SSS apd POHL ary -f- Page 22 December 1985 Cassiar Courier Ptarmigan Cabin Ski Trails by Mary Elhorn We were fortunate this year to get lots of snow early. A new bridge was built across the creek and hours of work went into building up the trail across the rocks — to no avail. On Thursday, October 30, a clown on a snowmobile tore across the rocks and on up through the scrub, pulling up all the buried twigs as he went. We now have to wait for more snow before redoing all the initial work. A smile to snowmobilers last season who courteously stay. ed away from the trail, making for a good season. Thanks to John and E.J. for the wood supply. Skiers please use the supply in a considerate manner and re- stock, if possible, when necessary. Ie U Seasons Greetings A MESSAGE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT lronically, there is an increase in home fires and related deaths during the traditionally joyous Christmas Season — due to the age-old problem of carelessness and to the built-in fire hazards associated with Christmas decorations. Everyone should ensure that his or her holiday is free from fire. Fire safety precautions should head the list of every sen- sible family’s precautions for Christmas. There is no place like home for the holidays — there is also no place like home for Christmas fire hazards. Fire can be a dangerous enemy and this is a dangerous time | of year. Christmas trees and decorations are extra fire hazards so be extra careful. Stand your tree in water. Cut an inch or so off the base so it will absorb more. Check the water level daily. A dry tree is a double hazard. Tie it securely and keep it away from heat. Check sets of electric lights for worn insulation, broken plugs, loose bulb sockets. Throw away old sets with dried out wir- ing. Remember — fire can start very fast. Turn off all indoor tree and decorative lights before leaving the house or retiring for the night. Do not leave tree lights on for long periods of time. So be extra careful this Christmas season. Make certain it turns out to be a truly happy one for your family and friends. Fire can spoil it so quickly. SS< AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ART OF PAPERMAKING by W. Cocking Lynne Howes picked up a handful of white, soggy pa- per out of the bucket and began tearing it into small pieces. With that motion the papermaking workshop be- gan in earnest. An honors graduate from Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Lynne graduated with a painting background and recently became involved extensively with the process of handmaking paper. She has been involved in the Emily Carr Outreach Program for a number of years and through the auspices of Northern Lights College we were able to obtain her for our workshop on October 26 and 27. As a dabbling artist, my discovery of handmade Paper began in 1978 when | did some research for a course on the history of papermaking in the Orient. Since then | have been intrigued by the process. After setting up some equipment on the Friday night participants from both Dease Lake and Cassiar were eager to explore this medium. On Saturday we found ourselves constructing the most basic of papermaking equipment: the screen or mould. Although papermaking is considered to be inexpensive and clean we were soon immersed in the how! of a circular saw while the sawdust flew. After this initial noise the room became quiet as the soaked paper was torn into small pieces before being resubmerged. In order to make paper, plant fibres must be broken down and mixed with water, creating a suspension of small fibres which can be picked up by a screen. This was facilitated by mixing the pulp in a blender to loosen the fibres, after which the slur- ry was added to the vat of water. To form sheets of paper, the screen is dipped into the vat of stirred pulp and slowly lifted, catching the fibres on ' the surface. After shaking slightly as the screen breaks the SOOO tok bok tk kk ke * Northern Off-Road % 4x4 Service PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR ANY MAKE — Pa Aisa] WE INSTALL MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE IN CASSIAR COUNTRY 778-7882 Vince Dick + 778-7534 Brian Dick » 4 OCCT CCT COTS CEOS CSS SO YO OOK oy a en as nv es Ce and femarcemeuts We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas HOLIDAY HOURS Christmas Eve -- 10:00 a.m. to 7 p.m. Christmas Day -- Closed Boxing Day -- Closed New Years Eve -- 10:00 a.m. to 7 p.m. New Years Day -- Closed January 2nd -- Closed and to all The Best for 1986. REGULAR HOURS Sunday thru Thursday -- 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday -- 10:00 a.m. to 12 midnight E Northern Lights College surface the newly formed sheet (waterleaf) is taken to either an absorbent surface such as a printing felt or a smooth surface such as plastic sheeting. Once the water is sponged from the surface of the paper, it is allowed to dry, preferably under some weight. We were not concern- ed with flat sheets so much as using the process to create shapes and images directly without the constraint of hav- ing it resemble conventional sheet paper. For the morning most of us attempted to produce pieces which resembled paper. That is, they were white and had little texture and color in them. Later in the after- noon the participants became creative and turned out some interesting pieces, making a quantum leap in tech- nical expertise and sense of form. As the afternoon progressed, we viewed a film on trad- itional Japanese papermaking and a selection’ of’slides il- lustrating the work being produced by both American and Canadian artists in this medium, Despite the. film, War- ren was determined to continue with his work and began experimenting with threads and colors, integrating them into the surface of the paper while Walter attempted to ‘create a recipe for asbestos paper, which he eventually did. When the afternoon drew to a close and the partici- pants from Dease Lake had left, several dedicated people ' persevered in their attempts to create “‘the definitive ob- ject d’art” in hand-cast paper. Lynne Howes and one ex- tremely dedicated student stayed until 10:00 p.m. working out their ideas in preparation for Sunday. The final morning saw the participants straggle in one by one, groaning at seeing the bright light of day. Their energy picked up once they saw the results of the previous session and before they started cleaning up at 11:30 everyone had the room covered with their exper- iments. All in all it was a very worthwhile workshop and pro- duced such enthusiasm. Many thanks. to Lynne Howes, the Emily Carr Outreach Program and Norhtern Lights College. Seasons Greetings from Jim Fulton, fH. 3. and Che Atlin 2.B_. 97. Association Cassiar, B. C. 778-7340 Box 359 VOC 1E0 bd SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEssesss Ha SoS ee a as _— = = NK Bb?) _9) e OD 3 P { 7? —>~—). Sz Zee FZ e af a 4 fs fj) nig he. — ee, 2 > yay 2. “4 ZA * Lakeys HEAR AC ane Ny, Ai ft = Xx rm 7a