Page 6 March 1983 Cassiar Courier The interdepartmental bonspiel was held February 3 through the 6th with 26 teams participating. The “Ambulance” rink with Danny Harrison, skip; Andy Bisson, third; Judy Joseph, second; and Darren DeCecco as lead won the ‘A’ event, defeating the ‘Maint- enance’ rink of Bernie Lehman, Bora Radulovic, Ken Smith and Joan Smith. The ‘B’ event was won by the ‘Erickson Gold Miners’; Norm Day, J. Bondeson, C. Moffat, and J. Yee. Runners up were the ‘Millers’ rink of Robert Duri, Al Taylor, Brian Beaudry and Crystal Daum. The ‘C’ event winners were Norm Cosnett, R. L’Heureux, J. Pisonic and K. Larden of the ‘Surface’ rink. The ‘Red Cross’ rink of Sandy Hickman, Mary Elhorn, Juanita Nuyens, and Rachel Becket were runners up. A reminder that the mens/ladies bonspiel will be held February 25, 26, and 27th. Tickets are now on sale for the ‘Trip Around the World’ which will be drawn for at the Annual Bonspiel in March. Minor Hockey by Ida Walters We _ have been very busy these last few mon- ths with trips for our hockey teams. Our Bant- am Midget team went to the Northern B.C. Winter Games last month. They won 1, and lost 2, but had a great time. Two of our boys were scouted by semi-professional teams for future consideration. Our Atoms made it to the Whitehorse tournament and played 2 hard games. They made Cassiar very proud with their enthus- jasm and sportmanship. On February 17th, our PeeWee team is mak- _ing a trip to, Faro for their tournament. We hope they do well but more important we hope they have a good time. At this time I would like to say these trips for our kids, are more than winning the game. They teach them to lose and still smile, to act in a responsible manner and behave while stay- ing in a billets’ house. Our Annual Tounament will be held March 11 - 13, with teams invited from Burnaby, Whitehorse, Faro, Fort Nelson, Terrace and Watson Lake. We hope everyone will come out to watch some of the games. It’s fun and our support for these hockey players is needed. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS CASSIAR WOMEN’S GROUP MEETINGS MONDAY NIGHTS PHONE 778—7768 ~~ ‘TUESDAY BASKETBALL The Cassiar “‘Men’s’’ Basketball team went up to Whitehorse on the weekend of February 11 - 13 for a tournament, Teams involved were from Whitehorse, Fort McPherson, N.W.T. and Haines, Alaska. Members on the Cassiar team were John Wong, Tony Wong, (the Chinese Connection), Merv “Coach” Prier, Gordon “Flu” Kamlah, Norm “Elbows’’ Vickery, Glenn ‘‘Big Guy” Whittington, Pat ‘Shangri la ” Waldera, and Ursula ‘‘Elbows Junior’ Froehlich (we told everybody in the tournament that Uschi is a hippie who does lots of bench presses, so she can play with the team; of course she’s not allowed in the men’s change room. The Cassiar team faced the Whitehorse | team on Friday night. The Cassiar team were behind most of the way because the team was suffering jet lag!!! With four minutes remaining, the Cassiar team was behind by seven points. The team pulled together and got within one with about one minute remaining. Then a strange thing happened. We were told that the tournament will combine two sets of rules. International (used in the Olympics) and NCAA (used by American Universities). Interpreting those rules, it will give whichever team that is leading (happens to be Whitehorse) a tremendous ad- vantage because the leading team can delay the game without being penalized. Anyway, the Cassiar team lost by two points. The final score was 74 - 72. Merv Prier and Norm Vickery led all scores by 22 and 19 respect- tively. After the game, the team decided to regroup at the Greek Corner Restaurant and discussed important strategies such as whether to have lamb or beef for sup- per. The next opponent for Cassiar was Whitehorse || on Saturday afternoon. The Whitehorse team was mostly young, energetic athletes. But Cassiar managed to keep up with them, and even took a half time lead by 46 -41. But in the second half, the young fellows from White- horse put on a charge and took the lead by one point with