‘ae Cassiar Mining NEW MINE MANAGER Cassiar Mining Corporation announced the appoint- ment of Bill Zemenchik as Mine Manager effective Sept- ember 1, 1986. Bill has been with the Cassiar organization for 19 years and held a number of positions including Training Instructor, Equipment Superintendent and, since 1979, Plant Superintendent. Bill has obtained a full appreciation, not only for the problems associated with operating a mine, but also the problems peculiar to living in a Northern community. the Voice of Cassiar Country OCTOBER appointments NEW PLANT SUPERINTENDENT Cassiar Mining Corporation announced the promotion of John Minaar to the position of Plant Superintendent effective September 1, 1986. John was employed in the Zambian mining industry for a-number of years prior to relocating to Cassiar in 1976. He has held a number of positions including Elec- trical Foreman; General Electrical Foreman; Assistant ° Maintenance Superintendent - Electrical; and since 1981 Assistant Plant Superintendent - Services. Cavanagh attends hearings Environmental Protection Agency board hearings were held in Washington, D.C. this past July. The subject matter of those hearings was the banning of asbestos in the United States. The E.P.A. feels that due to its studies asbestos is a hazardous substance. The United Steelworkers of America and the mining companies made the point that asbestos can be controlled in the work place. They promote the safe use and handl- ling of asbestos. The U.S.W.A. were in attendance in Washington and presented a brief. The delegation from Canada included the Canadian Director of the U.S.W.A., E. Gerard Docquier, Len Stevens - a director for district 3, Clement Godbout, director for district 5 and Leo Gerard, director for district 6. Cassiar Mining Corporation sent a written brief to the board. Betty Cavanagh, who attended the E. P.A. board ee 5 fu that the board was not well informed on wn AWN em Nee ENN eR a ne ~ Beaver Fever Word has it around town that there have been a few reported cases of “Beaver Fever”. There isa medical term for it: giardiasis, and its symptoms include stomach cramps and diarrhea. Giardiasis is spread via feces, human or animal, through what is known as ‘spore’ contact, and usually . via the hands. Water is often pinpointed as the source of the disease but, according to Marlene Hogg - Public Health Nurse for the Skeena Health Unit, most often basic good hygiene would help to prevent the spread of the disease. -, Children are more susceptible to giardiasis but it is a very benign illness. The main thing to be concerned with is dehydration of a child during the course of the ~ attack. . “Most bacterial diseases can be controlled through basic common hygenic sense,” says Mrs. Hogg. So ... WASH THOSE HANDS! the “asbestos issue”, and that they simply wish to ban asbestos completely. Substitutes, they feel, could replace asbestos, yet these substitutes have not been tested or proyen safer than asbestos. “It would seem to bean economic and political move rather than a concern for the workers in the work place,” says Betty. The International Labour Organization has met recently in Cannes, France. This organization promotes the safe use and handling of asbestos in the work place. It, howéver, recommends the total ban of “‘blue”’ asbestos. Mrs. Cavanagh expressed a collective concern in the industry when she stated, “It is not that the U.S.A. is a big buyer of Canadian asbestos: however, a complete ban on asbestos by the U.S. could have world-wide implica- tions and an impact on the Canadian asbestos industry.” * According to Mrs. Cavanagh, the E.P.A. board were courteous and very complimentary to the Canadian dele- gation. ATRPORT UPGRADING FUNDS ANNOUNCED Al Passarell, M.L.A. for Atlin, announced recently that $100,000 from the Airport Assistance Program is to be allocated to Dease Lake. The funds are to be directed toward design and construction of an airport terminal facility. At the same time, Passarell advised that $50,000 from the same program fund will be used to assist with prelim- inary design of an airport lighting facility for the Atlin District Airport. It will also cover installation costs of concrete run-up pads and other minor improvements. The Dease Lake Airport Society has submitted pro- posals for airport expansion over the last three years. John Hill, Vice-President of the Society, states that the funds would likely be used for a heated waiting area with public