Page 6 February 1984 Cassiar Courier by : George Holman THIRTY SEVEN NORTH Highway Thirty Seven North was closed tem- porarily after a tractor trailer came into collision with the Blue River Bridge, sixteen miles south of the Yukon Territorial border. Dease Lake District Bridge crew,assisted by the Good Hope Lake road crew, worked to repair the bridge in some very cold weather. The north end of the bridge was damaged to the extent that it required immediate repairs to handle heavy traffic. With temperatures reaching —47 Degrees C. the crews repaired the bridge in good time and traffic was held up only for a few hours, although it took several days to complete all the repairs. Since this incident, temperatures have come up dramatically causing some icing conditions, Mot- orists are asked to exercise caution—DRIVE DEFENSIVELY. —Moccassin. Telegraph... .. b 3 . . ‘ ***Burgess is recuperating after an operation in Vancouver. All the best and hope you will be up and around soon. ***June really got a surprise when she received her latest apron. Well done boys. ***Ben said he could solve the glacier problems if he could just find out where to catch a batch of Yukon Ice Worms. *** Graham found it was a real task trying to get a snowplow out of the ditch. Did you pay up yet?? ***Weather has been great for ice fishing but, few fishermen. ***Couple of old folks got married eh! George and June. ***Stewart’s truck has a nice shiny paint job but, also glows at night with all those fancy lights, . .Lookin’ good. ***Bob is packing a new Skidoo so he can make it to work on time when his truck won’t start, down there on Sesame Street. TOWN COUNCIL By Dave Brocklebank First: Congratulations to the winners of the ‘Best Decorated House Contest’: First prize winner was; Gerry Cooper and family; Second Prize was Flo- rian Osorio and family. With all the fine efforts maybe next year we should go with a third prize! The judges this year were two visitors to Cassiar over Christmas who provided an outsiders’ view of our town. A special thanks to Judy Walker’s mom, Peggy Peaker, and Helen Billingsly’s niece Chandra Bruggenkamp. They were very impressed with the way our town provided ‘‘Northern Lights’? to make the season more festive. A special thanks to Frank Buckley for his splendid show again—by the way, Frank, as a Town Coun- cilor is not eligible for a prize; and to the Cassiar Lions Club for their Community Christmas Tree. Extra special thanks and congratulations to all Cassiarites for all their efforts to light up our lives. As can be seen by our ad in the Classified sect- ion of this paper, we are asking for bids for side- walk repairs. Thank you for your suggestions. In the same vein, thanks for community suggestions received to date for us to consider for action. One received and acted on so far is_ the skating rink in “Central Park’’. While this is primarily for pre-schoolers - it is also for anyone - the one thing we ask is that ““Hockey” games are not to be played while any other person - young or old - wishes to skate there. Please don’t abuse the fac- ility - as it is you who will suffer along with every one else. Complaints of abuse will lead to the rink being covered over with a layer of sand. Several other suggestions are under consider- ation and we welcome your input. If you lived in Vancouver and had a complaint or constructive suggestion you’d let City Hall know. In some ways we are YOUR City Hall, and-you’ll find us friendlier than Vancouver’s. Anything regarding your Town and Town Council write c/o Town Administration or direct to a Councillor. They are:- Mike Ryan, Keith Kroeker, Ida Walt- ers, Dave Brocklebank, Rita Brown, Jan Wypych, and Pat Waldera. It would seem our dog catcher is doing a good job from the reduction of complaints received about dogs. This is not only due to the number being picked up but also the catcher’s approach to educating individuals about possible infractions. Glad to see someone helping solve problems be- fore they become one, rather than being only a bounty hunter, as they could quite rightly be. December was a busy month for Hospital Staff. On Saturday, December 17th, children of staff members en- joyed a day of tobogganing followed by lunch and a dem- onstration of hospital equipment. Rachel went to Vancouver to do some Christmas shopping, now Gord is waiting for the bills to start coming in! On the 14th, Roberta arrived back from holidays. Marjorie’s mom_ arrived for a three month stay, Mary’s daughter Kate spent Christmas here as did Nirmal’s son and Darlene’s sister (seems Darlene has been avoiding hockey pucks since Sis arrived). We understand Pam froze parts unmentionable driv- ing to Watson Lake! But the lucky and smart Snells are heading off to Hawaii!!! Vew BIS, Arrivals Born to Joan Cass and Lee Playford, in Victoria, twins—a girl Alexia and a boy James—on Decem- ber 27th, 1983 (six weeks pre-mature), IEE approximately 4 pounds. Squash News By Jim Gilpin Twenty-six keen competitors participated in the first squash tournament of the New Year. Dick Chambers beat Tim Carew to win the ‘Pros’ tournament. Al Davies took revenge on his neighbour, Bob Bowen to win the ‘Rookie’ event. Some rookies asked the organizers of the tournament if they knew the definition of ‘Rookie’. O:K., we have some precocious rookies! Twelve ‘pros’ and 16 ‘rookies’ took part. Some were busy dashing between the Curling Club (In- terdepartmental Bonspiel), the Hockey Rink (Old Timers Exhibition with Watson Lake) and the squash court. Thanks to all who participated on this hectic weekend. The Cassiar Tournament was a warm-up for the Yukon Closed Tournament in Whitehorse the fol- lowing weekend. Dick Chambers, Tim ae and Jim Gilpin represented Cassiar. Five squash leagues, each with eight players started in late January and will run until mid- March. The next tournament is scheduled for early April. If there is enough interest a tourna- ment will be scheduled on two consecutive week- ends: April 7 - 8 and 14- 15. Each weekend, two groups of 12 will play a double knock-out, guar- anteeing at least 3 games. Parents Advisory By Mary Elhorn The Parents Advisory Council Meeting was held on January 11th. Both Principals gave their reports, including upcoming events. It appears to be a busy term at the Schools. There is a continuing concern by parents regarding children being able to enter the School early during extreme temperatures. Children do have the option during very cold weather of staying indoors during recess and lunch but often opt for the fresh air. (No sunshine). Be- fore School hours they are permitted to enter the boot room at the duty teachers discretion. Another item which has again been raised is the amount of time the children have, to eat their lunch at School (15 minutes) Mr. John will again consider the problem. The annual. open meeting will be on March 7th at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come and offer input at that time. The next meeting will be Feb. 1st. SAFEUY NEW S By Jim Gilpin Ist Line Winner of Game 45, Bora Radulovic chose a man’s digital watch. . Bora is also the last winner of our Safety Bingo as the game was finalized on December 3 Ist, 1983. Cassiar now has a new safety ‘credit’ program which replaced the Bingo on January lst: This program is intended to encourage individuals to work safely, and to watch out for one another. Details of the program are published on all bulle- tin boards. As of December 12th we have had an unpre- cedented year of safety at Cassiar. In early Jany- ary crews were getting the tramline back in order. Two workers had a close call when they were bur- ied in an avalanche while working on the tramline repair. Fortunately, neither was badly hurt. Our lost time accident record continued. We started the year with 530,000 hours since the last lost time accident, in May 1982: We reached 1,000,000 man hours in JUNE 1983. Unfortunately the lost time accident record was halted at 1,312,000 man hours when Chris Gleason fell off a step ladder and broke his arm. This accident should remind everyone not to be complacent, to keep conditions safe, and to “think safety’. Barring any further lost time accidents, Cassiar should again this year have the best acci- dent record for large open pit mines in the pro- vince. By next Christmas we could once again reach 1,000,000 hours without a lost time acci- dent. Last month, a welder’s safety glasses were shattered by a chip of slag. Fortunately, Rick Zemenchik’s eyes were not hurt. He is our newest member to the Wise Owl Club. This club, organiz- ed by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, consists of people whose sight was protect- ed by safety glasses. All elementary school children had a chance to talk with members of the snow removal crew, and to sit in either a front end loader or a Pacific dump truck. The crew reminded them how very limited the visibility is in these pieces of equip- ment and how important it is for children to take extra caution around the snow crew. Cassiar Courier February 1984 Page 7 In and Around Snowridae Elementary School — «..0.... ANEW