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The Cassiar Courier ahs
MERE, ECR seal y tuyere ie The Voice of Cassiar Country!
Box 100, Cassiar B.C. VOC 1E0 Phone:778-7627

Published monthly with offices in Cassiar, B.C.

Offices are manned Monday through Thursday nights from

Managing Editor...........-+.-- Gerry Doran, 778-735

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Business Manager... 2... 22 ess eee eet eet tees
Production Manager .......-..22 ee ee ee ee rerees
Advertising Manager .... 2... 0-2 ee eee eee tee es

Subscription Manager. ........- Bonnie Greenway, 778-7501
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School News, Cassiar.........-.--+ Esther Lee, 778-7547
Sports & Recreation News. Tom Penner,778-7240& Reggie Duke
Social’ News. yc <peenencteel« cebelarsde isans Dee Ellis, 778-7356
Watson Lake. ........ Susan Micheals, Micheals Gift Shoppe
Dease Lake, ........... Mrs. Lillian McPhee & Rae Esplen
Iskut News. ........--05- Contact the Iskut Co-operative
Telegraph Creek. ...........-- Unassigned, contact Editor
Good Hope Lake News. ........-+-.--:- George Holman
Asbestos News-Cassiar Asbestos Corp . Frank Buckley,778-7477
Hospital News. ...........-. unassigned, contact Editor

Church News & Events. 2.2.2... te tt te te ee ee eee
Ethnic Cookery... 2... 1. ee eet ttt tt ees

Local Union News ........2.202 se eee terre ereeee
Local Mining News. .........-+4-. Jack Harley, 778-7244

Births,Deaths & Marriages. ...... unassigned, contact editor
Clubs & Organizations News. ..... contact Club representative
Photography. .........-..0-. Paul Clark, Jack Camroux
Production Staff . . Esther Lee, Vivian Cousins, Jack Camroux,

Chris Doran, Pat Stewart, Bonnie Greenway,
Phil Dowdall, Jack Harley, Dee Ellis, Roberta
Hollings, Reggie Duke, Janna Packard

EDITORIAL BOARD: Each member of the Courier Staff is a -

member of the Editorial Board which meets bi-weekly on Mon-
day evenings 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. in the Courier offices in Bunk-
house 81, Cassiar, Telephone - 778-7627.

MISSING HELICOPTER

EOGATE'D George Holman

A Bell 47 G4A helicopter left
Good Hope Lake on Thursday, May
26, 1977 but failed to arrive

at its destination, Deadwood
Lake, some 40 air miles east
of Good Hope Lake.

The helicopter was spotted
by a B.C. Yukon, Bristol trans-
port plane on Friday, May 27,
1977 at about 12:45 p.m.

The helicopter had apparen-
tly got off course and when the
pilot came back on the proper
course found he was running low
on fuel. He set the helicopter
down in a clearing about 15
miles south of his destination.

A Frontier helicopter was
dispatched to the scene with
fuel. The helicopter was fueled
and then continued on to its

- estination.

There were: no injuries or

First of the two contracts
is for a 13-mile construction
project from Kitwanga north to
Kitwancool on the southern end
of the highway.

The second contract is for
construction of a 14-mile stre-
tch from a point three miles
north of Cranberry Junction,

55 miles north of Kitwanga,
along the Nass River to a
point 69 miles north of
Ktwanga.

It is estimated that 100 -
workers will be employed on the
two contracts. Construction
will start in June.

In the case of the constru-
ction project between Kitwanga
and Kitwancool, 15 native In-
dian workers, using their own
equipment, have already cleared
10 of the 13 miles of the route
under a day-labour contract.
This phase of the project
will continue to completion,
followed by the big contract
for the entire 13-mile stretch.

In the case of the Cranberry
Junction-Nass River section,
the highway is at present of
logging road standard, and a
complete upgrading has been
planned for the project.

OTHER CONTRACTS

A contract was awarded in
November 1976 for the upgra-
ding, reconstruction and wi-—
dening of the highway from
the Nass River south for 24
miles.

The successful bidder on .
this contract was Emil Ander-
son Construction ,of Hope.

Total cost, including eng-

ineering supervision and mate-
rials, will be $10,000,600 with

tracting of Kelowna, will pro-
vide employment for atleast

80 workers until the fall of
1978 when the project is sla-
ted for completion.

The total cost of the pro-
ject, including engineering
supervision and materials,
will be $7,100,000.

An $8,000,000 contract for
construction of 22 miles of hi-
ghway between Dease Lake and
Sawmill Point has just been
completed by Dawson Construction.

A 55-mile stretch from Kit- “
wancool to three miles north
of Cranberry Junction is not
yet complete. Tenders for this
phase of the program will be
called later.

