Page 2, February 1981 Cassiar Courier RCMP news Court held January 21, 1981- STUART NELLES — Fined $50.00 for refusing to leave a licensed premise. REJEAN DUBOIS — Fined $100.00 for refusing to leave - a licensed premise. WILBUR McNAB - Fined $450.00 for Impaired Driving. © CLIFFORD INKSTER — Fined $250.00 for Impaired Driving. DAVID TOUNTAS — Fined $450.00 for Impaired Driving EDWIN SABISTON — Fined $450.00 for Impaired Driving. GORDON LOVERIN — Convicted of theft over $200.00. To be sentenced March 26, 1981. . DWAYNE DENNIS — Convicted of possession of stolen property. He was given a suspended sentence, 3 months probation and 50 hours of community work. KENNETH TASHOOTS — Senténced for assault causing bodily harm. Given a suspended sentence’and four months probation. JOHN BLEZARD — Fined $250.00 for GPaauns a snow- mobile without insurance. NICK TILK — Fined $250.00 for operating a motor ve- hicle without insurance. JOSEPH SENTES — Fined $250.00 for towing a trailer without insurance. A juvenile male was convicted of driving without due care and attention, resulting from a motor vehicle accident in Cassiar. 1 feel that some action must be taken about the number of dogs running at large. Therefore, under the Domestic Animal Protection Act, two or more dogs running at large will be destroyed. by M. D. Van Acker, Cpl. STIKINE HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE The Stikine District now has a representative on the Union Board of Health, which is affiliated with the Peace River Health Unit. Normally a dis- trict gets the following representation: an elected member of the School Board, a member of the municipality and a Regional District represent- ative. Since there is no municipality within the Stikine District we have no municipal represent- ative and our Regional District Representative is , Alvin Peirce. Sherry Sethan, the appointed School Trustee will sit on this Board until the Stikine School Board is elected, but she will not have'a vote. She will be attending a meeting on March 19 in Dawson Creek and will be making a present-' ation regarding the problems in this area - in part- _ icular— the lack of a full-time Public Health Nurse. At the meeting on March 19 the “unique Stikine- situation” — the fact that we have no municip<- ‘ality nor an elected school board, therefore, “NO VOTE” will be on the agenda and it is hoped special arrangements can be made to remedy this situation. It is interesting to note that the health concerns of our area were previously represented by Bruce Walker, who sits on the Fort Nelson School Board, Normally, this district should have been represent- ed by Mr. Roth, who served as Superintendent of both the Fort Nelson and Stikine School Districts but special arrangements were made to have Mr. Walker take his place and Mr. Walker reported to the Board on any concerns Mr. Roth had regard- ing our district. Seems like.rather long distance and very casual representation of our area. Dr. Lugsdin from the Peace River Health Unit will bein Cassiar the first week of March and an open meeting will be held so people can : voice their concerns. Courier Staff - Lee Coran, Kerry Jones, Katie Sevier. Deadline for articles for the March issue of the. Cassiar Courier is February 25. Please try to get your articles in early. NDP MEETING HELD LOCALLY The members of the Atlin NDP were pleased with the participation of the public at a meeting held in the Cassiar Arena Lounge on January 20th at 7.30p.m. MLA’s Karen Sanford of Comox B.C, ad Al Passarell were guest speakers and touched on many issues concerning the people of this rid- ° ing. Karen Sanford was also guest speaker at the luncheon meeting held the same day, and express- ed her gratitude for the invitation. As labour crit- ic, she told of her concern with the labour force in B.C., safety and environment inthe workplace and actions taken in the Legislature to remedy situations harmful to the human race. Al Passarell spoke on behalf of the Amax mine’s Pollution Control Permit PE4335 of January 12 1979 allowing the Amax mine to dump their waste directly into the Alice Arm. This waste consists of arsenic and two other toxic charac- teristics, He introduced a petition to this effect and urged people to sign it, thus requesting a Public Inquiry be held to determine other ways of disposal at the Amax Molybdenum Mine at Kitsault B:C. in the Atlin. Riding. He also spoke about the lack of health services due to only periodical visits of the health nurse and said that he had made comments to the Min- ister of Health and in the Legislature about the inadequacy