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In and around School District 87 (Stikine)

These School District No. 87 teachers are on the
move.
Mr. John Wright — from Atlin to Snowridge
Ms. Jan Dale — from Snowridge to Atlin
Mrs. Evelyn Buckler — from Tahitan to Atlin
Mrs. E. Ellen Lieb — from Tahltan to Cassiar Secondary
Mr. Keith Kroeker — from Cassiar Secondary to Snow-
ridge
Mr. Mervyn Prier — from Snowridge to Cassiar Secondary
As well, Mr. Warren Cocking’s assignment will change.
He will combine the two librarian duties at the Secondary
School and the District Resource Centre.
The following S.D. teachers will be on leave during
the 84/85 school year:
Ms. Jan Dale — extended educational leave
Mr. Norm Vickery — secondment: to the Faculty of Edu-
cation, Brandon University
Mrs. Bev. Nesgaard — long term maternity leave
Mrs. Betty Ann Prier — maternity leave and extended

ersonal leave trinsic merits of what is customarily called conserva- : Pte :
Ms. Denes Tavener — sabbatical leave for study purposes workplace of tomorrow will be dependent upon commun- tism. This ideology. postulates that ours is a society SCH ae We nes Cia GEC eee ce i w
Mr. Mike Devine — teacher exchange to Australia. Re ee hes VALU OTE EN ia SUB SUN gone soft—the most visible cause and manifestation of not always the best, or in the best interest of our future
mation via the computer, video screen, and printer. Writ- which is the propensity of government to interfere adults. | can only aaTes Which: eversexamples.we set for
AN EDUCATIONAL DILEMMA ing will be more important, not less important, in a world actively in the lives of the citizens. The conservative our younger generation, they will meet these and surpass
; filled with data bases. The high tech world of tomorrow therefore advocates, above all, a return to a belief in igm Era
How can the school develop strong writing and read- _ sits squarely upon a broad information base. It requires self-reliance. It follows, then, that the best govern- The following bite fore young, if they can under-
ing skills, given their general neglect today outside of high levels of communication among its participants. zs ment is one that governs least, in both the social and stand the following words, indeed re poor world has a
school. : How do we resolve the dilemma of the need for de- economic spheres. People, the conservative argues, anes. f :
“The information society places a premium upon ver- waceUe ne ay eae an ae ae eeeey should be left to develop their own talents and should ee
bal skills. We know, however, that verbal competency ents, given t eir general neglect today Outside OF sc Ula be unhindered by the machinery of an overly protec- cram ———— : = :
among high school seniors is lower, on average, thanade- ‘he answer is clear: Schools must take the leadership to ‘tive social apparatus that stifles creativity and individ- ARRIVING AT THE SCENE OF THE PROBLEM A FOOL LIVED HERE
cade ago. A central goal of schools, therefore, should be  ©XPlain the need and to make up the difference. ual initiative. oe ‘e Nie ye ys Yes, by jove, and I'd be pleased -
to raise the level of reading and writing skills for students. : Some of the deficiency can be corrected by giving ie. 3) The fundamental purpose of education is to prepare ie Sa} leg hiewould a@erdaicen
Contrary to popular opinion, the schools are not pri- highest priority in school to reading and USCS IS ee people to be productive and responsible citizens as | z rey Toa very old bloke likevne:
marily to blame for the drop in verbal performance of stu: | °Mmended by Ernest Boyer in HIGH SCHOOL. “The first contemporary socjety understands those terms. Its <| I'll tell you tales
dents from 1965 to 1980. While the smorgasbord of Eng _—-*Urriculum priority is language’’, he argues. secondary purpose is to develop the individual's tal- “| Of things not now, but indeed . . . aos
lish electives popular in that era Undoubtedly slowed the A further step, however, is required if major gai 0s abe ents and abilities, again consonant with what con- ! Things of then, Ren manuvereancn
development of verbal skills, as did the “writingdown” of — exPected. We must schedule more time for reading and temporary society regards as worthy and worth while And women, God Bless therm
textbooks, other causes were at work—causes thatextend Writing at age 13 and 14, when students first gain their - of achievement. ‘Hoped we'd never change.
far beyond the school. full powers for abstract thought. They need an ex Ayer ‘we shall provide students with a clearer and more When dim saloons used candle light
We are all aware of the dramatic impact of television boost then in school as a replacement for the practice correct understanding of their society. No longer will And sawdust onthe floor
upon our reading habits. The evening newspaper has they B19 longer receive in ‘the eyengs and on weekends, students emerge from 12 or more years of formal Tahocencd cares :