about one minute remaining. Seeing that we put ourselves in the same situation as the previous night, the Cassiar team had no option but to foul every time the Whitehorse players touched the ball in order to stop the clock. Also, we called on our old legs to put a full court press. In these tense moments, unfortunately, Glenn had tripped over a painted line and thereby ran into an opponent who was standing there to block him out. In doing so, Glenn had twisted his right knee and had to be carried off the court, but not before he put on a memorable performance of “pain and agony”’ for all to see. After the team saw the heroics of Glenn (also under the threat of a very towering commander, At present there are four teams participating in the Cas- siar Recreation League. Erickson Gold (Red), Finning (Blue), C.C.C. (Green), and the No-Names (Black) . Playoffs will commence 10th March 1983. The Cassiar Oldtimers travelled to Watson Lake on Jan- uary 22 and won all four games against Whitehorse(7-5). Watson Lake(8-4), and Faro (5-4 and 5-2 in the Final) to win the tournament. HOLT AGENCIES For appointment Call 778-7220 164 Elliott St., Cassiar, B.C. | fp, 10:00 a.m. to | | INSURANCE DAY | | | 5:00 p.m. TOURNAMENT Merv), we came back and managed to steal the ball and tied up the game. But in the process, Merv “‘towering inferno” Prier had fouled out of the game. So the team started the 5 minute overtime, without one of our best players. We hung in there even though the going was tough, but in the end Cassiar lost the game 103 - 98. Merv Prier led the Cassiar scoring with 34, Norm Vickery with 20 and Tony Wong with 17. After the game, the team had 1% hours to rest, eat and visit Glenn at the hospital before the next game against Haines, who de- feated Cassiar in the finals last year. ~ After some rest for Norm and Merv, greasy foods for the team and a pair of crutches for Glenn, the team went back and faced the champions from last year. Glenn refused to play even though we tortured him with a pineapple milkshake, so we took the second best route. We asked one of the referees (who wasn’t refereeing this game) to play for us, in the hope that we get some favours. But this wasn’t the case because nobody told us that the Americans invented the game of basketball. Haines had a very commanding lead at half time 52 - 30. In the end, Haines prevailed 103 - 64. Merv chipped in 34 points for Cassiar, Norm and Gord had 11 and 10 respectively. From this game, we obviously had to improve our scoring punch, but not before we did some socializing for the evening. The final game for Cassiar was against Fort McPher- son, a team which was rumored to have a 6'1 1”’ centre (who couldn't come,phew!). Both teams had lost all their previous matches, so it’s a match of pride. With sore muscles and stiff legs, the Cassiar team put on a display of offensive fireworks. Also, we knew that we cannot go into overtime again, as that would put us past check out time at our hotel. Cassiar had 4 scorers in double figures. Merv had a tournament high of 46 points, followed by Tony with 31, Norm with 20 and Gord with 19. Cassiar came away with a convincing 124 - 96 decision. Looking back at the tournament, we felt that “‘if’’ we had enough players to go up, we would have done a lot better. Also, we would like players who are not injury prone!!! If you think that you are interested in playing some good basketball, we play every Monday and Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. at the Rec Centre. Except for Bingo nights, where we'll be playing in the Secondary School Gym. Also, Cassiar is planning to have a Basketball Tournament in April. Watch closely for the date and come out to support your team. January 29th Dease Lake played the C.C.C. team and were soundly defeated. February 5th a make up team travelled to Dease Lake and played at the outdoor arena narrowly defeating Dease Lake 5-2. February 12th Lower Post Eagles played the Cassiar All Stars in Cassiar and were defeated19-3. COMING EVENTS Feb. 18-20 the All Stars will be playing