) Page 4 April 1983 Cassiar Courier a oeUTING ACTIVI a: aoe HOLE ON TOP OF TEEPEE IS TO LET THE SMOKE OUT GEAR WAS DISPLAYED TO ALL All of the Scouts and Leaders found out that March 5th and 6th can be the coldest two days in the winter. We gathered at the Rec Centre at 8:00 a.m. Saturday morning to set off for an ‘over-night’ stay at the Lion’s Camp- ground at Boya Lake Park to find out how tough we really were. Well, the shelters for the night took some time to design, however by 3:00 p.m. most of them were erected. All the boys, except for two decided that a lean-to was the easiest to build. The other two thought that building a hut would be the answer. When night fall came they came to the bitter conclusion ‘you can’t sleep in a sleeping bag uphill’’, so they ended up invading the Leaders’ teepee. The result was — the poor Leaders had to sleep in the shed next to the stove — very disappointed of course!! Most of the boys lasted through the night but when the morning arrived they couldn’t get in their boots cause they were frozen stiff! We would like to ‘thank’ Mr. Gord Pearson and Carl Penno for risking ‘frost bite’ to come along on our over- night venture; and Bob Andrews and Adolph Penno for transportation. While the Scouts were out to enjoy the outdoors, the Cubs took in an educational tour through the Fire Hall. A lot of questions were asked and answered.!We would like to express our ‘thanks’ to Mr. Gord Becket and crew at the Fire Hall for their time. I’m sure three quarters of these Cubs will be Firemen when they grow up. No news from the Beavers this month, but I’m sure they are just as busy as Beavers should be. ~ JOHN SETHAN RIGHT AT HOME, FURNITURE AND ALL! GORD PEARSON SHOWING US HOW TO SKIN A HOTDOG THERE WERE LOTS OF QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR - GUIDING IN CASSIAR On Sunday, February 20th, Guides, Brownies and parents met together to celebrate the birthday of our Founder, Robert Baden-Powell. On this occasion; the Brownies made a presentation of articles from four differ- ent countries of the world. This was followed by songs from Guides and Brownies and a game which helps to teach the story of Guiding in a more lighthearted fashion. short play on the story of Guiding was then enthu- siastically acted out by the Guides, concluding with the song - ‘I’ve Got That B.P.Spirit”! Mothers had once again supplied lots of goodies to tuck into and this we did, as soon as the entertainment was over! A special thank you to Pam Krawezyk for the beautiful cake she baked special- ly for the occasion. Chantal Bilodeau kept Brownies and Guides occupied for another 20 minutes at least with an extra difficult version of Pass the Parcel! Could be that - Chantal is already thinking of her Game Leader Badge? The next evening at our regular Guide meeting we continued to celebrate Baden-Powell’s birthday by way of games with a ‘‘world’’ theme eg. World Flag Relay; Inter- national Camp Game; World Centre Chair Game and final- ly with a World Trefoil Patro! Challenge. CLOUT will do the job Melinda Olsen, Emma Crawford, Chantal Bilodeau, Vicki Friend, Jackie Roblyn, Pammy Krawczyk, Jennifer Becket and Danielle Benner were then enrolled as Guides and officially welcomed into the Company. The girls have been working on many different Baddes of late and recently the following badges were presented: SKATERS Ellen Artico, Emma Crawford, Nicole Deyo, Celenka Krawezyk, Tamara Mulrooney SNOWSHOERS Jennifer Becket, Danielle Benner, Karen Benner, Emma Crawford, Tamara Mulrooney, Melinda Olsen, Jackie Roblyn KEEP FIT Ellen Artico, Jennifer Becket, Danielle Benner, Karen Benner, Chantal Bilodeau, Emma Crawford, Nicole Deyo, Celenka Krawczyk, Chery! Wiaguire, Tamara Mulrooney COLLECTORS Chantal Bilodeau, Vicki Friend Chantal Bilodeau, of the Oriole Patrol, was also pre- sented with ‘Guide of the Month” Certificate for the month of February. Congratulations, Chantal and ‘well done” all the other girls who earned the above badges. | should point out here that Tamara Mulrooney was, in fact © “Guide of the Month” for January, and not as | had indi- cated in the last issue. My apologies, Tamara! Most of the girls who earned their Keep Fit badges have now gone on to complete part of the Home Pathway of the Adventure Challenge which, along with showing ways in which they have tried to improve their standard of fitness, they must -also practice good grooming and health habits. For this purpose, they have taken home with them a “‘chart’’ to monitor their own habits. Vicki Friend, who had been a Guide for the past two years, left Cassiar recently and we all wished her well in her new home. e As ‘| write, we are looking forward to a ‘‘Maple Syrup Toffee Sunday Afternoon” on March 13th which will be a new experience for most of us. More details next month. by Liz Maguire - ~@ LIBRARY "A NEWS by Bill Morrison