re irae . > enh . 2° 6 S8ECF rinte “TINO 4 je2e% WS FO EN 2 ES FR ee Page 4 Cassiar Courier March 1987 OFFICE OF THE PREMIER “= BILL VANDER ZALM If governments in Canada or elsewhere have an image problem, the ultimate fault lies with the people who run them —the politicians. Most governments tend to operate behind -closed doors and show a marked reluctance to be accountable for their actions. More’s the pity because I don’t believe governments or politicians for that matter, have to act that way. So if as I suspect, there’s growing disinter- est and cynicism about the political process, there’s nobody the politicians can blame but themselves. The reason most people are turned off or bored by what goes on in government—whether it’s at the municipal, provincial or federal level— is not because they don’t want to relate to what’s going on, but because elected officials de- liberately or by default, do a poor job commun- icating. . Honest communication, telling it like it is, laying out for people what’s going on and why, is a characteristic that’s sadly lacking in too many governments and public figures today.. It’s almost as if once in office, people in public life figure what ‘you’ don’t know won’t hurt ‘them’. While I’ve never expected people to al- ways agree with what I say—that would be really dull—-I believe most people respect politicians and governments that say what’s on their mind, try to do the right things and level with them. People are tired of politicians who waltz round the issues and they’re weary of govern- ment that shrouds its operations in secrecy. The poor image governments have would be vastly improved if they decided to be up- front and honest—whether the news is good or bad. So in columns to come, I’ll try to live up to my words and at the same time, try to peel away some of the mystery that surrounds govern- } ments. | And from time to time, I’ll use this space to talk about the issues and lay out the kinds of direction I think we should follow. But because the political process involves much more than just the people in power, I'll also touch on the roles of other major players like the Opposition and media, how people ac- cess government and how the legislature and things like the committee system are supposed to work. . And if you disagree-drop me a line be- cause like all fair columnists...space permitting... Pll try to fit in your comments. NEW FACES IN Mr. Jim McGill has been appointed to the position of Chief Accountant, Cassiar Mining, effective February 2, 1987. Mr. McGill comes to Cassiar from Calgary where he was employed with Texaco Resources. Wife Linda and nine children, ages 142 to 14 years will be arriving in. early August. The older children will continue school in Calgary. Jim enjoys music, plays the guitar and likes curling on an occasional basis. Linda enjoys handicrafts and cake decorating. Jim commented on how friendly everyone seems. 2 a prt gx al ' 3 ia ae je — a oe , > te bet é Cassiar Mining announced the appointment of Eugene Mehr to the position of Senior Mine Engineer, effective January 19th, 1987. Mr. Mehr comes to us from Clearbook, B.C. where he was self-employed as a Project Mine Engineer. Prior to that he was with Cominco for many years. Eugene, wife Sharon, children Jennifer, age 8, Roger 22 months and Kevin 9 months are residing at 182 Zimmerman. Eugene enjoys old timers hockey and looks forward to fishing and hunting when “‘all this snow is gone’! PARENT ADVISORY REPORT The Cassiar Parent Advisory met again this month in the Secondary School Library. Gerry Gramek spoke to us about the possibility of having Drug and Alcohol Abuse councilors from Whitehorse come into the secon- dary school to speak to the students and perhaps to have an evening workshop with parents. He will get back to us when more information is available. There was some concern expressed about the elementary school students being able to purchase Scratch & Win tickets and then using the winnings to buy candy which makes its appearance at the elemen- tary school. We decided to write a letter to the Lotter- ies Branch to see if there were any regulations regard- ing this type of gambling and minors. = David John ‘reported that the presentation to the parents regarding the C.A.R.E. program had gone well and that barring any unforeseen problems, the program would begin in the near future. The Snowridge road was in need of another plowing but this was done the next day. The Council would like to welcome Lorraine Tyne to the Secondary School teaching staff. Lorraine will be filling the vacancy created by Jack Alward’s dismissal. There was a query regarding Snowridge school’s latest talent show and David assured us that the content had been censored and the production supervised. There was also an inquiry about the Snowridge Lost and Found and David said all the items were available for checking at any time by parents and that at the end of the school year everything of value was given to the church. Both schools reported that there was an abundance of items of apparent value in the lost and found and encouraged parents and students to claim these articles. There had also been a concern about the num- ber of sick days some teachers were using. The allowed sick time is 1.5 days per month which can accumulate but may only be taken for illness. Both principals assured us that the teachers are not abusing this system. Denyse Tavener and Deb Gabel have been invited to attend a B.C. Teacher’s Federation conference in Vancouver on Parent Teacher relations. They will be attending the conference February 13th to 15th. We would like to thank the parents who attend- ed this month’s meeting and