STIMULATING PROGRAM

The two newest projects
are among the other contracts
awarded or to be awarded for
development of the Stewart-
Cassiar Highway 37 route which
comes under a $30,000,000 cos t
sharing agreement between the
provincial and federal govern-
‘ments which was signed last mon-
th in. Victoria. The agreement
assures continuing projects
of development to completion
of the highway. i

The Stewart-Cassiar High-
way development program is one
which the provincial government
hopes will stimulate the mining
and logging industries in the.

- northwestern B.C. area, as well
as encourage and develop. more
tourism. It is a part of a ge-
neral upgrading of the entire
B.C. highways network.

The program is also expected
to provide a great deal of em-
ployment within the area it
serves, contractors being re-
quired, whenever possible, to

Question, My husband coughs every morning. It worries

BIRTHS

Marie Tracy

Question. Which is worse, being overweight or smoking
cigarettes?

Answer. It is not fair to answer a question with a ques-
tion, but it does arise.

How many pounds overweight? How many cigar-
ettes? In order to give a perspective to these questions |
would like to quote Dr. Jean Meyer of the Harvard
School of Public Health who said, “as a doctor, I believe

«that the average person would have to gain more than

120 pounds (one hundred and twenty pounds) before
their body would feel the health stress equivalent to
smoking two packages of cigarettes per day.”

That should expell the weight gain myth (or excuse)
that gaining weight is more injurious to the health than
smoking. It is very seldom that a person gains more than
10-20 pounds at the most when they quit smoking
unless they have converted an impulsive smoking habit
into an impulsive eating habit.

One reason for weight gain is the factor of a slower
heart rate in the nonsmoker. After as few as two or three
puffs of tobacco smoke, the heart rate speeds up by
about 20 beats per minute. (In other words, the system
is sped up artificially). This results in the burning up of
a few more calories per hour which in cessation would
account for a small weight gain if a person were to main-
tain the same eating and exercise levels when they quit
smoking. However, it is a rather unwise method of
weight control as the same racing heart is prone to wear
out prematurely and causes the smoker to age more
rapidly than their nonsmoking counterpart.

To Gerald § Jeane Letourneau of
Good Hope Lake, born at Ft. St.
John, B.C., Baby Girl-Adel Jea-
nette on May 8, 1977, 1:39 p.m.
Weight 7 lbs 8 oz.

To Donald and Debrah Clease,

VOLT ihe

me but he says it is just a smoker’s cough! Can a smo-
ker’s cough be serious? Heat
Answer. I am glad you brought up this subject because
there is a mis-understanding in existence regarding the
smoker’s cough.

Coughing, like pain, bleeding, itching, etc., is a warn-
ing signal and is only one of the body’s mechanisms for
requesting consideration, i.e. a pain in your foot would

. result in not walking or running for a while.

Lungs have no “pain fibres”. They usually rely on
three methods of warning the person that they are need-
ing attention.

1. wheezing or shortness of breath
2. coughing up blood or phlegm
3. frequent coughing

A prominent doctor once said, “a smoker’s cough is
the early signs of bronchitis”. In other words, any cough
that persists is abnormal, The coughing experienced by
the smoker is well named “smoker’s cough” because it
is not found in nonsmokers.

The medical explanation in lay terms are: tobacco
smoke and its thousand or more chemicals paralyzes
the lungs’ normal cleaning mechanism and the lungs are
then forced to provide a heavy mucus production to

help compensate. The mucus can only be moved out of
the lungs by coughing, hence a “smoker’s cough”. You
have every reason to be concerned, your husband’s
lungs are trying to tell him something. ;
Send your questions or problems to Marie Tracy,
Smoking Cessation Specialist, B.C. Tuberculosis-Christ-
mas Seal Society, 906 West Broadway, Vancouver, B.C.

REYBESTOS-MANHATTAN

COMMUNITY AWARD —

_ Several years ago Raybestos-
Manhattan Co. Ltd. of Manheim,
Penn., U.S.A. instituted an
award to be made to any Cassiar
.employee or member of his family,

_ who contributed most outside

of his or-her regular duties
to the Welfare and Betterment
of the Community.

The Rules governing this Award
are:

(1) The selection committee
will consist of the Mine
Manager and two members from
the Community.

(2) Each nomination must have
two sponsors and must include

a short citation of the nominee's
activities in support of the
nomination.
(3) An individual may receive
the award only once in three ©
consecutive years.

(4) The nominee is to be any
Cassiar employee, or member

of his family who contributed
most outside of his or her
regular duties to the Welfare
and Betterment of the Community.

