Page 2 March 1983 Cassiar Courier REPOR ' Al Passarell “ sa Atlin MLA Al Passarell and his constituency assistant, Glen Robertson, were in Cassiar Feb. 11 — 14 and Feb. 21 to 23 as part of a constituency trip that started January 6 in the Nass, Mr. Passarell has been travelling the riding, meeting with individuals and groups regarding the many concerns arising due to the economy in the mining, forest- ry, fishing and outfitting occupations. Some of the con- cerns facing northern constituents have been U.1.C. work sharing, high cost of consumer goods, transportation costs northern taxation, etc. Mr. Passarell is preparing for the next sitting of the Legis- lature, hopefully to be recalled in March by the present government, so that his constituents’ concerns may be voiced by Al to the Legislative body, ministries and var- ious government departments. TOWN COUNCIL This month we would like to point out to any new people in town, and to remind the long time residents, what the dog situation has been here in the past. “Terrible” is the word, packs of dogs running loose — gar- bage everywhere — even the ravens had to take a back seat to them! The situation now is vastly improved main- ly due to the hard and diligent work of our dog catcher. No doubt someone whose dog has been picked up will be upset, as I’m sure a bank robber who is caught is upset, but both have broken the law. The upset dog owner who releases, or attempts to release his or any other dog from the dog catchers vehicle is again breaking the law and is liable to charges being laid against him. The charges? — Impeding a person in the perfor- mance of their job and/or public mischief — and if you damage the vehicle in the process you are committing another offence. Also, as the dog catchers’ truck is Cassiar Resources’ property, | feel you could be charged with damaging company property which is subject to company discipline. : Do you have a_ business that draws customers from the Cassiar area? The Town Council will be printing a new welcome wagon business listing. Anyone wishing to be included on the listing, this includes out of town ~ businesses, please contact Cassiar Town Council as soon as possible. This will not be a simple re-printing of the old list, but a new listing and only those applying to be on it will be included. Again we would like to ask for public input for summer project ideas. The only one received so far is for picnic benches and garbage containers around the per- imeter of the baseball/soccer field. Have a happy March — its all downhill to spring now! : . And do it.naw! in tomorrow. Province of A REGISTERED VOTER? In order to vote in a Provincial election _ you must be registered! To qualify, you must be at least 19 years of age, a Canadian citizen or British Subject, a resident of Canada for 12 months and British Columbia for 6 months. Registering is easy. Contact your nearest Registrar.of Voters or Gavernment Agent. Be sure you have a choice REGISTER Chief Electoral British Columbia Office Dear Editor; With reference to page 9 of the Cassiar Courier dated February, 1983. | simply must take issue with your positioning of the so-called Indicators of Management Performance article to the immediate left of my monthly column and directly beneath my name. This strategic emplacement of the |.M.P. would, in my opinion, lull even the most critical reader into assuming that | had contributed the informa- tion and that | supported its intent. | did discuss the information contained in the 1.M.P. release with you and in my discussion offered direction as to the interpretation of the comparisons made in the re- lease. | also made it unequivocably clear that | did not, and still do not, consider those comparisons to be indicative of management performance. They are no more indicative of management perform- ance than comparing the cost of maufacturing a pair of child’s jeans in Vancouver with the cost of manufacturing a similar pair of jeans in Taiwan is indicative of manage- ment performance. What is omitted in this comparison is consideration of the cloth quality, garment finish, wage structure, employee benefits, legalities of industrial re- lations, standard of living, the quality of worker life, etc. Many factors which could have placed the I.M.P. information in proper context and made for legitimate evaluation have been omitted. How | do go on! My purpose, to disassociate myself from the Indic- cators of Management Performance, is served. Elsewhere in this issue, under my name, | have offered the reader my assessment of performance. This assessment | am prepar- ed to debate at length. Sincerely, Owen Corcoran, Supt. of Schools, School Dist. 87 SS ele eat e ee 5. 65.010 SO. O.O'S 0 CO. 0-C. 6.2 OOO SOS Oe OC Oe Ore BRINCO LIMITED Brinco Limited announces that in accord- ance with the provisions of its 7% Preferred Shares Series A, it will shortly be inviting tenders from all holders of such Shares for the pro rata redemption (desregarding _ fractions) of up to 110,521 of such Shares. It is expect- ed that an Invitation to Tender will be mail- ed to registered holders of such Shares by February 15, 1983, and shareholders will be given not less than 30 days to respond to such Invitation to Tender. | C.C.C. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1983 AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE GYM, CASSIAR RECREATION CENTRE ALL ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE CLUB ARE ASKED TO ATTEND THIS JMPORTANT Erickson Creek Column drach: SS Pas Ly OO by Pa Levis Beaton An historic moment in Erickson’s history was reached this winter when our mill production was expanded from 100 tons per day to 200 tons per day. A new ball mill, which grinds the ore after the crushing process, has increas- ed our mill capability by about 60%. Planning for the expansion began over two years ago. It included a step by step increase in exploration, mining and power production, as well as the actual mill size. Nearly everyone at Erickson has been involved in some way with our expansion — from the miners who must pull more ore to our kitchen staff who had to serve an increased work force during the construction phase. The actual mechanical installation was carried out by sur- face superintendent Tom McGrail and his crew of mill- wrights: Lindsay Beck, Billy Eisner, Don McGlynn and Doug Redden. { j Some of the crew who put the ball mill together.L to R Billy Eisner, Jasmin Yee and Doug Redden. Mill superintendent Jasmin Yee said that the larger mill capability will improve our efficiency and lower the unit cost of our ore. /t will only require about 25% higher costs and only a slightly higher work force to operate the mill. The Erickson mill operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This continuous operation has been ongoing since the mill was first turned over in December 1978 and was not affected by the expansion. The regular mill employees who keep our mill going are crushermen Mark Bondesen, Fred Day and Gunther Kreibeg. Mill operators are Keiran Loughran, Warren Davis, Ray Morrissey and Louis Gore. Lou Bourcier is the mill mechanic and Joyce Hebert is the Table Operator. A formal opening ceremony for the new ball mill is now being planned, In other events at Erickson last month the ladies were treated to a fashion show, hosted by Gigi McGlynn. Adel- fa Yee and Sonja Johnson were lovely, graceful models, displaying coats, dresses, blouses, even a wedding dress. The clothes were from Cleeretta Boutique, Red Deer, Alberta, which is owned by George Kurian, a former Cas- siar resident. Mrs. Grace Kurian and Gerry Loughran also helped to make the fashion show a big success. Hats off to Skip Norman Day and his rink of curlers: Jim Bondesen, Cary Moffat and Jasmin Yee, The Erick- son team won the B event in the Cassiar Curling Club In- terdepartmental Bonspiel in February. Congratulations to Richard and Wendy Bassnet on the birth of their second child, a daughter Caitlin, born January 26th in Vancouver. Richard is a geologist based at Erickson’s head office in North Vancuver. Yukon Regional Games Organizational Meeting The organizational meeting for the Yukon Games (Cassiar Section), was held in the Upper Leisure Room of the Recreational Centre on Monday, February 14, 1983, and fourteen members were present. This meeting dealt with setting up the comnr ittee for the departments in the Games. : These committees are as follows: BILLETING Sue Chambers, Elizabeth Strebel Dave Tripp ADVERTISING, TICKET SALES, OPENING CEREMONIES Eric Stump, Werner Schneeberger, Kato Schneeberger, Gerry Terryberry ADULT REC HOCKEY Bob Bowen VOLLEYBALL Dick Chambers, George Millar FOOD ARRANGEMENTS Lee Coran, Ida Walters Anyone wishing to donate their services for the above committees are asked to contact the above people. The Yukon Regional Games are planned for March 25, 26, and 27, 1983. } CASSIAR Bits & Pieces Was that Pat Hickmans’ truck we saw running away from him at the Post Office? Notice to Snowmobilers — a defensive driving course will be offered in the near future for interested parties. Corporal Bowen was first in line to sign up for the course—having qualified for it already. Could this have anything to do with Carol walking around with a cast? Whatever the facts happen to be, thanks to Cpl. Bowen local snowmobilers can expect an increase in snowmobile insurance premiums! Seems Cupid was really busy. Those lucky gals at the Bank, Post Office and the Cafeteria re- cieved beautiful bouquets of flowers on Val- entines. The gals at the Warehouse and the Courier Office are still waiting for theirs!!! Milan received an unusual Valentine. Someone sent him a beautiful cheesecake. However, everything was not as it seemed — the cheesecake turned out to be a candle and a disappointed Milan is still trying to discover who his secret While we’re on the subject of cakes, some “Ex- pert Cook” made quite a unique cake for Frank’s birthday. Seems Frank is very particular about his cake...........especially the frosting. However, we hear he is baffled by the flavour of the frost- ing in question. He says it would help if he was brave enough to try it. Needless to say after all the effort involved it’s probably the last cake THAT friend will make for him. Isn’t it amazing!! We have to go to our local NDP M.L.A. to hear that a Social Credit candidate has been nominated for the riding in readiness for the next Provincial Election. Bobby Ball of Telegraph was nominated at a meeting held on September 12th. Hope the Socreds “get on the ball’ (no pun intended Bobby) and keep us informed about what’s happening. After all — it’s our riding too! We hear those luscious lovelies in the Can Can line- up have been practicing up a storm for the Monte Carlo Nite in the Klondike. Could be there’s a fun time in store for us all. See page 9 for more in- formation. Congratulations to Bob and Doreen Dancetovic who celebrated their 10th