Page 4 January 1986 Cassiar Courier ospi tal’ appenings HOSPITALS ARE Hospitals are an integral and vital part of a commun- ity and as such, we are very much in the public’ eye. ' How \we.are ‘perceived by our fellow citizens is very important to us as professional nurses, doctors, technic: ians, secretaries, etc.. We are all very dedicated to our chosen professions and strive to give the community the highest quality. of care within our abilities and resources. Despite our best efforts, injustices do occur and people feel abused or neglected by the health care system, If you should find yourself in this position, there is a proper avenue of recourse to rectify any problems or injustices you may have suffered. As the Administrator/ Director. of Nursing, [ am always available to answer any concerns citizens may have in regards to the hospital ° operation. I can also act as liason betweén yourself and the physician in reviewing cases where some controversy may exist. I find some people feel intimidated by phys- ° icians and _ fail to. seek more advice or information con- cerning their health care problems. This break down in communication often results in resentment and frustra- tion on the part of the patient. Small problems quickly snowball into.big ones and this can be’ prevented if you seek a resolution to the problem quickly. So, by all means, ask questions concerning your care and if you're not satisfied, come and see me with your problem. If you still are not satisfied’ With the résolution of your problem or my attempts to help, the members of * the Hospital Board are always available as:a+resource to ; help with your problem. They’ are responsible for the - accountability of the hospital for the citizens of Cassiar_ ahd area. They come from the ranks of concerned mem- bers of the community to ensure that the hospital meets the needs of Cassiar. As volunteers, they have a personal and sincere interest in the proper operation of the hos- pital. Their names and phone numbers are proviced for ypu information: Pe eeeesecesesccees Rat iBorsato’, tveste her tee oie. 778-7496 Branky Buckley cueieeete noe eae ear 778-7605 Al DBeatonscavatel sie eee 778-7744 Rasemarys Clarke ts. yee e eet hoon, 778-7280 * Pat Lanphéar.......0..0......c.600.¢ LO Ee 778-7857 John’ Marks... ssc.cctsteeteconen Bie tes seh 778-7866 2 Oren. Pusday aeons Monday: A pprivad Guest Rooms ‘11am. ~- 7 p.m. (kitchen facilities avail. ) RESERVATIONS AND {Cafe Features Home-Cooking INFORMATION (Stikine Salmon a Speciality) Stikine Riversong Lodge #Groceries, Gas and Oil available_ General Delivery Telegraph Creek, B.C. 235-3196 ee ef * Northern Off- Road + >a : + Axa Service: > oe % eipis "AND ACCESSORIES: prance : eS Sal WE INSTALL » eel) * i: Pies Se WE Sortie ¢ ¥ ate me “ , : % “778- -7882 Vince Dick | (778- 7534 Brian Dick , t wererever ter eerren ners Pins ; 7a) ce ork Stile eer eres + iv Winer Trsewenntistbantesvsnennten = 3 z : Stree utae ie | Jason. Deane. “on ‘Peace and Justice Tour ‘| first feard about the tour ‘when Vic Wells came: to me and asked if I would like to go ona Peace and Justice tour. I said yes and later on Vic and I filled out an applic- ation to go. We sent it-away and a week Jater I found I was accepted. On the 15th of November I| boarded a rape to go to Vancouver. After making two stops at. Fort Nelson and Fort St John, I arrived in Vancouver, around 10:00 p.m. There | met the woman | was staying with, Chris. Unruh. She was a very nice woman and I enjoyed her company, We. drove around Vancouver for awhile and then went to her apartment. On Saturday, Chris and I went sightseeing in Van: couver. She showed me Stanley Park, Sears Harbour Cen- tre, The Ol’ Spaghetti Factory (where we had lunch) and Chinatown: We then went to her house for supper. Later on I‘walked down. to Granville Street and went to.a movie. ] returned to her house and went to sleep. I'woke up early enough on.Sunday so I could board my plane on time. Chris drove me out to the airport and I got ready for the long trip. . ; I had to change planes in Toronto and then an hour later I arrived in Montreal, around 7:00 p.m. I was suppos- ed to meet someone. wearing a badge but I couldn’t find anybody. I sat down and wondered what | was going to do. Someone in the terminal kept throwing glances at me and finally this man came up to me. He asked if my name was Jason Dennis. | was greatly relieved and told him that Twas. $ “There were some people on the Bian with me who © were also. on the tour. So with the new people | met we all got into one car and-went toa place in Montreal called Hillel, a small three story building. © When we arrived at Hillel; there were about 60 people all on the bottom storey. I was-confused, nervous and tir- ed. After awhile we found out we were going to stay the night at-someone’s house. I stayed with Natalie, who was one of the tour directors. They had a late meeting and | ended up staying there until 1:00 a.m. Then we went to her house and went ‘to sleep. In the morning we ate breakfast and then caught the subway to Hillel. From