Page 16 April 1986 Cassiar Courier CASSIAR COUNTRY Continued from Page 6. Periard’s appearance in a pink tutu. Have you forgiven Bill yet for stealing the chair, Gary? How far is Bill prepared to go to curl? Well, in 1980, his fascination with the sport led him to Scotland, as a second on Frank Nitti’s team at the prestigious Aviemore Bonspiel. Cecile accompanied him as a boistrous cheer- leader. The team placed third in supplementary competi- tion. “I believe that a club is only as good as its people, and that if you want it to be good, you should get in- volved,” he continued. Bill has obviously taken this advice to heart and now, even with his knee on Strike, he and Cecile maintain their interest and participation in the curling club. -And that’s what makes living in a small town so enjoyable: helping hands from people like Bill and Cecile who are always there! ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS The Table Mountain Group is having meetings in the Catholic Church, Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. is a closed meeting for members only. Sunday night is an open discussion. meeting where a member's family can come and see a meeting at work. An old A.A. adage is: It only takes two to have a meeting, though. /f you feel your drinking is out of hand or you may wish to try our way of sobriety, ‘we could use your support, and your anonymity will be respected. Sincerely, John Doe Province of British Columbia MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS HIGHWAYS - TENDERS ELECTORAL DISTRICT : ATLIN HIGHWAYS DISTRICT: DEASE LAKE PROJECT NUMBER: J0002A-53/86 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Grader services for the maintenance of all public roads within the Good Hope Lake, Dease Lake, Telegraph Creek, Tatogga Lake, and Bob Quinn Lake Foremen areas within the Dease Lake Highways District. The maintenance will include both Summer and Winter maintenance with a combined total minimum of 1000 (one thousand) hours. Tender Documents with enveloped plans, spec- ifications, and Conditions of Tender are available free of charge only from the following locations between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday except holidays. Ministry of Transportation and Highways District Office Stikine and Commercial Ave. Dease Lake, B.C. voc 1L0 ph. 771-4511 Ministry of Transportation and Highways District Office 204-815 1st Ave. WwW. Prince Rupert, B.C. V8G 1B3 ph. 627-6485 Ministry of Transportation and Highways District Office 200-4546 Park Ave. Terrace, B.C. V8G 1V4 ph. 638-3340 Ministry of Transportation and Highways District Office, Provincial Building Railway Ave. Smithers, B.C. VO0J 2NO ph. 847-7211 Ministry of Transportation and Highways District Office Burns Lake, B.C. 692-7161 Tender will be opened in Public at 2:00 p.m. April 15, 1986, at the Ministry of Transportation and Highways District Office, Stikine and Commer- cial Avenue, Dease Lake, B.C. The Tender sum for this contract is to include applicable Federal and Provincial Sales Tax. L.M. Kelly District Highways Manager Dease Lake, B.C. For: T.R. Johnson Deputy Minister Dated at Dease Lake this 12th day of March 1986. cuted. SKUKUM POURS BAR Continued from Page 1.° interruption of cash flow during this reconstruction period. The current underground exploration program on the Eileen Vein system is confirming the reserves out- lined by diamond drilling last fall. Reserves in the Eileen were calculated at 33,565 tons grading 2.341 ounces of gold per ton uncut and 0.893 ounces of gold per ton cut. Systematic underground sampling correlates remarkably well with the previously estimated reserve grade. In addition, it appears from this underground exploration that the Eileen ore bodies are still open to extension. The Company recently changed its name to Total Erickson Resources Ltd. in order to reflect its explanded activities and its new affiliation with the group Total Compagnie Francaise des Petroles. SAFE DISTRACTIONS The single largest cause of injuries? Annual pay increase, vacations, holidays, — what do these events have in common? First, they are normally pleasant events for employees. Second, they are the times when industrial injuries often increase. The days immediately before and after these events are times when “employees” attention is often distracted from the routine jobs that they nor- mally do. What results isan increase in unsafe acts and accidents. The first defense against distraction that these events bring to the work place are the workers and their super- visors. During these times, workers and supervisors should spend more time on the shop floor talking about safety and reacting to unsafe acts. Making this one of your goals for 1986 can help you improve your safe work per- formance. “LOAD RESTRICTIONS PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to Section 26 of the Highways Act and the Com- mercial Transport Act the following revised load restrictions are hereby imposed effective 12:01 a.m. Sunday, March 16, 1986. No person shall operate a vehicle in excess