almost disappeared from sight, and the nightly news Otherwise, our schools will continue to be criticized be- schooling with the naive and facile belief that society They swiftly flew
broadcast or sitcom has replaced family conversation at cause student verbal scores will remain lower than they we owes them something. No longer will schools be a Upon dusty road and sunny vale
dinner. Perhaps other factors are as pervasive as TV, how- _—~ Were in the 1960s. : ; shelter from the tempests of life. Instead, students Our laughing girls in dainty frills
ever. Letter writing has declined, personal diaries and jour- Do we really want more of that? Think about it. Contaricd Sn Pee IG ars Siting pert uments coat
7 With picnic basket piled high
eee * a5 mem 65 argon KE. eee ein BE i og ee De A ~ For hungry men to eat.
TRANS NORTHAR = ese pauicumta ‘ee
= Not now but then
i ; 5 f See When I, a young and handsome man
; : Cassiar LPAI SS ENS) eS LS Would sit and speak of things to come
| The Tournament was over for most of the team but We spoke of cotton,
EFFECTIVE JUNE 4. h ~ SEPTEMBER h Golf Red's Quartet led the bleachers in song and laughter. Even The luckless blacks
: t 29 t the players on the field looked up to see why there was a Of tax reform, and fools
. . lot of hysterical laughter in the stands. Later at the dance, That wished more pay
zi Club card ere er eee was the hit of the dance, doing And, the time of more revolts
is rendition of ‘‘Saturday Night Fever’’. Rick (Red) Call- Rolling drums, the march to war
Monday mi Wednesday ee Friday On June 14th the Cassiar Golf Club held a general meet- _ oway had to defend the Cassiar team’s honour by squaw Thunder of our cannon fire
: ing to approve the constitution and elect’an executive. -wrestling a member of the women’s fastball team. He lost Invention of the mighty tank
FLT 929 f . There was not a very good turn - out and it’s hoped that 2 straight, but is scheduled for a rematch in early July. Our foe, their terrible gas,
e new members will be forthcoming. Elected were:- Anyway, Cassiar played extremely well considering Killed us by the thousand score.
President - Paul Clarke the competition and are looking forward to the Territor- To Glory, was said
DEPART | ARRIVE Vice-President - Stefan Dyk alsin early duly : But why!
z Sec./Treasurer - Mike penne Bree Is it for the grieving living
W Men’s Captain - Dave Gunnin f
; Whitehorse 9:40a.m atson Lake 10: o0a:m. Ladies’ Captain - Rosemary Clarke. FASTBALL TOURNAMENT baer ee ee ae
° f 2: 3 5 It is hoped that three holes will be playable by June 25th As dine land tine cag oe a
Watson Lake 11: 10 a.m Yellowkni e a p.m. 1984, but all balls are to be teed up this year to avoid On June 16 & 17, four teams particpated in the 1st The places, times and faces change
e e e damaging the existing grass. Work is continuing on a fur- “Annual Cassiar Mens Fastball Tournament. The teams = But not our love of killing man.
: ther three holes and should be completed by the end of competing for the Marvel Travel Trophy and $400 in prize The awful cry of a wounded child
FLT 9 3 0 the season so that there will be six playable holes by the money were, Whitehorse Kopper Kings, Watson Lake The sorrow in a mother’s heart
oO start of the 1985 season. ; Paes Whitehorse Pepsi Challengers and the host Cassiar Her soldier dead, not yet a man.
i : ; : etics. The Round-robin preliminary portion had these :
e W: At the present time one of the major concerns of the club results: Cassiar Athletics 3 wins, 0 loses; Whitehorse Pepsi DYing for reasons,
: t L k 5 md 05 i i for a suitable grass seed that will enable ; : : e a She could never understand.
Yellowknife 3° 15p. mM. a son a e ° p.m. 's to raise money grass ! 4 Challengers 2 wins, 1 loss; Watson Lake Lakers 1 win, 2 : ae
; : the course to be playable after rain. During this season, _ losses; Whitehorse Kopper Kings 0 wins, 3 losses. Well sir, when all is said
: W i) ; after periods of heavy rain the course will have to be These were the final standings for the tournament be- And the final ruin complete
V V at son Lake 5:4 5p.m. hitehorse 6: 5Op. mM. closed until it dries. cause of the rain on Sunday. Cassiar won the Marvel Trav- The mother world can finally rest
: ‘ The course was constructed entirely by volunteers who el Trophy and $250 for first place and the Whitehorse | And mend her wounds in peace.
; have done a commendable job. The executive would like ree iclicnaess won $150 for second, ; I must admit, ‘tis fair to say
EFFECTIVE JUNE 14th-SEPTEMBER 29th : tno sua he wing unr wo hans gg gen eli oeahingand Macao Chew eys oe
: 3 helped in the past, and since there is still a lot more work John Drzimotta and Eldon Hardy, shutdown the Sait The sleepy meadow and mountain vrook
to be done, looks forward to continued volunteer support. offenses of the opposition. By far the most hotly contest- meeng.once aus
Thursday & Sunday Thanks are also due to Brinco Mining for the loan of ed game was between Cassiar and the Whitehorse Pepsi eva die vears:in quiet decay, sae

