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NDP

Jim Fulton, 30 years of age, was born in
Edmonton ahd raised in Pemberton and
Vancouver. He and his wife, Elziabeth,
live in Terrace.

Jim worked at logging, diamond drilling
and construction jobs after achieving his
B.A. in Behavioural Science. He has
been active as Family Court Counselor,
Probation Officer, Shop Steward with
the B.C. Government Employees Union,
a director of Day Care-Teen Centres,
director of Legal Society-Native People,
and a Past President of the Consumer
Co-op in the Queen Charlotte Islands.

He is the present MP for Skeena.

ELECTION DAY
POLLS OPEN FROM

February 18, 1980.
9:00 am to 8:00 pm

Liberal Rally

A Liberal Party rally was held on aes 28 to
meet the Liberal candidate for Skeena and to
hear his views on the present political situation
in Canada and how the present problems in go-
ernment can be resolved in the forthcoming
election.

The Liberal candidate, J.J. Talstar was intro-
duced by Ross Knowles, the Chairman of the
Cassiar Liberal Association.

Jacob J. Talstra or Jack as he is familiarly
known around Terrace is a newcomer to Cassiar.
He is no stranger to politics as he is a popular
Terrace Alderman and has served on the Terrace
Municipal Council since 1975. He has topped
the polls at each election. Born in Holland, he
grew up on the family farm in Terrace, went to
school there and received a law degree from
U.B.C. in 1973.. He has served on various muni-
cipal committees over the past several years.
Married, with a young family of three children,
Jack shares the convictions of the majority of
the residents of the northern areas of Canada;
that ‘they should be able to enjoy the same pri-
vileges and services as other Canadians, and that
they should be able to participate fully in the
economic, cultural and political life of Canada.

In his address to the audience, the Liberal candi-
date explained how he had been travelling
through -out the riding to get a feeling of the
concerns of the people in Skeena. He pointed
out the problems of the geographical size of the
riding, which stretches east and west from
Smithers on No. 16 Highway to include the
Queen Charlotte Islands and north and south
from along No. 16 Highway to the Yukon bor-
der. He pointed out that in this vast and diverse
area people want different things, whereas some
are only interested in Indian land claims and pos~
sible environmental damages, others see the pos-
sibilities of Kemano II and another aluminum
smelter in the riding as a boost to it’s economy
and well being. Others, in the western areas are
mainly interested in fisheries and the problems
with the continuence of economical coastal
transport.

With all the diversities in the north-western part’
of the province, Jack stated that intelligent
choices were necessary so that the right deci-
sions could be made for the betterment of all
and to achieve this required the input from all
those interested.

The reasons for the necessity of a Federal elec-
tion at this time were explained as the P.C. bud-
get had called for restraint and a tightening of
the economy. Talstra stated the budget as pre-
sented only took from the poor and gave to the
rich as it hit the people of middle and lower in-
comes by increasing individual income tax but
allowing corporations a-lower rate.

SKEENA CANDIDATES

PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE

Allan Sheppard, 44 yrs. of age, was born
and raised: in Prince Rupert. He and his
wife, Barbara, have three children. Al has
worked as a fisherman (while a student),
as a shipper at Canadian Cellulose, at
Kitimat for Alcan, and he is now manag-
er of B.C, Packers at Prince Rupert.

Al is a Past President of the Kinsman
Club, has been a mayor of Port Edwards
(outside Prince Rupert) since 1966 and
is also a representtative of the Skeena-
Queen Charlotte Regional District.

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LIBERAL

Jack Talstra, 33 years of age, has lived in
Terrace most of his life, He and his wife,
Hilda, have three young children,

Jack has worked for a local newspaper,
a local trucking firm and a hardward
store before establishing a law firm in
Terrace. He was chairman of the Tour-
ism and Industrial Development Com-
mittee and is presently Chairman of the
Planning Committee. He is also a direct-

Stikine and a municipal appointee to
the Board of Governors of Mills Memor-
ial Hospital, Terrace.