Hillel we went to a place where we picked up warm clothes, boots and a sleeping bag. We then drove out to Lacoll, a two-storey house that is forty miles outside of Montreal and 50 metres from the Americ- an border..._In this house about 60 participants from around the world stayed, plus about 15 tour directors: We stayed at Lacolle for’ four days. We attended meet- - ings in-this house, got to know each other and worked on making our speeches. | found that I could get along with people no matter what race, color or religion. I also found the hope that there could be peace in the world. I also --hope that everyone can learn to get along with other people. -_ I had some fun. times where we would talk, joke and listen to music. I also had some rough times like getting ~~ headaches from listening to all the Spanish and French, ‘the food was not always edible for me, and also the lack of sleep. On Thursday the tour was officially started. We went to Ottawa to hold a presss conference that we had started the tour. In Ottawa we visited the Parliament Buildings. Inside. I-saw such famous faces as John Turner and Ed Broadbent. In a reception room Mr. Bosley, the speaker in Parliament, came in and shook hands with everyone, in- cluding me. I found this day,very interesting and enjoy- able. On Friday we ‘visited a Mohawk Biel School. In — this school they try to save their language and traditions. This school, teaches, students from kindergarten to high school. , After this we went to see plays by Children’s Creations. The. plays were very well done by youth from 13 to 19.as actors. This group had many different plays and ‘the Children’s Creations group were accompanying “our ‘tour group Most tour Erereupss also: eee an.-acting.«. group. by Jason Dennis Jason Dennis with friend Andrew Jackson at left On Saturday we had free time to walk around in Montreal until 3:00 p.m. We then attended a church ser- vice and then later attended a meeting where six partic- ipants made their speeches. All of these speeches were very sentimental and sad. These speeches were made’ of killings, rapes, apartheid, lack of human rights and also in- justices. At this meeting was Harry Belafonte, the man .-who wrote “We Are The Children Of The World”. It was another great day for me. On Sunday, our group, which consisted of 14 people, flew to Vancouver. We arrived and had to wait for about two hours until finally we went to White Rock, a small city outside Vancouver. There we found out who was bil- leting us and, to my surpirse, I was billeted by my old friends, Dwayne and Wade Day, who used to attend Cas- siar Secondary School. For the next two weeks we woke up early and start- ‘ed our day. Our, day was that we would travel to the towns where we toured, make three presentations a day, find out who we were going to stay with, and then go to sleep. Our presentation would consist of first the Chil- dren’s Creations group would put on their play. The play would show people that nuclear war was,possible and that! they: should. be more aware of it and the injustices to youth. After the play we would make our own speeches and we would follow that with a question period. I found out that people do not know about other peo- ple that much. Much of this is influenced by the media. I found that through the true stories of my friends and listening to the media, that the media -are not always right or truthful. The media does not tell the world of the struggles of other people. We then returned to Montreal for another two days during which we went to two places where they honored our tour. It was very gratifying to see that. people really cared about us and that they were glad to see us on such a tour. On Saturday night after one of these meetings my friend Andrew and I went to a restaurant. When we were returning we found that we were lost. We asked people for directions and’about an hour later we found our way back to the meeting place. Nobody was there to meet us. And- rew. phoned somebody in Montreal and they drove out for us. We had to stay at their house. On Sunday we went to the airport, where I found that the group had only brought my suitcase. My other bag, containing my schoolbooks, had to be sent to me by mail later. I was really distressed since | couldn’t finish my homework. In conclusion, I would like to thank the Hille! Found- ation for arranging this tour, the kind people who accept- -ed me into their homes and.all the rest of the participants who became my friends. New Secrétary—Treasurer Appointed Amy MacLeod is the new secretary-treasurer of the Stikine School District. She arrived in Cassiar in October and filled, in as acting secretary-treasurer, following the resignation of Don Best. Ms, MacLeod served for two years as assistant secret- ary-treasurer of the Gulf Islands School District and an- other two years as secretary-treasurer there. She also worked. 