of servicesin Atlin Riding. Now we have in Cassiar a nice new Government building, complete with facilities for a health nurse, but no rurse most of the time in Cassiar. In Dease Lake there is no health nurse station, and a nurse who has-a double duty as parts person in the shops of the Department of Highways in Dease Lake. This situation was discussed in the Parliament of B.C. with vigor, resulting in the establishment of a M.L.A. REPORT | In the past six months | have made numerous represent- ations to the Minister of Health regarding the deplorable lack of a full time public health nurse in Cassiar country. To date the requests have fallen on deaf ears. | personally find it heard to accept that a province with a buoyant economy and a $6 billion provincial budget can- not find a few thousand dollars for a medical facility in . Dease Lake,‘or funding for a full time health nurse in Cas- siar. Yet at the same time, the present government finds billions for football stadiums, showplaces and government monuments in Vancouver. Residents of northern B.C. have been short-changed for’ years when it comes to health, highways and much-needed social services. This must be corrected and | have consist-- ently hammered away on these points in many speeches in Parliament and during my travels in the riding. | have every intention of seeing that these problems are corrected during the next NDP administration. | hope Bill Bennett calls the election soon so that my colleagues and | in the NDP caucus can get on with the job of improving services for the north. Looking to the future reminds me of a letter from a form- er MLA, Frank Calder, which appeared in the January 1981 issue of the Cassiar Courier. Mr. Calder is apparently under a misconception about the establishment of air am- bulance services. — Since he jumped parties, he may have forgotten that it was NDP Health Minister Dennis Cocke and his colleague Robert Strachan who purchased aircraft and established the air ambulance service. But even if he forgot, he could have checked the facts before putting it down on paper and sending it off. Air ambulance was one of a number of health initiatives _ begun out of the Foulkes report. Dr. Foulkes was com- missioned by the NDP to prepare a two volume report on how to bring the benefits of modern medicine to all our people. Rural Health Corps to serve communities such as this in the North East and North West of this Province. Unless this corps is adequately staffed © will it do much to alleviate the health problems here? This also applies to the emergency health services and use of Government planes for some Ministers home trips, which may leave the health services short in some instances to dispatch planes to provide services. Al Passarell , as critic for emergency services has demanded the tabling of Government Plane Log Books at the Legislat- ure before he can give proper explanations of the use of said planes. On January 26th Mr. and Mrs. Jim Fulton arrived in Cassiar to hold a public meeting in the Arena Lounge. The people who showed up were reward- ed by hearing that the NDP was involved in the House of Commons in Ottawa. The Amax Molyb- denum Mines are under attack for the destruction of fish habitat at Salmon Arm, discussions are underway to establish a scheme under which it would be possible to purchase gasoline , heating and diese] fuel across the whole of Canada at the: same price ; the Constitution of Canada and all the discussions to come to an agreement in bring- ing it to Canada; the state of the economy, hous- ing and the inaction of Federal Government to solve this problem and possibly another wage and price control period in the near future. He is part- icularly happy to work with his fellow MP’s in obtaining information from the constituency he represents and the help he gets with many areas of concern in his riding. Oskar Daum. President. Atlin Constituency Association. by AL PASSARELL January 29, 1981 Mr. Frank Calder, 906 Parklands Drive, Victoria, B c. Open Letter to Residents of the Constituency Dear Frank: As the sitting NDP member of the Lopistative Assembly in 1971, 1 find your statements in the January 1981 edition of the Cassiar Courier regarding the provincial Air Ambulance Service complete- ly wrong. As the Atlin MLA during the NDP tenure in government between. 