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ARTS »i crafts

_ By C. Cousins
Nestled plunked “No! ‘Roosting! between the
ski hill and the school ground you will find the
Arts & Crafts Centre. It’s a large attractive build-

ing, soon to be filled to the brim with adventures ,

in arts and crafts.

Throughout the construction period, which com-
menced in earnest on June 4, 1979, six trailers,
which used to be bunkhouse 39, were moved and
remodelled, roofed and refaced, all by a series of
twenty-odd labourérs and three carpenters ein-
ployed .by a Canada Works grant, various sub-
contracted companies and volunteers. All of the
problems of procurement of supplies, installation
of utilities and decisions on designs have been sol-
ved. The gestation period is over and the eggs are
about to hatch.

And what a collection of eggs! You will have the
opportunity to dabble in photography, a variety
of textile arts, including batik, weaving and quilt-
ing, candlemaking, leatherwork, beadwork, and
pottery. Classes and workshops will be in full
swing early in 1980.

If you are interested in taking an active part in
the organization of the centre, please attend the
meeting sponsored by the Town Council some-
time in November, This will be your first .op-
portunity to view the facility and to offer your
suggestions to how it may best be utilized.

Overtare Gorcerts |

The weekend of November 17/18th looks like
being a busy one for the organizers of Overture
Concerts, and a fun one for the people of Cassiar.

Be sure not to miss the HANDICRAFT & BAKE
SALE on November 17th from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00
p.m. — this is an excellent opportunity to start

_ buying Christmas presents as. thera will be a wide
‘variety of handicrafts.

For those of you (Adults only) who are looking
for. an evening of fun and entertainment,
“KLONDIKE NITE” is a must — Can Can
Dancers, gambling, adult games, refreshments,
food, and much, much more!

The Mother Lode Troupe is the parent Company
of the group which performs DIVAS OF THE
GOLDEN WEST, in Cassiar on Sunday 18th Nov.
8p.m. at the Cassiar Theatre,as opening concert
of the Cassiar Concert Society.

Although Hollywood movies and Television may
have given a hint of the colourful characters who

. brought music and drama to the saloons, mining

camps and early theatres of the west,the Mother
Lode Troupe is the first and only company in
North America to present deeply researched and
_ authentic re-creations of entertainments given

ME MOTHER LODE TROUPE presents

-OF THE

by those intrepid artists of gold-rush California.
The range of their show (as seen in DIVAS OF
THE GOLDEN WEST) is extremely broad, from
genteel parlour ballads, arias and duets to naughty
saloon songs, humerous miner’s ditties, and
hauntingly beautiful Mexican songs of old
Spanish California. Their drama ranges from
Shakespeare to Melodrama, the Jewel of the
Collection being Stephen Glover's 1845 version

_of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. The costumes are

lavish, and authentic, even to the pantaloons.
Genuine antiques are used as props and in set
decor. The music and dramatic materials are hist-
orically exact and the persons portrayed really
lived.

The Mother Lode Troupe’s shows are drawn
from a music collection begun in 1965 and shared
continuously with fellow performing artists,
scholars and students. DIVAS is just one of. six
such authentic shows.

The show is in two acts and there will be a 20
minute intermission between acts. During this
time there will be a bar service.

If you don’t have a season ticket already remem-
ber there is only a limited number so be sure to
get yours soon.

DEVAS |

we had before,

— SICTION |
R BAZAAR...

Was a Big Success!

Thanks to so many people. If everyone was
thanked it would take two pages of the paper.
These are just a few-

W.S.T.V. for the loud speaker system and the
background music.

All the firms that donated the beautiful art-
icles for the Auction,

The people of Cassiar who Baye aking and
handicrafts,

Ladies tending the booths.
refreshments.

Men for the gambling and—

The set-up and take-down crew and the
carpenter, who did so much,

Lions Club for the loan of many things.
Co-operation of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation.

Ree Hall persoinel who gave and gave of their
time and smoothed over many rough places.

R.C.M.P.. for their humorous understanding
of the whole project.

The four auctioneers, or should it be three
auctioneers and one auctioneeress, or is it.
auctioness? We will take a survey on that.

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‘Whatever itis, they did a great job! Two of
them didn’t have very loud voices on Sunday.
They have recovered now
them flowers.

no need to send

With all the “thank yous” nothing. would be a
success without the people of Cassiar, who spent
their money so freely. Thanks fo you,

Winners of the Arctic Cat Snowmobiles:

First --
Second

Bevan King
~ James Grainger

Our. ipolouics to all the people we*swore had the
lucky ticket. Many thanks to Bill Riddle, who ob-
tained the Arctic Cats for us at cost, then gave his
“stime-to- assemble them Tease een os

At first and seeond counting of money, we realiz-
ed $9,450.48 over all. If there is any change on
third counting see next paper, please. With what

(second counting). As tired as ‘we are, what a
great feeling — winterizing the pool is much closer,

Our: heartfelt thanks to the marvelous couple who

cleaned thes ‘Rec ‘Hall ‘after = what a mess and

what a great job they did!
Thank you one and all.

Shi ak ook, eave be a ; . Ms i
Eve Thirlwell
Cec Terris

the total is now~- $19,000.48

TOWN COUNCIL NEWS |

An open meeting of the Town Council was held
October 15. Fi ive diteresicd < ‘citizens, were present.
Discussions; 4 Fook splice - concerning several areas.
The RCMP: mewered our query regarding motor-
cycles and other vehicles speeding; they explained
the laws regarding this problem, vehicle licensing,
ete,

- Since the last meeting the Arts & Crafts Building

has hired Scottie to do the servicing and this is
progressing well, as is the rest of the work on the

building. Over the last month progress has been

great.

