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Who’s News?

OWEN -CORCORAN

The new superintendent for School Dis-
trict 87 arrived in Cassiar on October
1. Owen Corcoran has come from Prince
George, where he was principal of the
largest elementary school in the Prince
George district. Prior to that he was
co-ordinator of Professional Develop-
ment for the District of Prince George,
which has 1200 teachers.

The localizing of the School Board for
the Stikine District will have quite
far-reaching effects on the schools in
the area. At the present time, the

schools in this district aré under the"

direction of Mr. Gary Roth, who is the
Superintendent for both the Stikine and
Fort Nelson School Districts. The sec-
retary-treasurer is Mike Chambers, who
also works for both districts. He will
continue in this position until a new
secretary-treasurer has been appointed-
hopefully by January 1, 1981.

The problems in the Stikine District
obviously differ from those in Fort
Nelson. Dealing with them locally should
insure a better response to the needs
of the area. i

Mr. Corcoran is primarily concerned
with familiarizing himself with the
district and having the people of the
district become familiar with him. The
District will, over a period of time,
become an educational entity in itself,
more in tune with the area and its pro-
biems. %

An official trustee from the Stikine
District will be appointed within 60
days. The Parent Advisory Council will
be consulted for recommendations, al-
though the Minister of Education thas to
appoint the trustee, which requires an
order in council,

By November 1981 Mr. Corcoran hopes to
have an elected school board. Part of
his job will be to work out the details
regarding the composition of board re-
presentation.

The new offices for the School Board
are located between the RCMP offices
and the men's staff house. It will ev-
entually employ seven people full time.

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Mr. Corcoran is married and has four
children, all attending University at
the present time, He is interested in
eross country skiing and also squash.
We hope his term in Cassiar country is
enjoyable.

10 cents

PLAZA DEVELOPMENT

REMOVING WASTE ON TABLE MOUNTAIN

LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR THE NEW MILL

NEW CAIP UNDER CONSTRUCTION

After a very successful summer of ex-
ploration, drilling and mining, Plaza
Mining Corp. are now in the process of
building a mill complex two miles south
of Quartz Creek on the Cassiar Road.
The Company has just completed surface
mining on the south side of Table Moun-
tain and within the next few weeks will
be building stock piles of ore ready to
feed the mill, which should start up
next spring - subject to Government
approval.

At the present time the contractors are
pouring concrete for the foundation of
the 100 ton per day mill. They plan to.
install the mill machinery early in
1981 - also subject to Government ap-
proval. Hopefully the mill will go into
operation by May 1, 1981. While the:
Mill is being built primarily for Plaza
ore, provision is being made to take
custom ore at a future date.

Plaza Mining Corp. is a privately owned
corporation but will be going public
within the next two or three months.
The Quartz Creek holding is their first
in the area to be approaching produc—

‘tion. 2

The Company is carrying out an active

drilling program, the results of which

appear to be encouraging. They employ
approximately 30 people, ten of whom
are Plaza employees and the rest con-
tractors for drilling, mining and mill
construction. Plaza also has claims
southwest of Watson Lake and in the
Quesnel area but these are still in the
prospecting stages. Although their in-
terests in this area are mainly in
gold they are also interested in any
mineral holdings which would make vi-
able operation.

Consultants for the Plaza Mining Corp-
oration are Trenaman, Spencer and As-
sociates of Vancouver, They are also
consultants for United Hearne Resources,
who recently announced a production

/ decision. on their property - the Old

Hanna Mine, Studies for regulatory ap-
proval on this property are underway
and they hope to go into production
next year.

Our thanks to Mr. R.Trenaman for the
information and Mr. Ray Dumas for the
tour of the property.

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Sockey Awards

for
Local Boys

During the summer Manley and
Paul Guarducci attended Hockey
School in Penticton for a week.
Both Manley and Paul won the
award for the best Athletic
performance during the week long
session — Manley with Pee Wees
and Paul with Pups.

Congratulations to these two
young hockey players.

by Cixo.

Cassiar Courier —
! the Voice of Cassiar Country

October 1980