place in bowl to be
used as desired,

LAST BALE.

by Debra McCullough.

The Cassiar Men’s and Women’s Fastball teams travelled
to Canada Tungsten, N.W.T., on June 21st and 22nd and
were undefeated in all their games, They travelled to
Tungsten by Watson Lake Bus Services funded by Cassiar
Asbestos Corporation Ltd.

The men won all their games and walked away with $500
- 1st prize money, a trophy for first place and the best
Pitcher award going to John Drzimotta of Cassiar. The
Best Batter award went to Alvin McMillan of Watson Lake,

Letters - cont. from page 2 -

I am wondering how the part-time health nurse will trans-
port herself, and the great myriad of equipment necessary ,
around the area short of driving a vehicle all the way from
Ft. St. John/Dawson? Possibly she will rent a truck once
up here. <Such an expense indeed! Perchance the people
from Good Hope Lake and Dease Lake will have to travel
in to Cassiar ( or we to Dease or Good Hope ) to reap the
many benefits offered by the Peace River Health District
Center.

The nurse who gets the opportunity to try to service Cas-
siar, Dease Lake and Good Hope Lake will have to obtain
extraordinary powers of proficiency and endurance.

I hope I don’t sound too pessimistic about all this. As the
former health nurse in this area I-had my shortcomings

_and a difficult time keeping up with the priorities as laid

out by Victoria. I am, however, gratefully indebted for
the chance to experience working for the government.
During my seventeen months with the Ministry of Health
I realized the inconsistencies of the organization.

For example - in regards to nursing coverage in this area
I was told:-

1. that the population in the area does not warrant even

one full time nurse and that there was a possibility of
making the position part-time again. This was after fight-
ing for budgeting for accomodation for a full time nurse.

. 2. that my contract would be up the end of June 1980 to

allow the position to be filled by a university degree nursey

3. that the degree nurse who was interested in the posit-
ion last fall was still interested but would not be available
until July/August of this year. In fact towards the end of
my employ, I was told that there were at least three deg-
_ree nurses interested. in the position.

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DYoing by Condbliht
ROSTE PHEASANT

4oz. chopped bacon

4oz. minced veal

4 chestnuts shelled and blanched

1 Tblsp. flaked almonds

1 tsp. currants

1 egg

%tsp. each of :- mace, cinnamon, clove, salt.
1Tablsp. Olive oil

Mix the first five ingredients. Add the egg and the remain-
ing ingredient except the salt and oil, Loosely fill the
pheasant and truss, Mix the salt with the oil and rub all
over the bird. Roast uncovered for forty minutes in a
moderate oven and serve.

OYSTERS IN CLARET

8 oysters

1Tblsp, flour

% cup of red wine

1 Tbisp. vinegar

5 Tblsp. butter

Y4tsp each of nutmeg, mace and salt
4% tsp grated orange rind

1 Thlisp. orange juice

Bring the wine, vinegar, oyster juice, one tablespoon of
the butter, herbs, spices, orange rind and orange juice to
a boil, Simmer. Melt the rest of the butter. When it is hot
add the oysters which have been dipped in flour, Saute for
one minute and turn over, Add the sauce and place on a
dish and serve.

The women did equally as well with $200 ~ 1st place
money, the 1st place trophy, and the Best Batter award
going to Debra McCoullough of Cassiar. The Best Pitcher
award went to Erla Anderson of Canada Tungsten, form-
erly of Cassiar. y

All in all Cassiar did very well and a good time was had by
all. We'd like to thank Peter Jones and Cassiar Asbestos
Corporation for funding the bus, and also the Watson .
Lake Bus Services and Ernie Jamieson for putting up with
us and doing an excellent job of driving.

Here’s hoping for an equally good season ahead of us as
well.

4. Now, after resigning, I hear that the position is now
part - time and that a nurse is to visit one week out of
every four. f

If I ever seemed confused to any of you, my apologies,
I was! =

I believe that the people from this area deserve to know
what is happening with the health centre in Cassiar.