remind everyone next _month’s meeting will be March 11th at 7:30 in the library" EAP \ST. PATRICK’S DAY SS | -- - = eee —~ or se + Opposition Leader | BOB SKELLY January 30, 1987 British Columbia’s second biggest industry - tourism - has received some exciting news about its futures growth potential. Surveys suggest that up to 80% of Expo visitors plan a return trip to our province within three years. A thriving tourism industry can bring economic benefits to every region of the pro- vince. Last year, the visitor industry brought more than $33 billion into the provincial econ- omy and through some 10,000 businesses, em- ployed about 125,000 people. : But if we are to fully captyre the econo- mic potential of our tourism industry, we must look carefully at what visitors to B.C. are saying, and develop a tourism’ plan that reflects their needs. American visitors in particular, expressed an ‘attraction to the cleanliness, scenic beauty, air quality of our province. They like our re- creational opportunities, such as_camping and rs all done by older folks greedy for gain: \Ind, in how many cases we find that it’s true: he label “delinquent. fits.ys alder folks too? , _ 2 These results follow logically from the demographics we’ know about our visitors: The British Columbia tourist is likely to be between 35 and 44 years old, travelling with family, planning a short stay — about five days. In 1987, the tourism ministry has added responsibility for recreation and ‘lture. This should allow for sound planning in an overall tourism strategy. Our province needs a land use plan that follows from a comprehensive look at all our land and all our needs. Every user, for industry or recreation or anything else, needs some clear plan of what we can do and what we are doing. That planning must address the needs of all the regions of the province. Tourism in particular, must be considered carefully in a regional context. At present most visitors con- sider Vancouver and Victoria as the only major destinations in the province. We need a mar- keting strategy to make people aware of the great attractions in the rest of B.C. | This year can be a great year for the © tourism industry. With proper planning, the entire. province can benefit while welcoming our returning Expo visitors. NATIVE COURT STUDY ROBERTA WRAITH, FREELANCE WRITER Roberta Wraith, a freelance writer in mar- ket and social research, was recently in Cassiar travelling with the court. Wraith was involved in an ‘‘activity analysis” study of the native court workers in the province. She was working as part of a sub-contract by a management consulting firm. Six communities were chosen by the Fed- eral and Provincial Governments, as well as by the Native Court Workers’ Society to look at the im- pact of the program in the judicial system. Wraith spent two months in the Vancouver — area conducting her study and six weeks in other areas of the province. She says she has especially enjoyed her travels in the northern region of B.C. CATHOLIC WOMEN’S _ LEAGUE In celebration of Our Lady of Lourdes Feast Day we held a Pot Luck luncheon in the Church basement, following mass on Febru- ary 8, 1987. The following Monday the children of the religious education classes gathered for a children’s mass; it was very well attended. This was followed by cake that was baked and aa by Ms. Sandy Crawford’s .Course five class. Long Time Residents Will Be Missed GIBSON QUASH Gibson Quash, a long time resident of the Cass- iar area passed away in St. Paul’s Hospital, Van- couver, on Dec. 28, 1986. Gibson was born in Telegraph Creek, January 18, 1932. He is survived by his wife, Rose, and six children Pansy, Charlie, Lilian, Connie, David and Chuckie and eight grand children. Gibson was employ— ed with Cassiar Mining’s Townsite and Surface Dept. at the time of his death. Funeral servi- ces were held January 2, 1987 in Telegraph Creek, Rev. Holmes officiating. . pes Sl Ss zat We would like to express our most sincere appreciation to everyone in Cassiar, Telegraph Creek, Iskut and Dease Lake for their support during the loss of our husband and father Gibson Quash, A special thank you to Francis Gleason and family. The Quash Family BERNICE BORSATO - & ed y MEAGRE BS REL We wish to thank all the kind and thought- ful people for their generosity and sympathetic concem during our recent difficult time of the passing away of Bernice, our beloved wife and mother. We shall be forever grateful for your support — _ through those difficult and trying days. The Borsato Family . NORTHERN LIGHTS COLLEGE ae ro Allan Studd Things continue to progress at Northern Lights College. Our Learning Centre has become just that - a centre of learning in Cassiar which offers education to all adults. Our computers arrived and have been installed. A sign has been completed and will be hung on the Connell side of the building. I have set up re- gular office hours which many people seem to have discovered, We have started to hold some classes in the Centre and hope to be utilizing it even more in the future. The big excitement this month has been the computers. We have three of them. They are I.B.M. compatible with printers and dual disc drive. Beginning Monday March 2 we will be offering time on these mach- ines at $2.00 an hour. We have hired a technician whose job it will be to supervise the use of the computers and to help with any problems. We now have the following programmes that can be used to teach yourself: Easiwriter - a Word Processing program P.C. File and Data - for filing, listing, etc. P.C. Tutor - an introduction to the use of I.B.M. computers. The Print Shop - graphics and sign making. Each one has a built-in