Page 8 March 1982 Cassiar Courier THE PARENTS ADVISORY BOARD The Parents Advisory Council met on Wednesday, February 3, 1982. Sherry Sethan and Dave Pewsey were invited to the meeting to update the Council on the workings of the School Board. Their report was based on the financial situation of the Stikine District. These records are available to the public by means of the School Board office. The trustees also expressed their desire to have parents come and sit in on the Schoo! Board by Phyllis Hardy meetings. The unfortunate news of the evening was with reference to our new school. It appears very definite that the school will not be ready for occupancy in September but they are hopeful that at least a portion of it will be ready by November. Mrs. Sethan has agreed to meet with Mr. Millar, the principal, to do an indepth study on the overload situation in the school and begin arrangements for September. The-Parents Advisory Council are open to comments and concerns of the parents in Cassiar. Please feel free to contact us. "Bridge Club | Want to spend a pleasant even- ' ing? Come play bridge each Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Upper Leisure Room in the Community Club. BOHOOQOOOOOOOOOO LO SOOO Overhaul & Tune-Up BOB CROTEAU | 528 Malozemoff $30.00 Phone 778-7807 On February 11th, the Upper Leisure room was the scene of a Valentine’s Party for the children enrolled in the Cassiar Playgroup. This was probably the first Valentine’s Party attend- ed by most of the children and of course they were all really ex- cited. One the the highlights was the lighting of the sparklers o-operative Play decorating the cup cakes made especially for the occasion by Chery! Davies. A good time was had by all. This Playschool, which began recently, is jointly funded by the Cassiar Community Club and the parents involved. It is held in the Upper Leisure Room: Mondays — 1:30 - 3-00 p.m. Wednesdays & Thursdays — 2:00 — 3:30 p.m. Fees for the Playschool are: $15.00 per month for one child $25.00 per month for two or more children /f you are not a member of the Community Club the fees are double /t is open to preschoolers three years old and up. The child must be three at time of registration and must be toilet trained. Parents are required to assist the playschool leader on a - rotational basis. If a parent cannot make it on his/her week of duty it is the responsibility of the parent to arrange for a sub- stitute. Failure to do so on two occasions means your child will not be allowed to participate in this play group. ‘For further information please call Mary Ryan at 778-7250 or Sue Borden at 778-7566. @ Sir Mark Turner Memorial Scholarship To commemorate the memory of Sir Mark Turner and his contribution to Brinco, Brinco Limited has established a two year scholarship of $3,500.00 (Cdn.) per year which may be awarded annually, One scholarship will be available in 1982. ELIGIBILITY Any child of an employee of Brinco Limited or any of its subsidiary companies (excluding children of senior management employees) who has successfully completed secondary education and has applied for full time study in a post-secondary program at an accredited university or a college will be eligible to apply. Selection will be made upon the following criteria. |. High scholastic standing: 2. Evidence of achievements in other areas - e.g. athletics, music, special skills, community work. 3. Evidence of leadership. The decision of the Selection Committee will be final. SECOND YEAR SCHOLARSHIP A candidate will be eligible to receive a scholarship for a second year providing he/she has maintained a high academic standing in the first year is continuing in full time attendance at an accredited university or college, and has a parent who continues to be employed by Brinco Limited or any of its subsidiary companies. APPLICATION Applicants for the scholarship must complete a scholarship application form and mail it along with the requested supporting documents, to Brinco Limited, 20 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 1C4, Attention: Sir Mark Turner Memorial Scholarship. Applications must be postmarked no later than May - 15, 1982. Application forms will be available trom the Personnel Office at each of Brinco Limited’s operations, or by writing to Brinco Limited at the above address. For further information please contact your Personne! Office. sckool _ by Bob Bliss Recently the Town Council was interested in learning more about how the Townsite environment is being looked after and invited Gordon Becket, head of Cassiar’s Environmental Control Dept. to come and talk to us. Here’s what he told us. Apart from assuring that the Plantsite is a healthy place to work in, the Environmental Dept. also monitors and controls con- ditions in the Townsite. 3 Perhaps the first thing that comes to mind is “is there asbes- tos in the air?” This is tested for by several stations around the Townsite. These stations turn on and off regularly with a time clock and enable the Environmental Dept. to count how much dust, including road dust, is in the air. The results are then analy- sed to determine how much of that dust isactually asbestos fibre. The town water is also monitored, both in Troutline Creek and coming out of the tap. The recently installed chlorine plant is adjusted to ensure that our tap water is safe to drink. Somebody has to do it! Somebody has to maintain the sew. age plant and this is another duty of the Environmental Dept. It is checked regularly and adjusted as necessary to ensure that the effluent going to the sewage pond and then into the ground is safe to the environment. Reporting the weather to Environmental Canada is another of their responsibilities and this is done twice a day; once in the