YEAR Another session of school has started. In my experience January and February are usually very productive months for staff and students, especially after very hectic Decem- bers. We are now into our second week of January and that is the case at Snowridge. : If you have any questions about your children’s perform- ance, please feel free to contact your children’s teachers. They are always ready to meet with you. If I can be of any special assistance, my office is always open. CROSS-COUNTRY SKI CLUB Ms Jan Dale and Mr. Pat Walera are again sponsoring a Cross-Country Ski Club for students at Snowridge Ele- mentary. Students who are interested in this activity will be invited to an organizational meeting at the end of Jan- uary. Club activities are planned for the period between February 6 and March 16th. The school is able to provide a fair amount of equipment for student club members to use so students who do not own equipment should be able to participate. NON-—INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS | Snowridge Elementary School staff has planned a series of professional development and curricular planning days for the period between January and June 1984. This will re- sult in several half or whole day closures. On Monday, January 30, Mr. Dick Chambers will be pre- senting a Computer Workshop to the staff.-The purpose of this session is to familiarize the teachers with the many new computer programs the District has acquired and how they can be integrated into our teaching plans in the trad- itional subject areas, as well as the District's Computer Lite STUDENT EXCHANGES Sylvia Girardin has been selected to attend the Forum for. Young Canadians in Ottawa in early March. The Forum for Young Canadians, which has been operat- “hig” succéssfully since 1976, has as its principal aim the study of processes of government in Canada. During each of its four yearly sessions, one hundred 16 and 17 year old high school and CEGEP students, from every province and territory, spend one week in Ottawa studying at FIRST HAND the workings of their federal government. They participate in mock Cabinet discussions and a federal-provincial conference, meet members of Par- liament and of the Senate, and are privileged to hear—and question—leaders of every major institution of govern- ment. There is a student exchange program to P.E.I. in early May and we are presently in the process of selecting a senior student to represent Cassiar Secondary. B.C. SCHOOL SPORTS DRAW The B.C. School Sports Draw is an annual fund-raising venture for secondary school extra-curricular activities. This year the Draw raised $491,956. Monies are used by participating schools for extra-curricular sports and other ‘school activities, and by B.C. School Sports Federation to assist secondary school sports with developmental pro- -grams and provincial championship travel subsidies. Winners of this years draw were: Ist Prize, Mrs. Lenny Gleis of Oliver, a trip for two to any C.P. Air destination of her choice and $10,000 cash. 2nd Prize, Mr. Glen Harshenin of Kelowna, a trip for two -to London, England, via C.P. Air and $5,000. 3rd Prize, Helen McKee of Vancouver, $3,000. In addition to the ticket draw, 11 seller prizes were select- ed, Shawn Penno of Cassiar was one, and received $100. A complete set of Baden competitive balls, compliments of AKOS Sports was awarded to the top selling schools based on population. Cassiar Secondary was the winner in Category A (0 - 200 students). REPORT CARDS The second report card will be issued on February 10th with parent interviews being held February 15th from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Par- - ents can contact the school at 778-7367 to arrange for an interview. ©2000000000 God has given us two ears and one mouth so we can listen twice as much as we speak. Epietetus eracy Curriculum. On Monday, March 12, the Snowridge staff will spend a day reviewing the practices in Music and French. It is our intention to start the definition of a Snowridge curricul- um in these areas. A follow-up session is planned for the afternoon of Friday, April 13th. BOOTS Many students at Snowridge wear the same color and style of snowboots. Every once in a while, these boots get mix- ed up and children take the wrong boots. Parents could help eliminate this problem for their children by clearly labeling their children’s boots with names or other identi- fying marks. SCHOOL STORE Zoran Radulovic and Roland Rudkowsky, both Gr. 7 stu- dents enrolled in Mr. Prier’s class, are managing the