Anniversary recently. Jane Holden was in town for a visit recently. Not even that beautiful Acapulco sun can keep people away from the north for too long. We hear the semi-annual debushing trip to Watson Lake took place recently. We did hear a rumour that the bus driver wouldn't let Wendy on the bus but haven’t managed to con- firm this yet. The Town Admin. Rink was unable to repeat its brilliant performance of last year in the Interdepartmental Bonspiel. We thought at first that it was because the participating mem- bers had changed, but a reliable source says that the fault lies entirely with the skip. Seems he had a dinner party. before curling and was not in the best of shape by the time he got to the Curling Rink!! ' Wed like to say Good-bye and Good Luck to Pat Riddle who no longer works for the Courier. Pat has taken a new position with the School Board Office where she promises to bug Owen to get his news in on time. At the same time we'd like to say hello to Brenda Baerwald who has been help- ing out at the newspaper office. Which R.C.M.P. officer was seen making a ‘U’ turn in town recently??? It seems our local constable got hit with a rac- quet; next time Scott, try a racket with no strings attached. Oops! I understand the Globetrotters are in Cassiar Tuesdays and Thursday at 1:00 p.m. in the Rec Centre. Judy has a challenge out to all the over 30’s women. What’s it like to take Brylcream out of your hair at 3:00 a.m., Ida? Keep your eyes pealed for the 4:00 a.m. joggers. Beats driving from the Bar, but is sure a hazard to ordinary pedestrians, eh Duf? The “Ski for Fun Ladies Group” is really enjoy- ing the X-Country trail now. Could be the chick- en trails have something to do with this!!! Paul, Kate and Georgia are delighted to welcome Stephen Hunter to the Sevier family. Stephen was born on January 24th 1983 at the Grace Hospital in Vancouver and weighed in at 7lbs 1 3oz. Special Thanks We wish to thank the many friends that sent cards and helped us through our time of sorrow with the death of a dear husband and father, Russell Purdy. With special thanks to the doctor ~ and nurses at the Hospital. Phyllis Purdy and Family R.C.M.P. Notice Recently complaints have been received from our local pilots that they have been forced to fly over the airstrip as joggers, X-Country Skiers and Skidooers have been on the strip. This makes a very dangerous situation for the pilots and could cause a serious accident. ~ People using the strip should pay special attention for incoming air traffic. LIONESS NEWS by Pam Krawczyk. This year’s Skate-A-Thon will be held on March Sth, 2:30 - 5:30p.m. We are pleased to announce that Mr. Schneeberger of W.S.T.V. has kindly of- fered to do a tape of the Skate-A-Thon which will be sent with our contribution and hopefully shown on Timmy’s Telethon. Early in March we are going to start a T.V. Bingo that will continue until late May. In mid-March we will be having a Dash for Cash. Look for ticket sales soon. Once again we would like to thank Cassiarites for all your support in the past and hope that you will show the kids who are “Skating for Those who Can’t” your full support by sponsering them and helping them when they come to collect their pledges. For any information on the Lioness Club Please feel free to call: Lioness Edith McDougal ——---—778-7831 Lioness Hilda Cooper————--— 778-7595 Lioness Mary Ryan-——---———7 78-7250 SPECIAL THANKS The Post Office really appreciated the flowers for Valentines, donated by an unknown admirer. If we were not already ‘almost perfect’, we would try even harder to improve our services. Thank You Very Much Cassiar Post Office Cassiar Courier March 1983 Page 3 _ Se OBE SARS en gpracsepaperesmancseconiipcuntay pp pestis Russell Purdy, a resident ot Cassiar since Sept- ember 1970, passed away on Saturday, January 29, 1983 in Cassiar. A memorial service was held on Tuesday, February 1, at the All Saints Angli- can Church. Cremation took place in Prince George. Beas He leaves to mourn his loss, his wife, Phyllis, sons; Barry and Scott, and daughters; Lynn and Joann. Parent Advisory What is your Parent Advisory Board doing for you? You are all invited to our next meeting, an Open Meeting, on Wednesday, March 2, 1983, at 7:30 p.m. at the Snowridge Elementary School Library, where you can take part in the discussions and find out what we've been doing, if you don’t already know. oa Some of the topics we have discussed recently have’ en: 1. Prepackaged School Supplies for September (we hope to have a sample package at the next meeting) 2. Hot Food for elementarv school children once a week (we still need utensils) 3. School Activities: Intermediate students learn var- ious activities like cooking, curling and cross-country skiing on Friday afternoons; Grade Ten students participate in a work experience program. 4, Extracurricular Activities; sports, dances, etc. | hope to see you all at our Open Meeting March 2. - by Carmen Bondesen Who’s News | SELMA (SALLY) JOHNSTON Sally is the native courtworker for the Good Hope Lake, Atlin and Lower Post area. Her job is to inform people of . their rights in J.P. and provincial court and to act as a liaison person working with people who come in con- flict with the law. She can be reached at Box 336, Lower Post, B.C.,Phone 779—3341. SHERRY TUCKER Sherry is the Justice of Peace for this area. Sherry, her husband and two children, Danielle and Robbie, have liv- ed in Good Hope Lake since January 1982.