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“COURT NEWS

Provincial Court was held in
Cassiar, B.C. on June 22, 1989,
‘with Judge A. J. Scow presiding.

MICHAEL JACKSON, charged
with false pretense, failed to
appear. A warrant was issued for
his arrest.

RICHARD JOHNSON, charged
with theft of cablevision rights
under $1000, was set over to
August 16, 1989 to enter a plea.

CARMAN BEGGS, charged with
operating a motor vehicle while
“impaired, failed to appear.: A
warrant was issuéd.

VINCENT DENNIS, charged with
operating a motor vehicle while
privileges were suspended, plead-

ed guilty. He was fined $400,
and driving privileges suspended
for 6 months.

FREDERICK HUTCHINSON,

charged with: break and enter, was
set over to August 16, 1989 for
election and preliminary hearing.

The Changing Face Of Erickson Gold

Over the past ten years the
Courier has carried numerous art-
icles and stories on the _ gold
camp called Erickson. To an out-—
sider, it probably appeared as a
closely knit community of miners
and their families. And to- most
of the people living ‘there, it
was home.

Since the last article on
Erickson Creek -appeared last
September, there have been some

As: a com-
ceased to
has

“very dramatic changes.
munity, Erickson has
exist. As amine, Erickson

gone into a development stage.

Al Boone, the present mine
manager, talked to us from his
office last. week about. some of

‘the changes taking place at
Erickson.

The decision las
temporarily close the mill
started an exodus from Erickson
that ended recently with the
movement into Cassiar of the last
of the. present mine crew. Laid
off miners: moved on to other
mines including Stewart and
Whitehorse. The work force drop-
ped from 130 men to the present
crew of 25. Workers with trail-
ers, lucky enough to be kept on,
moved into Cassiar over the past
few months. Finally, people from
the bunkhouses were moved into
bunkhouses in Cassiar.

; Boone explained that
move to Cassiar was one of
omics for the Company. It
costing almost the same to main-
tain a camp for 25 as it did for
-130. It was simply unrealistic
to attempt to maintain a commun-
ity at Erickson when Cassiar was
only fifteen minutes away. "We
are working on a very tight bud-
get", Boone continued, "and it
was simply unrealistic to attempt
to keep the community alive. The
move .should benefit both Erickson

the
econ-
was

assault and

Lael COX

probation upon release, and or-
KEVIN JOHNNY, charged with gered to pay restitution of $300
assault with a weapon, was set to p.J. Phillips of Dease Lake.
over to August 16, 1989 for pre-
liminary inquiry. GORDON DENNIS, charged with
aggravated sexual assault and
IRENE BENO, charged with ynlawful confinement, elected

interference with a minor,
judge without

sexual

trial by County Court judge with-
elected trial by

out jury. He was remanded in

jury, and was set over to Oetober custody to appear Tuesday, June
26, 1989. 27, 1989 at County “Court “in
Charges against ERNEST Terrace, B.C.
DENNIS were dismissed for lack of ;
evidence. RAYMOND CARLICK, charged
with break and enter, was set
KEVIN CARLICK, charged with over to August 16, 1989 for
assault, was set over to October trial.
26, 1989 for trial.
GEORGE DENNIS, charged with Brush-Up On Toothbrushes |
contempt of court, apologized and I

were dismissed.
DENNIS, charged with

‘sexual assault, was
August 16, 1989.

proceedings

| A message from the Skeena Health
GEORGE ;

Unit.

set over to

WILLIAM JOHNNY, charged with Toon eecbnbrasn Fooeind: 4

assault causing bodily harm, jittjie "fuzzy"? Are the bristles
pleaded guilty to the lesser bending over instead of standing
change -Of sGommon ERRNO TEES "at attention"? Have you answer-
also charged with. 2 counts of ed "yes" to any of these ques-
breaching conditions of release, tions, it is time to retire your
and break and enter. He was sen- toothbrush and get: a new one. -

tenced to 3... months (assault Look for a toothbrush that
charge), 1 month (first count of is small enough to reach your
breaching conditions), 2 oS back teeth comfortably and has
(second count OF poeaching soft, nylon bristles. Effective
conditions), and 4 months (break eanvn clean img sre guirceanewert
and senter-charge)..;Sentences are designed toothbrush and an effec-
to be served concurrently. He tive technique to remove plaque
was also sentenced to 2 years that includes both brushing’ and

flossing.