I also feel that our beautiful communities up here in the
northwest corner of British Columbia are being unjustly
neglected by Victoria considering the efforts to have Cas-
siar’s hospital taken over by the government's hospital

program.

The company has and still continues to make the hosp-
ital run as well as possible but it must be conceeded that it
~ is an uphill struggle. :

I am disillusioned with the idea of our government. The
Webster’s New World Dictionary defines the purpose of
a governing body as being that of maintenance of public
order and the promotion of common welfare. Consider-
ing the tax dollars that go out of this area to support our
governing body in carrying out its purposes, we don’t reap
many benefits.

I think a lot of the man in Manitoba who is standing up -
stating that he will with-hold his taxes because he feels
too much money is going towards abortions which he
profoundly disagrees with. My hat goes off to people who
refuse to go unnoticed and who feel strongly enough
about something to stand up for what they believe to be

right.
Oh that we as a whole could feel strongly enough about
the health services in this area to. band together and make

a stand against our governing body.

Helen Read.

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BROOK TROUT WITH ORANGE AND WINE

2 trout

1 orange

1 cup of white wine

2 bayleaves

4 Tblisp. of butter ae
2 cloves

salt

mace

12 peppercorns

¥%s cup of wine vinegar

4 slices of hot buttered toast
I lemon sliced

1 Tblsp. chopped chives

Place the trout in a dish just large enough to hold them,

side by side, Remove the flesh from the orange, dice and

place over the trout.

In a small saucepan place the wine, vinegar, butter, salt
peppercorns herbs and spices. Bring to the boil, simmer for
15 minutes. Strain and pour over the trout. Bake the trout

in a hot oven for 10 to 15 minutes. Place on a tray, gar-
nish with the lemon and toast and serve.

MANCHET BREAD

This was a mixture of halfrye and half white bread,
made into one large round flat loaf which is set in the
middle of the table and pieces broken off by hand as
required. |

STOFFADO OF PIG

This was a loin of pork, lightly seasoned with thyme,
and rosemary, roasted and a cup of wine swilled about the
bottom of the roasting pan and the resulting liquor pour-
ed over the pork.

FAREWELL

Local residents were sorry to hear that Brian Chandler will
be leaving at the end of the month. Brian first came to
Cassiar in December of 1974, to take up a position with
C.A.C. as industrial engineer. In 1975 he transferred to
Clinton Creek but returned to Cassiar in 1977 as Mill
Project Co-ordinator. He is presently an Assistant Plant

Superintendant.

Brian has been an active member of the community. He
served on the Community -Club executive for two years,
one of which was as president. He was also an active mem- :
ber of the former drama club. His cartoon work is quite
famous — remember “Bestos” of Schmoo Daze fame and
also the pig of Ye Olde Pig and Whistle?

It remains without saying that Brian’s cheerful personality
and tremendous talent will be missed by many. At the
moment his plans ‘are not definite but we wish him the
best of luck in his, future endeavors.

S.PC.A.

After a few months of being appointed as an agent for the
S.P.C.A. (the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals), | have. observed several animals not being prop-
erly cared for or properly treated. There have been a cou-
ple of instances in which there could have been charges
laid, this however was not done as the matter was event-
ually rectified.

Within the town limits, the Town Council appointed a
dog-catcher and Pound Keeper who is responsible for the
animals in the streets. The S.P.C.A. does not interfere here
unless the complaint is of an extremely cruel nature, and
in that case both the police and the S.P.C.A. would in-
vestigate this.
There are animals, dogs and cats in this area who are
suffering because of neglect or non-caring owners. If
you cannot take care of your animals, this being proper
feedings, exercise, water and shelter, then give the ani-
mal to someone who does care; or if this is not possible,
have the animal put to sleep by your Pound Keeper rather
than have the animal suffer needlessly, or run at large.

If you have a cat who has kittens, and you don’t want
them, don’t just turn them loose, have the Pound Keeper
put the cats to sleep, before they are caused suffering or
starvation under a house or run loose, %

Pets have feelings! Take good care of them or don’t have
any!

Your local S.P.C.A. Agent.

Mrs. Gene Overton, Phone 778-7241.

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