The Cassiar Public Library Association held its annual general meeting in the Library on February 28, with a very small number of people attending. In her report out- going chairperson Susan Borden outlined the duties of the Library Board, gave a brief survey of the Board's activities during 1982 and expressed its thanks to member Nadine McGinley who resigned: when: she left Cassiar. Librarian Bill Morrison reported that the number of people using the Library, and the number of books being borrowed, was down from 1981, but said that this reflected the gen- eral decline in Cassiar population as well as the lengthy shutdowns during the year. Elected to the Library Board for 1983 were: Susan Borden, John Marks, Pat Maguire, Don Taylor, Albert Gondurak, Kathy Mercer, Susan McPhail, Jim Gilpin and Peggy Brohman. The new chairperson of the Board is Jim Gilpin. The Board will have it’s first meeting on March 28. As reported in the last issue of the Courier, the Lib- rary’s evening hours have once again been cut back to 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. All other hours remain the same. THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED THURSDAY, MARCH 31, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, SUNDAY, APRIL 3 AND MONDAY, ~ APRIL 4 FOR THE EASTER HOLIDAYS. Anglican Church News March 31 Maundy Thursday 8;00 p.m. Joint Eucharistic celebration at All Saints April Ist Good Friday 9:00 a.m. Walk-A-Thon for World Relief, Peace and Development 3: 00-p.m. Joint Good Friday Liturgy at Our Lady of Lourdes Church April 3rd Laster Day 11:00 a.m. Festival Liturgy: Holy Eucharist April 10 Second Sunday of Easter 11:00 a.m. Easter Liturgy: Holy Baptism April 17 Third Sunday of Easter 11:00 a.m. Easter Liturgy: Holy Eucharist April 24 Fourth Sunday of Easter 11:00.a.m. Easter Liturgy ANGLICANS IN MISSION is a two - year study and financial development program involving all Anglican z parishes, families and individuals across Canada. The tar- get of its financial development thrust is to raise a total of Anthony Grey, Saigon (Little, Brown, 1982, 789 pgs). The focal point of this novel is the city, Saigon. In its pages we see Saigon transformed from ‘the pearl of the orient’, as it was in the heyday of French colonial domin- ation, into a particularly gruesome corner of hell in the last hours of America’s helicopter evacuation in April 1975. Saigon symbolizes the fate of Vietnam in the 20th century. The.central character in the novel is Joseph Sherman. As Saigon symbolizes Vietnam, Joseph becomes a parable of America’s ever-deepening entanglement in that country For Joseph, on his first visit in 1925, Vietnam is a re- creation area, sought out by America’s affluent for the va- riety of big game to be met within its tropical forests. Joseph’s later contacts become less superficial, less inno- cent, if not less sentimental. He has first a lover, then a daughter, then a granddaughter in Vietnam; and, as they are progressively more removed from him in kinship, so they recede more and more from his grasp into the chaos of war and ideology. The more intense his efforts to grasp them, the more illusive, remote and hostile they become. All this mirrors the American experience in Vietnam. The more involved America becomes, the more desperate its attempt to grasp the soul of the country, the more il- lusive, remote and hostile Vietnam becomes. In the last desperate minutes of anarchy at the American Embassy Joseph is finally able to rescue a tiny shred of dignity from his ignominious entanglement with Vietnam. Ironically, his moral victory is plucked from the ~ jaws of America’s moral defeat, its final failure to snatch any shred of honour from its bungling involvement in the land. Events that are a litany of atrocity are the backbone of the novel: Vinh; Dien Bien Phu; Hue and the Tet Offen- sive; My Lai; the 1972 Christmas bombing of Hanoi, ‘the biggest armada of strike aircraft ever assembled in the his- tory of aerial warfare’; the fall of Saigon. Anthony Green, a former Reuters correspondent in the Far East, was himself a news topic during the Cultural Revolution, when he was for two years detained in prison in Peking. He writes with vast knowledge of history, ob- vious love for the East, sadness for its people, disgust at the callous brutallity of the French, and incredulity at America’s failure to get things straight. When Ho Chi Minh emerged from the jungle to de- clare the independent People’s Republic of Vietnam in the power vacuum left by the Japanese surrender in 1945, American OSS men came with him. They had banded to- gether to fight a common enemy. Ho thought America would continue to support his struggle for independence. In his speech in Hanoi he quoted stirring words of the De- claration of Independence: ‘All men are created equal. “They are endowed by their Creator with certain inalien- able rights, and among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness’. He was confident ‘that the Allied nations will keep faith with their principles of self- determination and equality and will acknowledge the independence of Vietnam.’ Had that confidence been well founded, had that faith been forthcoming, how different the history of Vietnam and America would have been. That is the tragedy of Saigon. $40 million, half for the Northern Overseas mission work of the Church, half for the new diocesan initiatives in mis- SiON. Last fall, during the ‘Advance Gift’ and ‘Forward Phase’ parts of the program (soliciting gifts of $10,000 and over and $5,000 and over respectively), a total of $14 million was pledged by about 1400 people, including one from Cassiar. Never before in the history of our Church has so much been given by so few! Now, in the early days of the ‘Special Phase’ nationally, ANGLICANS IN. MISSION has gone over the $20 million mark, and organ- izers are confident that by the end of April, when every church member will have been visited, made familiar with the aims and objectives of the program, and challenged to respond to the need, ANGLICANS IN MISSION will have exceeded its target. In the Diocese of Yukon, just over a dozen people have already fulfilled 70% of the Diocesan. target of $86,000 --- and the financial aspect of tite program hasn't even begun yet! There is every likelihood that we can double our target figure. In a departure from the national strategy, the Diocese of Yukon plans not a ‘three phase’ program but a series of ‘blitz weekends’ with members of the Diocesan team coming in to the small parishes on Friday, training a team of visitors, and. completing an every member visitation by Sunday night. All Saints Cassiar will have its ANGLICANS IN MISSION blitz weekend April 15 - 17. ; PORTRAITS, PASSPORT PICTURES EVENTS, B.& W DARKROOM FINISHING 715 Malozemotf 778-7345 Me - ALL SEASONS TRAVEL. - clos Photo MORTIFEE MUNSHAW DEALER FOR COLOR & ENLARGEMENTS, FILMS, CAMERAS & ACCESSORIES FOR SALE, CAMERA REPAIRS, WEDDINGS & SPECIAL rvel Travel Service Did. 164 ELLIOT STREET CASSIAR 778-7220 (Trailer next to Curling Rink) DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL TRAVE: BY AIR — SEA CRUISES — RAIL — BUS — HOTEL RESERVATION —— CAR HIRE AMD RENTAL — PASSPORT — \/ISAS -- TRAVEL INSURANCE AN) OTHER TRAVEL SERVICES. BIINGET CHARTERS AVAILABLE FOR ~ OFFICE HOURS 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. WEEKDAYS (OPEN DURING LUNCH HOUR) CLOSED SATURDAYS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE AND CLOSED ALL DAY SUNDAY Cassiar Courier April 1983 Page 5 Parent Advisory by Pat Riddle An ‘Open’ Parent Advisory Council meeting was held on March 2nd at the Snowridge Elementary Library. Only a handful of parents attended along with Sherry Sethan, Owen Corcoran and Dick Chambers. The meeting was very interesting and it was disappointing that more par- ents or guardians did not attend. Now that there are two schools in Cassiar it was de- cided to have a Secondary school teacher representative on the Parent Advisory Council. Mr. Keith Krocker now represents the Secondary School along with Mrs. Shirley Vickery from the Elementary School on the Council. We were advised of the official school opening to be held on.March 17th with Karen Clark unveiling a com- memorative plaque to officially open the Snowridge Ele- mentary School. Samples of school supplies for Grades 2 and 6 were displayed which only cost $5.00 and $6.00 respectively.. The idea of getting prepackaged school supplies available for Grades 1 to’7 before school starts in September may soon become a reality. - Mir. K. Lanphear advised that Sue Omura, the Pub- lic Health Nurse will be presenting a Human Development, Family Life and Sex Education course to Grade 5, 6 and 7 students. Consent forms and advice to parents will be sent out before the course is held. Mr. O. Corcoran spoke at length on the 1983 Pro- visional Budget and Mr. D. Chambers gave an update on the Indicators of Management Performance. The next regular meeting of the Parent Advisory Council will be held on Wednesday, April 13th at the Cas- siar Secondary School Library at 7:30 p.m. Any parent or guardian having any questions on school related matters please contact Al Davies, Chairman. OED <> (EEE) (GEE) )- +0 Our Lady of Lourdes Mission LASTER TRIDUUM MARCH 31 to APRIL 3 FOR BOTH CHRISTIAN CHURCHES Holy Thursday Mass of the L ord’ s isiisithes - 8:00p.m. at All Saints Anglican Church, Good Friday The Passion of the Lord ~ Lourdes. Holy Saturday Easter Vigil - 3:00p.m. at Our Lady of Good Hope Lake - 5:00p.m. Cassiar — 1]:00p.m. Laster Sundav 11:00 am. in each Church * Please note that Father Pauwels will be out of town from April 6th. For information regarding services after this date check at the Church. studio