the Voice of Cassiar Country

OCTOBER 1987
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On July 29th, Cassiar Mining Corporation announ- The Cassiar Community Club has recently received .
ced that the first six months of 1987 resulted in earnings a JOB-TRAC grant in the amount of $148,000 from the
of $961,000 compared to a restated loss of $362,000 for British Columbia Government.
the corresponding period for 1986. The earnings per This program is a joint initiative of the Provincial
share were were $.09 as compared to a loss of $.09 for Ministry of Advanced Education and Job Training; the
1986. Sales revenue for the period was $28,009,000, Ministry of Tourism, Recreation and Culture; and the
a 13% increase over the sales of $24,858,000 for the —_ Ministry of Social Services and Housing. The program is
equivalent period in 1986. intended to provide clients of the Ministry of Social

The $2.7 million cash generated by June 30 will — Services and Housing with training and employment in
be used to redeem preferred shares of the subsidiary community projects that support regional and local

according to the requirements of the Corporation’s bank- _ tourism, recreation, culture and heritage development
ing agreement. f strategies.
Work is continuing on the McDame project and In Cassiar the monies will be directed towards

the first release of flow-through shares to the subscribers both recreation and culture.
took place in September.
The 1986 exploration program at the Corpora-
tion’s gold property at Bissett, Manitoba increased the
proven and probable geological reserves to 1,522,591
tons grading 0.228 ounces per ton gold. The Corpora-
tion has retained Kilborn Engineering to complete a -
Feasibility Study to evaluate the mine development.

Loss Will Be Felt By Many

RALF VOSS

January 2, 1958/August 15, 1987

Ralf was born and raised in Cassiar and
except for some time spent out at school lived
his life here.

He is survived by his wife Margaret, his
Mom and Dad, Karl and Hilde of Parksville,
sisters Renata of Chilliwack, Jutta of New Haz-
elton, Margaret of Cassiar and brother Peter of
Dease Lake.

Ralf spent a great deal of his time here
involved with the community, starting at a
young age as an alter boy for Our Lady of
‘Lourdes Catholic Mission. As a boy Ralf was
also active with Cubs, Scouts, Minor Base-
ball and Minor Hockey:s. He also served on the
student council at the Cassiar Secondary
School.

After returning to Cassiar from college,
Ralf played centrefield for the Sliders base-
ball club for eight seasons and has coached
T-Ball for the past four seasons. He also
played fastball and served one term as the
president of the Cassiar Senior Slow Pitch
league.

Ralf curled for most of his life. He
served on the executive of the curling club as
the drawmaster for two seasons and President
for the 1986-87 season.

Ralf had been a member of the C.C.C.
executive for the past year, a shop steward in
Local 6536 for two years, has served on the
ambulance crew as an attendant and was a
member of the Cassiar Mine Rescue team for
four years. ;

It is not often that the loss of one man
can be felt throughout the. community, but
in Ralf’s case this is certainly true.

The man was always busy helping
people.

Time. will heal the pain of Ralf’s death
but it will not dim the memories of his life. Al-|
though it is difficult to accept the fact that]
Ralf will no longer be a part of our lives, we |
know his spirit will live on with everyone who
knew and loved him.

A memorial fund in Ralf’s name has been set up
through the Royal Bank in Cassiar until October
15, 1987. All donations will be sent to the Child-
rens Hospital of British Columbia.

THE BUSH CREW
L to R: Kevin Dennis, Lyndon Johnny, Jack Chief,
George Dennis and Glen McLean head out to slash trails.

“Ski-Trac” will see the improvement of the var-
ious Cross Country ski trails in and around Cassiar,
which will include eliminating the various mud spots,
cutting bunny trails around the major hills, building
emergency shelter shacks, restoring the existing cabin
on Ptarmigan trail and colour coding each trail. The
McDame Ski Hill will also be upgraded.

The Aurora Arts and Crafts Centre will be re-
novated inside and out. It will become Cassiar’s Arts
and Cultural Centre, housing the local visual and per-
forming artists as well as affording the community a
suitable arena for various Arts and Cultural events.

Project manager, Lorraine Lanteigne, and her
staff of ten have the work well underway, both at the
Arts and Cultural Centre and on the trails. The dur-
ation of the program is seven months.

CASSIAR RUNS FOR TERRY FOX

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

To all those people who participated in the Terry
Fox Run/Swim, whether you pledged or actually part-
icipated YOU made this year’s Run the most successful
ever.

INSIDE WORKERS
L to R: Ann Johnny, Louise Porter and Lorraine Johnny

Last year sixteen people walked, biked or jogged
raising a total of $310.65. This year twenty-six people
joined ranks on September 13th at 2:00 p.m. With
pledges in excess of $2200.00 they walked, biked, jogged
and swam their way towards their pledge goals.

Denise Chamber
Thank you to everyone who made Cassiar shine

on September 13th. Everyone involved should feel
most proud of themselves!

The cooler weather was-
not a deterrent for this runner

On the road end of the walk Scott Cameron and
Damian McGuinness were the first to complete the 10
Km. stretch on their bikes. First runner in was David
Schmidt, a newcomer to Cassiar. The youngest to com-
plete the 10 kilometers was 6 year old Malcolm Studd.

The activity in the pool was very brisk. Many
WHERE WAS THE JULY COURIER? thanks to Denise Chamberlain for overseeing the life-
guarding at the pool, and to Frances Sherlock for keep-
We don’t know! The July issue of the Courier took six ing track of the swimmers’ laps. Mention has to go to
weeks to travel from Edmonton to Cassiar. Where itwas ‘five _year old Nancy Sherlock for her twenty laps and SFT
detoured is beyond us, no one seems to know...maybe ‘© Denise for 164 laps.\ All seven swimmers and nine- _ Vicki Willis and Karen Muir, co-ordinators of the Terry
to Castlegar? | What can we. say - “Old news, but good teen runners did their personal best that day as Terry Fox run, are all smiles as they count up the more than —-
mews!" eee" “Fox did his for Cancer Research. ~° ~~ ©" °°" *~ “$2200.00 ini-pledges received at the annual run.
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