Page 4 April 1980 Cassiar Courier ERICKSON GOLD MINE It’s nice to be out of the shadows again now that the sun taises higher than Table Mountain and shines on the Er- ickson Gold Mine camp. No complaints about this winter, We have a feather in our cap that we’d like to share — Erickson was proud to receive the 1979 B.C. Small Mines Safety Award. The mine was honored at a banquet on March 22nd in Castlegar. Mine manager, A. J. Beaton, accepted the award and said he hopes the good safety re- cord continues. Keep up the good work, guys! The award is presented annually by the West Kootenay Mine and Industrial Safety Association and originally was presented to the safest underground mining operation in the Kootenays, as measured by accident frequency. How- ~ ever, as mining decreased in Southeastern B.C, small mines throughout the province became eligible. Some previous winners of the award were the H. B. mine in Salmo, High- land Bell, Bralorne, Pinchi Lake and Dankoe Mines. Fred Yu is our First Aider in camp, Needless to say (and fortunately) he didn't have much business this year. Most of Fred’s time is spent in the Assay Lab. Our office sec- retary, purchaser, payroll clerk and Girl Friday, June Hylerides Smith, has also taken the Industrial First Aid ‘course and hopes to get her First Aid Ticket soon. When you’re lucky enough to get through to us on our radio phone it’s June’s happy voice you'll usually hear. As winter turns into spring, there will be lots of activity here at Erickson. By publishing date the contractors, Har- rison Pacific, should have intersected the gold vein at our second adit they are tunnelling below our present level. Plans are also going ahead for some expansion of our facil- - jties. The Mill is being upgraded to handle increased ton- nage. There will also be improvements to our assay lab, office and warehouse. We're growing! Looks like we have some competition locally in the small mine category. Across the valley from us Jackpot Mining - Contractors (with highballers Alex MacPherson and Vern Saffner) are currently driving exploration at the Old Hannah property (under United Hearne), Frank O'Grady is the mine engineer on the project. Erickson will be participating in Schmoo Daze. We’re throwing out a challenge to Cassiar workers, particularly in the Tug of War ... also have a booth in the Marketplace on Saturday, April 19, with information on Erickson Gold Mine. Come on over and talk with us — we're hoping to have a good gold sample on display. See you there. ~ PASSPORT “PHOTOGRAPHY AHADOUVNHYV. , U VISAS 5 MIN. SERVICE 718-7603 R.G. PHOTO SALES CASSIAR, B.C. BOX 646. vocnen PETE HHEHTEEE you can’t beat us Gold diggers! We'll by Pat Lewis Beaton TOWN COUNCIL NEWS The monthly Town Council meeting was held on March 24th. We were approached by the Library Board for our yearly donation to their operating costs. Town Council voted to give the Library $3000 this year, in $1000 in- stallments. Town beautification was discussed, along with suggestions of who to approach regarding park benches for the ceno- taph area. Our financial status and bills owed were dis- cussed. Fred enjoyed his interview on W.S.T.V.’s local news broadcast. Several people will be approached regarding sitting on the Town Council until the next election. Claire Redmond has already agreed to becoming a member. Re-institution of a Welcome Wagon was discussed. Mark - will approach the Lioness’ as they had apparently started this worthwhile project some time ago, but don’t seem to have carried it through. Final details are in progress for the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh Conference in May. Fred will be a member of the discussion panel during this visit. Barb will order trees and shrubs for the cenotaph area so they will be here in time for planting. The next meeting of the Town Council will be held on Monday April 21st. Cassiar School The Cassiar School Advisory Board held its regular month- ly meeting on Wednesday, March 5, Present at the meeting were Mel Taylor, Fred Cousins, Hilda Guderjahn, Kathy DeCecco, Mary Isaaks, Dick Chambers, George Miller, Jane Johnny, Verna Callbreath and Mary Shellard, The Cassiar School Advisory Board was very pleased to welcome Jane Johnny, who is chairperson for the Good Hope Lake Advisory Board and Verna Callbreath, who is. their secretary. The Good Hope Lake Advisory Board have been very’ involved in helping the teachers at Good Hope Lake raise money in order to take all the students on a field trip to Vancouver, Under the fascinating pro- fessionalism of Mary Shellard, the Good Hope Lake School is becoming a real education centre for all the community. It was most encouraging having people from Good Hope Lake come to our meeting, The CassiarBoard also received a letter from Sherrie Brad- ford, who is the chairperson of the Dease Lake Advisory Board, inquiring about our plans. The Dease Lake Advis- ory Board is interested in developing better communic- ation with Cassiar and want information about how the district can move toward a Schoo! Board. The teachers in ‘{-Dease Lake are very involved in the community and are assisting parents to take a more active role in the func- tions of their school. Claire Christie, the District Resource person, made a brief presentation at our meeting and