After his address the candidate invited questions
from the floor. They were many and varied and
covered all subjects from a guaranteed income,
to balanced fuel costs. to Petro-can, an income
tax rebate for northerners, land claims and the
possibility of Cassiar: residents having to pay
back taxes on supposable taxable benefits re-
ceived in past years.

NDP. Meeting

An NDP political meeting was held on January 15
in the Rec Hall. The meeting was chaired by Atlin .
Constituency MLA, Al Passarell, who introduced
the NDP candidate for Skeena, Jim Fulton.

Al Passarell advised the audience of the following
items: Paving on the Cassiar Stewart Highway for
1980 is to be from Stewart to the Meziadan-junc-
tion, the Cassiar junction to Good Hope Lake
and south to Pine Tree Lake, and a stretch up
from Kitwanga. He also advised-that the Good
Hope Lake Highways camp would move to near
Cassiar during the year. He stated that we could
expect 100 trucks a day more on the highway
once pipeline construction starts along the Alaska
Highway, as pipe is moved to a staging point at
Watson Lake from Stewart and the railway along
Highway 16.

In his address, Jim Fulton explained why the
NDP would not support the Progressive Conser-
vative’s budget, which led to the government’s
defeat and the election being called. He spoke of
the effects in the North of the escalation of the
interest rates since the Clarke government was in
power, and how the higher interest rates had
caused a drop in housing starts, resulting in the
layoff of 11,000 people in the forest industry. He
quoted figures which showed how the higher
price the -Progressive Conservatives would have
put on gasoline would only have benefitted the
oil companies and the province of Alberta. He
talked of possible ways that people living in the
north could be compensated for the higher costs
of living by having to pay less income tax or by a
northern cost of living allowance. He stated that
if the price of gasoline was raised one-half cent
per gallon in Vancouver to subsidize the cost here
we would all pay the same price for gasoline
throughout the province. ;

_ The meeting ended with a question and answer

period, when members of the audience got an
opportunity to direct questions at Mr. Fulton and
Mr. Passarell.

Ph. 778-7627 Box 100

CASSIAR COURIER
Staff - Lee Coran, Vivian Cousins, Kerry Jones
All material for the MARCH issue should be in by
February 25.

or of the Regional District of Kitimat- —

— pay tribute to: Lorna:

The funeral for Lorna Cosnett, a long time res-
ident of Cassiar, took place on January 15, 1980
at Sands Memorial Chapel of Chimes, Quadra St.

Victoria. Officiating at the service was Father
Costello. Many friends and relatives from Vic-
toria and Cassiar were present, paying tribute to
Lorna, who died suddenly in Cassiar on January
5th. Beautiful floral tributes were sent by many.
Following the service internment took place at
the Oak Bay Cemetary, after which a small re-
ception for the mourners was held at the home
of Lorna’s mother.

Locally, on January 9.a memorial service, offic-
iated by Fr. Oscar Pauwels and Rev. B. Morrison
was held at Our Lady of Lourdes Church. Mem-
bers of the family and many friends gathered to

Vipera had worked in Cassiar for the Community
Club Snack Bar, The Retail Store and Cookery
She always had a friendly smile and hello for
everybody and was a friend to many who enjoy-
ed her cheerful company.

We will miss the “‘Red Kerchief” coming down
the street and those beautiful sessions in the
Snack Bar. She will be sadly missed by us all and
never forgotten.

AETH COMMONWEALTH STUDY
CONFERENCE CANADA 1980

Although their gathering is known as the Com-
monwealth Study ‘‘Conference’’, the more than
300 Commonwealth people who come to Canada

