[e cccccccccccccccceccccccce Page 10 February 1984 Cassiar Courier COMMUNITY CLUB NEWS NORTHERN B.C. WINTER GAMES The Northern B. C. Winter Games will be in Prince George this year for its 10th anniversay. Cassiar will be represent- ed in anumber of sports. Badminton - Pat Moth Curling - Rob Best, Shawn Penno, Lisa Joseph, Elizabeth Gwilliam. Downhill Skiing — Lee Callow, John Sethen Bantam Hockey (Cassiar/Watson Lake combined) - David Duke, Ken Price, Garred Huber, Zoran Radulovic Squash - Dick Chambers, Jim Gilpin The group will leave Cassiar on Wednesday, February 1 and will be coming home late evening on Monday, Febru- ary 6. We wish all the athletes best of luck in their events. YUKON CUP The Yukon Alpine Skiing Association is reviving the Yukon Cup Championship this year. Cassiar has been asked to host one of the three tournaments. The first one will be scheduled some time in February. We do not have the exact dates before this report. If you are interested, please watch for the Cassiar Community Club Newsletter on further progress. The Yukon Cup includes two races, the Slalom and the Giant Slalom. Each Skier is required to compete in two runs in both events. Contact J.R. at the Ski Hill for more information on the race. MCDAME SKI HILL On the subject of skiing......... Due to the recent good fortune in snowfall, the McDame Ski Hillis now open to the public. The hours of the ski hill will be daily from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Memberships are available to all skiers.. Monthly Membership (Family). ..... $40.00 (Single) ...... $25.00 Day Pass: Adults............005- $ 6.00 Students 200/373: pd Gi cosines $ 4.00 Preschoolers. .........-:- $ 2.00 The above prices are only available to C.C.C. members. If you do not belong to the Community Club, the prices will be doubled. In case you are wondering where the ski chalet has gone to. The ski chalet is now located in the Arts and Crafts Centre. For any information with regard to the Ski Hill, please call 778-7769 during opening hours. Plans are well under way to have one of the best -Schmoo Daze Carnivals in Cassiar. This will be our 7th Annual, and the following events are planned for the festivities. : March 22nd The Cassiar Curling Club will kick things off with their 30th Annual Curling Bonspiel at the Curling Club March 23rd The second day of the Bonspiel will see-most of the outside teams arriving, and the town getting prepared for the Carnival. Keep an eye out for what the Lounge is setting up this particular night. GF 00 000000000000 000000060000 0000000R e B.C. PHOTOS FOR ALL YOUR PHOTOGRAPHIC ENLARGEMENTS CUSTOM FRAMING OR PHOTOS, PRINTS OR OILS METAL ORWOODEN FRAMES _ MOUNTING BOARD, MAT BOARDS, NON GLARE GLASS BILL & CECILE PRATT 297 Carmacks St. Phone 778-7568 IF WE'RE HOME, WE’RE OPEN PYYYYUYIT Tira ae 00000000008 0009 08088808 O8SO8 ALL CASSIAR COMMUNITY CLUB MEMBERS The Cassiar Community Club will hold an Elec- tion of Officers in the Recreation Centre Lobby’ on Tuesday, February 28th., 1984 from 08:00 a.m. to 08:00 p.m. All ACTIVE Members of the Club are entitled to vote. Nominations will be accepted up to and including Tuesday, February 2lst., 1984 at 06:00 p.m. Nomination forms can be picked up at the Rec- reation Centre Office or any Executive Member presently holding office. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Annual General Meeting will be held in the Recreation Centre Gymnasium on Monday, March 5th, 1984, beginning at 07:30 p.m. All Members of the Cassiar Community Club are ask- ed to attend this meeting. All Active Members will be entitled to vote on any issue. AGENDA Call to Order Minutes of the 1983 Annual General Meeting Adoption of Minutes 1983 Financial Statement Adoption of Financial Statement Question Period Closing Remarks Adjournment of the Meeting **The 1983 Financial. Statement (audited) will be published in the next issue of the Cassiar Courier. **An Active Member is a member living within a four mile tadius of the Post Office who has been a member in good standing for six (6) months previous to the closing of nominations. The Schmoo Daze Torch Parade will commence a ‘little later this year, due to the darkness needed for the torches. All Clubs, and Organizations are ‘invited to participate in the parade, whether it be walking or entering a float. Following the Parade, the Recreation Centre will open its doors to a Movie Marathon, and the Club is in the process of obtaining some of your favorite movies. ~ March 24th The Carnival Festivities commence at 1:00 p.m. in the Recreation Centre Yard, and it will be Kid- dies Day, with lots of events planned for them to participate in. meee The Curling Club will be into its third day of Bon- spieling, and will host a Dinner and Dance in the Recreation Centre for all the Curling members. March 25th This day sees all Cassiar & Area people heading for the Airport area, where they can participate in Snow Golf, Shooting Competitions, X-Country Skiing, Snowmobile Events, One Dog Pull, Sack Racing, and Children’s Snow Shoe Baseball. A Canteen will be available, and the day will close with a huge bonfire, where marshmallows, and hotdogs can be roasted. March 26th The Annual Broomball Competitions will com- mence in the Cassiar Arena during the Evening, and a Beer Garden in the Arena Lounge. March 27th Broomball Competitions will wind up, and the Arena Lounge will have a beer garden as well. March 28th Schmoo Daze moves to the Ski Hill, and Arts and Crafts Centre, where Ski Hill events will take place for all ages. A chicken and rib B.B.Q. will be held outside, and an Arts & Crafts Exhibition in the Centre. THE DIRECTOR Some of the points to ponder before signing your nomination paper to stand for election for the Cassiar Community Club Executive. 