in Watson Lake. Feb, 27 a tournament will be held in Cassiar featuring our four teams, Watson Lake and Dease Lake. March 4 - 6 the All Stars will-be travelling to Terrace for a senior tournament. March 25 - 27 will feature the Yukon Games Senior Hockey Tournament. BS aE STETEROLS OP OLORG! OL OKOLONS TONS LOO LOLS LS KOKO CLONON LORS NO SOI SEO SS: LIONS CLUB LOTO PROVINCIAL WESTERN EXPRESS THE CASSIAR LIONS CLUB IS NOW SELLING THESE TICKETS AND THEY CAN BE PUR- CHASED FROM ANY LIONS CLUB MEMBER OR TOWN ADMINISTRATION OFFICE FOR fURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CALL DEREK WALKER AT 778-7683. se NR cP PEA ar A assiar Courier March 1983 Page 7 MIE BY CAMOLBWARY....... It would be hard to decide which was our favorite dining experience in San Francisco. You are torn between the pomp and splendour of those most luxurious Nob Hill hotels — Canlus Restaurant in the Fairmont Hotel, where we were treated to milk-fed squab barbecued over mesquite wood; Fournous Ovens at the Stanford Court Hotel, where my fascination for more natural cooking methods led me for a sampling of duckling with green peppercorns and kumquats, roasted over evergreen oak in the huge Portuguese tiled pizzaria, the centre point of the restaurant, the combination of smoke and clay complimenting the roast. Like limousine, oak lends itself to a good burgundy, and one could certainly not move on to further pastures without visiting The Top of The Mark at the Mark Hopkins Hotel, No. 1 Nob Hill. The champagne brunch fortified us well be- fore boarding the red and white ferry for a trip under the Golden Gate to watch the fireworks display on the Fourth of July. Then again we recall with fondness the simplicity and homeliness of those Italian family restaurants on Fisherman’s Wharf — Alioto’s, Castanogla‘s and Tarantino’s — the catch of the day cooked with love and care that could only come from the wives and daughters of the fishermen. Maybe the city’s charm can be attributed to its diversity of ethnic establishments. The Blue Boar on Lombard Street is done out in the style of an English Country Inn where, to our delight, wild boar and suckling pig, raised on the owner’s estate in Sandma County, were some of the specialities featured. Quite another experience was our visit to the Gaylord Restaurant in Ghiradelli Square, where the cooking is done in charcoal fired clay tandoori ovens. The Nan and unleavened paratha breads, slapped on the oven walls, blister and cook in seconds. The meats, marinated in yogurt and assorted spices, blended daily, are lowered in- to the ovens on wire hooks in similar manner to the Chinese method for Peking Duck, the intense heat cooking the meat in minutes — only the yogurt marinade preventing it from scorching. We had visited its sister restaurant in London’s May- fair district some years ago before an evening at the Royal Ballet, and found the food enticing but the decor no different or more formal than any Indian restaurant in Leeds or Manchester. On this basis, we decided it would be a good place to take the children for a tasty, but informal dinner. We were somewhat taken aback when, on passing through the outer doors, we entered the nearest thing I have seen to Alladin’s Cave — as striking, at first sight, as the Taj Mahal itself, and as opul- ent as anything in the days of the Raj. The floors and walls were decorated with persian carpets and tapestries, evidence of the Parsee’s influence. The cocktail area was a combination of fine bamboo easy chairs and huge silken cushions, which we feared to sit in lest we never got out. Around the walls were enlarged reproductions of Pichwai art, depicting Krishna and the Hindu deity Gaylord, _ for whom this New Delhi based company names its restaurants. Gilt and porcelain statuettes of the Goddess’ Dorga and Kali here and there prob- ably did as much to control the children’s restless- ness, as did their fascination of watching the chefs visible through a glass heat screen, dropping the bread and meat into. those clay firepits, their heads covered with