next spring for this fifth such event willspend re- -

latively little of their time “in conference”’.
The theme of this conference is People in an In-
dustrial Society and nearly 60 ‘study tours are
planned, taking Conference members from Prince
Edward Island to Vancouver Island, and as far
north as Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk in the North-
west Territories. Cassiar is one such industrial
community where the Conference group hopes to
meet with and join Cassiarites in their workplaces,
at some of their social events and, in cases, in
their homes. The proposed itinerary for the tour’s
sojourn in Cassiar has been approved by the re-
gional chairman, who visited Cassiar during the
weekend of January 19 - 20th. He was very en-
thusiastic about our plans for a welcoming dinner;
tours of the mine sector, plantsite and milling op-
eration of Cassiar Asbestos; a luncheon with re-
presentatives of various organizations and service
clubs in Cassiar; a panel discussion with
.company entities, such as Human Resources,
members of the local school staff, etc.; and most
important to this article, he thought that our idea
of housing some of the Conference members in
homes would serve very well the main theme of
the tour, which is “to expose them to the widest
possible aspect of the human problems itt indus-

trial communities, and to encourage them to com-

pare and discuss their ideas and reactions”. Only
so much can be gained from tours and luncheons.
They serve to give an overall impression but inter-
action between people in private discussions gives
the answers to the questions raised by the im-
pression.

These Conference members are interested in Cas-
siar and they are most vitally interested in you as
a member of. the Cassiar community. Please wel-
come them to your homes. If you feel that you
have a room to spare for two nights, please con-
tact Sandy Crawford at 778-7731, or Barb
Riordan at 778-7683. Thankyou.

REFLECTIONS

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As our winter continues to drag on all of us, I’m
sure, wonder when or if it will ever end. I suppose
the long winters here put all of us in asomewhat
“reflective mood ”.

B Halls
SS ST,

For some time now Al and I have planned on
making our long hoped for move to the Queen
Charlotte Islands. Since so many of the readers of
this article and friends have asked “Why?’’ I guess
an answer is necessary.

Most of all we have really enjoyed our time here,
especially since we’ve been fortunate enough' to
live in this special log cabin at Four Mile. The
people we've met have more than made our stay
worthwhile. But it started to appear to us we
were living in a community whose major concerns
were money, job class status, and the color of
one’s hat. It was then we sat back and decided we
must move on before any adverse change in our
attitude would leave a bitter taste in our mouths
concerning this community and the beautiful sur-
rounding area.

We found, too, that we were disappointed in the
amount of wildlife. I suppose it seems there are a
fair amount of moose and other animals but un-
less one is driving continually along the lovely
roads or cruising about in a private plane there is
really little to see.

The frustration ae iehine to buy land and not hav-
ing a really good garden and also the frustration
of listening to people discussing how they live
here, hate it, but stay only so that one day they

will have the home they really want. Well, thanks

to the Company we can take our meagre savings
and maybe find some land that will meet our pre-
sent needs.

I suppose this article should have been written
closer to our leaving time but since the questions
have been asked — the answer has been given.
We’re lucky - we're leaving with good feelings,
good friends and a lot of fine memories and good
times under our belts.

Thankyou

I'd like to thank everyone at the hospital for the
kind and efficient care | received while | stayed
there. ’

I’d also like to give a special thank you to Ray
Empereale, Chris and Gladys Tates and Peter
Arnold for getting me to town, Don Toth for all
he did, and Nano Hudson for escorting me to
Vancouver, and thanks to Marty Fugere for the
nice words.

John Blezard

BRIDGE NEWS

The Bridge Club held a social on Tuesday 8th of

January at the Rec. Centre. At the social, prizes

were awarded for the agregate scores for the prev-
ious four months. The winners were as follows:-

High Lady - Frieda Forbes.
Low Lady -. Sue Chambers.
High Man - Jay Lee.

Low Man -_ Jim Forbes.

As usual the refreshments were delicious - Thank-

-you ladies.

With the Christmas season Rush. the turn out at
the Bridge Club dwindled quite drastically. Now
that the busy season is over we hope to see you
coming out again to spend a pleasant evening
playing bridge.

Pamela King . -

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SILVER WEDDING ~

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appenings
We extend a sincere ‘‘Welcome Back’’ to Dr. ‘Bob’. We

understand that he and his wife Tish had a swinging time
while in London.

Thank you ‘to Dr. Brad Raison, who filled in for 1 Dr. ‘Trol-
len during the Christmas holidays.

Jane is looking tremendous since returning from her Ten-

“erife holiday, and husband Bessie: Good to have you back,

Jane!

