VOL 2 NO1

, Cassi ar Courier

the Voice of Cassiar Country
FEBRUARY 1978

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272 RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN AWARD <=

Who’s News?—

PUBLIC HEALTH IN CASSIAR

Her name is Judy Stringer and she is
Cassiar’s New Public Health Nurse.
Born in Ontario, Judy graduated from
Cornwall General Hospital in 1966.
She served as a Public Health Nurse

at Fort MacMurray, Alberta prior to
- coming to Cassiar.
_ Judy and her husband Eric have two
children. Paul is three years old and
Katrina is six years old. Eric operates
Heavy Equipment at the mine. They
arrived here in Cassiar on October 21,
1977 and are now living on MacDame.
Judy has some definite ideas on the
role of the Public Health nurse. She
feels she could best serve the com-

munity through assisting our doctors ~

and accepting personal and school
referrals, She feels she should be
_ready to assist on a social as well as
a medical level.
Baby Immunization Clinics are .
already being scheduled and instruc-
tion and information regarding immu-
nization is offered at these clinics.
Judy is also planning to schedule
Pre-Natal classes.
The office hours of the Public Health
Unit are between 9 am and 5 pm.
_ Mondays - Judy is in office
Tuesdays - at Good Hope Lake
Wednesdays - at School ~
Thursdays - New Baby Clinic -
Immunization
Fridays - House Calls

RAYBESTOS—MANHATTAN COMMUNITY

AWARD

EVE THIRWELL

For continued and untiring activity for the
betterment and advancement of community

. life in Cassiar.

1. Leader in organizing and participating in

the Cassiar Handicraft Scciety.

2. Organizes many fund raising projects for the
Community including the Canadian Institute

for the Blind fund raising.

3. Gives of her time to the making and dona-

ting of gifts for the Cassiar Arena fund.

4. Nominated as Cassiar’s Representative to
the Canadian Institute of Mining and Meta-

Ilurgy Woman of the Year Award.

5. Acts as an auxillary Fireperson by maintain-
ing surveillance on the Fire Hall for the

Cassiar Volunteer Fire Brigade. -

6. Gives of her time to organize Social Events
for the Lions’s Club, Curling Club and

Community Club.

7. She is active in Community activities and_

extremely generous with her time and effort

in support of anything to which she lends a

hand.

Many people have been curious
as to the reason for the crew of
photographers and sound people
_in Cassiar from January 13th to
19th. This crew was engaged in
the making of an audio-visual
presentation for Cassiar Asbes— ~
tos to show at the Annual Gener-—
al Meeting of the Canadian Insti-
tute of Mining and Metallurgy.
This meeting will be held April
23rd to 27th, 1978 in Vancouver
and will bring together mining

people from all over Canada
-and around the world.

Cassiar Asbestos has been
given the feature role at the
C.I.M.M. Meeting and is attempt-

‘ing to give an accurate assess-—
-tuent of the Cassiar Mine by show-

ing technical data (Mining, Geo-
logy, Planning, Maintenance,
Tramline, Environmental and Mill-
ing) as well as a general presen-
tation showing our town and
surrounding area.

The general presentation will
show local scenes and interviews,
with a cross-section of Cassiar
life, Hopefully, both its good
and not-so-good sides.

It is anticipated that a dress
rehearsal of the "Cassiar Mine
Story" will be shown to the
residents of Cassiar early in
April.

Raybestos — Manhattan Inc. is pleased to
present her with this award in recognition of
Services rendered to Cassiar, B. C.

This ~ward was presented to Eve Thirwell
on December 10, 1977 by Brian Pewsy, Mine
Manager, Cassiar Asbestos Corp. of Cassiar.

CASSTAR THEATRE

Rumor has it that the date of the
opening of the new 300-seat Cassiar
Theatre is MARCH 18, 1978. Rumor also
has it that the first movie being
shown will be "STAR WARS".

In order for our new Public Health

Unit to work to maximum efficiency,
Judy requires some volunteer help in
the office. She would like to have
someone take phone messages and
make appointments two mornings a
week, In addition, she would like to
have someone assist her in administer-
ing eye and ear tests at the school. No
experience is necessary .....Judy will
show you the ropes.

If you are interested in helping out,
contact Judy at 778-7478 Mondays
at the Public Health Office, between
the hours of 9 and 5: Judy would
appreciate hearing from you.

Watch for a regular Public Health
column which will TISCUSS current

issues in Public Health,

And Still They Come

SCLOOL LNROLLMENT UP OVER 300

Cassiar School's enrollment
has passed the 300 mark for
the first time in it's his-
tory. [Enrollment as of Jan-
uary 1978 was 304 students
in Kindergarten to Grade 12
with heavy renrollments in
Kindergarten, Grades 3, 4,

8 and 9, This comes close ©
to the predicted enrollment
of 316 or the 1977-78 school
year which was set in the
spring of 1977. Because of
the diffculty of planning
for increases within grades,
one or two classes have
reached a maximum size. ~

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IN THIS ISSUE

Reflections from

a Log Cabin ....... page
Felix Possak .....ece+- page
Who was Valentine?.... page
By Candlelight ....... page
Roving Reporter ...... page

Northern Harvest ..... page
BrOWNLES .cecsccccccee Page
Union NewS ....seceveee page
Church News ....+eeseespage 10 |
Good Hope News .......page ll
School News .......-.-page 14

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