Page 6 June 1981 Cassiar Courier Ste z S THE SCHOOL.IN AND : Cah is! poner Piha WItIOD wie (seh enue e sore z ~ > wes : r) = ( - : so Arot I the =) =x { TIO 251 r =) = : 5 Copies of letters sent out after the Grant for the Arena = ; = L AKE NE \ \ S Roof was denied. \ = ERICKSCN GOLD MINE PROFESSIONAL > =) BS) =) by George Holman SUT hee EO, vs TRIP DE VELOPMENT DAY = Mr. John Thompson, Acting Chief, Rec. Division, ” Rae Deer : 4 eh 2 e 2 “ys ~ Recreation & Fitness Branch, = by Christine Tates. Gord ; as been announced earlier, the secondary schoo CNloceassin celegraph We see, a-lot.of local prospectors busy 3 meson 546 Yates Street, Victoria, B.C. = aes ord Kamlah & Anil Kaul will be undergoing an evaluation next year. This accred- ss pecodes UPS eons : Dear John: S On Thursday May 7, the Geography 12 class travelled itation process requires a considerable amount of extra ** Frost boils in the road have caused some short delays | regret not being able to have a meeting with you > to Erickson Gold Mine. The mine is located about 19 work on the part of the teachers. In order to begin this Says... ee Tom A and Ingrid T are the new cyclists at Good Hope Lake. They are often seen peddling along High- way No. 37 and side trails. Tom says it is to lose weight and Ingrid says it is to enjoy the great scenery and take in the balmy weather we are all enjoying. The local people had a poor beaver hunt this spring in traffic, but as usual, they have run their course and the road is returning to normal with the Highways crews busy keeping it in shape. Please slow down when passing equipment working on the Highway. Thank you. — SIO F ESS YEO EE NEW FACES on my pilgrimage to the south, however, did meet with David Hull, and expressed my concern in not receiving any monies for the arena roof. In assessing our grant, | was concernec’ shat an ef- fort was not made on behalf of your office, to see just exactly what our situation was, before refusing the arena grant. Regardless of setting a policy for all facilities, | do kms southwest of Cassiar on the Stewart-Cassiar High- way. > The objective of this trip was to learn how under- — = ground gold mining was carried out and also to look at the milling process. We arrived at the office at 9:00 a.m and were met by the Chief Surveyor, Cary Moffit. Af- == ter being suited up in rubber boots, (5 sizes too big), process secondary teachers will spend the day of Tues- day, June 2, getting organized for this procedure. DATES OF INTEREST TUES. JUNE 2 — Secondary Professional Nevel- ; ; e, and due to = i 7i ; 2 opment Day due to high water and fast run off. Nick Postnikoff is the new mechanic for Good ‘Hope think that each grant is sent in for a purpose, A hard hats and lights, we were off to AALS TUNA The HHT THURS, JUNE 4 — Visit BY DER Alan eNeber: ** Ri is th h Pail h k hei 5 em b j the fact that we are new to your department, a trip up in to our alarm,consisted of a long hole in the mountain b isit by . Alan WwW y Riddler and Louis the Lunch Pail have taken up their | ake Nick and his wife Linda hail from Castlegar. = ? : Nae Ue Sona ane teepee and moved to a new camp two miles south of to northern B.C. should have been looked at, before any F with several branching tunnels along the way. At the an sy Be and, Good Hope Lake. Ed Kenny. is the new auxiliary laborer for Good Hope decisions were made. i=] - 4 => end of these tunnels, raises or almost vertical tunnels FROM THE LONG HOLE IN THE MOUNTAIN senior represenatives from the ** It is nice to see that ten mountain sheep have return- Lake. He hails from Guelph, Ontario. For years, the Cassiar Community Club actin work- = ran straight up. At the top we found a miner busy drill- Gan ee iN ee ove ed to the slopes behind the camp again this spring — . i at ed very hard in getting facilities built through volunteers, = ing, who let us try his noisy and rattly drill. Withionly RNC ees coe ae two rams and eight ewes. ; and although |.am not a believer in having volunteers do C= one tiny light on our head to guide us we were relieved ~ a rades 8, 9 xams ** Roddy the Ozarks Hillbilly has spring fever as his D\ Snow gone, spring clean up time. The Camp has structural design, they did have the Cassiar Resource per- = when we finally were led out into the sunlight. All of JUNE 19 — Graduation i : Xmas Box couldnt adjust to our winter and moved taken on a new load of energy and enthusiasm. sonnel to draw from. The specific grant | applied for was us agreed that a miners life was not for us. JUNE 25 Awards Day, Report Cards .is- back to the south. Better luck next time, Roddy. You Plans for summer vacations, roads open to favorite to put a permanent roof on the Arena, as the existing ; sued, last day of school fishing spots, school term coming to an end —every- | roof was temporary due to the high cost of a permanent By 11:00 a.m. we were back at the