school store. They have asked me to advise parents that tev are selling the following items: —Reflective Safety tape — $1.00 per foot —Pencils — $0.25 each —Snowridge T-shirts — $7.50 —Grade 1 School supply packs — $7.00 —Grade 2 and 3 School supply packs — $10.00 LOST AND FOUND Snowridge has a huge box of lost and found articles. If you have noticed that your children’s stock of mittens, toques, scarves and other assorted clothing has disappear- ed, please check out our lost and found when you next visit the school. You may find treasured mittens from the past! - WRITER'S CORNER LADY MACBETH- By Sandy Andrews, Grade 11 In her sleep she talks of the deeds they-have done, The murders they have committed, not just one, The ghosts of the past haunt her, They taunt her. These thoughts in her mind, Remembered time after time, Of her. dreams she does complain, Soon they drive her incurably insane. CAESAR Although he was forewarned, About the ‘Ides of March.’ He did not take heed, For he thought there was no need. When Brutus was unloyal, He must have felt turmoil. Conspirators planned, To kill this mighty man. There was a plague, suicide. Because this man‘had died. It must have caused such pain, To see a great man die in vain. By Kevin Craft, Grade 10 arvel Travel Seryice Lid. 164 ELLIOT STREET CASSIAR 778-7220 (Trailer next to Curing Rink} DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL BY AIR — SEA CRUISES -- RAIL — BUS — HOTEL RESERVATION -— HOT LUNCHES The Hot Lunch Program under the direction of Mrs. Ida Walters and Mrs..Karen Brocklebank, will be continuing in the new year. Meals will be available on the following Fri- days at a cost of $2.50 each: February 10th February 24th March 9th Students can pay for he. lunches on the Monday and Tuesday of the week before a specific lunch is served. DATES TO REMEMBER Hot Lunch Report Cards issued Collection for Feb. 24th lunch 2:30 p.m. —Parent—Teacher inter- views. February 24 Hot Lunch February 27 & 28 Collection for March 9th lunch February 10th February 13 &14 February 15 March 9 Hot Lunch March 12 Non-Instructional Day—Students do not attend. March 16 Last day of Send before Spring Break March 26 First day of school after Spring Break April 13 Non-Instructional Paya uters do not attend. April 20 i Good Friday—School closed April 23 Easter Monday—School closed April 27 Reports issued May 1 -Parent-Teacher interviews May 21 Victoria Day—School closed June 28 Last day of school for students Th and Around Cassiar Secondary School — MACBETH E : Harry Meers, Grade 11 It was a dreary night, like those in hell It was a dreary night, when Duncan fell. Duncan fell, with knife wounds deep. The murderous Macbeth, by. his feet. ¢ Yet Macbeth alone was not to blame. His wife’s convincing shared the shame. Although Macbeth was greedy, don’t put him down. For he was merely after King Duncan’s crown. Cassiar TV Auction Please remember to set aside the afternoon and evening of Sunday, February 19th for our television auction on W.S.T.V. beginning at 2:00 p.m. Items include autographed books by well known writers, arts and crafts from members of the community, and objects donated by businesses in Cassiar, Telegraph Creek, Atlin, Whitehorsé and Vancouver. You might wish to bid on a lesson in Kayacking, cross-country skiing or guitar and at the same time investigate the possibility of a hock- ey ticket to see the ‘Canucks’. All this and much more will be auctioned on television by students and their guests. The Cassiar Students’ Society is most grateful for the sup- port shown by this community. and the area. We hope to provide an interesting as well as entertaining afternoon and evening. Bids will be accepted by telephone and items purchased will be delivered to homes. A preview of auc- tion items in the Cassiar Secondary Schoo! gym will take place during parent interviews on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15th. Visitors are welcome from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m: Anyone wishing to donate something unique to the auc- tion is asked to phone the Secondary School (778-7367 or 778-7464) by February 10th, 1984; students will be avail-. able to pick up your special donations. Thank you, Cassiar. _ CAR HIRE AND RENTAL — PASSPORT — VISAS — TRAVEL INSURARICE AND OTHER TRAVEL SERVICES. BHDGET CHARTERS AVAILABLE FOR ALL SEASONS TRAVEL. OFFICE HOURS 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. WEEKDAYS (OPEN DURING LUNCH HOUR) CLOSED SATURDAYS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE AND GLOSED ALL DAY SUNDAY