Page 2 Cassiar Courier October 1990 Letters Dated September 25, 1990. I just spent a couple of days in Cassiar, met with a live— ly group and had a tour of the town, the facilities and the area. This was an excellent first cpportunity to hear the concerns ang the feelings about your com— munity first hand. Now that I have experienced your community you can be assured that the vivid memories will spur me oan toa even mare vigorous action on your be- half. The North has consistently been short changed as I have said in many occasians. Cassiar seems to have been ignored, but that is changing as af now. Thanks to Bill Zemenchick for his guidance around the com— munity and fer the hospitality shown ta Linda and me by Bill and Filleen at the gathering at their home. TI will be sending requiar columns ta the Cassiar Courier. In the November issue I hope you will see updated information on the representation I have been making on behaif of this commun-— ity regarding hiqhway 327 since this summer. Flease understand that my office is apen ta you whenever you need ta make cantact with Victoria. My assistant Linda Babb or i , will be happy to taik with you and investigate any problem you may have. We lock forward ta hearing from you. Your sincerely, Jack J Kempf, MLA Parliament Buildings Victoria, BL. VEY x4 Phane: 387-3038 affice 383-3733 home 387-4306 Fax FUS UIPIWIS O Bios OL IgRIAR O/Fa AR YL Fa RIAL OV TaRAR O/s Tahitan Tribal Counri:.: The fahitan Tribai Council haS aA position tar a Program Manager Trainee, this position is part-time, appreximateky 25 hours per week, wages are $10.00 per hau . This position would event— ually be a full time position. The Frogram Manager Trainee will be responsible for the following duties: ~- Assist and train under the managing coordinator and take over her duties when necessary. Manager Trainee will train in the following tapics under the super— vision of the Froject Manager. - Learn to develop, design and administer training plans toa meet the needs in the community. _- Learn haw to canduct a needs assessment. ‘ NO SLRREENG SLBLELVG FLwPLEEVG FAPRLELVS -FLBRELVS SO wEEEVYS : {32 MEA} PCPCEEN) PERSE) PERELID EREEAQ ee oct rs POSROEAD PCEKELAD PPCE MS x Dease Lake Community News 5 AR RA ARTS ie D to Dear Editor: the I would like to provide your readers with information on the efforts of B.C. Parks in the last few years towards making custam— ers our number one priority. Since 1985, 8B.t. Parks has been analyzing park visitors and B.C. residents satisfaction ina comprehensive fashion. Both in- part and household satisfaction surveys have been conducted. This program was formalized in 1986 when a study was conducted by B.C. Parks to identify the types of critical informatian which we needed to implement our marketing approach ta park man— agement. Starting in i985, and coant-— inuing each year to the present, B.C. Parks has conducted a tatal of over 330 surveys in 140 parks. This has involved asking over 19,9000 campground visitors, 9,900 beach-picnic visitors, and a les-— ser number af backcountry and marine park visitors, how satis-— fied they are with “B.C. Parks facilities and services. In addition toa the visitor satisfaction surveys, which are conducted at each survey site oan Six to ten selected days during the summer season, customer com— ment cards are provided in every campground and day use area. Yisiteors are encouraged to use the cards, which are located in the parks throughout the summer, ta provide comments on the qual- ity of our facilities and ser- vices. The information which is provided by visitors through the Satisfaction surveys and comment cards are used by &.f. Farks staff in a variety af ways, in- cluding as a measure of the per- formance cf park cantractors; ta compare services in different parks; ta determine visiter reac— tion ta fee increases; and, ta ays Re Ys $5 LR By Marge Loverin oe RPL LY Fg IMAL LYToASHR LYTaAIOR LY Jaif rR O44 Ew ORIILIS CGIIILIS GRINS AR Re a -— Learn ta recruit program participants, select. suitable training sites and monitor part-— icipants progress. -— Learn ta write reports as required by CEIC. —- Administer, supervise and keep payroll records. The Project Manager Trainee is responsible to the Managing Coordinator and shall not authar— ize any activity without the coan- sent af the existing Manager Co— ordinatar. This pasition requires the applicant toa have good working skill, ability ta coammunicate both verbally and in writing, motivated and responsible ta campileting task. For further informatian contact Bettina at 771-5151. Editor identify services which the pub— lic wants that can be provided within the mandate of H.C. Parks. The household surveys which B.C. Parks has. canducted ta eval-— uate visitor satisfaction include an April i986 mail survey which measured 3,175 B.C. residents’ opinions about provincial park campgrounds Creturn rate of 81%), and a May 1989 survey which meas— ured 2,899 B.C. residents’ opin-— ions about B.C. Parks generally (return rate af 7/67). Over the past year, B.C. Parks has taken several major steps ta make Brit— ish Columbians more aware of its management policies and prac— tices. To help determine how B.C. residents’ feelings may have changed about he way the #.C. Park system has been managed Since the i988 survey, a tele— Phane survey of S04 British Col-— umbians was conducted in May af this year. The results of the specific questions asked for H.C. Parks as part of the telephone survey, are included in our pub- lic opinion survey. You may be interested to know that over all, park visi- tors, and B.C. residents, are generally very satisfied with the B.C. Parks system and the way it is being managed. For example, 84% af B.C. park campground and beach-picnic area visitors sur- veyed in 1389 indicated that they would recommend te their friends the park they were visiting as being above average or excellent. In addition, a majority of Brit— ish Columbians ¢€73%) indicated in our June 1990 telephone survey that they were either very ar somewhat satisfied with the over— all management of B.C. Farks in the past 12 manths. Yours Sincerely, Ivan ©. Messmer Minister of Parks If you have any Bits &Pieces you would like printed mail them to : Cassiar Courier Box 100 Cassiar, B.C.” VOC 1E0O Or simply drop them off at the Courier office. If you have any poems or stories for The Writer’s Corner mail them to: Cassiar Courier Box 100 Cassiar, B.C. VOC 1E0O Or simply drop them off at the Courier office. — Sa Hunger Society has the means to create sustainable agricultural systems which can meet the future food needs of its population if it is collectively prepared to reconsider, rethink and restruc— ture its present methods of agri- cultural development, says a Simon Fraser University geograph— er. "Attempts ta alleviate hunger through purely technologi-— cal means are bound to fail un-— less there is more income and creater access by the poor land and other agricultural resources, says Dr. John Pierce. "Increasing food production is a necessary but not sufficient condition for improving nutrition." During the last half cen- tury, the quest for mare and better quality food has had an enormous infiuence on the world, affecting both the quality and quantity of resources available for agriculture. While there have been sufficient gains in productivity and nutrition, there is ample evidence that these gains have been achieved at a price. Soil erosion, increasing soil salinity, climatic change, lass of agricultural land and, in many regions of the world, con-— meena eee Northwestel Proposes $ 1.7 Million Long Distance Rate Cut Whitehorse, Yukon —--——- North— westel Inc. has asked the Can-— adian Fadia —- television and Telecommunications Commission CCRTC) to approve reductions in its long distance rates as of January i, i991. The company proposes ta re- duce public lang distance rates by $1.7 million. This amount is more than the revenue that the company expects ta gain from an increase in manual mobile radis rates. Northwestel applied ta the CRTC for changes to its man- ual mobile rates earlier in August. The company is also applying ta revise charges for calls plac— ed through an operator. The proposed rate cuts will benefit most Northwestel cust— omers. Appraximately 938 per cent of the company’s residential customers and 95S per cent of its business customers have lang dis— tance charges on their monthly Phone bills. The rate changes are based on three geographic regions. Northwestel is seeking to reduce rates on long distance calls within its operating area by an average of five per cent. The average rate for calls ta Alberta and areas of British Columbia not served by Northwestel would be reduced by three per cent. The average rate for calls placed to all other destinations within Canada would be cut by two per cent. In addition to reduced lang distance rates, Northwestel is proposing to revise charges for calls that are completed through an operator. These revisions would apply only to calls toa points east af Alberta. The company’s intention Cassiar Courier October 1990 Page 3 is an Environmental Issue straints on the supply of energy and water threaten the growth in food production, says Pierce, whose recently published book "The Food Resource” examines the changing environment for food production and its implications for food security. "By the end of this century the earth will have to support an additional 1.3 billion persons with an: average purchasing power well above present levels," he says. To satisfy the growth in demand for food a number of major initiatives are required. Global output will have to expand by as much as 40 - 5SO per cent. © The majority of this growth will have to take place on the existing land base by boast— ing yields. The agricultural sector must provide far a more equitable access to food and to the resources required for its production. 4nd the way food resources are managed, both in developed and developing coun- tries, will have to change. "Presently only 11 per cent of the earth’s surface is capable ef supporting viable crop proaduc— tian," Pierce says. "Within that area, pursuing long term food Production goals is dependent upon preserving the delicate is to make operator surcharges identical far all calis within Canada of a Similar nature. Currently, sur- charges on calls east of Alberta are different. Alsa, Nerthwestel wants to revise operator surchar— ges so they are comparable to those of other federally regulat— ed telephone companies in Canada. Within Northwestel’s aperat— ing area, the company is propas— ing to increase operation sur- charges far staticon—oaper ator— assisted, person—-to-per san and calling card calls. These rates would still be less than or identical toa those charged by other companies. There would be no change in the oaperator sur- charge for manual mobile radio calls within Northwestel’s area. For calls to Alberta and non-Northwestel areas of British Columbia, operator surcharges for person-to-person would increase from #35 to $3.75 per call. The manual mobile surcharge would decrease from 3 ta $2. ' For calls to Canada east of Alberta the operator surcharge would be separated from the long distance rate, which is based oan mileage.- AS a result, once an operator completes a call, there would be no difference in the cost per minute between a person— ta-person or other oper ator— assisted call and a é customer— dialled call. Nor thwestel is proposing rate decreases in response ta customer demand for lower tlong distance charges, and ta reduce its dependence on tong distance revenues. The campany relies heavily on long distance revenues to support profitable service, such aS manual mobile = radioc. physical and biological which sustains life systems." Many of the present straints toa increasing production and nutrition human induced, not natural, therefore efficiency, people have demands," of cheap energy, and poor land environmental practices. association renewable resource-based activi- ties, it is becoming increasingly dependent af depletable resour-—- agriculture’s Les. Contact: Dr. John Pierce, Piss BG fi Wee hairy gf teres It LC eek Town, media and public relations (604) 291-4323. The campany believes certain revenues from should cover the ding the service. The proposed reductions are tied to the amount expects from increases in manual The revised manual mobile rates wiil go into effect Jan— if the CRTC the company rates. uary 1, i331, proves. If the CRTC does not approve the proposed manual hawever, increases, would have ta modify the distance rate reductians in the proposal CRITIC. SUBSCRIPTIONS | CASSIAR ‘COURIER Box 100 Cassiar, B.C. VOC 1E0 Name Street. City. Postal Code capable Changes in land tenure, ments in irrigation and energy diversifying operations, soil conservation and redesigning of policy are some of the necessary canditions for making agriculture a sustainable activity. "In most western countries, developed sense of security over the abili-— ty of their agricultural tions toa meet Pierce current food surpluses countries are artificial, or t ms mobile the company long cutlined now before $15.00 per Year solution. improve— agricultural a false future says. that Services of provi- YeVeENUPS obtain mobile PrOVvinCe = balance con- food farm opera food "The in these because subsidies management Despite with C604) _ Florida rate