Page 10 November 1986 Cassiar Courier IN AND AROUND SNOWRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL » o#'#-0 Snowridge is just completing its second month of the new school year. The staff and students are settling into their new routines and are well on their way toward another productive year of schooling. On October 15th the first report card of the year was issued. This report was only in- tended to give parents a brief indication of how their child is adjusting to his or her new grade. Formal parent-teacher interviews are not sched- uled for this first report. If you have any ques- tions you are invited to set up a meeting with your child’s teacher. Similarly, if you have any questions about the school’s general practices you are invited to contact me to discuss your questions or concerns. THE CASE OF THE MISSING BOOTS During the cool weather in October there were many rubber boots that went missing. Some students have suggested that the creatures who leave mysterious footprints on Snowridge’s hall- ways sneak into the bootroom when all the stu- dents are at work and play pranks with the boots. | Others suggest that some students take other children’s boots without checking to ensure they have their own copies of the red and black gum boots. | personally think this latter explanation is more likely. It would be appreciated greatly if all parents would ensure that all articles of clothing that the children bring to school and leave in the boot- room or hang up in their classroom are BOLDLY labelled with their child’s name. My experience indicates that many children wear identical boots (either gum boots er snowmobile boots depend- ing on the season). Often the boots are “‘uniden- tified”’ to begin with or as time passes the names are worn off. Unless parents clearly label the articles of clothing, ensure the names stay on, and that the correct boots come home each day it is extremely difficult (if not impossible) to solve the periodic bouts of “lost” or “‘stolen” boots. Thanks for all your help! Above is an example of the mysterious footprints which have appeared at Snowridge. The responsible creatures have also been blamed for the disappearance of food. THE MYSTERIOUS FOOTPRINTS Early in October Snowridge was invaded by mysterious creatures who have left evidence of their presence in the form of strange footprints on the hallway walls. Despite many probing in- vestigators and constant vigilance by the students, the source of these footprints remains a mystery. Parents are asked to assist their children by keep- ing their eyes open for mysterious footprints around Cassiar, Erickson, and Good Hope Lake. ° Hopefully, with everyone’s help, this mystery — will be cleared up and a fuller report will be pro- vided in up-coming newsletters. In the meantime, parents who require more information regarding the nature of these foot- prints are asked to interview their children for details or to visit the school. ASSEMBLIES The grade 6 assembly originally scheduled for early in October was rescheduled to Friday, Oct- ober 31st, in order to match the class theme to the correct seasonal event. For some reason, Mr. Wolfe and his class felt that the Hallowe’en theme they were planning for their assembly did not go well with Thanksgiving. The grade 2 class will be presenting a brief assembly on November 10th in conjunction with Remembrance Day. Parents of students who are presenting assem- blies are invited to attend. Asa rule all assemblies are scheduled to start at 11:00 a.m. THE BATTLE OF THE AIR BANDS On October 10th many of the children of Snowridge School presented a series of mimed rock band acts to their schoolmates. Congratula- tions on many great performances are in order for all the performers, as well as the organizer, Mr. Waldera! SCHOOL CLOSURE Snowridge School was closed all day on October 29th for a non-instructional day. This particular day’s activities focused staff attention on the writing process and various methods of developing student composition skills. Snowridge will be closed for one half day on December 10th to facilitate Parent-Teacher interviews. SOCCER On October 9th Mr. Wolfe and Mr. Waldera fielded a team of soccer players which competed with a team from Dease Lake. The game was a hard but clearly contested match featuring many instances of excellent play by both teams. SSS SS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSsSsSssssssssssssssssssssSsSsssSsssssSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSGSSacaaaoaossss TTTT If your heart’s been set on a new Polaris, this sale will get it pounding. Come in and see the new Polaris snowmobiles. If they don’t get your pulse racing, their pre-season price tags will. For a limited time, selected 1987 and earlier model sleds are marked at special prices. Winter is just around the corner. And so are we. PcsLARiS Nothing beats the way we're built. Remembrance Day November 11th 1986 #t++ FOR ALL YOUR SNOWMOBILE NEEDS We now have a full line of ’87 parts, accessories and clothing to go with our snowmobiles. CALL J OHN BROWN | (11 -5600 Province ! Code RESUNMASINESESan? ot Cassiar Courier November 1986 Page 11 Town Admin....Before and After DECLINER’S CLUB by Sonja Willits The Cassiar Decliners are off to an excellent start with a total loss of over one hundred pounds during the. first month. We have 21 members decling slowly but surely. Anyone in the community interested in joining us for the weekly informal