Page 4 January 1983 Cassiar Courier GUIDING IN CASSIAR GIRL GUIDES by Liz Maguire Over the past month the Guides have been taking more responsibility in planning parts of our meeting by them- selves. One Patrol has been organizing a game and the oth- er the Campfire part of our meeting, and we are reminding the girls that they will shortly be in a position to earn their Games Leader and Campfire Leader Badges, which would be some reward for their efforts. The Guides (other than those who still have to be en- rolled) have now finished their ‘’Taste’’ of the History Badge and it is now up to them if they would like to pur- sue this and earn their Badge. The other girls are steadily working through their Tenderfoot Test and should be en- rolled very soon. Tamara Mulrooney completed all the requirements and was enrolled at our meeting on Decem- ber 13th. The girls acknowledged Tamara’s becoming an enrolled Guide with the song ‘‘Now That You're A Guide...” Congratulations to Ellen Artico, who was our first “Guide of the Month” for the month of November. Ellen earned this title over the previous weeks as a result of our new Chart, which covers everything from punctuality to participation and co-operation. Chery! Maguire has now completed the World Pathway of the Voyageur Challenge and received the appropriate badge to sew on to the Core of this Challenge which had - been earned some time ago. Well done, Cheryl. As a treat before X’mas, we joined up with Brownies to have a Skating Party which was very enjoyable. Our meetings took a break from December 20th and will start once again on Monday, January 10, I983. BROWNIES ’ by Margaret Voss Well at last some news from the Brownies! Since Brownies began in September the girls have had a very busy season with a variety of events. The new girls (tweenies) worked very hard in com- pleting their program to become enrolled as Brownies. On Nov 24th Terena Bowen, Heather Maguire, Trina Gleason, Jessicca Conley, Shelly Bondesen, Chrissy Becket, Stephanie Price and Diana Miller walked over the ‘‘good turn” stones to the magic lake and through the magic forest to the toadstool, where they made their Brownie Promise and received their pin. These girls will now work on the second part of the Brownie pro- gram to receive their golden bar. Girls working on their golden ladder and golden hand are making good progress and all Brownies are enthusiastical- ly working ona variety of badges. A special thank you to our Badge secretary, Mary Elhorn who de- votes much time to helping the girls on badges. With Christmas spirit everywhere, the girls made Brownie photo Christmas cards and are very excited about their Christmas Skating Party and lunch with special guest appearance by Santa. At the end of January, two girls: Jennifer Becket and Danielle Benner will be flying up to Guides as they will have completed the Brownie program. Also in January we would like to wish best of luck to our Tawny Owl, Gayleen Connolly who is going to Dawson Creek to have her baby and welcome Pat Lanphear to our pack as a two month replacement. Remember, all girls aged 6 - 9 are welcome to join Brownies and we meet in the upper leisure room on Wednesday at 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. SCOUTING on the local scene BEAVERS A very active Fall has been enjoyed by the Ist Cassiar Beaver Colony. The program started up again in late September with the number of ‘kits’ (young beavers) growing weekly. Seventeen new Beavers joined the colony with 2 of the new members then moving away. The boys will miss Doug and Daryl Brown. The colony now has 26 - five to seven year old boys — twice as many as last year. Pat Waldera and Rick Cameron continue to help me with the program. During the gorgeous autumn weather the Beav- ers managed to go outside for a few of their meet- ings including one at which the boys hiked up to the Beaver Pond. It was disappointing that all the beavers were sleeping, hiding or just elsewhere, but the boys did view the dams, the lodge and the natural habitat of their namesake. In November the Beavers joined the Scouts, Cubs, Brownies and Guides to march in the Remembrance Day Parade and to take part in the service. The Christmas Season brought many activities, the most important of which was the ‘Investment’ of the kits. The boys are ready for investment when they have learned the Beaver Law, Promise and Motto; the opening and closing ceremonies; and the spirit of the Beaver program. Parents of the boys were invited to take part in the cere- mony where each boy was given his scarf and woggle. Telair Services Ron Bruns NTS Telegraph Creek B.C) Ph. 771-3351 or 235-3231 WHEELS, SKIIS & FLOATS DHC-~2 BEAVER CESSNA 185 CESSNA 206 CESSNA 180. Sight Seeing Fishing Trips Winter & Summer ee a, ba i a te VS LSE EE EE EE TE 22S