There is no further word on the Airport extension
Mr. Passarell mentioned daring his visit that it
would be nice to have, but said nothing more.

Barb Riordan told us about the Duke of Edin- -

burgh’s Sth Commonwealth Conference, which
has 16 members from other countries visiting
Cassiar on May 24. In keeping with the theme of
the conference, which is “People in an Industrial
Society” Barb, Sandy Crawtord, Lou Vujanich,
Norm Cosnett and Don Toth, are Cassiar’s liason
with the organizers and it is going to take a huge
amount of work to carry on this end of the tour.

Regarding the Tourism Board,which had a forum
October 19. they are interested in receiving any-
thing helpful about Cassiar. We cannot participate
in tourism to a great extent due to our limited
facilities, but can offer shopping and mine tours.
We will try and have the Highways Department
erect a sign at the junction of the Cassiar-Stewart
Highways, indicating just what is available in ¢ as-
siar.

Improvement of the Cenotaph area will continue
next summer, with Mary Elhorn carrying on in
her very capable way, ©

One of the residents. inquired about fuel deliveries
to out-of-town residents. This has nothing to do

with Town Council and she was referred to the
Administration Office.

Another resident asked if Town Council can pass
a bylaw restricting snowmobile use in town, F.
Cousins explained that we cannot ~pass bylaws,

and permits. etc, to do with snowmobiles would ~
originate with the ROMP, as would the rescinding ~

of them.

The dog situation was brought up and Fred ex-
plained that we hire a dog catcher to handle this
problem and Cassiar has to abide by the Domes-
tic Animals Act in the matter. Licensing of dogs
is done by the Government, not the Town Coun-
cil, all.we receive are the dog pound fees.

Another resident asked for help from Town
Council in starting a Day Care Centre. She was
asked to submit a detailed program to us and it
will be discussed.

A discussion ensued on the operating of the Arts
& Crafts Centre; once it is out of the building
stage. Most likely an Arts Council will be formed
to take in the Arts & Crafts. Concert Society, per-
haps a Ballet School, ete., though this is not def-
inite. Hopefully, a public meeting to resolve this
and to find out what interest there is in the com-
munity will be held in November in we Sanus
ed Arts & Crafts Building.

A few months ago the Cassiar Courier announced
the creation of a-garbage can protector for pre-
vention of tipped over garbage cans. These could
be obtained for a minimal fee if enough were pro-
fuced in bulk. Anyone interested in protecting

their homesite from strewn or tipped over garbage’

cans are Once again requested to contact the
Town Administration office and request protect-
or stand as illustrated herein.

Also announced in the Courier was the fact that
the Town Council would mention the most im-
proved homestead and a few would receive honor-
abie mentions.

It is quite difficult to pinpoint a person who has
contributed the most to improving a lot. However
it was decided that the trailer lot owned by Mr,
DuManoir at 327 Bateman should receive the
compliment. A lot of effort was required at this
location to make it outstanding among any others
that were improved.

Two honorable eae homes are B. Bowman of

372 McDame and G. Becket of 283 Carmacks.
Many other lots and homes were improved and
the Council wishes to thank the people of Cassiar
for taking all efforts necessary for improving the

Townsite appearance,

Remember, if you want garbage protectors, con-
tact the Town Administration office.

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Town Council meetings are held the 3rd Monday
of each month and anyone is welcome to attend

if they receive prior permission and ‘can submit

suggestions in writing. z

ISKUT LAKE CO-OP
Open 7days a week 9am.- 5p.m.

GROCERIES FISHING GEAR MISC.

GAS 24hrs.

POST Sue

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REFLECTIONS

a B. Mallory

In my last article I'd written about the con-

‘ditions of the road leading from Cassiar.

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Since that time a considerable amount of work
has been done, Unfortunately, nothing has been -
done of a permanent nature. I’m sure that next
year as the snow again leaves this northern land
you and I will again bump our way into Cassiar.

I’ve written all the people and agencies noted in
my last article, To date, I’ve only heard from
our local MLA - Al Passarell. In fact, he wrote
to me before I had a chance to write to him. He.
told me that not a soul had written to him about -
the roads here.

I suppose most people feel that any adverse con-
ditions we suffer are indicative of the North.
This feeling does not pertain to only our roads
but to all facets of Northern life.

For example, when one’s vehicle doesn’t start,
or we have frozen fuel lines, frozen water pipes,
and the proverbial leaky trailer roof — all this
we put up with because we live in the North for
now and soon we leave for something better.

One would almost think we'd make an effort to
correct these problems and as a result perhaps
stay longer and enjoy our niente in this hinter
winter land.

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Lights one

Northern Lights College evening classes are now
in full swing.Some of the courses in progress are
Typing, Dog Obedience, French, GED, Industrial
Math, Square Dancing, and Basic Accounting.

In co-operation with the College of New Cale-
donia, 3rd and 4th Class Power Engineering were
offered for the first time and presently there are
seventeen students enrolled in this course. Rudy

Bircher, an instructor from College of New Cale- .

donia in Prince George, will be coming in to Cas-
siar once a month to assist the students, where
necessary, to complete their correspondence les-
sons and to provide help in preparing for the ex-
amination. Students enrolled in Power Engineer-
ing with institutions other than College of New
Caledonia can attend the tutorial sessions with
Mr. Bircher at no cost.

Don’t forget, the Safety Oriented First Aid

-Course, instructed by Don Toth, will be held Nov.

19, 20 and 21, from 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p,m. Cert-
ificates will be issued to successful students.

Register now!

For further information regarding any courses
etc., please phone Lee Coran, 778-7456.

Even though the fall classes are just getting in
full swing, already plans are underway for the
classes to begin in January 1980. Some of the
new courses being offered at that time are weav-
ing, pottery, watercolor painting seminar and
batik.

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