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Page 10 Cassiar counies. Novenber

REPORTING PERIODS - The revision
of the School Act now requires
that reporting to parents occurs
five times “a year, instead of
four which was our previous prac
GENCE. The reporting dates and
methods for this school year are
‘as follows:
December 3
February 7

Written Report Card
Parent Teacher Inter-
view

March 9 Written Report Card
June 28 Written Report Card
PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS Our
first set of parent interviews

tor the year was extremely well-
attended. Only six parents from
our entire school population were
unable to attend. The staff and

students would Like to thank par-
ents for their interest and sup

port: ia this vital part of your
child's education.

AUR COLD WEATHER POLIC' With

the onset of our Cold weather, a
claritication wf our cold weather
policy is in order. Here's what
we have done in response to par
ental concerns and inquiries:

Pe eThesicrnitrcalytemnpera tune
tor declaring and “in" day at the
nominally ©28c. The
statf has revised this upward
from the previous level of  -35C.
When Lhe temperature is -28 or
lower, the children will be per
mitted to enter the building at

school is

68:35 a.m. instead of Sie SOrapravne
and to remain jiaside during lunch
hour. Factors such as wind con-

ditions will be taken into con~
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Dh. Weltwithk coabinues tot > o£:
fervour el bray COMPILE, (and
Intramural programs during dunch

ne had ot odie.

1989

which permit many to remain
inside.
Ensuring your child's safety

hour,

weather
respons~—

and comfort during cold
is primarily a parental

ibility. Here's what you’ can™ do
to help:

1. Make sure your children
are properly dressed. Hats,

mitts, scarves and snowpants
should be standard equipment, yet
many children come without them.
Make sure they have them - and
that they wear thein!

2. Monitor their departure
time from home! The schvol prov-
ides no supervision prior to 8:35
a.m. ~- Children who arrive before

then spend unnecessarily long
periods of time cutside in the
cold. When the temperature
drops, have them leave home later
so they arrive just in time for
Chessadeib On artic ean Cee Osseo a.m.
bells. You can control theix

expusure time by controlling the
time they leave home.

3. Consider driving them to
school - and picking them up for
lunch. Teachers and other school
personnel are especially appreci-
ative of their lunch break when
their days have been lengthened
by letting the students in early
and keeping them in through re~
cess. This is*espéecially true if
the cold weather lasts more
a couple of days.
ASSEMBLIES Our school
lies have taken ona new
this year. In order tu increase
our “whoie school" spirit, we now
hold ott assemblies every Friday
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assemb-
format

than |

Instead of

having one particular class per-
form, as we have in the past, any
Child or group of children can
volunteer to share a poem, song,
Story or play. The assembly con-
cludes with a sing-song - with
"Puff the Magic Dragon" the most
popular so far!! The tone of
these assemblies is very informal

and, aS always, parents are
welcome!!
A VERY SPECIAL DAY FOR BRANDON
MANDERSON - Fire Chief Brandon

Manderson reported having "a very
Special day" during his’ lunch
with the "other" Fire Chief Tony

Coran. Brandon's name was drawn
in the annual "Fire Chief for a
Day" contest - and he was treated
Co. lunch) as ride in the. fire
truck, and use of a "real" fire-
man's hat for a whole day. Con-

gratulations, Chief Manderson ~-
and thank you, Chief Coran.

HOT LUNCHES - The
class has assumed
for providing Hot

Grade Seven
responsibility
Dog Lunches

every second Friday. Their
prices are as follows: $1.50 for
1 hot dog and milk, $2.00 for 2
hot dogs and 1 milk. The stu-
dents collect their money in
advance on the Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, of each week that

lunches are scheduled.

SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL - A re-
minder that the School Advisory
Council meets every second Wed-
nesday at 7:30 p-m. The next
meeting will be on November 8 at
Cassiar Secondary School. Please
attend.

s

¢ Annual Tea, Bake Sale & Bazaar

WILL BE HELD
ON

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25th
‘at THE REC CENTRE 2 p.m.

xix RAFFLE #2

2nd and 3rd PRIZES TO BE ANNOUNCED
> TICKETS - $2.00 each 3 for $5.00

DOOR PRIZES % SPECIAL TABLE FOR.CHILDREN

.* DONATIONS OF HANDICRAFTS
KNITTING, SEWING, CROCHETING, OTHER CRAFTS AND BAKING
WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED

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: Ist PRIZE - FOOD HAMPER: — :

Editors Note: The following art-
icle was submitted by the owner
of the local supermarket, it is
being printed here in it's enti-
rety for our readers' consider-
ation.

THE DAY THE CARPETBAGGERS CAME TO
CASSIAR

There is something unscrup-
ulous associated with the word
"“carpetbagger." Carpetbaggers
were traditionally Northerners
who went South to profit from un-
settled conditions following the
Civil War in the United States.
They were conmen who "took the
Southerners for whatever they
could.”

