ay Dy Page 4 October 1986 Cassiar Courier As summer draws to a close, residents of Cassiar settle back into the routine of work and school once again. We said our good-byes to Peter, Pauline, Jenny and Heather Snell at the end of July. They spent some time in Ontario with relatives and are now in Whitehorse apparently still waiting for word from New Zealand. Some of us can see Peter’s ghost roaming the hospital halls, insuring all runs smoothly. We certainly miss this dynamic family and wish them well for the future. We have no replacement for the Hospital Administrator to date. We're all pitching in to do a little extra until our new administrator arrives. Pam Swift is keeping the hospital books in order for now. Watch out when she starts cracking the whip! Pete’s office certainly didn’t collect dust as our replacement hospital attendant for the summer kept the place spotless. Jorgovanka Dancetovic spoiled the staff with her delicious baking. She created treats which we devoured with delight. Is this why the Weight Loss Group is starting up again? (Sonja Willits is promoting this - can’t imagine why!!) Karen Taplin is back at the hospital and filled in at the front desk while Rachel was on holidays. Rachel and her family ticked off a lot of miles this summer. This daring family drove into Mexico with their camper. Rachel was rather nervous during this part of their trip. It was an experience they’ll never forget. Dr. Nancy Barker returned for another summer while Drs. Crawford and de la Mare were away for eight weeks. Dr. Barker was a busy lady, always on the go. We thoroughly enjoyed working with this excellent physician. She taught us some valuable skills and had a natural knack for teaching. Dr. Barker is off to New Zealand in November to work for a year. We wish her happiness and success with her experiences ahead. Sue Brown anxiously awaited her holidays in Sept- ember so that she could return to Vancouver Island to make sure the house she is building is still there. Ethel _Songhurst almost disappeared one day. This active gal lost so much weight we had difficulty finding her at times! Dorothy Belleau returned to do some summer relief - welcome back, Dorothy. Welcome back to Cassiar - we hope the summer was good to you. The entire hospital staff gathered to say farewell to Peter, Pauline, Jennifer and Heather Snell as they left for Ontario. The only difficulty taking this picture was getting Lil away from her office and finding someone to take the picture! CASSIARITE PITCHES IN A two-vehicle accident in Dease Lake the evening of August 24 resulted in three people being medivaced to Vancouver. The drivers of the two cars involved, both ' of Dease Lake, have been charged: Robert Jarvis with driving on the wrong sidé of the road, and Greg Reid with driving without a valid driver’s license. : One lady from Cassiar deserves a great deal of credit for her quick actions on the evening of the accident. Juanita Nuyens was sipping on an iced tea in Dease Lake and was called for assistance in the care of the persons injured. There was no doctor or nurse available in Dease Lake at the time. The Dease Lake ambulance crew and Juanita deserve high marks for their quick action in ad-_ ministering first aid to the victims. We are very proud to have such a dedicated person in Cassiar. Good show, Juanita! Xavier and Linda (nee Murphy) Nitti, a baby girl, Ashley Christina, weighing 6 pounds 8 ounces, in Clearwater, B.C. on August. 30, 1986. Betty Ann and Merv Prier, baby Matthew Nolan, weighing in at 8 pounds in Whitehorse on the 16th of July, 1986. Good-bye, Eric Mr. Bubbles where are you? Is it true Johnny Lifeguard has headed south to warmer weather and sunny beaches? Yes it it. Mr. Eric Glyn-Jones, the rec co- ordinator for the C.C.C., has now moved to Vancouver. At this point in time Eric along with Phil Nelson the local drummer are into full rehearsal with the new band Eric has put together Instant Karma. It was not an easy decision to make for Eric as he was more prepared to leave in the Spring of ‘87 to pursue his musical career but so many Opportunities presented themselves to him while in the city this summer that it was hardly a matter of choice. In talking to Eric after he had made his final decision it was evident he would miss the people of Cassiar especially all of the children he had come: to know. He enjoyed his job at the rec. centre and was always enthusiastic about every project. We can only wish him well on his new course in life. He will be missed by many for his hard work, enthusiasm and creativity. ; His community spirit will hopefully live on at the C.C.C. and we will look forward to hearing from him in the future. CP AIR OFFICIALS VISIT CASSIAR | Te CoM TERS ER ee ee Se a a ra Helen Billingsley being presented with two tickets for the trip she won at the Blue Moutain Figure