Gold Mines and the community of and mapping” out promising ore

Cassiar. bodies for future expansion. As
An outward sign that Erick- well Boone advised the company
son as a community has disappear- will spend around $120,000 this
ed is probably first and fore~ year in reclamation and clean up.
most, the new gate installed ac- fhe first area targeted is the
ross the roadway. Open when 1 trailer sites, with leveling and
was there, Boone explained that seeding to begin. this summer.
it was locked at night to Other areas to be cleaned up inc-:
discourage theft of property be- jude the new power line going up
- longing to people who had moved the hill and finally the mine
out. It had not, he. assured me, site.
been installed in anticipation of As a mine Boone appears >
a lock out during the mine's re- optimistic that Erickson will be
cent confrontation with union around for a long time to come.
members. The other most prom- As a community, Erickson is gone,

inent sign of loss of a community likely forever.

is the empty trailer sites, and shines .
the absence of people.
sibie onek. Sate goes pack’ af You Want to Drink,

4 F
couple of months to when union HE? } e.
organizers from Local 168, Rock That’s Your Business.
and Tunnel Workers moved in, Ba

signed up the miners and went to

the bargaining table with mine if you Want to Stop,
Management. “Negotiations did not “ te
‘go well and a strike vote was

called for and apparently approv

THAT’S OURS!

ed. Things appear to have become

a bit foggy after the vote with

several complications . As a re~

sult, the present miners are ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
attempting to become decertified ]|]-

aS a union. Boone claims that r

the company's offer had not’ been :
properly presented by union of- Sunday be Open Meeting
ficials, as a result, the miners i

have decided that they are better
off on their own.
Development work at Erickson

Wednesday - Closed Meeting

property is proceeding in the’ :

Cusac areas where a 2.6 mile 8:00 p.m.
drift is being pushed into a

promising area. The tunnel

should be finished by March, with CATHOLIC

development work going on until CHURCH BASEMENT

October, 1990. eT:
Exploration work is ongoing

on the. Erickson property with

Phone 778-7479 |

-geologists .still searching for ,|

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[CASSIAR
HOSPITAL

BOARD
REPORT

‘Submitted by Betty Studd

The fifteen months since the
last annual general meeting of
the Cassiar Hospital Society have

Seen a great deal of activity on.

the part of the Hospital Board.

Thankfully, the Board itself
has been much more stable than in
previous years. Lorraine
Drzimotta resigned her position
on the Board in September for
personal reasons; she was replac-
ed by Rita Brown. On July 1, Pat
Lanphear was appointed to the
Hospital Board by the Minister of
Health for a two-year term. With
these being the only changes dur-
ing the year, the work ‘of the
Board was able to develop with
little disruption.

One change instituted has
been the moving of the date of
the Annual Genera] Meeting to
mid-June from the end of March.
This was done for two reasons:
first, since the end of the hos-
pital fiscal year is April 30,
the annual meeting was presented
with estimated financial state-
ments - the later date enables us
to present audited financial
statements to the members of the
Society; secondly, there has been
considerable frustration felt by
having members elected to the
Board in March, only to have them

resign in June as personal plans
changed - we hope that a June
election will mean that candi-

dates will have definite plans to

remain in Cassiar for at least
the next year.
The main project with. res-

pect to the physical structure of
the hospital building has been
the construction of the ambulance
enclosure. This provides an enc-
losed area for patients who ar-
rive at the hospital. by ambul-
ance, aS well as proper storage
area for oxygen tanks, -and a
board room for meetings. The
construction was completed by the
Tahitan Development Corporation,
at a final cost of $58,510 which
was 100% government funded. The
entire hospital building, includ-
ing the new extension, was award-
ed an electrical inspection cert-
ificate on May 2, 1989, an impor-
tant step towards accreditation.

Other capital equipment pur-
chased during the year included:

Electrolux vacuym cleaner

IBM typewriter

Canon typewriter

Suction machine

MSP software (billing to MSP

is now to be done by com-

puter.

An important project
taken during the past year has
been the revision of the Consti-
tution and By-laws of the Cassiar
Hospital Society. Lorraine Tyne
and I prepared a first draft of
the proposed by-laws. These were
considered, revised further,
accepted by the Hospital Board at
a day-long meeting itn May, and
adopted by members of the Soc-
fety. This final version of the
revised Constitution and By-laws
of the Cassiar Hospital Society
are now being submitted to the
Registrar of Companies for final
approval under the Society Act of
British Columbia.

In September 1988, the Hos-
pital participated in the Board
Mentor Program offered by BCHA, *

under -

and had a one-day retreat at a
cabin outside of ‘town. Mrs.
Eleanor Lobb of BCHA was invited
to lead the Board through an
assessment of its present role
and activities, and a time of
planning future endeavours. The

day was very rewarding, and gave
us an opportunity outside the
regular Board meetings to come to
grips with the Board's role in
the hospital, and to discuss’ the
direction the Board would like to
move in the future.

There have
direct results
retreat. In an
the Hospital Board more
in the community, a
newspaper articles was proposed
for the Cassiar Courier. Each
month, Board members take it in
turn to prepare an article on a
topic of some interest to members
of the community. This is inten-
ded to be an ongoing project.