On Wednesday, January 9, we gathered in our hospital
lounge to bid goodbye to Merle Diot, who has been with
us since her transfer here from Clinton Creek. We wish
Merle, Claude and baby Andrea much happiness in their ‘
new venture in Whitecourt, Alberta, At the same time, we
welcome Eileen Kowalyk to our permanent staff - taking

Merle’s position.

Nirmal has left for India to visit her erally: We hope she :
‘has an enjoyable trip.

THANK YOU

| would like to say ‘‘Thank you’’ to a very honest person
who found my. purse by the Dental Clinic and turned it in
at the Cookery — completely intact.

Appreciatively,
Lil Kamlah

BROWNIE NEWS @

On Tuesday 22nd January two more Tweenies
were sworn in as Brownies. They were Brenda
Brown and Elizabeth Hecimovic. The girls were
swom in by Brown Owl Debbie Van Kippersluis
with the rest of the Brownies participating. Parents
were invited to the ceremony and provided refresh-
ments. After the enrollment ceremonies badges
were awarded to the following girls:-

Collectors and Cooking.
Collectors.
Golden Ladder.

Crystal Brand a
Kate Elhorn :

Service stars were awarded to the following;-

Ist Year.
Vicky Brown, Kate Elhorn, Bernadette Howard,
Pamela King, and Tamara Mulrooney.

2nd Year.

Tracy Anderson and Jackie Brand.

The service stars indicate the number of years that
the girls have been Brownies.

Tamara Mulrooney received her sixer stripes. and
Kate Elhorn received her seconder Stripe.

Congratulations to all the girls who received badges .

we hope you keep up the good work.

On Saturday, December 22nd, a family dinner
was held in honour of Hilde and Karl Voss who
were celebrating their silver wedding anniver-
sary. The dinner, which was prepared by the
Cookery Staff was served in the Lion’s Room.

Daughter and son-in-law Renate and Gunther
Ruehl and their family travelled from Squa-
mish for the ocaasion, Peter, Joanne and Marie
came from Dease Lake and Jutta, Rolf, and
Margaret were home - from victoria where they’
are studying.

Hilde and Karl were married in Edmonton, Dec-
ember 22nd 1954.

CASSIAR

. We -hope Sue Harder is recuperating nicely after her

“little accident.

Sharon and Hans Bierman are off to the Caribbean and
the Hewetts are off on holidays again — this time to
Mexico,

Mrs. King Sr., who has been visiting her son and daughter-
in-law, Bevan and Kathleen King, and family, is returning
to Australia. Hope your stay here was enjoyable.

Welcome back to our dentist, Dr. Rauch and family, and

also Dr. Trollen. Hope they had nice holidays.

Someone in town has-a habit of getting stuck in the
snow these days. Where is Mary Marvel when you need
her?

We extend our sympathy to Don and Peggy Toth. Don’s
father passed away suddenly at the end of January.
Kudos to the local cookery staff — the last-visiting Con-
cert Series artists said the meals there were the best they
had ever had on tour!

During this winter season one often is witness to a mother
puffing along the streets pulling one or more youngsters
on a sleigh. Today | could not suppress:a laugh when |
saw one such team. Mom’s big purse; holding no doubt
the shopping and the mail, sat in front of junior on the
sleigh. The child held the straps as reins and provided the
horse sounds and, of course, Mom provided the lo-

comotion.
WELCOME TO:

Wayne & Claudia Huber and family, who are here with

Finning.

Hugh McPherson, who is working for Cassiar.

“ GOODBYE TO:

Ted and Jan Barks and family, who have moved to
Mackenizie. :

Heinz Weiss and his daughter Lisa, who are moving back
to Elkford. j

Guy and Joyce Martin

Claude
court to join Betty Bowman and Don Kallusky in their
business venture. ;

Ken Buchanan, who has been transferred from the Royal
Bank here to Vancouver.

BORN TO — =

Valerie and Gordie Annis, a son, Clayton Patrick, on
December 23, 1979, in Peterborough, Ontario.

and Merle Diotand family, who are off to White-.