meetings and weigh- ins is asked to join us in the Upper Leisure Room at the Rec Centre on Monday evenings at 6:00 p.m. Bryan Lundale discusses the problems of weight loss: it’s not an easy battle of the bulge, but with encouragement from others, it can certainly work. We don’t follow any fad diet, but concentrate on changing our eating habits to one of sensible nutrition. We incorporate exercise into our program, although we don't actually have exercise sessions during our weekly meetings. This is a non-profit group; nowever, there is a $10.00 membership charge with a $1.00 weekly fee. This is to cover the cost of the booklets and recipes handed out at the meetings. We are always looking for néw members so if you are interested, give Bryan Lundale a call at 778- 7760 or Sonja Willits at 778-7869. What can you lose but a few pounds? JadoGlab he Cassiar-Erickson Judo Club is once again re operation. Ed Farrell and Terry Brown are the instructors for this year and the club has twenty members. Plans for the season include a clinic before Christmas, Brown advised us. The club meets Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6:30 -8:00 p.m. at the elementary school gym. : Fund raisers and executive members the athletic group are Rachel Becket and ae McDougall. PSOSOCPSCOCOSCSCOCOCOOOSOOSSSCOOSOSOA Subscriptions 9 : : Subscriptions are only $8.50 per year. (Eleven } Issues) Why don’t you send one to. yous friends now? Cassiar Courier Box 100 VOC 1E0 Address City = Cassiar, B.C. : saidalss Those of you who have had occasion to come down to the Courier office or the Election Returning Office may have noticed that the other tenants in the building were busy packing up all their office furniture and files. Carol Deyo was busy trying to remember what went where, and Frank was trying to figure out how his desk came apart (it did in the end). The Town Administration Office has been moved from the old location on Connell Street to their new home in the Employment Office building at the main office. Town Administration has been in this building for the past eight years, prior to which they were located in the trailer where Marvel Travel can be found today. Frank Buckley, the Townsite Administrator, and his staff can be contacted at 778-7477 or 778-7435, local 138. The Courier has no plans to pack up its cares and woes, and will remain in the building. Minor Hockey by David Hogg Practices are underway in four divisions. Players are registered in Novice (5-9 years), Atom (10-11 years), PeeWee (12-13 years), and Bantam/Midget (14-17 years). Boys and girls are on the ice three hours per week. CMHA has a full complement of coaches in all divisions but if there are people who are interested in helping out in a coaching or refereeing capacity, their help will be deeply appreciated. The Executive Committee is pleased to announce that the Secretary’s position will be filled by Mrs. Pat Lanphear. With regret, however, we will be accepting the resignation of Mrs. Claudia Huber as our Treasurer. Claudia has been the Treasurer over the past year and has done an exceptional job in this capacity. CMHA is now looking for a new treasurer. Hockey parents in- terested in this important position are asked to contact David Hogg at 778-7367 or 778-7273. We are anticipating the arrival of the neck protec- tion collars soon. When these collars arrive, all Minor Hockey players must comply with the Executive’s policy of compulsory use. The Bantam/Midget team requires a Team or Den Parent. The duties center around a communication network and the care of the team’s sweaters. Parents are asked to contact Mrs. Margretta McGuinness at 778-7558. Mrs. Pauline Woodrow is in charge of the Minor tiockey Bingos again this year. These bingos are held on the first Wednesday of every month in the Rec Centre Gym. Look for posters advertising the date of the Annual Toy Bingo. Mr. Jim McGuinness is in charge of the CMHA bottle collection. If you have bottles that are getting in the way and you want them out of your hair, call Jim at 778-7558 and he will arrange for pickup. for Hie ne 6 Na SN ANN De aoe A ete Oe Astana Oh Niro P & W Services WINTER SCHEDULE | Monday - Thursday open 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. [ Friday open9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday open 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Closed Sunday Les Prosser & Rita Wylie ESSO DEALERS Eons .C.778-7383 Curling News by Cecile Pratt Friday, October 17th saw the first curling social of the season. Although lots of people showed up, the weather seemed to have an impact on their desire to curl. It is hard to think ‘‘Ice, rocks and broom” when the weather feels like a normal rainy day in July! ‘However, the 32 people who ventured onto the ice enjoyed the two-end games. Clyde Miller’s team beat Bill Pratt’s 1 to O in acliff hanger, nail-biting final. VVhere was TSN? We would like to welcome the new school apes and Ethel, our new x-ray tech from Saskatchewan. Ethel’s father had her throwing curling rocks as soon as she was out of diapers. Sorry fellows, Gary and Pam have already signed her up for Friday nights. Come down to the rink and sign up for the draws. Remember: Participate - It’s Fun! CASSIAR COURIER STAFF . Lorraine Lanteigne Karen Taplin gThank you to all the contributors to the November ff B 1986 issue. CASSIAR HAIR DESIGN| HOURS Monday-Friday 1] a.m. - 7 p.m. Thursday til 8 p.m. A PRODUCTS OFF 30% Noy, 1-15th LL REVLON