of 100% of legal axle loading on the following roads, 1) Highway No. 37 from Dease Lake to Deltaic Creek 2) Telegraph Creek Road from Dease Lake to Telegraph Creek The applicable percentage of tolerance provided under Sec- tion 7.06 (2) of the regulations pursuant to the Commercial Transport Act shall apply. All overload permits are invalid for the duration of these restrictions. Further restrictions may be imposed on short notice. Violators of the regulations and restrictions will be prose- cuted. L. M. Kelly District Highways Manager LOAD RESTRICTIONS PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to Section 26 of the Highways Act and the Com- mercial Transport Act the following revised load restrictions are hereby imposed effective 12:01 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, 1986. No person shall operate a vehicle in excess of 70% of legal axle loading on the following roads. 1) Telegraph Creek Road from Dease Lake to Telegraph Creek The applicable percentage of tolerance provided under Sec- tion 7.06 (2) of the regulations pursuant to the Commercial Transport Act shall apply. All overload permits are invalid for the duration of these restrictions. Further restrictions may be imposed on short notice. Violators of the regulations and restrictions will be prose- L. M. Kelly District Highways Manager FULTON VISITS Continued from Page I. Other figures Fulton quoted included $34 billion in taxes owed to the government by corporations. He said, “That’s more than the deficit...so the deficit’ problem is not totally related to schools, hospitals and social prog- rams ...as some members of the Tory government would like us to believe.” On other issues, the Skeena MP said he has been receiving many questions concerning the future of asbes- tos in the U.S. Fulton recently attended Canadian-Amer- ican meetings concerning both asbestos and the U.S. importation of Canadian soft wood. Congressman Jim Oberstarr is the U.S. chairman of the committee and Fulton said, ‘“‘Oberstarr is very tough on why the Environmental Protection Agency is right in totally banning asbestos from the U.S. market...Ober- starr was very blunt and said the Congress intends to move _ ahead with a ban.” Oberstarr quoted three studies the E.P.A. is using to back up their claims that asbestos is a health hazard. One is a long term study on British ship builders, Two were conducted by Mount Sinai Hospital — one on the ambient asbestos fiber in public buildings and the second conducted on workers at toll booths in the U.S. The American Transportation Union questioned why their workers were having less than average lung capacity and the Mount Sinai study found the workers were exposed to a very high ambient level of asbestos fiber, caused by the brake pads in cars. Fulton said, “I’ve followed with care the questions concerning the safety of asbestos...This community is a good example of how safe asbestos is in the working place as well as in the community.” He added that 750,000 public buildings in the U.S. _ have fire retardant in them and according to Oberstarr, they intend to remove it. However, Fulton said they wouldn’t indicate what replacement products they would use. ie eed 8.6% of its fiber to the U.S. However, the implications of a ban on importing asbestos into the U.S. are broader than the figures indicate. A ban in the U.S. would dramatically increase the competition for the rest of Cassiar’s markets. Fulton said, “I came away very alarmed from the Canada-U.S. meeting...There’s a lot of politics involved.” Meanwhile, he said, the Canadian External Affairs Depart- ment is monitoring the issue carefully. The Canada-U.S. meeting also discussed the question of soft wood lumber imports to the U.S. Fulton said, “The U.S. wants to reduce us to 25% of the market...we now have 34%...if that happened about 75,000 Canadian workers would be displaced...The implications are dire... Fifty per cent of B.C.’s products go into the U.S.” Fulton added, “Forty one U.S. senators spoke against Canadian soft wood imports to the U.S. ..they are very serious and are talking about bringing in embargo legis- lation in May.” MP Jim Fulton was in Cassiar in mid-March while on a swing through the riding. If you have any concerns write: Jim Fulton, MP, House of Commons, Ottawa. No postage is necessary. Classified ATTENTION: EQUIPMENT OWNERS The B.C. Forest Service is requesting that equipment suitable for fire-fighting be listed in the 1986/87 Fire Pre-Organization Plan. Information required is the name, address and telephone number of the owner, and the year, make, model number and serial number of the machinery. Replies are to be directed to: R.O. PROTECTION CASSIAR FOREST DISTRICT GENERAL DELIVERY DEASE LAKE, B.C. VOC 1L0 Phone: 771-4211 Replies to be made prior to April 15, 1986. Mosquito control is being carried out in your area this summer with the most environmentally compatible and effective methods. If you: Please call e are a beekeeper e desire more information e have a mosquito problem season this CASSIAR ENVIRONMENTAL 778-7431