17 years in the financial business world with Can- ada Trust. When the Ministry of Education asked her if she could fill in for three months in Cassiar she was op- erating her. own business, Island Adventures, out of Salt Spring. Since her appointment MacLeod has been very busy with major housekeeping business at the Board office. She said there are some problems with the system and she has been spending time trying to set up more effic- iency within the office. — She’ is looking forward to getting around the district and familiarizing herself with’ all the schools and Guildings: i5¢ Sif 59 pate craw Va Pel et Epon) 106 Wied VaR tec ores ) TT Pa peat Our Lady of Lourdes Churghi< : ein en Wishing each other a Happy New Year is not wishful thinking, but a sincere desire and concern for the happiness of others. How does happiness come about, if not through harmony within ourselves and others? A family could sit together some evening fora meal. They see each. other eating and become aware that they actually enjoy happiness. That precious moment inspires the parents to carry on with their life. Very soon they realize that dishes must be washed, kids put to bed, and the next day starts again, as usual. What actually brought on the moment of happiness, if not the daily and constant care of the children; the responsible work and chores of every day, and the effort at good communication with each one in the family, so that love would not-be impeded in its growth? What is true for happiness in a family, is also needed in the community. We need a sense of re- sponsibility and morality towards each other. It could be argued that moral responsibility is only for church people, but it only takes common sense to see that people must abide by some. fun- damental rules, if they are to live together peace- fully in society. If everyone were to assume the : +> A Happy New Year right to do whatever she/he wants, society as we know. it, would fall apart. Every cu iegiien and culture knows that. Our laws come from a sense of morality o on which our society is based. They keep us from ex- cesses and abuses in our human behavior with each other. If the majority of the population were to ignore the basic principles of morality, all the judges and policemen in the world could not halt a return to anarch y A few years ago, the mayors a eeperd ‘Can- adian cities said that morality would have to im- prove, because the taxes of the citizens could.not. support a larger police force than they already. had at the time. In other words, the moral respon- sibility of each individual was needed. to WIDIOVE the well-being of the society. But morality deteriorates ‘SO easily. We are, by nature, so concerned to “make it.’ for and by our- selves that we soon ignore the needs or even the rights of others. To prevent this, we need to dim higher rather than lower in our moral conduct and goals, indeed in our search for happiness. It is fine to say: “Let our conscience be our guide * 7 Ori ae rane i Caciar Cours January 1986 Page 5 exe ca oe td + S* Sih Father ‘Havels "8S ta om ad wes eye a8 . i oY ae Sey ee * o> but what if our consciences themselves are in need of guidance; or. contradict at LOE Where do we go? ©. The family which enjoyed that areas moment around the dinner table, knows how fragile it is unless they renew.their motivation with spiritual resources. As I read articles a news commentaries, T see more and more quotations from economists and sociologists that religion has a major role to play in binding a society together towards moral responsibility, tolerance and generosity: In avsoc- iety where religion or church attendance is ridic+ uled by cynics.in the media, at work, or in school,’ it contributes to. the- downgrading of moral res- ponsibility and of its own security. Our quest for happiness lies in striving forihe happiness of others. It will require the self-sacri- fice of impulses and desires of the present. But in. the long run, it will bring the happiness we all long for; harmony eT ourselves ee: with Bae ers, A question we can ask Gur nes ‘as we Benin this New Year is: Would I want to live.in the kind of world in which BCR ued as I act?. ANGLICAN ee NEWS _ SUNDAY WORSHIP — 10:30 aim. (Sunday School and Nursery) — Holy Communion: Ist, 3rd and 5th Sundays of the month Morning Worship: 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month Choir Practice: 7:30 p.m. Thursday inthe Church Women’s Group: 7:00 p.m., 2nd Monday of the month Rummage Sale: 7:00 p.m., 2nd Wednesday of the month Annual Congregational Meeting: January 19th, Commun- ity meal and meeting at 6 P. m. Minister: the Rev. Allan Studd Lay Readers: Marian Craft, Verna Knowles Phone: 778-7239 Zachary, Priscilla and Kendel Brassmouse were intro- duced 'to-the best of Cassiar Society just-before Christmas. They were the star attractions and guest speakers’at the Christmas Tea held in All Saints’ Church. If there was any confusion as to who they were before, it is cleared up now. Now Cassiar knows that All Saints’ really does have a fam- ily of brassy Churchmice living within its walls, a family which helps with the smooth operation of the Church, participates in Church activities and keeps the minister company. Now that the New