plantsite where Mr. JUNE 26 Teachers in attendance only ne *e can’t win em all! Madge and Newton have a new freezer but what hap- pened to the power lines that were promised-to pro- vide electricity to run it??? _ U.N.N. Local is sporting a new flat deck truck to haul their needed materials and wood. Burgess L. has gone out to Vancouver with son Carry. - They are awaiting the arrival of a new addition to the family. Linda and Andre B. are ack after an early spring vac- ation. They went south to make sure the sun was go- ing to arrive here in time for spring break up. one seems to have come alive after a long winter. HEKKKEEERHEHE The United Native Nations Local has started const- ruction on a new home, tentatively slated for the president of the Local, Walter Johnny and his fam- ily. It makes one wonder at the justice in the spending of tax payers money’ on a new home in Good Hope Lake for the U.N.N. local president when there are four new log homes sitting empty at present. radio programme in the making recently ‘when Ron McFadyen and Neil Ford broad- cast the two hour ‘Take A Break’’ show from the Cassiar Library, as part of CBC’s Radio Week celebration. During this time, thirteen interviews were broadcast, -some of which were pre-record- ed and others were done live. Precision in timing for this type of program presentat- ion is of prime importance as everything is done to the second. Observers were able to see: the complex in- teraction of all facets of an outside broad- cast; the rehearsing of introductions; close communication with the. CBC studio in Whitehorse; the use of: ‘tapes, cartridges, Cassiar residents were able to see. a CBC ; live interviews, — 4 one at the time of construction. This temporary roof lasted longer than anticipated, and following a stress fac- tor on the Arena that | had done, the new roof would have finished off the arena for a number of years to come. At the present time, | am placed in a position be- tween your office and the donation from Cassiar Re- sources, in that one will not give unless the other one _does. |-think it rather unfair, and request that you look into a visit in our community in the very near future. Your co-operation would be appreciated, and | look ; forward to a reply at your earliest convenience. Yours truly, G. Periard, Recreation and Business Manager - May 16, 1981. Hon. Evan Wolfe, Minister of the Provincial Secretary & Govt. Services, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. Dear Sir: - | have enclosed a copy of a letter that | have sent to Mr. John Thompson, Acting Chief, Recreation Division, Recreation & Fitness Branch, in Victoria, for your re- cords. Due to the feelings | have towards being turned down for the grant, | decided to write to you, and ex- press my. concern in the situation that has developed. It is with this in mind that | extend an invitation to you to visit Cassiar, and show you the facilities that we have in our recreation department. It is to be noted, however, that a lot of money and volunteers have made the facilities in Cassiar what they are today, and | feel very strongly in what |-have stipulated to Mr. Thompson. Yee, the mill supervisor, gave us a short trip through the mill. We learned that the whole thing Was run by only 3 or 4 people. We were also surprised to learn that they produced 30 to 50 ounces of gold a day, which is refined in Montana, U.S.A. After the tour was over we were kindly invited into their cafeteria, where we were served a delicious meal with fresh pie and pastry for dessert. To top this off, before we left, we were all given Erickson Gold Mine hats. all the people at Erickson whose hospitality and friend- liness will be remembered for a long time. Rune eaasasests sine teens eer TO THE FINAL PRODUCT +> + + + + + + + + + + to oe ee eee ELEMENTARY SPORTS DAY The traditional elementary sports day will be held on Tuesday, June 23.- It is anticipated that Dease Lake, Good Hope Lake and Lower Post will participate in the event. Any parents wishing to assist with the sports day = _ o oO x= oO ” wi x= —_ Q 2 = o oc =) oc =a (=) ] = = | Oo =) =x (x) 7) wi x= _ (=) 2 > oO az = should contact Miss J. Dale at the school. SECONDARY COURSE SELECTION Secondary students and the parents of secondary stu- dents are invited to attend an evening discussion regard- ing course offerings for next year. The date will be Tuesday, June 2, from 7:30 — 9:00 p.m. A brief out- line of the courses and programs offered next year will be given. Opportunity will also exist for individual counselling and discussion. FIELD TRIPS The grade seven’s plans for a trip to the Chilkoot Pass are progressing smoothly. It is anticipated that approx- imately 20 people will make the trip scheduled for June 11 — 16. Mr. K. Kroeker should be congratulated for his efforts in heading the fund-raising campaign for this trip. A trip for secondary students down the Dease River is planned for June 4 - 7. Extensive preparations for safe- ty and training are underway to ensure a successful trip. part under the leadership of the Community Recre- ation 12 class and Mr. G. Millar. i As well, Mrs. E. Buckler and the Grade 5/6 class are planning a two night camping trip to Boya Lake on June 17 — 19. ' henour kell Following the third report card the Honor Roll list om- itted the name of Clare McKiernan. This grade eleven. student obtained at least a ‘’B’’ average and should be congratulated for achieving this result. GNV NI 100H9S 3HL GNNOYV GNV NI 1O0HIS AHL GNNOYV ONv NI 100HIS HL GNNOYGONY NI 1O0HIS AHL anno GNV NI 100HIS JHL GNNOYWONV a SCHOOL TRUSTEE REPORT —_—i<$sti‘éte It is hoped that approximately 16 students will take =100H9S 3HL GNNOUY ONY NI TOOHIS JHL'GNNOYV ONY NI 100H9S FHL GNNOYV GNV NI 100H9S JHL GNNOYV GNV NI 100HIS 3 cross fading techniques, music as fillers, promos, pre- recorded items coming from Whitehorse, and the co- ordination required by the two broadcast- ers. In closing, | wish to state that our recreation depart- ment: not only covers the town of Cassiar, but provides 2 services to two other mining communities, as well as Good Hope Lake and Dease Lake, B.C. 1 look forward to a reply from you at your earliest convenience, and hope that we can show you some wholesome northern hospitality, shoulc you decide to accept our invitation. for the B.C. S.T.A. We have had another meeting with the district staff, myself and the chairpersons of the Parent Ad- visory Councils. It was held in Dease Lake. Our next one is in Atlin in June. i All in all, the last few months have gone very quickly and with the 2 new schools approved for our district plus upcoming trustee elections in late October, early November, 1 feel we are progressing very well with our new district. | i am very excited about ae Stikine’s prospects over the next while. - ‘Sherry Sethan — Official School Trusteee District 87. ie Well | guess it's time to give all of you an update on what's happening and how | am spending my time as your Official Trustee of School District number 87. | seem to he doing a lot of travelling out of Cassiar. The college board, of which | form part of the group of Directors as School District 87’s representative, meets once a month. Northern. Lights College covers the area north of Dawson Creek and includes Chetwynd, Dawson Greek, Fort St. John, Fort Melson and the Stikine. The March meeting was held in Fort St. John, the April meeting at Fort Nelson, the May one at Chetwynd and the June meeting will be in Cassiar. At the March meeting we discus- sed the problems that we have in the Stikine due to: lack of facilities and shift work. ! suggested a fully equipped mo- bile unit with a room for accommodating an instructor. The board had already been looking at mobile units as a pos- sibility for the district and was happy to hear they would be an asset to the Stikine. They also were receptive to the idea of accommodations for an instructor. As | had just re- turned from a B.C.T.A. meeting in Vancouver | was unable cussed utililizing the cable system in Cassiar and when we have more Alefinite information we will get together on this. The meeting in June in Cassiar will be June 6th and anyone who is interested in attending is welcome. | will put a not- _ice in in the Community Club Calendar to place and time as. soon as it is finalized. | also attended a Union Board of Health meeting in Dawson Creek in March. The concern for a full time health nurse was raised and | was assured we would be receiving one. I spoke to Dr. Lugdsin today (May 15) with regard to this matter. The application for the post of Public Health Nurse for Cassiar and District has been approved. Posting for the position is expected to go out within the next week or so. Given time to interview applicants, we can expect to have our full time health nurse in place in August or, at the fey. latest, September. When this happens | hope to see the | School District and the Health Nurse working very closely 4 for the good of all our children. ; Dr. Lugdsin, Director and Medical Health Officer for the Peace River Health Unit, will be visiting Cassiar on Listeners to the program at home may not have realised how much energy and last minute reshuffling was needed to bring about the smooth presentation of the show. Yours truly, G. Periard, Recreation & Business Maneaet: aaaaaqaagaqqqaaaaa A LITTLE TOUCH OF SPRING A cross-section of news items from inter- viewees living in and around Cassiar were broadcast. This ranged from old time re- flections to new mine developments; from a school principal’s profile to students’a- chievements, from personal attitudes to the - town to problems of communication, as well as interviews with the Cassiar mine Pro- duction Superintendent and O & T and P & M union representatives.