Skating Bingo in June. Helen and her husband, Glenn, are off to Honolulu on November 7th. With Helen are Peter Stoffer, represen- ting CP Air from Watson Lake, and Brian J. Goodmanson, District Sales Manager for CP Air from Fort Nelson. ee Anna Guarducci receiving the Sales Achievement Award from Brian J. Goodmanson, District Sales Manager for Canadian Pacific Air Lines. Anna met- her 1985 sales quota for C.P, Air. Parents Advisory by Deb Gabel Our first meeting this fall was held September 10th and we were pleased to see so many parents attending. We also want to welcome Neil Wolfe as Snowridge’s teacher representative and Denyse Tavener as Cassiar Secondary’s. Unfortunately we will be saying goodbye to our chairperson, Darlene Larden, who has resigned her position because of her very busy schedule. As mentioned in our June news, we are looking at forming two councils, one for each school. All we need now is interested parents, primarily those wanting to be on the secondary school council as many of current com- mittee will be forming the Snowridge group. Some openings will occur here also as a few of the members move onto the new coucil. If you are interested, please let any of the current council members know so that we can determine whether there are enough parents to form two groups. If there is, we will be drawing up a ballot at our October meeting. We were pleased to hear that Lynn Holmes, the speech therapist, will be continuing her work at Snow- ridge. She is available to help with any pre-schoolers with speech problems, although these arrangements must be made with her on a private basis. There had been some concern that our School Board Trustees were not attending all of the Board Meetings. As one of our Trustees, Mr. Dave Brocklebank was at the council meeting, we were able to bring our concems to his attention. We trust both trustees will be able to attend all future meetings. ‘ As mentioned earlier, we are without a chairperson. It was decided to table this matter until next month when we will know better who will be on the councils. It was suggested that perhaps school supplies could be bought in bulk by the schools and then sold in kits to the students.. Mr. John assured us this had been tried in the past and it had not worked. Because of the size of ‘the school, he was unable to buy large enough quantities to make the price competitive with that which people take advantage of when south for the summer. All in all, it was a very encouraging first meeting. We hope all parents will come forward with your sugges- tions and concerns. In particular, those of you interes- ted in being part of either a Snowridge or Cassiar Secon- dary Parent Advisory Council, please let us know. GS >) | before exercise! New Family In Town Lorraine, Michael, Roger (and Karina), John, Julia and Janina Tyne at home Roger Tyne, the Senior Mine Geologist for Cassiar Mining Corporation, brought his family out from Quebec recently. On the 4th of September, 1986 his wife, Lorraine and their five children (Michael - 9, John - 6, Janina - 5, Julia - 2, and baby Karina - 5 months) arrived in Cassiar in time for some of the spectacular fall weather i} we’ve been having. Roger actually arrived in Cassiar in | May of this year, and is no doubt pleased to be getting ‘some great home-cooking once again. Lorraine, an elementary school teacher in Quebec, has already been spotted at aerobics classes and we look forward to getting to know the Tyne family. 3 Our Lady of Lo Mutt ~< Father Ivan McCormack iia ta i a tn An An en a tan tw ta ta a a a ah a a a a a a A AE OE aE A ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH NEWS Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion - 1st, 3rd, 5th Sundays of the month Morning Worship - 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month Choir Practice - 7:30 p.m. each Thursday at the church Women’s Auxillary - 7:00 p.m. each 2nd Monday of the month at the church Rummage Sale - 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the church hall 778-7239. Minister: the Rev. Allan Studd - Phone: As the children settle back into school this fall and ‘the leaves begin to turn yellow it is obvious that summer is now over. With the end of summer comes a settling back into a normal schedule and seeing that the congre- gation here at All Saints’ comes together again. First, it is good to reflect on the summer and what a busy exciting time it was. With the arrival of Ben Rose- well from Ottawa, the sound of hammering and drilling 4 oO 4 ga 4 o 4 A new resident of Cassiar, and the replacement for Father Oscar Pauwels, dropped into the Courier office recently for a chat. Father Ivan McCornack arrived Sept- ember 6, 1986, in Cassiar after spending his summer in Dawson City. ; Father McCormack is pleased to be in Cassiar — the north is not anew experience for him. He spent