Dease Lake School Advisory Committee Mike Strange, Chairman, Board Of School Trustees, School District # 87 (Stikine), Atlin, B.C. Dear Mike: On behalf of the . School Advisory Committee and the resi- dents of Dease Lake, we would like to register our displeasure about your recent decision to re—- turn to a two-Principal position in Cassiar. We understand that surplus money was available from the School Board’s operating bud—- get and that this enabled the reinstatement of the second Prin-— cipal’s position. In our view, this was not sound decision— making; the monies: should have been spent elsewhere in upgrading classroom facilities and increa-— sing education programs oar redu- cing casts to taxpayers. We understand that our mil rate is still going to increase even though a available! surplus of money is We believe that the original decision to combine the Princi- Ppalships in Cassiar was a sound decision beth economically and management—wise, and showed us that the School Board was taking responsible steps towards redu-— cing operating expenditures and was willing toa cut back where necessary to keep valuable educa-— tion programs ongoing and to keep tax payers’ rates at a reasonable level. However, the reversal of this decision, AFTER you have gone so far as interviewing and selecting the new candidate for the position, has reduced the credibility of the Board. ; The Trustees shouid all stand bpehina tneir original decision and demonstrate once again that they are capable of making sound decisions in stream— lining operating costs. We rea- “lize that this is not the only cut back required and that more cuts will be necessary in other areas and other schools as well, but it is a start, and Cassiar being the largest representative and centre of the District snhouid take pride in being able to lead the way to better our educational needs. In a previous letter to the Board, dated March 8, 1990, we supported our Trustee - Cherryl Bradford - and the Board itself in taking steps to streamline operating costs, and we will con- tinue to support Cherryl Bradford in her efforts to put forth her ideas and ours to help reduce tax Payers’ costs and yet maintain a high level of education in our School District. Yours truly, School Advisory Committee, ~ Dease Lake School, vase Lake, B.C. A warm welcome to our new and energetic Board Chairperson, Mrs. Noella May. The library has quickly taken on a tidier and mo-— re organized look due to Noella’s “spring-cleaning." Noella has been a volunteer and board member Since her arrival to Cassiar in July 1989. Welcome also to Mrs. Elaine Pirie who has volunteered to be eur “on-call" librarian. Here’s some old news for .any newcomers to town: Library mem— berships are only 10.00 for the whole family. You must be a C. Cc.C. member before joining. . The $10.00 is refundable at any time once a written request is sub- mitted to any Board member of librarian. Library Board members are: Mrs. Noella May, Chairperson; Mrs Sherri Kottmeier, Treasurer; Mrs. Maria Cvetkovich, Secretary; and Ms. Sonja Slana, Ms. Sandy Craw-— ford, Mr. Duncan Finlayson, Mrs. Linda Hurlburt and Mrs. Cecille Pratt. Volunteers are: all of the above board members and Jane Ja-— cobs, Colin Elliott and Elaine Pirie. rae The librarian is Jenafor Callaway. Our Interlibrary Loan Net-— work is becoming quite popular as more library visitors become awa-— re af the service. We can borrow virtually any book in print for you. Submit your request to the librarian an duty or call Jenafor at 778-8738 with the author or publisher and title. Sub ject matter may be requested as well as ice-fishing, alcoholism, civil war, exercise. It takes approxi-— mately 10 days for books to arri-— ve through the mail. Other services available th: ough the Interlibrary Loan Network are: Multilingual ser- vice (order books in any langua-— ge), audiso/talking books (casset— tes) and Lar ge-Print Cadult) books. Library hours are: Monday, Wednesday, Thur sday, Friday ey f pm = ‘s} pm (summer 7 pm - 8 pm when Rec Center closes at 8 pm) Tuesday 2 pm —- 4 pm Closed weekends and all holidays CApril ta October) Dease Lake, British Columbia Invites Offer To Purchase Forestry Subdivision — Phase Il The Ministry of Crown Lands invites Offers to Purchase of 18 undeveloped residential lots lo- cated at Dease Lake known locally as the second phase of the Fore— stry Subdivision. the subdivi- sion has been approved as Plan 10388 in Cassiar Land District. The lots are adjacent to north on Phase I Forestry Sub-— division which is sold out. The lots are zoned "R-I" and are suited to single family resident— ial development. Prospective Developers are invited to request information packages (detailing the terms and conditions) by contacting; Ed Opal Manager of Devel opment and Marketing Ministry of Crown Lands Bag 35000 Smithers, B.C. VOJ 2NO Telephone 847-7334 Fax (604) 847-7556 MINISTRY OF CROWN LANDS Honourable Dave Parker, Minister A Father’s love is like the first day of Summer...and today we remember all the warm days you gave to us, Father. Happy Father’s Day to All Fathers. 2 4 Business Cards NEAR a produce-store display of bananas: "Please don’t separate us —- we grew up together.” - Phyllis D. Pearle SPOTTED outside a church located between. two ice-cream parlors: "Stop in and try one of our Sun- days — They’re free." —- Gloria L. Roberts LETTERED across a "Rolling Tomes. " — Patricia J. Dickerson bookmobile: BY A roadside fruit stand: "Our berries slept in their own beds last night." - Vickie Southern ON A bakery truck’s rear doors: "Please don’t bump me — you'll bruise my buns." — Jeannie Pirozzolo HUNG on a wall of a é liquor store: "Anyone caught lifting our -spirits will be prosecuted." —- John M. Labas, Sr. -Meanwhile, apocl cf prt witwod yeiezeo 3. 2p assiar-Courter-- June-1990-- Page 7 : oe se a th el Dease Lake *'°™ the Dease Lake newsletter submitted by John Wright 1. MILK RUN The Milk Run was) another success this year -— many thanks to Lori Robinson. The students raised a grand total of 116 pounds of coins for the B.C. Wheelchair Sports Association. We would especially like to thank the Dease Lake RCMP Detachment (Glen, Stu, Rob, Cindy and Mar-— lene), for their help in traffic control, participation and _ for cheering us on. We would also like to thank Forestry for parti- Cipating in the run and_=e for cheering the students in their efforts. A special vote of ap- preciation should go to Dale Jones at South Dease Service for the donations of the prizes. The Celebrity Invitational Relay Run was won by the team of Jason Anderson, Leland Bradford, Clyde Dennis and Blaine Sharko. There was a fine effort made by some of the members of the Fores— try’s Initial Attack Team. The Grade 9/10 B class rai- sed an average of almost 2.5 pounds of coins per person. 2. STUDENT TEACHERS Friday, May 11, was the last day that our two student teachers worked in the school. Susan Nel-— son and Kathleen Jackson have been working in the school for 6 weeks. The students and staff will miss them both. 3. GRADE 1/2 COLLECTIONS Grade 1 and 2 students are doing a major project for June. In the third week of June, they will be asked to bring their collections in for a display. if you have any of these objects that you would be willing to donate to the stu- dents, we would appreciate it very much. Remember that items can include pictures, books, drawings, toys or magazine arti- cles about the items that they are collecting. Buddy — puppies Andrea — teddybears Echo -— rocks Clemens — pinecones Roger - hats Ollie and Mark — keys Shauna and Carly — pins and badges Lindsay —- erasers Amber — dresses Christine - rocks Nicole —- erasers PLEASE Pablo —- coins 4. VISITORS There have been a number of visitors in the school this past little while - Mike Henderson, District Superintendent; Julie MacRae, principal of Snowridge Elementary; Judith Knapp, Direc— tor of Curriculum and Instruc— tion; Tom O’Connor from Northern Lights College; Greg Larsen from Northern Lights College: Marlene Travis, Public Health urse; Dr. Peter Meuser from Terrace. 5S. WILDFIRE On April 30, there was a meeting held at the Community Hall, regarding a potential fire hazard which threatens the town— site. Because of the heavy snow— falls this year, there are a tre- mendous number of "blow downs”. These trees are tinder dry, and if a fire should start, with the wind blowing the wrong way, pro- perty and perhaps lives could be lost. Fire Season has now of fici- ally started. A permit is requi- red for any burning, aside from incinerators. If you are burning in an incinerator, please remem— ber that a screen is required. 25 6. TOWN CLEAN-UP On May 31, Dease Lake School will be doing the Town Clean-up. NorRoad Co. will be donating a computer unit to the school for our efforts in "tidying up”. 7. TAHLTAN TRIBAL COUNCIL MEETING On Thursday, May 10, High School students of Tahltan ances— try were invited to attend a Tri- bal Council Meeting held at the Community Hall. The students who attended were given information on the new programs coming up in the summer. These programs in- cluded new housing and summer employment opportunities. After their first class of the morning, students attended the meeting from 10:00 -— 10:00, and were back in the school for their regular afternoon classes. 8. GRADE 11 In the School Board Meeting of May 11 & 12, in Atlin, it was SUPPORT OUR. ADVERTISERS | confirmed that there would be a Grade 11 program in Dease Lake. We will have a minimum of 8 stu- dents participating. Details will be in the next newsletter. 3. SCHOOL BOARD NEWS The Board met this weekend’ in Atlin. The biggest item of concern was the budget. This Dis-trict did not go to referen— dum this year because it feels that the Block funding arrange— ment has provided us with suffi- cient funds. However, it should be borne in mind that residential property taxes will still rise this year because of last year’s tax arrangements. On a Similar note, Vic Pirie, the Secretary Treasurer, spoke to our SAC group on April 26. He explained why the nil yate will increase. Previous to that meeting, the SAC group sent a letter to the Board which takes exception to the tax increase in light of the Board’s decision to reinstate the two principals in Cassiar. That letter will be published in next month’s Cassiar Courier and was on the Board’s agenda over the weekend. 10. APPRECIATION DINNER We will be hosting our se- cond annual Appreciation Dinner in mid-June. Invitations will be going out shortly to all those persons who have assisted us this year. 11. SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY The Ministry of Education has established a requirement in the new School Act that the Sti- kine School District submit an Annual Report by January 1 of each year. One of the components of this report is a survey to gi- ve the School District an indica— tion as to whether the schools and School Board are meeting the needs of the Stikine area resi-— dents. It is also necessary to get information as to how the community and citizens view the public school system. At a later date, you will receive a Climate Survey form. We are asking you to complete this survey and re- turn it to the school or District Office in Cassiar. The survey is completely confidential. The final report will contain only statistical summaries and anony- mous comments, with no identi fi-— cation of individual respondents.