Ree aSRARAAAAAAARARAHRARHRARAAERAKERHSHARARAAREAAAAAAAeeeeeeeaea Page 12 April 1983 Cassiar Courier COMMUNITY CLUB NEWS Schmoo Daze April is the month for Schmoo Daze this year. The carnival will be running from April 7 - 10. Following is a schedule for this year’s version of Schmoo Daze. lf anyone remembers how well the Prelude to Spring Dinner went last year they will not want to miss it this year. The Concert Society Gala Event will be on April 16, 1983 at the Rec Centre. The entertainment for this year is the multi talented Felix Possak. Tickets can be obtained from the Concert Society executive members or from Town Admin. Also other events that will occur in April are:- — A squash tournament which features players between Cassiar and Prince Rupert scheduled for the week- end of April 22—24. Any squash player who is inter- ested should contact the Rec Co-ordinator. — On the same weekend a Senior Men’s Basketball Tournament is being planned in Cassiar. At the mom: ent we are inviting teams from Whitehorse, Haines, Alaska and Fort McPherson, N.W.T. If you enjoy some good basketball don’t miss this tournament. — The Curling Club is planning their Annual Wind—Up Bonspiel on the weekend of April 29 - 30. It's almost that time of the year when you trade your skates for a pair of goggles. Yes, the Swimming Pool is tentatively scheduled to open on May 2. The Arena will be closed at the end of March. It will be opened only to Schmoo Daze Events in April. As soon as Schmoo Daze is over, work will be done to shut down the Arena and open up the Swimming Pool. Watch for the C.C.C. Newsletter in April to keep yourself informed about swim lessons, pool schedule , swim team etc. Cassiar Community Club has sent in an application for a Federal Student Grant for the Summer of 1983. lf the application is successful, it will provide 4 positions for secondary or post secondary students to work on the Simmons Lake Campground. 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INSURANCE THURSDAY APRIL 7. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. FRIDAY APRIL 8 6:30 p.m. 7:00 - 9:00 & 11:00 p.m. Carnival Movies (Theatre). 8:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. SATURDAY APRIL 9 10:00 - 12 Noon 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. 8:00 - 1:30 a.m. SUNDAY APRIL 10 11:00 - 1:00 p.m. 11:00 - 1:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Anyone wishing to help in any of the events, or ‘Street to Rec Centre Yard). Elections On 21st February the Community Club Executive held its Annual Elections. Again the turn out of voters left much to be desired — 111 people took the trouble to vote. Rem- ember if you’re not happy with the way things are run, you forfeit the right to complain if you can’t even be bothered to vote. The following were elected from a slate of nine candidates, Congratulations. Carnival Parade (End of Malozemoff Broomball Tournament (Arena). Indoor Soccer Tournament (Rec Centre). Teen Dance (Youth Club). Beer Drinking Contest (Lounge). Pancake Breakfast (Curling Rink). Penny Carnival/Market Place (Rec Centre). LOUNGE EVENTS: Mixed Doubles Pool Tournament Backgammon Cribbage - Girls Hockey - Cassiar vs Whitehorse - Girls Hockey - Cassiar vs Whitehorse Carnival Ball (Rec Centre) DAVE BROCKLEBANK Two Years Champagne Breakfast (Curling Rink) Girls Hockey - Cassiar vs Whitehorse Snowshoe Baseball (Baseball field) Outhouse Races (Rec Centre Yard) OUTDOOR EVENTS - Adults and Children Schmoo Races Log and Pillow Fight Pie Eating Contest Egg Toss Jack Ass Jump Nail Driving Contest (Allin Rec Centre Yard) East-West Hockey Game Spaghetti Dinner - Gymnastics Exhi- bition (Rec Centre) WALTER COMPER Two Years Cassiar Courier April 1983 Page 13 DINU N Gey MOAN DNA GIH YT Mankind has long seen the need for feasts and carnivals in the late months of winter as a means to lift up the spirits when the days as long as the nights are cold and the greatest amount of labour produces the least reward. Even Claudius’s conquering legions, after first banning the celebration of feasts that were our Druid heritage, on invading my native shores, was forced to reinstate them because of loss of prod- uctivity on his new roads and highways, albeit with latin names as a point of face saving. Here in the wilds of Northern British Columbia we are as aware of this need as anyone, deprived as we are not only of the suns heat but also of its very sight as it hides behind Chapperal Mountain during those long months of winter. Our answer to the winter doldrums is the Schmoo Daze carnival in which we throw our- selves into a week of festivities - parades, pancake breakfasts and dances and events as riveting as Schmoo racing, snowshoe baseball, and outhouse racing and many other events so weird as to defy description. Around us our northern neighbours fight off cabin fever in like stvle. In the Yukon they cele- brate Sourdough Rendezvous and the streets of Whitehorse are filled with Mad Trapper and Tagish Charlie look alikes,all of whom seem to be escorted by Diamond Tooth Gertie - boy does that girl get around. In Alaska, St. David’s Day on March the Ist, marks the start of the month of Iditarod the high- light of which is the 1000 mile Iditarod Dog Sled Race from Nome to Anchorage — now there's a test of a man’s metal. Tired of the long winter and wishing to give the festivities an early start our good friend Joan Jack son took a well earned break from her post as angel of mercy at the Cassiar Hospital and