turbans, rather than the gros bonnet the children were more accustomed to see ing. The whole effect was entirely gratifying. Only days ago the gypsy in our blood had brought us to this city of St. Francis and now it was as if we were transported through some time warp to Goa and Hyderbad. Another transitional experience, and probably San Francisco’s most famous, is Chinatown. We had been fascinated with Chinatown in New York and grown to love Vancouver’s, from the Chi Lin Palace in the Lotus Hotel on Cordova, to that un- assuming little eat house, the On On Restaurant, on the far side of Main Street, probably the pure- est Chinese eating establishement in B.C., if you can overlook the formica tables, collapsible chairs and dented teapots. Even Uncle Pierre went out of his way to dine there on his visit to B.C. in 1974, though I doubt that he had to brown bag his Robert Mondavi like everyone else as the place isn't licensed to sell liquor. The Chinatown of San Francisco has to be the most impressive of all. As soon as you step through the Pagoda gates on Grant Avenue you enter a city second only to Hong Kong, outside mainland China — a promenade of shops selling jade carvings, fine bone china, assorted cooking utensils — woks, bamboo steamers, mongolian fire pots, hérbalists display spices, herbs and remedies, including dried snake and jellyfish. Linen shops of- fer silken robes, pyjamas and kimonas and grocers vending chinese sausage, white cooked and soya chickens, barbecued duck and red simmered pork. Yes, and what is most important, restaurants — Szhechwan, Huvan, Peking, Mandarin Cantonese, and even Hakko and Fukien. They all tempted us while we tried to decide where to dine in a day in an area that would need a full year to do it justice. We were passed by a funeral parade, a fleet of lim- ousines led by a brass band and escorted by two motorcylcle police, the lead car portraying an en- larged portrait of the deceased, like some mayoral ty candidate. Up and down the street men and women from many walks and different races doffed their hats and hung their heads in respect of one of their hosts that day. But when all is said and done, the dying must die and the living must eat. Our final choice was the Empress of China, where we dined on Pot Stickers, a chinese special- ty we have only been able to trace to San Fran- cisco. Devilled Crab Tarantino Ya cup cream sauce 1 Tsp. Lea & Perrins 3 Tsp. dry Mustard 2 Tsp. French Mustard % cup chopped pimentoes _J lbs. crabmeat salt & pepper > Parmasean cheese — Bring the cream sauce to a boil; add the pimentos Lea & Perins and French Mustard. Remove from heat; add english mustard diluted with a little dry white wine. Add the crabmeat folding in care- fully so as not to break. Place contents back in a scalded crab shell. Sprinkle with Parmasean; add a few nobs of butter. Bake in hot oven for 15 minutes. Serves 4. CESSNA 180 Pot Stickers 1/3 lbs. ground pork 4% cup minced Bok choy 1 green onoin minced I egg ¥% thlsp. light soy sauce % tsp. salt % tsp. hot chili oil 20 wonton skins Combine ingredients mixing well. Using a pastry cutter, cut the wonton skins into as large circles as possible. Set 1 rounded teaspoon of the filling in the center of each skin. Moisten edge of skin. Bring opposite sides together to form semi-circle seal by pleating one side 3 to 4 times pressing against the other. In a Frypan heat a little peanut oil; Add the pot sticker pressing to flatten the bottoms. Cook on medium heat for 2 minutes or until bottoms are golden. Add 4% cup of water and cover to steam for about 3 minutes. Remove cover and continue to cook till all the liquid has evaporated and bot- toms are very crisp. Loosen with a spatula; serve at once with chili oil and chinese vinegar. oS) Telair Services ‘Ron Bruns Telegraph Creek B.C. Ph. 771-3351 aay WHEELS, SKIS & FLOATS. DHC- 2 BEAVER CESSNA 185 CESSNA 206 Sight Seeing Fishing Trips Winter & Summer “A Cassiar First” Northern Prince Rupert Sub Division Royal Canadian Mounted Police Regimental Ball F will he held 5 May 7, 1983 - -