Market conditions in Cassiar
are resticted due to our isola-

tion and relatively small pop-

ulation. Cassiar, therefore is a
prime target for Southerners who
come North to profit from the
conditions of an “unsettling mar-
ket. “We get more than our fair
share of travelling salesmen who
sell everything from life insur-

ance to vegetables. Some of these

travellers are reminiscent of
snake oil peddlers who covered
the wagon trails of the Old West
Claiming that their dope cured
everything. With lots of hype and
sleight of hand, the unsuspecting
customer's attention is riveted
by some “absolutely too good to
be true deal" and bingo, before
they know it, they've signed on
the dotted line and purchased a
bridge in San Francisco harbour.
A recent traveller to
parts purported incredible deals
on food products: al 1lb. block
of margarine for $.49, 1kg of
hash browns or french fries for
$.49, meat pies, luncheon meats
and frozen juice for $.69. Can we
Cassiarites be so gullible as_ to
believe that there is no hidden
cost to buying margarine for $§.49
- after all, we can't buy margar-
ine for $.49 at the local store.
Ladies and Gentlebeans' lend
me your ears: Rule # 1: There is
no such thing as a free lunch !
As an exercise we compared
the costs of the total package

associated with the $.49 margar-

ine sale pitch versus the

costs for the same products at a
local retail establishment. The
results strongly support the val-

idity of rule # 1 as written
above.

Regular prices at the local
retail store:

Beef $ 756.53
Pork, lamb, poultry $ 868.88
Groceries $ 709.57
TOTAL PACKAGE $ 2.334.98

Special price offered by the
margarine salesman.

Beef $ 1266.94
Pork, lamb, poultry $ 1429.22
Groceries $ 799.68
TOTAL PACKAGE $ 3,495.84

So, the total savings to
th se who buy fresh food from the

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Do Carpetbaggers Come To Cassiar?

courteous people at the local
establisment is, $ 1,160.86. That
seems a hell of a price to pay
for margarine that started out at
$ .49 a pound.

Aside from the 25% or so
savings realized from buying loc-
ally, your money, when locally
spent, stays in the community
where it is used to provide jobs,
enhance your choice of products
at the store and, last but not
least, finds its way to benefit-
ting many of the volunteer organ-

izations supported ‘by your local
merchants.
The Pros and Cons

I am sure that as far back

as civilization has existed we
have had salesmen, peddlers, con
men, carpetbaggers etc. coming
down the road. In fact I remember
fondly the twice a year trips by
the Raleigh man with his horse
and buggy.

Before the days of big towns

and modern supermarkets these
travelling entrepreneurs were
usually welcomed wherever they

went, unless they were the con
man type or the snake oil sales-
Ian. A number of these salesmen
types decided that they could
probably do better in one loca-
tion and the concept has contin-
ued to grow from country store to
corner store to supermarket. But
even with all the supermarkets
and service counters and offices
available, the salesman type
still keeps coming down the road
offering us more or different or
cheaper or more expensive or
whatever.
In our situation here at
Cassiar we see entrepreneurs or
business people struggle against

“overwhelming odds to provide at

least some basic service for us,
and while all complain about the
service or the groceries or the
high cost of living here, I bel-
leve also that these business
people who have. staked their
future on the people of Cassiar
get very agitated or upset or
downright angry when somebody

moves in on their territory or
what they perceive as their terr-
itory.

But the fact that we do have
some services locally and we are
fairly remote, does not deter the
saleman or peddler or con man
from finding us and offering us

more. The sad fact of the matter
is that we can all, if we feel
like it, bet our money against

the odds and go into business.

That's the free enterprise sys-
tem. Nobody gets a captive
audience or, in this case, a

captive customer.

My interest in the above
refers to a case that came about
as a result of a radio broadcast
from Whitehorse where the local
merchants were basically saying
the same thing, that peddlers and
salesmen were cutting into their
share of the market at higher
prices and with no benefit to the
town.

In our own case, after comp-
paring store prices against the
Salesman's offered price, it was
worth noting that dry goods and
groceries were cheaper from the
salesman, beef, pork, frozen
foods etc.- were cheaper «at: -the

stata aS etatada%.

store. When I contacted the man-

ager of the salesman's operation,
he suggested that prices alone
were not the only factors to be
considered. Firstly, people are
free to choose where and how to
shop. Secondly, his company was
offering a service that was supp-
osed to save money by curbing im-
pulse buying. They also guarante-
ed their prices on repeat orders
for up to eight months. The man-

ger also stated that they are a
Canada wide food distributor and
that the parent company has_ been
in business for a long time. They
do not belong to the Better Busi-
ness Bureau, but then again
neither do a large percentage of
other businesses. The manager
also added the information that
their status in Cassiar had not

been very successful and that
they had received a good deal of

negative feelings from the  pub-
lic. So unbeknown to the local
owner he has the support of most
of the people in Cassiar. The
other fact mentioned by the

manager is that the majority of
his sales were from people who
Claimed they travelled to White-
horse, Terrace or Smithers’ for
their shopping needs.

What it boils down to in the
end is that the customer is the
person with the money and has the

final choice. But whether they
shop locally, drive to the next
centre or order froma salesman

they should bear
motto.
"LET THE BUYER BEWARE"

in mind this

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cure your money problem.

Simply send a stamped .
§self-addressed envelope and
491 U-S., $1.25 Canadian to

C..J. Enterprises
P.O. Box 3314
Valdez, Alaska

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