/ , Cassiar ( the Voice of Cassiar Country APRIL 1981 ourier 10 cents WERE STILL NO 1! Our Pee Wee Teams never lost a tournament during the last two seasons and the boys kept the tradition up in Whitehorse, but this time it was not easy! Six teams ‘Safety Awa rds — PETER JONES AND PHILIP SPEAKMAN WITH AWARD RECIPIENT RAY ELHORN On the evening of March 5, a Supervisor's Safety Awards Presentation was incorporated with Cassiar Resources pro- duction meeting. In attendance to present the awards were Peter C. Jones of Cassiar Resources and Philip J. Speak- “man, safety administrator for the Mining Association of British Columbia. Five supervisors from. the Cassiar estab- lishment received awards. They are as follows: AWARD OF OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT Ray Elhorn (Mine Foreman) — 33,000 consecutive shifts worked without a time loss injury AWARD OF MERIT Robert Duri (Mill Foreman) — 20,700 consecutive shifts worked without a time loss injury Frank Nitti (Stores Supervisor)— 19,600 consecutive man- shifts worked without a time loss injury CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT Ove Anderson (Mill Foreman) — 13,800 consecutive man- shifts worked without a time loss injury Hans Blaschitz (Machine Shop Foreman) — 10,400 con- secutive manshifts worked without a time loss injury Continued on Page 15 _ snowmobiles running on the ski hill, _ apology. Photo courtesy of Ciro Guarducci - were participating in the first Yukon Winter Games. These teams were Whitehorse Conde, Whitehorse Igloo, Wb itehorge Hougens, Faro, Watson Lake and Cassiar. Contd. on Page 12 _ RCMP news - ~ March 31, 1981 We are still receiving complaints of dogs running at large, and on the cross country ski trails. There have been two Cassiar men charged with shooting dogs running at large in the town- site and, although | sympathize with them, | do not feel that it can be tolerated. By the same token, snowmobiles running on the ski hill and cross country ski trails will be charged under the All Terrain Vehicle Act. -81 Mar 16 — We received a complaint from Mel Callbreath at Good Hope Lake that someone had stolen tires off his vehicle. 81 Mar. 18 — We received two complaints of trailers being extensively damaged inside, and investigation indicated that three Cassiar youths were responsible. The total dam- ages will be paid by the parents involved, and no charges were laid because of their young age. 81 Mar. 20 — We are investigating theft of gas complaints from several vehicles in the townsite over the past 2 — 3 weeks. 81 Mar 23 — We received a complaint of another vehicle passing the school bus when the lights were flashing and it was discharging children. One charge has already been laid in this regard, and another will now be laid. 81 Mar 30 — We received a complaint from Erickson that one of their employees, Ralph McGreevy, was overdue on a skiing trip up through the Della Mines Road. McGreevy was located in the Spring Creek area and had been delayed due to the terrain. COURT NEWS 81 Mar 26 — Court was held in Cassiar and the following cases were heard. A juvenile from Good Hope Lake, charged with taking an auto without consent of the owner, was ordered to do 30 hours of community work service and write a letter of Continued on Page 2- A NEW SCHOOL FOR CASSIAR On Friday, March 27, 1981, Facilities Services (Schools) Ministry of Education, announced that the School Dis- trict’s proposal for a new Elementary School in Cassiar had been approved. This school will cater for Grades K — 6 and will be erected on a site provided hy Cassiar Resources. The total value of the package is $2,223,200, which in- — cludes building cost, new equipment costs, site prepar- ation and architect/design fees. School District No. 87 Administration will commence work immediately to expedite the construction of the school. It will not be be in place for school opening in September et but HopetuBy will be el oe by then. a SUMMER SHUTDOWN ‘Cassiar Resources announced on March 27th its decision to close the Cassiar operations for a vacation shutdown in the month of July, 1981. A company spokesman said the reasons for the shutdown were to allow employees to take vacations during the sum- mer period without disrupting operations, whilst also cur- tailing production because of, high inventories of some __ fibre grades. In addition work must continue on installation of a new dryer so that the present dry ore inventories are not de- pleted to the point where the mill would shutdown due to lack of feed. Dease Lake Stabbing Henry-William Blackburn, 19 years, of Dease Lake, was stabbed during a domestic quarrel at. approximately 4.00 a.m. on April 2. Mr Clemens Pete Tashoots, also of Dease Lake, has been charged with wounding. : Mr. Blackburn was taken to Cassiar Private Hospital and then evacuated to Whitehorse where he is Belleven to be in a satisfactory condition. NEGOTIATIONS COMMENCE Steelworker Locals 6536 and 8448 commenced negoti- ations with Cassiar Resources Division of Brinco Mining Limited on March 23. According to Union and Company spokesmen the Negoti- ating Committees will be striving to reach a Memorandum of Settlement prior to June 30th, when the current Col- lective Agreements expire. The two agreements cover 530 workers at the Gassiar Mine who are employed in the production and maintenance and office and technical areas. NEW GOVERNMENT AGENT We have been advised by Mr. Stuart Minifie in Dawson Creek that the arrival of the Government Agent in Cas- siar has again been delayed because of housing problems. It is now expected that Ms. Ina Downing, the newly ap- pointed Government Agent, will he arriving in May and the office will be opened May 12.