Nominations accompanied by
a short citation of the Nominee's
activities should be submitted
to the Mine Manager before’
June 30th, 1977.

CASSIAR: TOWN
COUNCIL NEWS

Council members found, while
taking the dog petition around,
that there were some people op-
posed to the idea of the peti-
tion, but that the majority
of the residents felt that ° the
loose dog problem was so seri-
ous, that if we could get the ©

ging machine will be used

in the townsite area within

the next few weeks. -
The Cassiar students did

a fine job collecting trash
on May 14, 310 sacks were

filled and carried to the
dump while the students made
$155. Congratulatios stu-
dents! Many thanks!

The next Town Council mee-

ting will be held June 20th.
The agenda and all following

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agendas will be posted at the
Recreation Center, Grocery .
Store, Retail Store, Cookery,
and Library three days prior
to the meeting. If there are

born at Kamloops, B.C., Baby
girl-Jennifer Dawn on April 29,
1977. Weight 6 lbs 1 oz.

To Gerry and Ida Asp of Dease Lake,

hire local labour on such pro-
jects.

In addition, a number of bridge
projects will be called for

employment for up to 60 workers
until completion, which is sc-
heduled for the fall of 1978.

damage to the- helicopter, owned
by United Helicopter Service
from Delta B.C.

local R.C.M.P. to help, it would
certainly improve the situation.

The Town Council will have
the sidewalks on the north side

°

The pilot remarked that
it was better to land the air-
craft when his fuel was that
low, than to take a chance.

WATSON LAKE, Y.T.

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In addition, a second con-
tract was awarded late in 1976

. for construction along a 25-

' mile stretch between Cassiar
Junction and. Pinetree Lake. Ca-

-'ssiar Junction is 75 miles south

of the B.C. -Yukon border.

This contract, a joint ven-
ture of Commonwealth Construc-
ton of Vancouver and Geddes Con-

re

Friends of Mr. §& Mrs. Sing
(Shrinkie) Lee gathered at
a dinner on Friday, May 27,
to day "'Farewell'’

Brian Pewsey presented gifts
to Mr. & Mrs. Lee and Miss
Lee also received her Cassiar -
Asbestos 10 year ring.

The Lees are well-known in
the community as Mr. Lee ran
the laundry and dry cleaning
for 22 years. They will be
living in Vancouver where they
have their own dry cleanin

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.. province," he added,

tender as the route develops.

"T have told you of $26,000,000
worth of contracts along the
Steward-Cassiar-route which:
already is providing employment
for 150 workers, with two more .
contracts to be called which
will see multi-million dollar
expenditures and employment for
at least that number of workers

_this year,'' said Mr. Fraser.

"T have also rpported
$9,945,000 worth of contracts:
awarded along Highway 16 in
this district which will pro-
vide employment for another

120 workers."
"The contracts already aw-

arded are now being worked on
as spring weather comes to this
,part of British Columbia."
"Aside from the direct em-
ployment of nearly 400 workers
- on thése projects, the side ef-
fects - the indirect effects -
on the economy are obvious and
- I feel we cannot be accused of
dragging our feet along these
two important: routes which are ;
so vital to the economy of
Terrace and this part of our ©

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born at Whitehorse General Hos-
pital-baby boy on May 3, 1977.
Weight 9 lbs 8 oz.

To Hugh and Patricia Adamson

born at Grace Hospital, Vancouver
baby boy on May 3, 1977, 9:30 a.m.
Weight 3,070 grams.

To Linda and Kenneth Gilmore of
Dease Lake, B.C.

Premature baby son - Kenneth Henry
born at 6:45 a.m., May 14, 1977
Weight 3 lbs. 15 oz. ;

To Garry and Carla Smith,

a daughter: Wendy Teressa,
born at 12:10 p.m., May 27
1977 - Weight 10 Ibs. 207.”

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of Connell Street § the south
side of Malozemoff Street re-
paired and completed this sun-

mer.

The Dawson Construction Co.,
are interested in doing the
driveways. The cost wauld be.
approximately $400 per drive-
way. The price of the paving
would be the same no matter
how many driveways were to be
done. Dawson Construction will
be in Cassiar from June Ist.
to June 30th.

The Town Administration
Office will take the names
of any interested resident
and.also collect the fee.

Mosquito arial spraying
has been completed. A fog-

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any items in which you are
interested please contact a
council member and pass on ~
-your point of view. So it

can be at the meeting. Any
Cassiarite may attend a Town
Council Meeting as an observe
through the business meeting. |
There will be a half hour
open question and answer
session after the business —~
meeting if you still have
unanswered questions.

The minutes of each bu-

siness meeting will also be
posted in the same locations
-as the agenda.

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