In December and January, a
Hospital Logo Contest was spon-
sored by the Hospital Board for

been
from the
effort to

several
Board
make
visible
series of

-and spent

“jurisdiction of the

students at the two local
schools. Several students sub-
mitted designs; Vickie Kornelsen,
a Grade 11 student at Cassiar
Secondary, was declared the’ win-
ner. Her design will be used on
Cassiar Hospital letterhead and
publicity in the future.

One further decision that

‘emerged from the Board retreat ift

September was that the Board felt
it was time it took a much more
active role in the recruitment of
Physicians for the community of
-Cassiar and the Cassiar Hospital.
Previously this has been done by
Cassiar Mining, and the Hospital
Board has felt frustration at the
lack of control it has had in
this regard. So a Physician Re-
cruitment Committee was formed,
countless hours this
past winter doing research and
putting together a financial
package to offer toa permanent
physician for the community of
Cassiar. In this work they were
given a great deal of cooperation
by Cassiar Mining. As a result,
a physician contract was drafted,
together with an agreement with
Cassiar Mining indicating their
level of support, anda submis-
sion has been made to the Minis-
try of Health for some increased
funding to enable the Hospital
Board to carry out its intention
of attracting a physician to
Cassiar to operate the clinic
independently, on a fee-for-
service basis, with privileges at
the Cassiar Hospital, under the
Hospital

Board. This project consumed a
great deal of time and work, and
my thanks go to the committee
Members: Julie MacRae, Michael
Riseborough, Pat lLanphear and
Leslie Swann. 4

As a result of their ef-
forts, I am very pleased to an-

nounce that Dr. John Hurlburt has

-Director of

signed a two-year contract
the Cassiar Hospital Board,
will be arriving in Cassiar in
mid-August to take up his posi-
tion here. Dr. Hurlburt is just
completing a contract as emergen-
cy room physician at a hospital
in Saudi Arabia, and practised
emergency and family medicine in
Kelowna for several years. The
Hospital Board looks forward to
working with Dr. Hurlburt during
his time here.

In 1988 the hospital nursing

and

staff changed significantly, with
the loss of several ‘nurses, inc-
luding long-time employees Mary
Elhorn and Nirmal Kaul. New

staff was successfully recruited:
Anita Wilson joined the permanent
staff, and Greg Stark, Wendy
Stark, and Janice White have been
in Cassiar since last fall.

After 2 1/2 years in Cas-
Siar, Kathy Dycher has resigned
her position as Administrator-
Director of Nursing effective
June 16, 1989. During her time
here, Kathy has worked long and
hard to implement many adminis-
trative policies and procedures,
to supervise staff, and generally
keep the hospital running smooth-
ly. Because of her efforts, many
gaps in the proper administration
of the hospital have been filled,
and the hospital has benefitted
greatly from her experience. On

behalf of the Hospital Society, I.

would like to extend my thanks to
her, and to wish her well in
Alberta.

As a result of Kathy's
resignation, a committee was
formed to recruit a replacement.
Again, my thanks go to Julie
MacRae, Michael Riseborough . and
Lorraine Tyne for their work. I
am happy to welcome Anita Wilson
to the position of Administrator-
Nursing. Anita's
background as an excellent nurse,

» announce my

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and her experience at the Cassiar
Hospital, should provide a smooth
transition period. The Hospital
Board looks forward to working
with Anita as she takes up her
new responsibilities.

Finally, I -would like to
Own resignation as
President of the Cassiar Hospital
Society, and member of the Board,
effective June 16. I have great-

ly enjoyed the challenges and
opportunities of my three years
on the Board.

The Cassiar Hospital Board
has taken on a much more active

role in the direction of the
Hospital in the past year. I
believe this is a good direction
for the Board to take, and that
we have built a good base’ from
which to move in the future, in
our efforts to work for good
health care for the community of
Cassiar.

Anita Wilson

Administrator And
Director Of Nursing.

NORTHERN

Its time to say goodbye to a
lot of Cassiarites as they pack
up and head out of town in June
and July. Northern Lights Col-
lege would like to say goodbye to

Allan Studd and thank him for
everything he has done the past
three years. The College has

been through some important major
changes during this time and we
have Allan to thank for this.
We, at the College, wish Allan
and his family the very best in
their move and new job.

I would also like to thank
all the instructors this past

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Submitted by Sandra Sandvik

thousands of

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year. It has been great working
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Those instructors leaving Cas-
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Norman Sillito who has put in
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Employment Opportunity

Northern Lights College has
the following position vacancy:

CLERK (part-time 14 hrs/wk)

DUTIES:

To provide routine clerical
services including student
registration, answering tele-
“phone, typing purchase orders,
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LOCATION:

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CLOSING DATE:

Friday, August 25, 1989
COMPETITION NO:

89 - 023

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C.E. Programmer
Northern Lights College
P.O. Box 327

Cassiar, B.C.

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