Cassiar Courier
YA the Voice of Cassiar Country _
JULY 1980

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10 cents

STORE EXPANSION

On the 10th of June 1980, the Board of Cassiar
Asbestos Corporation approved the building of a
new dry - goods store for the town of Cassiar.

At the present time the selling space of the dry -
goods store is approximately 2,900 sq. ft. The
new Store will have a selling space of 5,200 sq.ft. -
a very welcome increase to shoppers and store
staff alike.

The new store will be located next to the existing
grocery store and will in fact be an extension of
the grocery store building. As well as the addition-
al selling space there will be an extra 5,000 sq. ft.
of basement space - bringing the warehouse area
to 10,000 sq.ft. Two offices will be located in the
basement; one for the manager and one for the as-
sistant manager and store clerk. Both offices will

MINING
EXPLORATION

by Fred Hewett
Senior Exploration Geologist

In 1980, Cassiar Asbestos has planned a vigorous explora-
_ tion program for B.C. and the Yukon. With a head office
establishment of two, and six field personnel, programs
are planned on five main claim groups. As well, regional
programs and property examinations are being carried out,

“In the Cassiar area, our field crews are investigating an
asbestos occurence near Dease Lake and gold and
molybdenum in the vicinity.

Further afield, cr ws will be looking at molybdenum,
silver, lead and zinc in the Tootsee and Terrace areas
of B.C. Joint venture programs are planned in the
Yukon and B.C. for tungsten, molybdenum, asbestos,
and varied other minerals.

The company plans to continue this aggressive approach
to exploration in the future, and to build our corpora-
tion through these efforts. Property submissions are
more than welcome.

have access to the warehouse area. There will be
no public access to the warehouse except through
these offices.

The entrance tothe store will be glass and feature
panelling. The entrance doors will be manual and
the exit doors will be automatic. (A boon to
those struggling shoppers with small children and
buggies full of groceries ). There will be a parti-
tion between the entrance and exit doors to elimi-
nate congestion in that area. The east wall of the
existing store will be eliminated in order to make
the store one large area with the entrance and exit
serving both the dry - goods and grocery sections
of the store.

The interior will be decorated in pastels with the
lighting remaining the same as it is at the present

Government
Building

A long awaited Government Building for Cassiar
is finally to become a reality.

Tenders for the one storey, 6,200 sq. ft. building .

located on Connell Dr.(opposite the theatre),
have been called. Construction commences some

time in August and is expected to be completed |

in October.

2,000 sq. ft.-of the building has been allocated
to. the Liquor Control Board for a self-serve "
liquor outlet and storage space.

As_ well, office space for Human Resources,
Public Health and a Government Agent has been
planned. The Government Agent will be in
charge of all matters which have had no local
Provincial Government representation.

With co-operation from the Government, we
hope to have more information, including the
artist’s conception of the building, in future is-
sues of this publication.

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time. However the dry - goods section will have
some additional track lighting with which to en-
hance displays. There will be front and side win-
dows, giving us a corner display area.

The removal of one wall from the grocery store -
as it is now - will necessitate the rearranging of

’ that store also.

Humphrey Construction is the contractor build-
ing the store. The scheduled completion date is
for some time between the Ist and 15th of Oct-
ober with moving procedures being completed
hopefully, by November Ist. We all look forward
to that day - another landmark in the contin-
uing growth of Cassiar.

GULF OIL

Many residents of Cassiar will be glad to hear
that as of this Fall, they will not have to drive
the road out of town in order to “‘gas - up”.

Construction will begin on a new Gulf Oil
service station, to be known as Cassiar Auto
Service Ltd., in mid-July and hopefully
will be completed by the end of August.

_ The garage will be located on a 200 sq. ft. lot
opposite the Mine Dry and in front of the

' Finning building. It will offer a variety of

services. There will be two pumps, each with
two nozzles, all automotive services, a large
office, car wash and public washrooms ( a
boon to the tourist). Also a spare parts service
will be available.

The station will be managed by Valdemar
Isidoro who has confirmed the above informa-

tion.

Articles for the August issue of the
» Courier must be in by July 25.

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