f q y PSPS SSS aS i i i Ti tn i i > Se = ISKUT LAKE CO-OP ‘OPEN 7 days a week FISHING GEAR Gam.-5 pm. | MISC. POST OFFICE — | Office esl 6 6 6 9 0 a 0 6 0 a 0 ESO aia 0 Oe 3 - tock formations, water when you're beat) and mostly falling down. mecarthy Alaska If turn of the century towns like Dawson, Atlin - and Eagle, Alaska are appealing places, ‘then the ; Rid . by Ken Ide the Wild Turf xi.. Me and My big Mouth! Me write an article? Well I do blow off a:lot about the mountains we’ve been -climbing and in some cases I do believe we deserve the right to brag a little, but when it comes right down to story time just how many of you have climbed some of those mountains around here to the very peak? - with a motorcycle! Carl and I ordered *Trials bikes - a special kind of | bike - hardly any air in the tires, sounds like an egg- beater with a muffler and doesn’t go very fast. But we’ve been climbing mountains and mostly picking our way through snow and rock slides, climbing crossing creeks (good drinking My theory is that if you don’t fall down once in a while you’re not really having fun. And when you — fall going straight up, the law of Bravity, says ols come straight down. : NOW hold on to sbi britches a moment. Would you_ believe that climbing, the mountain sometimes isn’t the hard part? Oh yeh - you gotta come down! It takes a lot of nerve to look down (some- times in disbelief) at what you just climbed, and figure out first of all how you're going to turn-your bike around on a peak 10 feet by 4 feet. Then comes the fun part. A Trials bike weighs in at a- bout 220 pounds. Now point that rolling 220 pounds down the mountain, It’s enough to freeze your scare bone. On some occasions we’ve had to fall with, arid slide the bikes sideways to get down. So the next time you see us hobbling into the cafe- teria - know that Carl Du Manoir, Phil Prophet and Ken Kethlor have been having - Fun? © *Trials Bike - for special competition over rough terrain for a short distance. by Katie Sevier town of McCarthy is definitely worth a visit. It is set in the Wrangel Mountains in S.E. Alaska, twelve miles north east of the junction of the Nizina and Chitina Rivers along the Edgerton High- way. When the road leaves the town of Chitina a magni- ficent bridge takes it over the Copper River but. then the maintenance ends. From here the road is built on the bed of the old Copper. River and Northwestern Railway track and it takes about 4 hours to drive to McCarthy at a speed of approxi- . mately 15 miles per hour. The drive is beautiful and takes you over an old trestle bridge spanning a deep canyon. The trip across the bridge is hair-raising as there are no rail- ings and it is only wide enough for one vehicle but is quite safe. 3 At the end of the road. one must walk across a delapidated bridge over a swift river but to reach the town itself (population 12) you have to haul yourself across another river on an aerial tram which only holds one person. The town has lots of character -a photographers and artists paradise-and the Kennicott and Root glaciers add a magnificent backdrop. — McCarthy Lodge offers accommodation and meals in a 1900’s atmosphere and Benjamin, ane Chef, offers a warm welcome. The abandoned Kennecott Copper Mine-clings to the mountains about five miles to the north and may be visited by asking a resident to take you there. ‘McCarthy is a special place to get away from it all in the midst of seven million acres of vetuallye un- touched Alaskan wilderness. If you've heard a rather loud, almost musical noise bursting forth from the Arena Lounge this. summer, don’t fret. More than likely it is a rehear- sal in progress for. the upcoming COUGHEE HOUSE. And what is ‘that’ you may well ask? The COUGHEE HOUSE is an evening of enter- ‘tainment provided by a large group of brave individuals that dare play an instrument other than the stereo. Our list of ‘what noise is who?’ is astounding. During the course of an evening you are apt to hear a little Folk music, a dash of Blue Grass, a pinch of Rock, a dose of ‘Da Blues’, a bunch of Country and occasionally even a Bach Sonata. The past two CHOUGEE HOUSE’s have been held } Sunday evenings; COUGHEE HOUSE II! will be on a Saturday evening probably early in Septem- COUGHIE HOUSE III ber. Unlike the previous two, COUGHEE HOUSE I11-will not have wine on the menu. Instead, there will be a small selection of liqueurs. The various CLUBS’in town should take advan- tage of selling baked goods at the CHOUGEE HOUSE III. Please contact the Program Co-or- dinator at the Rec Centre for more information. Also any ‘closet’ musicians not yet revealed in town should come on out and give it a try one evening. If you are not quite up to performing you may wish to make contact with other players to get some encouragement. There’s usually more than enough to go around so give us a call as soon as possible. . Thanks, see you at CHOUGEE HOUSE III Carl Lefebvre by Campfire .... If you can dodge the mosquitos and summer showers, I’m sure you will enjoy the following B.B.Q. recipes. BASIC B.B.Q. SAUCE Butter ‘ ; t * | large onion (chopped) 1 garlic clove (crushed) | bottle ketchup | pinch brown sugar | shot worcestershire sauce Y% cup wine vinegar - | cup water salt, pepper % can coke METHOD Melt butter and onion and Bitic and let simmer - Add rest of, ingredients except the coke and sim- _ mer for awhile. - Remove from heat and add the coke *Excellent sauce for meat and poultry. HOT SWEET AND SOUR B.B.Q. SAUCE 1/3 cup salad oil Ys cup chopped celery green pepper chopped ¥% cup brown sugar (firmly packed) % cup red wine’ vinegar pepe green onions — 2 pinch