three years in Haines Junction, Burwash and Beaver Creek, and a year in Whitehorse prior to his recent move here. That does not, however, compare with his 22 year association with the Carrier Indians in the Fort St. James area. Father McCormack served the outlying/isolated villages in that re- gion by boat and plane and describes his experience in North Central B.C. as “the best job I ever had!” He en- joyed the outdoors, the people he served, and the travel- ling, going so far as to obtain his pilot’s license in order to use the dioscesan plane. Father McCormack was born and raised in P.E.I, and furthered his education at St. Paul’s University in Ottawa. He arrived in B.C. in 1960. Not entirely new to Cassiar (he visited with Father Pauwels in 1984 and 1985), Father McCormack looks for- ward to settling in to his new home and learning the needs of his parishioners and the community. filled the air around the church and rectory. We know that Ben had a great summer - an adventure that would be. the envy of any teenage boy. He made possible the completion of an awful lot of valuable work and we think of Ben every time we walk over the new Church sidewalk. Ben also found the opportunity to visit many more communities than Cassiar - he spent some time in Telegraph Creek with Lynn and Roger Holmes, and spent his last weeks here in Dawson City and Whitehorse before going to Expo on his way home. Our faith is based on service to others. | think that the past summer has taught us an awful lot about the varieties of service possible in a small community. We have said a great many good-byes this summer - to Ed and Lisa Spetch and their children Jennifer and Jona- thon; to Marilyn McCauley and to Betty Cartwright (both of whom the choir will miss a great deal). We hope to see the rest of the congregation back in church, rested after their vacations and eager to get involved once again. Welcome back! TELEGRAPH CREEK Summer promised fair, and by and large kept its promise and vindicated the early planters of Telegraph Creek who- se gardens flourished sooner and more abundantly than those of the June faint-hearts. An act of blind faith, or foolish hazard, in these days when the oldest and wisest of Telegraph's native trappers can no longer predict the sea- sons and shake their heads. And even though the Dease Lake weather station men, Bill Scott and Jack Barron, hourly consult the entrails of their gadgetry, and daily, before breakfast, amend their computer printed prognos- tications on the cafe notice board, even these meteorolo- gical wizards of the stratosphere have, they freely admit, no control over Telegraph or Cassiar. In such uncertain conditions we are bound to cast a glance of sneaking ad- miration in the direction of Cassiar where half-way down Connell Drive, a riot of pansies and sweet williams seem to appear from under the very snow, and round the church the tulips nod as if they were in Amsterdam. We give due honour to Pansy and Sweet William, whoever they may be and trust that church and tulips will continue to flourish as Fr. Ivan takes up his new duties. In Telegraph the rising star of vegetable patch and floral display is Lynn Holmes, taking a well-deserved break from speech therapy in Cassiar to talk to her flow- ers. That, at least, is rumoured to be her secret; the less successful patches of garden are where she tried singing to them! But everyone experiences ups and downs in the garden, one produces prize cabbages and no strawberries and another vice versa, for no apparent reason. ? But not everyone stayed at home and. watched the flowers grow. Hawaii obviously drew its thousands and Expo its ten thousands. We hear reports of local people as far away as Europe or Fiji, but many of us enjoyed the spells of good weather by remaining to take our holidays . in the North. Dr. Larry Otto was observed many times in g g WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT? Dawson City enjoying the delights of Diamond Tooth Gertie’s, and claims not to have lost more.than the odd nickel, although he was seen travelling to Inuvik on his Bike! Diamond Tooth Gertie herself is quite a girl, lead- ing a team of can-can girls in the Labour Day weekend International Outhouse Race and only narrowly beating the team fielded by the clergy of this Diocese which in- cluded the Rev. Roger Holmes as Le Mans sprint starter and the Rev. Allan Studd as Coach and Manager, although they did not have enough revs per minutes to improve on 14th place. More sedately, and nearer home, hours of sunshine, fishing and sailing were enjoyed at Boya Lake, now imma- culately kept each summer by John and Hanni Gonzalez. We are fortunate indeed to have locally one of the most beautiful and almost certainly the best-cared for of B.C.’s provincial parks. Such holidays should find us relaxed and refreshed for resuming our