ee fee * by Sue Chambers These kits were invested: Aarron Anderson, Chris Anderson, Allen Artico, Sam Bondesen, Andrew Chambers, Patrick Mulrooney, Justin Borsato, Billy Dancetovic, Ali Darwiche, Dylan Park, Drue Kosie, Steven Vidovic, D.J. Pennock, Tim Bierman, Trevor Olson and Robbie Randell. Following the Investment Ceremony a “Tail Celebration” took place. The latter is another ceremony recognizing the growing of ability, knowledge and experiences of the Beavers. Tail levels are determined by the age of the boys A small colored tail is sewn to the back of the Bea- ver hat by the Beaver and changed twice a year. Campfire songs were then sung before cake and cookies were passed around. The Beaver Leaders joined other Scouting Lead- ers from Watson Lake and Cassiar in November for a one day training session put on by our dis- trict people from Whitehorse. It was extremely informative and many new ideas were exchanged. In the afternoon 18 boys from Cubs, Scouts and Beavers joined us as guinea pigs to help make the workshop more realistic. A small banquet follow- ed in the evening. The 1982 year came to a close with the sale of - Scouting Calendars and a wind-up Christmas Party. The Beavers, Pat, Rick and I look forward to new experiences and Busy Beaver Building in 1983. SCOUTING by Hans Bierman The Cassiar Boy Scouts are off to a good start. We have to-date: 9 Scouts, 14 Cubs and 26 Beavers. As you have probably noticed the Scouts are quite active around town, serving the community as usual. We have had two ‘coat check’ nights and the usual calendar and Christmas tree sales. The boys went out on a hike early November looking © for the Long Lost Scout Lake but were not successful in crossing the Cottonwood River. We have had numerous investments of Beavers, Cubs and Scouts to date, with only two Scouts left to be invest- ed. We had a training session for the Adult Leaders on Nov. 27th. In attendance were two Service Team members and the Yukon Scout Commissioner. Also four of the Watson Lake group came in here for the day. That's all the news for this month. Cassiar CONCeRTt society presented Symphonie Canadiana Symphonie Canadiana is an orchestra of 24 members. But it is not a chamber orchestra; rather, it’s a full symphony. orchestra, with each section drastically reduced in numbers to create a small, tightly knit unit that can travel lightly in these days of high costs, and bring the full range of the symphonic repertoire to small stages. This ‘boiled down’ format means that every member of the orchestra must be a musician of the highest calibre; and, in their visit to Cassiar on November 11, every one of these (mostly youthful) musi- icians lived up to that standard. The program was varied and interesting. It ranged from classical to modern, and included a lot (perhaps too much) of music from opera. The most courageous undertaking was the Delius ‘On hearing the first cuckoo in spring.’ I say ‘cour- ageous’ first because this piece demands broad sonorities, a muted blending of sounds over long gentle phrases; and such an effect must be dif- ficult to achieve with such a small orchestra. The hall, with its rather dry acoustics, did not do jus- tice to this lovely bit of impressionism, clipping the phrases and making impossible the floating resonances this music demands. And then, too, I say ‘courageous’ because Delius is virtually un- known, and his music does not have the tension and flair needed to hold an audience’s attention. The combination of Haydn and Mendelssohn was charming; but the best received, and perhaps the best performed, item was the excerpts from La Traviata. The orchestra communicated the emo- otion and tragedy of Verdi's lyrical music very effectively. The predictable ‘Carmen suite’ allow- ed the brass, winds and tympani to shine. Impressario George Zukerman accompanied his orchestra on the tour, and introduced each item on the program. His introductions were helpful; though they were rather longer than necessary, and wittier in the intention than in the execution. He also played bassoon; but, alas, only in the en- semble and never solo. What a pity to have the country’s finest bassoonist visit your town, and then not hear him play! The evening ended with a pleasant wine and cheese party in the Upper Leisure Room and Library, the goodies prepared by members of the Concert Society. by Bill Morrison GS | PPP SG9999 00-00 O9 OOO! All Saints Anglican Community Church Rev'd Bill Morrison Jan. 2 The Second Sunday After Christmas: 11:00 Epiphany. The Liturgy Jan. 9 First Sunday After Epiphany: Baptism 11:00 of our Lord. The Liturgy: Holy Com- munion. Sunday School Jan.16 Second Sunday after Epiphany 11:00 The Liturgy Sunday School Jan. 23 Third Sunday After Epiphany: Chris- 11:00 tian Unity Week . The Liturgy: Holy Community Sunday