- Cassiar wins B Trophy k Frank Nitti with Special Award bk For the second consecutive year, Brinco Mining Lim- 5 ited, Cassiar Division, has won the B.C. Ministry of Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources “B” Trophy Sa Award. This award is made annually to the Open Pit Mine } with the lowest lost time injury frequency that operates i 200,000 manhours or more during the competition year. E - In 1983 Cassiar had one lost time injury. Congratu- § lations to all employees for their efforts to make Cassiar a i safe place to work. EE Peter Jones, General Manager, Frank Nitti, Ware- : house Supervisor and Rene Day, U.S.W.A. 6536 Safety * Committee Chairperson, travelled to Vancouver where ks the Award presentation took place on April 5. 1984, at oS Cont’d. to Page 2 a “On April: 13th, -Brinco kappa be a summer vacatio shutdown. of its “Cassiar Operation __- effective as follows.- Ea _-* In the Mine, the Waste Removal ile opera until 3 Friday, June 29th:1984 (0800 June 30th, 1984). i *In the Mine, the Ore Haul, P.C. Plant, Tramline, es Concentrator and Dryers will operate until Friday, July 6th, 1984 (0800 July 7th, 1984). *The Mill will continue to operate until July 9th, 1984 (0800 July 10th, 1984). Notice of any other areas to be affected will be given as soon as possible. Generally speaking, operations will re- sume dependent on department and shift, between the 7th and 9th of August. The 1984 Annual General Meeting of the Cassiar Hospital Society was held Tuesday, March 27. Frank Buckley presided over the meeting with 21 members of the Society in attendance. PeReEeeRET ae } The major business before the meeting was the re- E placement of the outgoing members: Don Best, Doug i Kerr and Ray Hamilton, who completed their terms of ‘ office. Denyse Tavener, who still had a year remaining ; in her term of office, was also replaced, as she will be Hy leaving Cassiar for a year. i Nine persons were nominated from the community i - and surrounding area to fill the four vacant positions on i the Board. Judy Walker, Pat Lanphear and Adolf Penno i were elected for three year terms and Hilda Guderjahn was elected to complete the one year term of office vacated by Denyse Tavener. Don Best, treasurer of the Society, presented a brief financial statement for the Society and the Hospital. The Hospital has ended the year with a surplus and funding for the 1984/85 year has been reduced by the surplus amount. Frank Buckley, Chairman of the Board, gave a re- port of the year’s activities. He pointed out that 1983/ F 84 was really the first full year of operation of the hos- pital by the Society. Over the year, many essential pro- grams, such as staff pensions and benefits, were put in place. Policy and procedure manuals covering the hospit- al operation were begun and are nearing completion. By- laws governing the practice of medicine within the hos- ‘Simmer shutdown announced ining announced that there will” Cassiar Courier the Voice of Cassiar Country MAY 1984 10 cents Karl & Hilda V' OSS retire On March 30, approximately 55 friends and co- workers gathered to say goodbye to Karl and Hilda Voss, who left Cassiar on April 3 for their new home in Parks- ville. Presentations were made to Karl by the garage, sur- face and mechanical departments; Kal Tires as well as a drill press from everyone present. He was also presented with a medallion with ‘Payroll No. 3” on it and Bill Zemenchik stated this number had also been officially retired. Hilda was presented with a jade carving and a bouquet of spring flowers. Karl started working in Cassiar as a SRA on “January 12,1954 and transferred’ six months later as a machine drill doctor at the mine at $1.45 an hour. In 1967 Cassiar was no longer using the old hammer drills ~ so Karl-began repairing tires. One night in-1973, Cassiar , had seven trucks hauling ore down from the mine be- cause the old tramline could not deliver enough tonnage. Karl was at work at 8 p.m. repairing tires — 35 of the 70 on the trucks were flat — all full of sharp rocks. There were no tires left to put on and Karl turned to his supervisor and said — in his quiet way — “Christ himself can’t wave his arms fast enough to make new tires. How the hell do you expect me to fix them?” Pat Lanphear — 3 year Member pital were also written and adopted. Buckley pointed out that the Board’s major task through the year was to try and achieve a new contract between the hospital and its professional nurses. This has proven to be.a slow and difficult task, but negotiations will begin in mid-April. In 1975 when the mine garage was built Karl be- came toolman, a position he held until his retirement. Karl and Hilda were married in Edmonton in 1956 and they raised a large family in the log house Karl had built by himself on Kennedy Street. The children are Renata in Powell River, Peter in Dease Lake, Jutta in Hazelton and Margaret and Ralf in Cassiar. After the children were grown Hilda worked in the Post Office and at retirement she was the Post Ss Kar] & Hilda were very active in the a nauaitty and spent many hours in the construction of Our Lady of © Lourdes Church, arena, swimming pool and curling rink. Hilda is particularly remembered for her work on the Catholic Ladies Bazaar every year — wonder how she will get her gingerbread house and sleigh, etc. to Cassiar for the 1984 Bazaar? Karl, of course, will be especially missed at the curling rink, both on and off the ice. They will be living in Parksville, where they are looking forward to indulging in one of their hobbies — gardening. Karl was the first person in Cassiar to ever grow roses and potatoes. They plan to be back: in the near future for some good “northern” fishing. Hospital sociely Board Members elected Judy Walker — 3 year Member The attainment of a fair and just-contract between the hospital and its nursing staff will be the Board’s main objective over the next few months. Cont'd to Page 2