dry mustard ~ | shot worcestershire sauce salt and pepper METHOD _ Add green pepper and celery to oil and simmer till very soft. Puree in blender . Add remaining ingredients nae mix. well. ’Use as a basting sauce on chicken and pork. *This sauce can be kept.in a glass jar in the fridge . for a long period of time. Make sure to mix it well - before using. HOT APPLE B.B.Q. SAUCE (for the Deutchman) 2 cup applesauce _ | large onion (chopped) 1, pinch brown sugar 1 pinch dry mustard | 2 shots wine vinegar ~ salt and pepper METHOD. s 4 1. Vi boi Heat up apple sauce ~ Stir in the rest of the meredients + Store in fridge Heat before serving. *This sauce is served with or. over meat — excellent with pork. BARBECUE CHICKEN 1 can crushed pineapple in own juice ¥Y, cup ketchup | pinch brown sugar salt | big pinch chili powder Mix all ingredients - when chicken is “4 done on charcoal - brush sauce over chicken. Repeat pro- cedure frequently. . here is an recipe which we call With. plenty of fresh salmon available old Stewart .Highway SALMON McDAME. | Take a 4-5 Ib salmon - cut head and fins off, Wash well and dry. Take roasting pan, coat with butter and lay fish on its side: Salt and pepper the cavity of fish and stuff with onion, celery, fresh dill (if available), thyme (whole), bay leaf, parsley and lemon slice. Stud skin with % dozen cloves (whole). Forget about fish for awhile and prepare SAUCE McDAME., 2 cups chili sauce 1 cup ketchup | shot Lea & Perrins 3 shots tabasco sauce | pinch cayenne | spoon brown sugar % cup wine vinegar 1 cup Red-Vermouth (sweet) Mix all ingredients well Heat oven to 350. - sprinkle fish with dry Ver- mouth (liberally) and put fish in oven. Take fish out of oven after about 20 minutes - coat with McDame Sauce’ (liberally again) and put back in oven for about 20.more minutes or until done. Serve this dish with new boiled potatoes, green salad and a good bottle of Chablis 72. We actually lied about this old time recipe. We just made it up so you could be the first one to try it. We are not taking any responsibility for any results which might. occur. We thought you should try it first as the dish will be featured at Don Toth’s wedding in September and we cer- ~ tainly would not want anything to go wrong on e that day. Please send in your result or the — fish to Claude or Terry at the Cafeteria, we 19D + aisay aN ayy Cassiar Courier Page 9 TOURIST INDUSTRY TALK CASSIAR ROAD The western arterial road of . Region “‘H” (the: Northern third of British Columbia); namely the Stewart-Cassiar Highway seems destined to be.a very high quality road indeed, according to Re- gional Tourist Co-ordinator Don Ashley. Ashley, who recently returned from a trip which included parts of the highway, describes it a potential per- fect counterpart to the Alaska Highway in the east. “There’s no doubt in my mind that the circle trip including that highway, the Alcan and the Hart Highway, Route 16 connection is going to be very attractive in the years to come. A lot of work has been done already.” In fact, 60 miles at the northern end of the route have been paved already, says Ashley, as well as several smaller test sections further south. And there is evidence of upgrading prior to paving every where. Five years ago, the route was little better than a logging trail with travel very much at the risk of the driver. A growing realization of the north’s im- portance by the B.C. Government, coupled with the realization that it is a good deal shorter journey” to the Yukon from Vancouver via the coastal ferry and Route 37 (Stewart-Cassiar), has given the route quite a high priority now though, This year, the bill for upgrading work will be $15 million. A total of $80 million has been spent since 1976, on the 800 km highway. Even so, the road remains difficult in places and in- deed truckers using the route for Arrow Transport (a Vancouver company hauling to the Yukon) went on strike in July to demonstrate their con- cern for conditions in places. The Department of Highways has given commitments on upgrading though and with the considerable expenditure to be made this year, the worst parts should be fixed for the next tourist season. The Ce reGacciar Highway is the gateway to some of the Region’s most attractive features, in- cluding the scenic village of Telegraph Creek, the Coast Range, Dease Lake, Mt. Edziza Provincial Park and ‘the world’s largest open-pit asbestos mine. Tourist facilities along the way are limited . and travellers are advised to travel as self suffi- — ciently as they can, though. This series is sponsored by the Peace River-Alaska Highway Tourist Association. Additional informa- tion may be obtained by contacting P.R.A.H.T.A. Attention: Tourist Co-ordinator, P.O. Box 6850, Fort St John, B.C. VIJ 4J3. Tel: 785-2544. Government of Yukon News Release July 27, 1979 WHITEHORSE DEMPSTER OPENING Commissioner Ione Christensen, the executive committee and Director of Highways and Public Works Ken Baker will be formally invited to the official opening of the Dempster Highway on. August 18 at 10 am. However, a spokesman for Ray Daniels, manager of civil engineering for Public Works Canada, said Fri- day the ceremony will be open to the public as well as invited officials. The ceremony will take place at kilomtre 0 of the highway, about 42 kilometres east of Dawson City. Although complete plans-for the dedication are not yet finalized, the ceremony tentatively calls for a ribbon cutting, speeches, and the unveiling of two “plaqties which will be~situated a short distance from: the edge of the highway, the DPW spokesman said. : Public Affairs Bureau, Govenment of Yukon.