follow- ed a well used migration path south to visit what must be the carnival capital of the world, New Orleans. Here the feeling of carnival is alive the year round, merely culminating in the Mardi Gras Parade. Fat Tuesday or Shrove or Pancake Tues- day as it is known in other parts of the world, is the last chance for the local inhabitants to feast and dance before entering a period of restraint for the forty days of Lent during which the pious re- frain from the eating of meat and game and make fish and crusteceans the staple of their diet. Elsewhere this is considered a great sacrifice. Here in’ New Orleans, with its abundance of pompano, flounder and red snapper, oysters, soft shelled crab and those jewels of the back water streams - crawfish, grown men have been known to cry from the pleasure of it. If this diet will not suffice it is considered quite excusable to partake of frog legs and turtle steaks - although meat, acceptable because of their aquatic ability. Not only is this land gifted with its staples, but also with a tradition of great chefs to prepare them, the likes of Louis Bluestein, Nathanial Burton, Tony Chachere and Leah Chase, chef and co-owner of the Dooky Chase Restaurant found- ed by her father and immortalized by Ray Charles in his song “‘Early in the Morning Blues”. These are the people who helped create the great creole cuisine. This melting pot of ethnic tastes, Spanish, French and Italian are bound to- gether with the spirit of Evangeline and the soul of Africa. The men and women who make up this presti- gious circle of chefs are all self taught,none of them receiving any formal training. Instead they learned by helping their mother at the stove and almost without exception started their careers as what we call in the trade chef-de-plungé, pot wash- er or kitchen helpers if you will. Along the way re- ceiving guidance and training from the chefs of their day, who had started their own careers in like manner. Dedication and a willingness to work was their greatest attribute. In the words of Nathaniel Burton, the average cook works & hours, a great chef works 10, 12 or 15 hours, whatever it takes to get the job done without compromise and even then he is not tired if he enjoys his work. Here are a few recipes which resulted from this lack of compromise. They are not hard and fast classics as the creole chefs greatest gift is his cre- ative improvisation, which they use in the same ~ manner as their cousins, the musicians of the Bourbon St. Jazz Cellers. So you will find that the Pompano en Papilotte of Paul Proudhomme’s at K-Pauls Restaurant is different to Larry Wil- liamsons of Galatoires. Letitia Parkers crawfish Etouffe.at the Bonton will differ from Bob Rich- would like to participate, please contact the Rec Centre at 778-7224. Also, groups or societies or individuals who wish to participate in the opening Parade should contact the Rec Co-ordinator at their earliest convenience. For more details, please look out for the Carnival Newsletter Health Unit Announcement TO: Parents of Kindergarten Students RE: Kindergarten “Round-Up” Clinic. Immuni- This “Kindergarten Round-Up” Clinic will be an opportunity to get them caught up and pro- coming up. Replacement Cost Protection For Mobile Homes & Contents AUTO PLAN AGENT Commercial - Industrial - Personal - Traveller & Visitor Medical MOST OF YOUR INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS CAN BE HANDLED BY JUST A PHONE CALL TO OUR OFFICE FIRST & MAIN ST., SMITHERS, B.C. 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Looking forward to seeing you April 25! oy Susan Omura, RN, BScN Community health Nurse ely ecg Camping Supplies. Pellet Guns Ammunition SHOP EARLY FOR BEST SELECTION HUNTING AND FISHING LICENCES | Mon. - Fri. 1-8p.m. Sat. & Sun.~ OPEN IF HOME ards at the Commanders Palace, but they will all have two things in common, the freshest of pro- ducts and the greatest of care in their preparation. POMPANO EN PAPILOTTE 6 Pompano fillets (or substitute firm fleshed fish e.g. Halibut) % lb. fresh baby shrimp 2 dozen raw oysters 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms 6 egg yolks 4 cups cream sauce % cup chopped green onions 2 thlsp. chopped parsley 3/4 cup Sherry 6 pieces grease-proof paper cut into 6 incl circles. Bring the fish to the boil in a little court bouillon and poach for three minutes. Meanwhile put the shrimp, oysters and rest of ingredients in a pot and place on a low heat for 5 minutes, season with salt and pepper. Brush the grease proof with a little oil on both sides and place on a baking sheet. Place a 1/3: of a cup of the sauce mixture on each piece of paper. Lay the fish on top of this, place the same amount of sauce on top. Bring the edges of the paper together and seal. Bake in a preheated oven for 5 minutes till the fish is cooked and the paper bag is puffed up. This dish is served in the paper bag which is cut open front of the guest so they can catch the full bouquet. CRAWFISH ETOUFFEE 1 cup butter 5 cups crawfish I thisp. crawfish fat 2 cloves chopped garlic 1 tsp. paprika 2 tsp. chopped parsley Melt butter in a saucepan add the crawfish and seasoning and cook on top of the stove for 5 min- utes. Remove the crawfish and keep warm. Con- tinue cooking the rest of the ingredients till all the juices are almost evaporated. Remove from heat and stir in the crawfish fat. Place the craw- fish on steamed rice and coat with the sauce. 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