Year is here and the excitement of Christmas a fond memory; the Brassmouse family have turned their attention to the exciting first quarter of 1986 which they have called “Renewing the Family of God” or “Proclaiming to the Community”. All three of the mice were lined up expectantly at the foot of the lectern to ~ hear what the Bishop had to say when he visited the con- gregation recently. Their little tails drooped noticeably when the Bishop began by speaking about the parish commitment to pay for manpower. The Bishop firmly’ told the congregation that his office was not in a position this year to forgive any debts incurred by the Parish. That means that the sizable shortfall of cash incurred at the end of 1985 will have to be carried into 1986. Zachary could be seen counting on his fingers and then his toes as well for the rest of the sermon. When asked later what the Bishop preached on, he just looked blank and then frowned. : All is not lost however, as the Brassmice, the minister and the Parish Council have been busy planning several Za events for the New Year which will have an impact on the shortage of cash. Plans are well underway for an all out Every Member Visitation and a Parish Renewal Weekend. The Parish Renewal-Weekend will occur first on February 21,22,and 23. Leading it will be an Anglican Evangelist and parish minister, the Rev. Terry Buckle from: Fort Nelson. Terry and his partner the Rev. Garry Mac Dowell from Dawson Creek have ‘an evangelistic organization called “New Life Ministries” and they lead parish retreats and renewal weekends several weeks of each-year. Terry ' will be leading All Saints’ Church in an’ exploration of what it is to be a Gospel Church. This will be followed by a community planning event which will set some ob- jectives for the congregation in the coming years. This ' Parent Advisory Council The recent spell of cold weather sparked discussion at the December Parent Advisory Council meeting on the running of the school bus and the elementary school’s policy of children going outside for recess and lunch. Superintendent of Schools Keith Lanphear has given bus driver Mary Ryan the authority to decide when the bus is capable of running. She has decided the bus will not run when the temperature reaches -35 °C or colder. The Parent Advisory Council would like to see some safeguards in effect when the bus is operating in the cold weather. A system of telephone checks was suggested with Mrs. Ryan checking in at Erickson and Good Hope Lake. C.S.S. Principal David Hogg said that the bus arrives at his school within about 5 minutes of the same time each morning. If the bus does not arrive by then he con- tacts the R.C.M.P. who go out and check for the bus. _ There is a radio telephone in the bus which can be used in emergency situations. Recently, however, the tel- ephone was not _operating, ‘apparently :because of prob- lems with the area transmitter. The council expressed the importance of this telephone especially in the very cold weather. To ease parents’concerns, Snowridge Principal David John pointed out that the Stikine District requests a new bus every two years-because of the isolated nature of the bus route. In regard to the children going outside for recess and after lunch, Mr. John said the children are encour- aged to go outside because they need a break after the intense work of the morning. However, he added, that in very cold or windy weather the children will be sent to the gym. Some videos have been ordered to use during these occasions. The P.A.C. also would like to have some direct input into the next year’s budget for School District 87. The council will request a meeting with Superintendent Keith _Lanphear to discuss. items the P.A.C. would like to see funded next year. The next-meéting Of: the Cassiar+ P; A.C, will be Jan- uary 8th: ‘at: 7:30 | p.m. at “the *Cassiar’ Secondary School. feta er esha OE ae eee nek +38 ¥ ‘ will take place 6 on MECH 2nd. Then an every member: : Visitation will take place on March 16th and this will sim- ply ‘lay before the members our hopes and aspirations, our | story asa Congregation and our needs in order. to continue - as we ‘have in the past. ie So all is not lost, but there is some hard slugging ° ahead in order to get our story across. and.-Kendel-.are..already: pouring: over -financial: reports,- updating parish lists, preparing posters and information, bulletins and putting down their own- hopes for the con- Sregation. Priscilla recently was heard to say that all of* Cassiar country is going to hear the Good News according: to -All Saints’ Anglican Community ~ ‘Church! So far she” hasthe last word. _ WHAT'S | NEW? Zachary, Priscilla Pam Krawczyk (1) and Bev Storie (r) have opened a new store in. town. The Mix & Match Children’s Clothing Store at 303 Tagish had its grand opening on Dec. Sth. The store has clothing for boys and girls from infants to- size 16. The hours of operation are: Tuesday and Wed- nesday }-4°and 7-9° p.nv. and Saturday 1-6 p.m. Use-the , side door and please walk in. Phone 778-7843. Set Sk