1. Realize that the posting could be for a mini- mum of one year, and a maximum of two. 2. Dedicate yourself to the position, by offering your help where needed, and be willing to work. 3. Attend the meetings on a regular basis, and be there promptly. 4. If there is a position on the Executive, such as: President, Secretary, Vice-President, ask what is expected of you in the position, and how much time is involved, then prepare to accept, if time watrants. : 5. Find out your Club’s operations, and don’t be afraid to ask questions. You won’t find out if you don’t ask. 6. Frequent your facility that you are responsible for, and report back anything that seems unusual, or why it is done that way. 7. Be an Ambassador for the Club. It’s your Club, and it is your actions as a Director, that will give the Club a good name. 8. Be optimistic. Not all your ideas will be accepted, and working as a solid unit, will keep the Club operating. 9. Enjoy the public, and listen to their problems. Remember it’s their Club as well, and they want to see things happen. 10.Come with the late President Kennedy’s stat- ment that “It is not what the Club can do for you, it’s what you can do for your Club.” ~ > Schmoo Daze 84 March 29th Thursday will see two areas for everyone to parti- cipate and be entertained. The Blue Valley Figure Skating Club will host their Annual Carnival on _ Ice, and the Lounge Contests will commence fol- lowing the show. March 30th The weekend opens up with Cassiar Minor Hock- ey’s Annual Minor Hockey Tournament. Opening Ceremonies will commence at 5:30 on the ice. The Teen Club will host a Dance in the Rec Cen- ter Gym, hopefully with live music, and the Lounge will see more Carnival activity. March 3 Ist Minor Hockey competition all day and evening, and a Penny Carnival in the Rec Centre Gym for all the kiddies. The Adult outdoor events will ~ commence in the Rec Center Yard, and the An- nual Outhouse Races will be run off. The Carnival Ball will wind up Saturday’s events, in the Rec Center Gym. April 1st Closing Ceremonies on the ice for Minor Hockey. Champagne Breakfast at the Curling Club. The Annual East/West Hockey Game, followed by a Wine and Spaghetti Dinner in the Rec Centre Gym, and a Gymnastic Show. The Carnival will close with a family movie. ***A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO HANDLE EVENTS DURING THE CARNI- VAL, AND SHOULD YOU BE INTERESTED, PLEASE CONTACT THE RECREATION OFFICE AT 778-7224. ***THE NEXT SCHMOO DAZE MEETING IS SCHEDULED IN THE ARENA LOUNGE ON MONDAY, JANUARY 30th AT 7:30 p.m. YOUR HELP IS APPRECIATED. ee ee re rep es ees 7 be a - How Can I Help My Child Get Ready to Read “How can you stand this mess in your kitchen? There’s more flour on the floor and on Suzie then in the mixing bowl.” “It’s not easy, but it’s worth the trouble because she enjoys it and learns so much from the experience. She knows how to accurately measure the liquids and solids, how to follow directions, and how to count the cookies. Why, she even recognizes the words FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT, and CUP.” This mother is taking advantage of a routine home ex- perience to develop skills and abilities that will help her child get ready to read. Reading readiness has been defin- ed as the general stage of developmental maturity and preparedness at which a child can learn to read easily and proficiently in a regular classroom situation. But this “readiness’’ begins long before the child starts to school. In fact, you as a parent at home are the most important stimulus in your child's progress toward maturation and preparation for formal-school instruction. Some educators refer to the development levels of maturity and preparation as nature and nurture, noting that you can encourage your child’s natural inherited characteristics (nature) to develop fully by providing the proper environment and training (nurture). If you are aware of the factors that influence your child’s growth and development, you can provide experiences which will foster both. Understanding The Parents’ Role The home is the greatest educational institution in the country. And reading readiness begins at home! There, you the parents are the teachers, and the most important teachers your child will ever have. In addition, your home provides the setting that educators believe is most conduc- ive to learning. The average home provides far greater op- portunities for learning than the average nursery school, and parents who use these resources wisely help prepare