School Jan. 30 Fourth Sunday After Epiphany 11:00 The Liturgy Preacher: The Rt. Rev. Ronald C. Ferris, Bishop of Yukon. Sunday School Bishop Ferris will be in Cassiar on the weekend of January 28 - 31. He will preach at the Sunday service, and will do some informal visiting in the parish. Ke by Bill Morrison What is monetarism? What about supply-side econ- omics? What does GNP mean? How does the banking sys- tem work? What are the causes of inflation? Its effects? These are some of a multitude of questions dealt with in Economics Explained, by Robert Heilbroner and Lester Thurow. It is a pleasure to discover a book that does such a fine job of explaining the complexities of economics in terms the layman can understand. Surely one definition of an expert is a person who knows his field so well that he can reduce it to the simplest and most lucid terms without in any way fudging its intricacies, and make it interesting into the bargain. By that definition Heilbroner and Thur- Ow are experts of the highest order. Economics is a subject about which many people talk but about which very few know anything. The authors disabuse their readers of a number of myths and false notions at the same time as they set the economic facts straight. And they are not afraid to admit that economics simply do not have real answers to some of the most pressing problems of our times, in spite of the so-called experts who spout simple solutions on TV talk shows. It has been a long time since | have come across a book that | have found so useful. This book deserves to be read by everyone who wants to have some solid grasp of the economic conditions in which we live — and that must mean just about everyone! | recommend it highly. Three ‘other books have recently been added to the Library on subjects related to economics. | have not yet read these books myself; but from reviews | have read (and, in the case of Epstein’s book, from listening to him on CBC Morningside) | know they make excellent reading. The first is Edward Jay Epstein’s The Rise and Fall of Diamonds. The jacket sub-title sums up the contents: ‘The shattering of brilliant illusion: the men, the giant car- tel, the inspired campaign that convinced the world Diamonds are Forever, an artificially maintained illusion of value now in danger of total collapse.’ Epstein is con- troversial, and devastating in his expose of De Beers Con- solidated Mines Ltd., the South African cartel that has made diamonds into the most over-priced commodity on the market today, and as a result of its tactics is on the point of collapse. = Next is Beyond Greed by Stephen Fay. Again the jacket title provides a convenient summary: ‘How the two richest families in the world, the Hunts of Texas and the House of Saud, tried to corner the silver market — how they failed, who stopped them, and why it could happen again.’ Painful reading, perhaps, for those who bought silver at $20 an ounce; but nonetheless fascinating. Last is The New World of-Gold, ‘the inside story of the mines, the markets, the politics, the investors’, by Tim- othy Green. This is an almost completely new version of his 1968 ‘The World of Gold’. In it Green traces the his- tory of gold and the techniques for mining it; the great gold rushes in North America, Australia, and South Af- rica; and the current markets and buyers, Publishers’ Weekly calls it ‘a thorough ar.c informative survey.’ Robert Heilbroner and Lester Thurow, Economics Ex- plained (Prentice—Hall, 1982, 256 p.) 330 HEI Edward Jay Epstein, The Rise and Fall of Diamonds: The Shattering of a Brilliant Illusion (Simon and Schuster, 1982, 300 p.) 380.14282 EPS Stephen Fay, Beyond Greed (Viking 1982, 304 p.— 332. 6328 FAY Timothy Green, The New World of Gold (Walker, 1981) 338.2741 GRE ALL SEASONS TRAVEL. 4 4 B.C. 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They are: Alan Davies 778-7675 Pat Riddle 778-7502 Mary Elhorn 778-7452 Carmen Bondesen 778-7454 Ida Walters 778-7792 John Gwilliam 778-7326 Peter Jones 778-7371 Stefan Dyk 778-7621 Shirley Vickery 778-7238 LIONESS NEWS | by Pam Krawczyk On Monday, Dec. 6th, the Cassiar Lionesses were pleased to co-host with Sue Omura, of our Public Health Unit, an informative evening on the importance of early detection of Cancer. Guest speakers from the Canadian Cancer Society were Ms. Pat Bunn and Ms. Betty Falkins, who readily answered all questions. Ms. Bunn also distributed pamphlets and Sue Omura showed a film dealing with Breast Self-Examination. We'd like to thank Sue Omura for arranging this much needed session. Also a special thanks to Ms. Bunn and Ms. Falkins and the Canadian Can- cer Society. It was unfortunate that more Cassiar women didn’t take advantage of the time and effort put forth by these ladies. 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