facilities. A Government of the N.W.T. standard terminal building, as installed at Aklavik, is under consi- deration. continued on page 16 ~ / The R.C.M.P. in Cassiar would like anyone knowing the whereabouts of Pauline Carlick to notify them imme- diately. She was last seen at the Cottonwood River Camp- site on August 8th, 1986. Please phone 778-7200 if you have any information which might lead to Pauline. Another note from the R.C.M.P.: several driving complaints have been made to the detachment in Cassiar. Residents are cautioned that anyone found violating the traffic regulations runs the risk of being ticketed. Carry your driver’s license while operating a motor vehicle. The registration and insurance must be in the vehicle you are operating. Drive safely and obey the road signs. COURT NEWS Court was held in Good Hope Lake on August 14, 1986. Judge Overend presided. JOSELITO SANTOS pled not guilty to two counts of possession of marijuana, one count of possession of marijuana vith the purpose of trafficking and one count of trafficking. The trial will be held October 9, 1986 in Cassiar. George JOHNSTON pled guilty to one count of sexual assault and will be sentenced on October 9, 1986. RICHARD GUARDUCCI was found guilty of com- mon assault. This charge arose from an incident when a Cassiar resident received a black eye. He was given a conditional discharge, put on three months’ probation, and must contribute 25 hours of volunteer service to the community. . BRIAN MYERS pled guilty to a charge of driving while his license was prohibited. He was sentenced to seven days in jail and was fined $300. PORTIFIRIO NITTI was found guilty of possession of cocaine. The charges arose after a search of a locker shared by Portifirio Nitti and Norman Rivet revealed cocaine and two:bottles of manatol ina camera case be- longing to the accused. It appeared, according to Serka, the defense lawyer, at issue was not whether Portifirio Nitti had cocaine in-his possession but the manner in which the evidence was obtained. Serka argued that.the admission by the accused to ownership of the camera case containing the cocaine was not given voluntarily. Serka called for a mistrial when Norman Rivet, in giving evidence, stated when he was later clearing out the lock- er shared by the accused and himself, he found a further package of what he considered to be cocaine. Serka felt this was prejudicial. However, after a short recess, the judge refused the request. The judge gave Portifirio Nitti a conditional discharge, placed him on probation for one year and said he must perform 100 unpaid hours of ser- vice in the community before December 31, 1986. Continued on Page 16 1986 Gold Commissioner appointed roy Gary Swift The local government agent, Mr. Gary Swift, will be appointed as the Gold Commissioner for the Liard Mine Division, effective January 1, 1987. This division is the largest in British Columbia. Swift is currently employed by the government of British Columbia - Ministry of Finance, but his office in Cassiar handles work for the Department of Highways, as well as the Department of Forestry. Government agents are usually found in the smaller communities where the consolidation. of government ministries is considered an efficient way to operate. Locating the Gold Commissioner in Cassiar provides -a-much» better service to the miners in the area.. Due to _ “the mailing time involved in mapping and processing claims through Victoria, there used to be a long waiting period to process a new claim. With the recording, plotting of maps and handling of revenue about to be handled at the local level, these delays will be dimin- ished in duration. The office in Cassiar will supply an up-to-date source of claim maps for the area, easy access to pertinent in- formation and a current file of all mining claims that have been registered in the Liard District. A single motor vehicle accident occurred July 20, 1986 four miles south of the Cassiar junction on Highway 37. Robert Geoffrey Collier died when the motor vehicle he was driving left the road ending up in McDame Lake. The accident was not discovered until nine days later — when two tourists saw a fish jump and decided to try their Juck at angling. They inadvertently came across the car overturned in the water. Dr. Collier was a dentist from Kamloops ane bed “resided in the Shuswap area of B.C. ee se Cots Cassiar Coscri MY — eS SE é SS SE as 8 SR eS SS 1 ey, a ee Bp es i NS i = 2b es eas th eke