their children to read. Compare the parent-child ratio with the teacher-child - ratio—what parent has 25 children? Compare the space per child at home with the space per child at school. Con- sider the differences in opportunities for a child to have an ongoing project which he doesn’t want disturbed, per- haps for days. Observe the tremendous supply of instruc- tional materials and equipment in most homes: books, magazines, newspapers, record players, tape recorders, radios, televisions, clocks, measuring cups and spoons, thermometers, barometers, magnifying glasses, gardens, etc. Think of the many educational excursions a child may take with his parents: trips to the grocery, bank, post office, zoo, airport, etc. At home a child may ask a ques- tion any time, and usually someone will listen to what he has to say. He “*belongs”’ at home, and he feels warmth, love, and security—the atmosphere needed for effective learning. School teachers often say, “If only | had more time to work with John!" But parents have access to almost ALL of a preschool child’s time. A parent can function as a private tutor. It is much easier to keep one or two child- ren interested in something than it is to capture the atten- tion of 25 or 30. Children learn more during their first five years than they will learn in any other period of their lives. These are indeed the “‘wonder” years, and they are spent at home. Home is the setting where initial speech and language pat- terns are formed, where meanings for words are learned, where concepts are developed, and where emotional atti- tudes toward life are acquired. The home provides oppor- tunities. to develop physical co-ordination and good health. Children view the world through the educational opportunities parents provide them. If they have not had many, varied learning experiences, their concept of the world will be narrow or distorted. If their preschool ex- periences have been threatening or unpleasant, they will develop a negative attitude. Indeed, a child’s entire out- look on life is created in the home environment. How im- portant it is that a child's first experiences in life be ap- propriate ones, for they set the tone and provide the basis for all of his future learning experiences. Continued in Next Issue Scowls to the lady who called the dog across the road in front of a moving vehicle. I could have lost control on the slippery road and hit the innocent party — the dog! Cassiar Courier February 1984 Page 11 New Association Formed On Sunday, January 15, 1984, The Parks, Rec- reation, Association Yukon, was officially formed with the election of the Directors, and the new constitution of the Association passed by the del- egates. This Associatioh has been in the making for the past eight years, as it seems to be the only route to go between government and recreation boards, or community organizations. The reasons for this association are as follows: 1. Act as a buffer between recreation boards and government. 2. Watchdog over monies being spent by govern- ment on recreation. 3. Organize recreation clubs in the region, remov- ing provincial and territorial lines, where neces- sary. 4. Organize the various games that are available at the present time, under the jurisdiction of the Association. : 5. Helping the recreation boards with regards to . organizing within the communities, and assist- ing new organizations within the community. - This newly formed organization will be avail- able for our recreation club, to provide leadership development, and various clinics that will become By Gary Periard available, in the very near future. The newly elected Executive are as follows: Tim Twardochleb, President: Recreation Director Faro Recreation Assoc. Donna Faye Peters, Vice-President: Programme Co-ordinator for the City of Whitehorse. Bonnie Celigo, Secretary: Formerly with the Faro Recreation Association, now Student Employment Co- ordinator with the Federal Manpower Office. Garry Periard, Treasurer: Recreation and Business Manager for the Cassiar Com- _ munity Club. Barrie Robb, Director: President of the Arctic Winter Games Corporation. Joan Bilten, Director: Member of Dawson City Recreation Association. Ruth McCullough,. Director: Executive Director of the Yukon Arts Council. Money to operate this association is out of pocket from each of the above, and no money is being used from governments or various clubs. The money to operate will come from the mem- bership of the organization, and will have its own identity. Cassiar February Movie Schedule SUNDAY, FEB. 5 6 P.M. Loony, Loony Bugs Bunny — Animated 8 P.M. Strange Brew, starring Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas SUNDAY, FEB. 12 6 P.M. Ghost & Mr. Chicken, starring Don Knotts 8 P.M. Blue Thunder, starring Roy Scheider, Candy Clark, Warren Oates QUE trails were. hewn JOY SR for skiees. not SUNDAY, FEB. 19 6P.M. Railway Children, starring Dinah Sher- idan, Bernard Cribbons 8 P.M. War Games, starring Matthew Broderick, John Wood, Ally Sheedy SUNDAY, FEB. 26 6 P.M. Zebra In The Kitchen, starring Zebra 8 P.M. Tootsie, starring Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange