Page 6,June 1986 Cassiar Courier /s he Mr. Bubbles? Is he Johnny Lifeguard? Just who is this character Eric Glyn-Jones? The basics first: Eric was born (in Chilliwack) and raised (in North and West End Vancouver) in the lower mainland. His parents were both actors who met ina production of Hamlet. Not, perhaps, the most romantic of settings but a productive one. Eric’s mother died in 1963 and he and his brother were raised by their father. Both children went to theatre schools, and the artistic blood line has continued, with Eric’s brother being “a talented musician and song-writer,” or so says Eric. His father appeared in a local production last year with the Ptarmigan Players. David Glyn-Jones is @ professional actor with television and stage experience, and his exper- tise was greatly appreciated at the time of the production. Eric spent his formative years one block off Davie Street, which surely helped to mold his present person- ality. Here Eric first became involved with youth and recreation. At the age of 14, he became a Children’s Supervisor with the West End Recreation Community Club. He had never realized that his year and a half with the group would /ead to a career in recreation. Since then, the opportunities with the Cassiar Community Club via Gary Periard have led Eric further into this field, which he greatly enjoys. He then moved at age 15 to Point Grey and even- tually graduated from Kitsilano High in 1978. He graduated on a Friday, flew to Cassiar on the Saturday and began work on Sunday. He was originally hired as the Lifeguard-Swimming Instructor for a 3 month period. The strike in 1978 changed these plans and he stayed on to run freight for the community club, operate the pommel lift tow for the ski hil/ during its first season, and he spent some time during the winter helping out in the arena. By summer he was still in Cassiar and help was required at the swimming pool. He has Stayed on ever since, with only two brief interludes from his Community Centre duties. He left in August of 1981 for 1% years, during which he worked up the hill with Finning Tractor. He left again in August of 1984, to go south to Vancouver where he was an agent and entertainment manager for rock bands. : The above illustrates the unusual dichotomy in Eric’s life. His interest in aquatics is long-lived: he started NON—INSTRUCTIONAL DAY On Friday, June 6th, Snowridge students will not attend school. Staff at Snowridge are using that day as one of it’s five non-instructional days in order to examine the com- position component of the school’s Language Arts program and to plan related activities for the 1986-87 school year in this area. SLOWPITCH TOURNAMENT Snowridge School is organizing a slow pitch softball tour- nament for teams from various schools in this District. Teams from four centers have been invited to this tourn- ament, which will involve student team members in grades ° 5,6 and 7. It is tentatively scheduled for Monday, June 9. SPORTS DAY The School is planning to hold it’s annual sports day on ae er e e “<= Cassiar Courier A the Voice of Casstar Country Box 100, Cassiar, B.C., VOC 1E0 ADVERTISING RATES FULL PAGE $110 HALF PAGE $60 Base Rate $5.00 per column inch Classified Ads 10 cents per word Ve | Siluer Wolf Cage and Amusements * x NEW HOURS «x OPEN g Sunday through Thursday - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m yg. Friday and Saturday - 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Serving daily specials Cassiar Counery by Karen Taplin ERIC GLYN-JONES swimming at the age of 8 and swam competitively for several years with the Canadian Dolphins in Vancouver. _At 17 he received his Red Cross Lifesaving Society In- structors’ Ticket which enabled him to come up to Cassiar, As well, though, he cites his involvement with the Ptarmigan Players as a major factor in his life. He was coerced into it by Lorraine Lanteigne. His exper- fence in stage work had lain dormant since the age of 12, and he thoroughly enjoyed the Opportunity to tap this creative side of himself once again, The building of the Ptarmigan Players is very important to him: he feels that the cultural outlook to the community is essential. At present Eric’s work involves 20 hours a week as the Recreation Co-ordinator and a further 20 hours a week as the Aquatics Supervisor. He worries sometimes that he hasn’t got as much time as he would like to develop all the programs possible. The finances of the club do not allow for a full-time co-ordinator at present and he does not have as much time as he would like to initiate and develop ideas for programs. Eric’s philoso- phy with regard to recreation is somewhat more encom- passing than most. He feels that recreation is sports and — et a, _Inand Around Snowridge Elementary Sct Monday, June 23. If the weather permits and it doesn’t snow or rain, this event will be held outdoors for the whole day. If the weather -is inclement, the activities will be modified and held indoors. Several parents have volunteered to help with various events on this day. If you’re interested in helping also, please contact David John at Snowridge. YEAR—END ASSEMBLY Thursday, June 26, is the last day for students to attend school this year. Morning activities will see students clos- ing off last minute work and cleaning up classrooms, etc. The afternoon will centre on the Year End Awards As- sembly, which will commence at 1:15 p.m. Parents of grade 7 students are invited to attend the assembly to commemorate their offsprings becoming high school stu- dents. After the assembly, students will return to their classrooms for classroom year-end activities, report cards and finally dismissal. SNOWRIDGE VS DEASE LAKE IN BASKETBALL On Friday, May 2, 13 students from Snowridge travelled to Dease Lake to play two games against an elementary team from that school’s intermediate class. The first game was a fiercely fought match between the { 1 leisure. With more time on their hands, people must be educated in how to spend their leisure time. “Although not everyone ‘is athletic, they can tap other facets of their lives which may have been overlooked, such as the artistic possibilities. Eric feels that the community centre had to provide that opportunity as well as the pro- grams directed at sports-minded persons. Eric also plays in a-local band known as “X-S’.. Its members, Eric, Richard Knowles and Phil Nelson, have been playing for a few months. They enjoy their music -which is predominantly rock and roll - and they hope: to be playing again locally. They have played elsewhere, in locales as diverse as Ross River and Dease Lake. As well, Eric is the Secretary-Treasurer for the Coughee House ventures, a local non-profit community-oriented vehicle for performing artists to get out and as Eric says, “do their thing in the public eye.” Eric tells us that he has always “wanted to see someone do a stand-up comedy routine, which has never happened.” Comics in Cassiar, come strut your stuff for Eric! Eric’s interest in music has led him to the band and the Coughee House, but it has also let him volunteer in the area which he feels needs the most attention. Eric’s work with teenagers is important to him: it is the area he is most concerned about. He teaches guitar - to an end, we’re told, to help establish a kind of drop- in program for teenage musicians, to learn to play to- gether and learn. This is beginning to happen for Eric and he is really looking forward to this for fall. He also looks forward to initiating the Premier Sports Award and the Duke of Edinburgh’s programs, both of which are youth oriented sports programs. “The biggest bonus in my life was that my father gave me lots of oppor- tunities. .| think that’s essential for a child’s growth: the opportunity to let them expand in whatever area they want, to find out what they’re good at is so vital,” explains Eric. Eric says that one of the largest problems that the Community Club experiences is the lack of awareness the public has of the C.C.C.’s programs. Although all events are posted, he feels that a more visual reminder of current events and programs can accomplish the task of educating the public. Hence his appearances on the Continued on Page 16. short but speedy and well “disciplined Snowridge girls team and a squad of giants from the Dease Lake school. The speedy girls from Snowridge were frustrated time and time again as they tried to score against the giants who were at least a foot taller. By the end of the 60 minute contest our fierce competitors had managed to contain their gigantic but slower opponents’ scoring, take control of the ball by virtue of superior ball handling skills and transfer most of the play to the Dease Lake end of the court. After the buzzer sounded the last time it was almost anticlimatic that the final score was 18-12 for the Dease Lake Giants. The boys from Snowridge, assisted by a couple of the girls, played the second game. This game featured end to end pushes, fierce competition and runaway scoring. For the first half both teams fought to an 18-18 standstill. A short intermission allowed the two teams and their coaches to design strategies for breaking the deadlock in the second half. __ by David John At the start of the second half the young team from Snowridge suffered a breakdown in their poise. The result: Dease Lake took advantage of our boys’ lapse and scored 14 unanswered points in the third quarter. Our team’s heads were down but, undismayed, the team and their coach devised a last ditch strategy to get back into the game: pass the ball to our giant and let Snowridge’s towering Stephen Ryan score. Our boys tried following this daring innovation in elementary basketball in the face of a desperate Dease Lake team. The youngsters from Dease Lake, exhorted by their coach, furiously threw themselves into a full court press, double covering Snowridge’s last hope— Stephen. Despite this barrage of checking our boys slowly fought back reducing the gap between the two teams’ scores. Finally the game ended and the teams rested. The score? 45-36 for Dease Lake. Your correspondent for the “Courier” wishes to congratulate the players and coaches from both schools for putting on such a moving athletic performance. Good show, guys. The Snowridge team consisted of: Janice Coran, Lisa Lanphear, Chiera Borsato, Denise Gay, Christina Kwan, Katherine Lanteigne, Vicky Storch, Stephen Ryan, Kyle Zubek, Trevor Dick, Willie Devine, Darcy Peters, Leslie .Creyke.