DEPART
Whitehorse 3:50p.m.

Watson Lake: 5:45p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT YOUR TRAVEL AGENT

nals are considered quaint, and reading for leisure is down.

Communicating among family members also is down .

—some sociologists estimate that the typical father and
son talk directly with one another less than 10 minutes a
week. Also, video games have replaced card games and
“Scrabble” or “Monopoly” as family activities.

In all of this change, the school has lost a useful and
worthy partner for the development of verbal skills among
children and youth. These skills traditionally were prac-
ticed extensively out of school as well as in school. They
were developed in the home and neighborhood as well as

in the classroom, and on weekends and summers as well as~

during the schoo] year. Now the schools must go it alone
for the most part.

We cannot, however, throw up our hands in despair,
Nothing has been lost which cannot be regained or per-
haps even exceeded with strong initiatives by educators.

lronically, the information society will place a pre-
mium upon verbal skills, even as the development of these
skills among youth is hindered by their limited use. The

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FLT. 817

Whitehorse 6:55p.m.

By Owen Corcoran
QUOTES OUT OF CONTEXT

N.B.—the following quotes are extracted from an article
entitled, “The new society of the right has given us new
values by which. to live. Good is now bad; bad is now
good. Obviously the teacher’s role must change.”, by L.D.
Lovick who teaches at Malaspina College in Nanaimo.
Study them in isolation. Sense or nonsense? Rational
thinking or mindless mouthing? If you would like to place
them in context and read the entire article phone Yvonne
778-7758 and ask for a copy.
1) “Education is in trouble today.
First, the customers apparently no longer have faith
in the product. and are therefore reluctant to pur-
chase. Second, the sellers of the product are dissatis-
fied: the professional educator talks of being disillu-
sioned, relates sad tales of “burnout” and claims to
be unloved and unappreciated. :

2) Ours is a society that has belatedly recognized the in-

ARRIVE

Watson Lake 5:00p.m.

Mine Rescue Team in Training...