duties with the return of September, and fit for combat in the wars and rumours of wars which always seem to accompany northern enterprise. We hear that mining activity or exploratory probes at Klappan and Muddy Lake are going to make Telegraph Creek boom again like “98, and certainly accommodation is so full that the School Board was obliged to take to sleeping bags on the gym floor. . But opposite rumours in other areas as ever reach our ears. Boom and bust seem to be part of our northern heritage, in mining, gardening, or Diamond Tooth Gertie’s; and evermore, no doubt, shall be so. But the things that matter in this life survive despite the ru- mours, and in the end do not depend on unseasonable weather, the price of gold, or the turn of a card. We enjoyed our summer, we hope you did too, and the pros- pect of renewed friendships makes fall a pleasurable anti- cipation. Org Bryan Lundale is once again starting his weight loss classes with the assistance of Sonja Willits. This informal group plans to start weekly sessions, beginning in September. Membership is $5.00, with $1.00 fee for each following session. Come on our and get support from others with weight problems — believe me you are not alone with those unwanted pounds. There will be a weekly weigh-in. You will receive a meal plan to follow, as well as sel- ected low calorie recipes. We'll discuss various topics, e.g. hunger vs appetite, motivation, positive feedback, family/friend support, and exercise. Call Bryan Lund details. | . ale at 778-7760 or Sonja Willits at 778-7869 for further urdes Church | - Cassia Gouriér October +986-Page-£ on nt eee te, | NORTHERN LIGHTS COLLEGE s Seem seiegewn sow AAS A board meeting of Northern Lights College will be held October 23, 1986 in the new Dease Lake Learning Centre which the College has leased from School District No. 87. To enable the College to use the facilities, $7,000 in renovations are being made, to add a snow roof, install new carpeting and buy new furniture. The Learning Centre will also be used as a Regional Campus Depository for books and supplies to serve the seven Stikine communities. . The College will be opening two business informa- tion Centres under the auspices of the College Entepren- eurship Programs; these Centres will be located in Dease Lake and Atlin. The programs, supported by the Pro- vincial Government, are intended to assist people in all aspects of beginning or improving a small business. The Centres will, among other things, keep an up-to-date file of government information, and will set up access to private consultation if desired. They hope to have more information available next month. More specific to Cassiar, a new College Extension Programmer will be hired to begin in October. Working fifteen hours a week, the Programmer will specialize in making distance education and business development information available to the public, and scheduling many courses of general interest, such as air brake certification first-aid, and the like. Also. of note, a Guide Outfitters’ training program is being developed for the Stikine District. For further information on the College and its ser- vices and courses, contact Tom O’Connor at 771-5500 in Dease Lake. Ptarmigan Playhouse September 14th arrived, and so did the Ptarmigan Players. We gathered together in the Upper Leisure room at the Community Centre. It was good to see everyone and even better to get the fall program planned. Sa by Lorraine Lanteigne The Ptarmigan Players have volunteered their time and talents to produce the biggest and best Christmas — pageant ever. It is meant to be a community affair and will be performed in the early part of December. Club President wrote a story called “Christmas in a Box” - which will be one of the productions of what promises. to be a very entertaining time. Iris Trask, the new Drama teacher at the Cassiar Secondary School, will be giving a workshop for the Players on October Sth, and the Players will be getting together for their own “Nite of Many Performances” on November 2nd. Yes, there is talk of another Dinner Theatre but you. will have to wait until after the New Year for that announcement. Anyone interested in being involved with our Christ- mas production can contact Lorraine at 778-7744 or Norma at 778-7243. Bridge Ciub | ¢ try Want to spend a pleasant even- § 7 ing? Come play bridge each @ Upper Leisure Room in the ‘ Community Club. : “c++ eee ww woo r eer errr r errr rrr were ererererecee 6 @ Historic Building Overlooking the Stikine River RESERVATIONS AND INFORMATION Stikine Riversong Lodge General Delivery © Telegraph Creek, B.C. , 235-3196 tApproved Guest Rooms (kitchen facilities avait. ): 7 Cafe Features Home-Cooking (Stikine Salmon a Speciality) ? Groceries, Gas and Oil available \ Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the : a A a a Ee See