tutorial that you can work away at your own speed, If you are interested in using these, please call the College Centre. This will mean that the Learning Centre will be open more often so watch for our advertised hours. Several courses are now well started, but we continue to explore other possibilities. A G.E.D. course Cassiar Courier March 1987 Page 5 Walter Comper designed and painted the new sign for Northern Lights College began on Tuesday, February 24th, but we can still accept. new people if you do not mind doing a little extra work to catch up. The G.E.D. is a Grade 12 equivalency diploma. It is accepted by many employers, trade schools and apprenticeship programmes as equivalent to a High School Diploma. We are exploring the possibility of presenting seminars on “Recognizing Alcohol and Drug Abuse” and on “Stress Management”, We are also con— sidering bringing in Emily Carr College of Art for another weekend seminar. As well we have hired a tutor in “English as a Second Language”. If there is anyone who is learning English for the first time we would be glad to assist in that. Please contact myself or Pam Krawczyk, 778-7324. ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH NEWS Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m. (with Sunday School) Holy Communion - Ist, 3rd, 5th Sundays of the month Morning Prayer - 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month Women’s Auxiliary - 2nd Monday of month at 7:30 p.m. Thrift Shop - 2nd and 4th Wednesdays - 7:00 p.m. ASH WEDNESDAY, March 4 - 7:00 p.m. Imposition of Ashes “Sugar in your tea, Julian?” asked Zachary as he poured afternoon tea in the offices of All Saints Church. “Oh no, definitely not, thank you anyways.” There was a sudden stunned silence around the room. Julian without sugar in his tea, what could have happen- ed? “Oh, I’ve given it up for Lent,’ he ventured when he realised that everyone was looking at him. “Of course, I had almost forgotten, I’ve been so busy lately, ” Pris- cilla burst out, “I’m going to give up being busy.” “Good idea,” said Kendel, the youngest of the Brassmice, “then you can spend more time helping me do my homework.” “And what are you going to give up for Lent?” asked Zachary staring at his son. “Oh Dad,” squealed Kendel, “give me a break!” ; It is Lent once again and the Brassmice of All Saints Church have thrown themselves into the spirit of the season. If one.had come into the Church on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent began, one would have found the Brassmice in the kitchen cooking up a stack of pancakes and Julian explaining to Kendel how they must clean out the larder in preparation for their Lenten fast and Kendel groaning that he didn’t want to give up eating for 40 days. Julian replied that it is good for his body and soul to fast. It makes one realise the importance of spiritual realities over mater- lal ones. Kendel just looked blank and took another pancake in case it really was his last meal for 40 days. Later on in the evening anyone entering the Church would have thought that the building was on fire as a wisp of smoke curled up from under the pews. A closer look would have revealed the Brassmice burning last year’s palms in preparation for Ash Wednesday. If Kendel had not understood the proceedings of Shrove Tuesday, it was brought alive for him on the following day during the Ash Wednesday service. The service begins with the Minister reminding the peo- ple that every year-at Easter Christians celebrate their redemption “through the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ,” and that Lent is a time to pre- pare for this celebration. He also reminds the congre- ation of their need for repentance and how ashes are a sign, “speaking of the fraility and uncertainty of human life and marking the penitence of the community as a whole”, And so, with the ashes of the palm burned the night before, the Brassmice began their prepara- tion for Easter. The ashes were placed on their fore- heads as a sign of their repentence and they began to observe a holy Lent with self-examination, penitence and prayer and, of course, a certain amount of fasting. May your Lent be a holy one. May all of you consider just a bit, the fleeting nature of human life and how it is that we are given eternal life only through Jesus Christ. GUIDO MATTIA DECECCO 1941 - 1987 Guido DeCecco, a resident of Cassiar since 1976, passed away suddenly on Febru- ary 4, 1987 at the age of 45. He will be sadly missed by Darren, Danine, Chad and Katherine; also sisters Marina, Debbie and Alida of Kim- berley. Guido was General Foreman, Mill Main- tenance, with Cassiar Mining at the time of his death. Cremation took place in Terrace, B.C., February 9, 1987. We wish to express our sincere gratitude to all those people who were there when we needed you. A special thanks to Sherry, Rick, Jim, Ross and Juanita. Darren, Chad, De-de and Kathy DeCecco DOCTORS’ CLINIC HOURS Monday 8:00 to 11:45am 1:30 to 4:45 pm 8:00 to 11:45 am 1:30 to 5:00 pm 8:30 to noon 8:00 to 11:45 am 1:30 to 5:00 pm Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 8:00 to 11:45 am :30 to 4: I tim Say te ey tai a + a nm BH «ee Re we ee <> 20 ee “ a od STIKINE RIVERSONG CAFE LODGE and GENERAL STORE LTD. Beautiful historic building overlooking the Stikine River. Open daily 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. B.C. Approved quest rooms (kitchen facilities available) Cafe features home cooking (Stikine Salmon a specialty) Groceries. gas.and o'/ available FOR RESERVATIONS and INFORMATION, PHONE 23 5.3 1 96 OR WRITE GENERAL DELIVERY, TELEGRAPH CREEK, B.C. 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