presented to the Board an outline of the proposed Family Life Program, which was accepted by the group. ‘The Board reviewed the list of priorities set up in the fall. Much of the meeting was spent discussing whether the Ad- visory Board should take concrete steps toward becoming a School Board, It was recognized that nothing could hap- pen until parents felt a greater need to be more involved in their children’s education and would begin to request more control over the system. It was also stated that the first step in the process would be to make parents more in- formed about the system. - Some of the members felt that parents would continue to be very submissive to the present system until the administration made a point of making parents feel more important. | personally feel that we will wait a long time “before we sée this take place because such a progressive attitude would mean that the Superintendent would be ‘more ‘interested in the welfare of the northern child than he would be in returning south with a promotion for maintaining the status quo in the Stikine. Pee aaa Advisory Board Churhbes All Saints Anglican 4 Community Church WORSHIP Regular Schedule: Sunday 11:00 a.m. Sunday School Family Worship Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Holy Communion Womens group meets the second Tuesday of the month. For more information contact Wendy Zabot at_778- 7249. Rev. Bill Morrison 169 Elliot St, Phone 778-7239 Our Lady of Lourdes } Mission Bey MASS Saturday 7:15 p.m, Sunday 71:00 p.m. Wednesday 7:15 p.m. Followed by Bible Study and Prayer Meeting. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Monday - 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. SERVICES AT GOOD HOPE LAKE MASS Sunday 5:00 p.m. Father O. Pauwels Phone 778 - 7388 After more than a decade of watching superintendents come and go like mosquitos, | have yet to meet one who is. prepared to learn from the community he serves. So, after much lively discussion, it was decided: that the ~ Cassiar Advisory Board would attempt to contact every cS Advisory Board fd the District and try: to encourage | etter ~ communication between ‘the five communities as a step fO= ward establishing a ‘District Advisory Board. It was thought that this would be perhaps the best approach to take towards eventually becoming a School Board. In May the Cassiar Board will be holding their elections. Please contact. your Advisory Board members if you are interested or if you know of someone who could help to make parents “involvement” in education more effective. We are very grateful to Lee Coran, Northern Lights Col- lege, for locating a program entitled ‘STEP’, which is a parent effectiveness training program. This program is very helpful to any parent interested in learning skills to help communicate better with their children. If you want more details about the program please talk with Lee, Karen Clark or Dick Chambers. Lee will be informing parents about the date when these sessions will start. On Tuesday, March 18, Cpl. Van Acker and Sergeant Levyn from Whitehorse, in co-operation ‘with Northern Lights College, held a Drug Awareness Program for Par- ents at the school, Over thirty adults and older students came to see the display and slides. Parents are hoping that more films of this nature could be shown to parents and students as a means of developing communication in the home about such topics. Parents really appreciated the in- formation provided by the school principal and the R.C.M.P. It has been a very positive experience for me to be able to . work with all the members of the Advisory Board. I’ve been very impressed with the abilities and potential of the Board. However, | am glad to be leaving because I’ve grown weary of watching such potential being suppressed and ignored, rather than nurtured, | wish Mel, Fred, Nada, Ingra, Hila, Kathy and all the par- ents every success in getting a closer and “‘unpolished” re lationship between the.school and the home. 4 also want to thank Dick and George for tolerating politely my opinions, ; by Mary Isaaks. 0 ee eee Se ee ee vo ee > me _.,. CONCERT SOCIETY “YE OLDE PIG AND WHISTLE” If you were down at the Recreation Centre on the evening of March 8th you were sure to have been impressed by the original atmosphere of “Ye Olde Pig and-Whistle” — Cassiar’s version of an English Pub. ‘The evening was sponsored by the Cassiar Concert Society and was a tremendous success. Rumour has it that a spec- cial consultant from the “Old Country” was called in to help plan the evening. This was to ensure that everything would be as authentic as possible — which of course it was. Most groups who have planned events in the Rec Centre appreciate the difficulty in attaining a friendly atmos- phere in such a large room. The Concert Society (with their special consultant) did it again! ‘There was something for everyone. Most people just want- ed to sit’ around enjoying their draught beer (a rare treat in Cassiar). However, for those who wished to enter, there was a Darts competition (and the English didn’t win!). Unfortunately, we could not get a “Yard O” Ale” so that competition had to be cancelled. However, this did not deter most people — they just used the beer mugs provid- ed — and how delightful they were. Cont. from page 1 - April Fool’s is a day for fun and frivolity, In some small villages in Poland, people spend the day throwing water on each other. Here in Cassiar sixty visitors to the Centre had a chance to see Fools in Paradise — Vivian Cousins~ showed people how to use a cottage loom, Jay Dahlgren displayed techniques at the potters wheel and Chris Brad- shaw demonstrated and taught the possibilities of the silk- screen. The children who attended the party enjoyed ex- perimenting with the equipment, as did many adults. v° Cookies, jungle juice, coffee, a warm atmosphere, creative work and a group of enthusiastic visitors helped to make our first party at Aurora a fine occasion. Left to right: Bill Monten Bob Bliss, Roy Clements, Peter Jones, Bryan Chandler, Peter Cartwright Since most people were too shy to start the sing-atong, the Concert Society provided a Barbershop Sextet (in authentic regalia) to get the ball — or should we say sing-a- long — rolling. Once started there was no stopping people. The room just sprang to life. A certain Mr.“‘B” played the spoons — although only the people at his own table were ‘privileged’ enough to listen. Ably accompanied by Gale Fugere (on the banjo) a group did the English version of Zorbas Dance, followed by the Conga. Miss Fugere pro- ceeded to entertain us for quite a while — accompanied by Roy Clements on the guitar and Gertrude Martschin on the piano. We didn’t know there was so much talent in Cassiar!! At this point, we must say “Hats Off” to those great guys _at the cookery. They did it again! The steak and kidney pie, mushy peas, cornish pasties and chips were great. Mo- ther couldn’t have done better herself. For those who needed “sweetening up” there were pickled eggs at the bar. The evening was such a success that the Concert Society hopes to repeat it next year — make it even better (if that is possible). So, if you missed it this year — we'll see you at the English Pub Night in 1981. Photos by Helen Read. THANK YOU The Cassiar Concert Society would like to thank all the people who helped to make the English Pub Night the great success that it was. Special thanks to: Our special consultant (who wishes to remain anony- mous). ~GQdURORG ORTS | centre LOOK AT ALL THE SMILING FACES AFTER SUNDAY SCHOOL Thank you and come again. take place Sunday, May 11 thru to. Monday May 26. The ua course fee for members is $35.00 and for non-members $50.00. For further information contact Chris at the, Bar or Connie at 778-7557. Presented by Good + Cassi ae Monday, April Admission: Adults $ - The proceeds of this concert will go tow it is being repeated in th RTAINMENT !! as The Arts & Crafts Society and Chris Bradshaw are offer- TREE BEARS OPERETTA 1 ing a course in beginners silk screen techniques. It will Cassiar Courier April 1980 Page 5 Brian Chandler for designing the Pig and Whistle motif and for obtaining the beer mats from England. _ The Cookery staff The guys who worked so hard setting up the Rec ce tre. They did a tremendous job! - The “guys and dolls” who worked on the bar and in the kitchen. Our very own “Barbershop Sextet” Gale Fugere for her delightful entertainment. Last, but not least, the patrons — without whom no Pub is successful. TROIKA BALALAIKAS by Gertrude Martschin On March 13 the Cassiar Concert Society presented The Troikas Balalaikas as the fifth concert in a series of six, This time the artists were lucky (unlike the other group) to arrive a day early and enjoy Cassiar sunshine. Because all three of them were from California and had never been this far North, they were very interested in our town, asked many questions and they also couldn’t get over the amount of snow we are having here. All of you who were at the Concert might want to know a little bit-more about the background of the musicians. Ill start with Lynn Carpenter. Lynn has a masters degree in Ethnomusicology. She plays balalaika (as we heard) ~ and also accordion and quitar — those two instruments she didn’t bring along on this tour. She started to speciale ize in Russian and Ukrainian music 5 years ago when she joined with Roy Torley and Greg Carageorge into this. particular group. She told me that she has been in Rus- sia twice to study balalaika music and folk songs at the source. . Roy Torley grew up in Sunnyvale, California, and taught himself to be a virtuoso balalaika player. He also plays a bandura - an instrument very seldom heard in America - and guitar. : Greg Caregeorge,the contra bass balalaika player, original ly started out as a bass player in different bands. He was _playing jazz and blues before he and the others formed this group. This instrument is also found very seldom on this continent and he searched for two years till he could finally buy one, The Reronnanee itself — | can just repeat what every- body was saying after the concert — the intruments were played very skillfully and especially Roy’s performance on the soprano balalaika and the bandura found highest approval with the audience. Dressed in authentic cos- tumes, singing in both Russian and Ukrainian and per- forming on traditional instruments, this young group captured the richness and passion of Russian folk music for us and the audience went along with clapping their hands to the captivating rhythms. Inky fingers, a TV, and a lovely smile |