-~The team.was coached by- Liz -Strebel. \ a bsTienhichen ROM OO Parte Bd) igh wehoni ~*" Cassiar Courier June 1986 Page 7 CASSIAR OLD TIMERS HOCKEY TEAM PLACES SECOND IN HAWAII by Dan Leckie- On April 11, 1986, the Cassiar Oldtimers Hockey team left Cassiar for Hawaii to participate in the 1986 Hawaiian Classic hockey tournament held at, the Ice Palace in Honolulu. Cassiar was one of the five teams competing; the others were from Alaska, Los Angeles, and two teams from HawaiixThe hockey players repre- senting Cassiar were Danny Harrison, George Drzimotta, Roger Borsato, Bob Clark, Glen Madore, Dan Leckie, Rick Callaway, Guy Gregoire, Don Harrison, Brian Lundale, Dennis Anderson, Butch Short (a former Cassiarite now residing in Tumbler Ridge), and Grant Ludwar (a close friend of Rick Callaway’s from Creston, B.C.). Our loyal and boisterous fans included Pat Borsato, Pat Madore,, Helen Joseph, Rachel Joseph, Barbara Leckie, Jennifer the final score was 12-2 for L.A. the score was not indic- ative of the play. We felt we had put up a good fight against a team which had some ex-N.H.L.ers on it and could be proud of our performance. For placing second in the tournament each playe on the Cassiar team received a trophy. After the awards ceremony the team relaxed on board the Windjammer that evening and enjoyed a dinner, dance and entertain- ment. Cassiar can be proud of the team as they skated hard and played good clean hockey with only a few minor penalties called against them throughout the entire tournament. Shortly after the tournament the players and fans went their own ways with some going to Maui while others toured the island, taking in some of the night life. The team would like to thank a number of local companies who supported us in raising money through their -donations and time: Cassiar Community Club, Marvel Travel, Yukon Industries, Columbia Brewery in Creston, R.C.M.P., Yukon Explosives, Norcan Fluid- power and a special thanks for all her work in raising money from selling pizzas goes to Pat Madore Schandler, Wendy Spracklin, Gail Harrison, Gerry Gramek, Wally Drzimotta, Sherry Poirier, Rhonda Ludwar, and Michelle and Robbie Leadbetter. Two others who were unable to accompany the team to Hawaii were Ken Smith, the coach of the Cassiar Oldtimers and Bruce King. How- ever we were able to make some good contacts while in Hawaii and are hoping to attend some more tournaments in Mexico or Los Angeles in the near future. The team attended a warm up skate on Monday, April 14 to check out the arena and the ice conditions at the Ice Palace. We were pleasantly surprised to find that the ice was in very good shape. The rink itself was approx- imately the same size as our arena in Cassiar except it was much wider and‘had better lighting. After our skate the players and fans from all the teams attended a buffet put on by the Ice Palace at the Waikiki Yacht Club. We were able to meet players from the other teams here and were given the game schedule and rules for the tournament. GAME ONE: Cassiar vs Alaska at 8:30 a.m. April 15 Final score Cassiar 8 Alaska 0. After the first period the score was tied at 0-0 with the Alaska goalie having to make a number of good saves. After the second period the score was 3-0 with goals coming from Don Harrison, George Drzimotta and Dan Leckie. Scoring in the third were Butch Short, Danny Harrison, George Drzimotta and Guy Gregoire with two goals. GAME _ TWO: Cassiar ys Hawaii Purple at 9:30 p.m. April 15. Final score Cassiar 6 Hawaii 0. First period was 3-0 for Cassiar, Second period was 4-0 and 6-0 after the third. Goal scorers for this game were Glen Madore, Brian Lundale, Guy Gregoire, Rick Callaway and. Butch Short with two. GAME THREE: Cassiar vs Hawaii Gold at 7:30 p.m. April 17. Final score Cassiar 6 Hawaii 2. Scorers for this game were Rick Callaway, Danny Harrison, Dan Leckie, Butch Short and Guy Gregoire with two goals. GAME FOUR: Cassiar vs Los Angeles at 8:30 a.m. April 18. This game would determine first place as both Cassiar and L.A. had perfect records of three wins and no losses. We felt we could beat the favored L.A. team ~ with Dennis Anderson playing superb in nets and a strong defense from Bob Clark, George Drzimotta, Roger Bor- sato and Grant Ludwar. After the first period it was ‘1-0 in favor of L.A. and-6-0 after the second. At the beginning of the third we came out flying and scored two quick goals by Guy Gregoire making it a 6-2 game. Our chance for a comeback was spoiled with L.A. getting a couple of lucky goals bouncing off our own players. Even though The Cassiar Oldtimers and their fans pause for a picture with their trophies following the tournament. : Vo Lote hee ee SoSeovece lose ele te elo te tom osteo se o-oo osteo Sooo x SosveseSoeo eee “fo AN CALL YOUR TRAVEL AGENT OR CANADIAN PACIFIC AIRLINES ae : >» 4 > », >, 0 OOOC OO OS. DODO OP OC-OC OR OPSOOVOODHS, OOCOPSOCOSO SOE é » « 4 xo x Or x 4 x ys oe oe x ¢ OPOCOPROG ODS < x x > “4