The Mine Rescue Team has been practicing regularly
since the Victoria Day weekend. Practice includes First
Aid training, rope training and problem solving. The cap-
tain is responsible for assessing the problem, establishing
priorities and delegating responsibilities to each team
member. The coach, Kinky Borsato, has had to stretch his
imagination to think of new problems and new simulated
accidents to test his perennial team.

On June 12th the team performed a townsite demon-
stration, in preparation for the Northern B. C. competi-
tion in Smithers on June 16th. The team was ‘locked-up’
at 6:00 p.m. in the Mine Rescue Station to write an exam
and demonstrate knowledge of the use of rescue gear.

equipment during the construction period.

The proposed fee structure for this year is as follows:-
Regular full members - $25 per year + $2 green fees for
Qholes~ |
Junior members (up to and including 18) - $10 per year
. no green fees.

To obtain membership contact Mike Pennock.

NOTE: - The golf course may look like a beautiful
Open area, especially to motor cyclists - but a lot of hard

work has made it so. It would be appreciated if all motor

vehicle operators would keep off the course particularly
as it is at a critical growing stage at this time.

There is a lot of space in the surrounding area -- enough
for everyone. ;

At 6:45 p.m. they arrived at the scene of the prob-
lem, and were faced with three simulated casualties; an
unconscious victim dangling about 30 feet up a tower, an
unconscious person in a car with suspected spinal injuries
and a broken arm, and a third person who was thrown out
from the car and was found down the bank with a broken
leg. The two patients on the ground were dealt with swift-
ly and carefully. Rescue of the tower victim did not go as
smoothly. ;

Good luck to the team in Smithers. The winners of
Mine Rescue and First Aid at Smithers will attend the Pro-
vincial Championships in Kamloops on June 23rd.

Challengers. The game was tied after 7 innings at 3-3 and
in 9 innings Cassiar won 6-5. Cassiar had loaded the bases
in the bottom of the 9th and Whitehorse put in their ace,
Kevin White. Dave Tripp came up to bat and was hit by
the second pitch to advance to first.and the game winning
run came home from third. Even though he was down on
the ground in pain, he was mobbed by his team mates for
sacrificing his body and winning the game! ‘
Sunday was trophy presentation day and the awards
are as follows: Most Valuable Player, Gordie Rowe, Cas-
siar, donated by B. C. Photos. Best Pitcher, Kevin White,
Whitehorse Challengers, donated by ATV Sales and Ser-

‘vice. Most Home Runs, Wayne Crow, Whitehorse Kopper

Kings, donated by Northern Off-Road Sales. Most Inspira-
tional Player, Donna Peters, Whitehorse Kopper Kings,
donated by Red’s Northern Lodge.

. .The.court requested that.{ make a public apology to
-Brian Robertson and students involved in the incident
which took place almost six months ago. _

Well then, students, | apologize. Brian, | also apolo-

gize again to you, and hope you accept it in good faith, as

| mean it sincerely. ;

| waited almost six months to write this, mostly be-
cause | needed to prove something to myself, and to any
young person reading this. :

Most have all ready forgotten the incident, and most
didn’t really care in the first place. The remainder will
wonder who | am, and what | am talking about. Only
Brian, myself and a very few friends will remember, and
hope we will learn from the incident.

Change and understanding was never accomplished by

. misunderstanding and violence, it usually makes things

worse.

This incident (if you knew the story) would show,
that jumping to conclusions, only demonstrates, we some-
times act by emotion rather than our thinking ability, to

_ find a sound judgement and make a wise and just decision

to\our problems. : 2
As an adult, | know it is my responsibility to be an

All trace will disappear
And only then, the gods will know
A fool called man lived here.
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Special thanks to to Greg Morgan, Merv Prier, Vince
Gibson and Eldon Hardy for organizing and the rest of
the fastball players for working onthe field. Also thanks
to the Lions Club for their time in making the bleachers.
And to the umpires who did an honourable job.

SS