1971 — 1975, you surely were aware of the Report of Health Security for British Columbia by Dr. Richard Foulkes to the Min- ister of Health, Dennis Cocke in 1973, which set up the provincial Air Ambulance Service and the jets which were purchased by the NDP government to implement this program by the Honorable Robert Strachan of the NDP. The residents of the constituency might be interested in your pub- lic response regarding the Air Ambulance Service which was record ed in Hansard on February 19, 1974, page 328. “3) Air Ambulance Service — We did have a start........ and this Air Ambulance Service is part of this medical attention.” iAtother speech concerning this issue of Air Ambulance Service was given in the Legislature on May 11, 1978, four years later. It was recorded on page 1317 in Hansard. “| am surprised that the former Health Minister, Mr. Cocke, didn’t enter into the debates. He knows better. | give him credit for es- tablishing the principle of the Air Ambulance Service.” —-{t is an erroneous statement to make in the Cassiar Courier that it wasn’t until you joined the Social Credit Party that you persuaded ~~ the former Health Minister, Mr. McClelland, to provide this service This letter will clarify the exact position to the residents of Atlin, who are most concerned about quality health care. Frank, what are you up to? Sincerely yours, Al Passarell, MLA Atlin e fs . at) : . Bits & Pieces That Australian beer must have strange properties. Seems that Katie came back with more than just a suntan. Of course, it could have been the Can- adian parsley !!!! REMEMBER — Your motor vehicle licenses ex- pire this month. PLEASE don’t wait until Feb. 27 to renew yours. We hear George Holman has been under the wea- ther. Hope you're feeling better > <— > <7 ¢ EN GA 7A GEMEN T nounce the engagement of thier daughter, Deborah Ann to Kenneth Kethlar. The wedding yi take place on on April Z GPa ee > -- --¢ - + | in dnd Cassiar Courier February 1981 Page 3 x) Town Council DID YOU KNOW THAT??22?22? DOGS It’s time to renew your dog license which is avail- able at Town Administration. The fine for a dog being picked up by the dog catcher is $25.00 for the first offence, $50.00 for the second and $100 for the third offence. by C. Redmond PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE The Town Council has written a letter to the Ministry of Public Health. The letter supports the petition recently circulated in the area and also_ requested clarification of the situation. BULLETIN BOARD AND MAP It was proposed that a bulletin board and an information map be erected in a strategic place in the downtown area of Cassiar. WELCOME WAGON by M. Glaab When you first came to Cassiar did you find your- self all alone and wishing you knew someone to show you around? Did it take awhile to meet people and find out what was going on in Cas- siar of particular interest to you? : Every month new families come to Cassiar and go through the same routine of adjusting. How would you like to be part of a group of caring people and open the hand of friendship to new families in Cassiar? We will visit each family bearing ‘goodies’ from the Cafeteria and even supply them with a special calendar containing all the basic information about Cassiar. Would all those people interested please call or write to Mark Glaab, Box 420, Cassiar, B.C., VOC IEO; Phone 778-7330. BROWNIE NEws § The Brownies have started ite New Year with lots of activities planned. On Thinking Day - February 22 - the girls will perform a short pro- gram for guests. This will be followed by refresh- ments; cookies and cakes from different countries will be provided by the Brownie Mothers. We. hope to have more on this in the next issue of the Courier. Also planned is a tobogganing and cross-country skiing party, followed By a wiener roast and Hot Chocolate. At a meeting of Brownie Mothers held recently,. Mrs. Arlene Komperdo was elected Secretary - Treasurer for the balance of the year. Also Mary Elhorn was present to discuss the need for help from the mothers in working on badges. It was. also pointed out that five brownies would be old enough to fly up to Guides this year. Every effort is being made to help these girls earn their wings. before the end of May. The four sixers appointed are Sian Jones, Tara Komperdo, Joanne Coran and Nicole Deyo. The. seconders are Sonia Saro, Ellen Artico, Sherry _ Turner and Jesam Stewart. THANK YOU The Brownies woulll like to thank the Lioness - Club for their generous donation of $125. -~2- + > assianr House of Beaty 4 222 KENNEDY STREET HOURS: FRIDAY SATURDAY CUTTING, STYLING AND PERMING FOR MEN & WOMEN ~ EAR PIERCING TUESDAY & THURSDAY PHONE 778—7476 10:30 = 6:00 P.M. ©. 11:00 — 7:00 PM. 10:00 — 5:30 P.M. THE COSMETIC BOUTIQUE CARRIES A FULL LINE OF ACID BALANCED i SKIN CARE, HAIR CARE AND COSMETIC PRODUCTS = re SS — Oe