moming and once in the evening. The depth of snow and its den- sity is also recorded from time to time to enable Environment Canada to predict the extent of the run-off in the Spring. In the Summer (remember Summer?) the department takes . . on more tasks when it tackles the mosquitos. Initially the streams and bodies of water likely to contain larvae are sprayed from the air by helicopter soon after Spring thaw. Then in the Summer months the fogger is driven around town to kill off any mosquitos that have survived. And if you go swimming in the pool this Summer, you will be pleased to know that the water is being checked too, So, conditions in the Townsite are being watched carefully and we are ensured that levels of contaminants in the air, water, etc. are well within safe limits and we can breathe easily with nothing to fear. TOWN COUNCIL Cassiar Courier March 1982 Page 9 GOOD HOPE LAKE NEWS TRAPPING IN CASSIAR COUNTRY Throughout history, fur bearing animals. figured prominently in‘the life of the Indian people. Not only. were fur bearers captur- ed for food and clothing, but they were often used as religious symbols. _ Today the harvest of fur is an important part of the economy — of British Columbia, as well as the rest of Canada. The annual har- vest of pelts from fur bearers is in the millions of dollars each year. Originally, the Indians used various techniques for catching wild fur bearers, such as pitfalls or deadfalls. Spears, clubs and bows and arrows were used to kill the animals, With the acquis- ition of guns, animals could be effectively killed at great distances. When traps became available around 1800, the harvest became even greater. Today modern humane traps are used, The use of ’ humane trapping methods is encouraged. Trappers today come from every walk of life and each trapp- er has his own favorite way of setting traps. Trappers check their traps frequently. This is possible through the use of snowmobiles, which give rapid access to whole traplines. Most trappers realize that, in order to receive top price, care must be taken to prepare the pelt as neatly as possible. The pelts may be sold to local buyers or shipped to large fur auction houses. At the auction house, the pelts are graded by qual- ity and size. When the pelts have been sorted into lots of similar quality and size, the fur buyers bid against each other, using their Own secret signals, for the various lots. One of the problems of fur trapping is the fluctuation in prices which appears to be influenced by fashion demands and economic conditions in the United States and Europe. ; ~ Take the beaver pelt — after it is bought by the fur buyer, it must be processed before it can be made into a fur coat. This in- volves tanning the pelt, adding oils to make it very pliable, cutting the thickness of the skin, plucking the guard hairs, and shearing the undertur to the desired length. The finished product is cut into FORD BRONCO SALES HOURS. WHEN IT COMES TO VEHICLE PURCHASES -- CARS, TRUCKS, RE— CREATIONAL VEHICLES, NEW OR USED--ONE PHONE CALL TO HAROLD OR BILL AT 774-3931 OR AFTER HOURS AND WEEKENDS AT 774-3576 WILL ENSURE DELIVERY TO YOUR AREA WITHIN 24 large pieces and many such perfectly matched pieces can be sewn together to make a coat which, when retailed, is brown, shiny and /uxurious. ; A TRAPPER DISPLAYS HIS CATCH OF WOLF, FOX, COYOTE, LYNX, WOLVERINE, MINK, MARTEN AND - BEAVER IMPORTANT NOTE Local natives depend on trapping as a livelihood, so it is im- portant that traps and traplines not be disturbed. When you are out snowmobiling or for whatever reason you are travelling in Cassiar Country, please do not disturb traps, trapline supplies in a cache, or trappers’ cabins, A trapper depends on this to make a living and his life may depend on what he has in his-cache or cabin TO HELP YOU WITH CRADDOCK FORD MERCURY SALES LTD. Box 1899, 4504-50 Ave. N. Fort Nelson, B.C. ESCORT GL 4-DOOR WAGON WE ARE NOW SERVICING THIS AREA. IF YOU NEED PARTS OR SERVICE PLEASE CALL TED CRADDOCK, PARTS MGR., at 774-3931. AFTER HOURS OR WEEKENDS CALL 774-6213 OUR RESPRESENTATIVES WILL BE VISITING THE AREA MONTHLY LADIES SOCIAL | CLUB : Good Hope Lake Ladies Social Club have elected to hold office during 1982. Joyce Longson is president and Cheri Tucker is secretary-treasurer, : { The Ladies Social Club is active in many:community events . § throughout the year. Some of these are the Annual School Picnic held at the end of the school term, the Halloween weiner roast, the children’s Christmas party, and many other small functions. This year the Good Hope Lake Ladies Social Club plan to hold bake and rummage sales to help generate funds for the up- coming school field trip. The Ladies Social Club is open to all ladies in the Good Hope Lake area. Contact Joyce Longson or Cheri Tucker for in- formation of place and date of next meeting. MOCCASSIN TELEGRAPH... ** The Lost Patrol was rescued off a local lake recently....... Be careful of overflow on the ice, boys! ** We understand that local justice has been handed out to some local snowmobile theives... Good Work!!! ** The Singles Club should have had a good time at their last meeting as out of the group, they won three glass turkeys in the last community raffle. Rocky has gone south again, looking for greener pastures. Now who jis going to break trail around the lake? Bob has pitched his teepee but is still looking for a cook. Tom has a cook but can’t decide where to pitch his teepee! A lot of queer sights have been seen around the bunkhouse complex lately, such as .....the strangest looking carrots in the last grocery shipment........and two full moons noticed "at the bunkhouse.......my, my, What next?????2? CRADDOCK Fort Nelson, B.C. | ** e* ee ee a PARTS ANY PROBLEMS YOU MAY HAVE.