Page 2, March 1981 Cassiar Courier CC. ELECTIONS DICK CHAMBERS - 2 YEAR LOTHAR KUTZ - 2YEAR On February 25th, the election for six new officers for the Cassiar Community Club executive was held. Elected were: ‘ DICK CHAMBERS — a three year resident of Cassiar and the local school principal. Dick is interested in most sports and also in bridge. He is an active member of the squash, curling, ski and bridge clubs hereintown, _ SANDY CRAWFORD — has lived in Cassiar since 1968 with time out to achieve a B:A. degree. Sandy has always _ been an active member of the Community and was the re- cipient of the Raybestos Manhattan Award in 1972. This will be Sandy’s second term as a director of the Commun- "ity Club executive and her experience will be an asset to the Club. Sandy is the employment supervisor with Cas- siar Resources. WALTER COMPER — was born in Cassiar and attended school here from kindergarten to Grade 10. He completed his high school at Vancouver College and he then went on to University of Victoria where he studied Fine Arts for four years. Walter’s hobbies are ART, ART °& MORE ART! He is presently employed in the Personnel Dept. of Cassiar Resources and is chairman of the Arts & Crafts Society. PAUL BROHMAN — came to Cassiar in February 1979 - - from Kitchener, Ontario. He is currently employed as an apprentice partsman in the Mine Garage and has been ac- tive on the Union Committees. When one of the 1980 executive members resigned Paul was appointed to com- plete the term and thus is well aware of the demands of the position. h MEGAN LLOYD-JONES — has worked for Cassiar Asbes- tos and Cassiar Resources for seven years-— two in SANDY CRAWFORD - 1 YEAR MEGAN LLOYD JONES - 1 YEAR : 3 WALTER COMPER - 2 YEAR ‘PAUL BROHMAN - 1 YEAR . Clinton Creek, Three in the Vancouver office and two here in Cassiar. She is presently employed in Engineering and is active on the Union Committee. Megan, like Paul, also was appointed to complete a term on the eau Club executive last year. LOTHAR KUTZ — came to Cassiar in 1966 andi is a Shift Foreman in the mill. He is a member of the Cassiar Volun- teer Fire Service and also a member of the Lions Club. He is the Past President on the Lions Club executive. As well as the six newly elected members of the executive, there are three more members. Bob Bliss was elected for a two year term in 1980 and served as president for the past year. Stuart Borden and Adolph Penno are the company representatives and are appointed members. This brings the executive up to its full slate of nine members. A record 92 people turned out to vote — certainly the fact that there was a bingo being held at the Rec Centre on the evening of the 25th had something to do with it — a sad state of affairs, to say the least! One excuse heard for failure to vote was lack of advertis- ing. Certainly, the Community Club Calendar didn’t even advertise this local event while Watson Lake Tiki Days re- - ceived front page coverage for that issue. Who knows why there is such:apathy? When one considers that there are al- most 800 members in thé Cassiar Community Club the fact that there were only 92 votes cast is a shameful ex- ample of the lack of interest in community affairs. Congratulations to the newly elected members and the best of luck for their term in office. OLYMPIA & YORK BUY ABITIBI Cassiar March 6th. 1981. Olympia & York, controlled primarily by the * Reichmann brothers, appears to have been suc- cessful in their bid to gain control of Abitibi Price When the Market closed today, 16.2 million shares had been tendered. Previously, Thomson Newspapers, Ltd. of Tor- onto and Nu Wést Group Ltd of Calgary had bid $31 for 46% of the outstanding shares. Their goal was to gain a substantial investment in Abitibi while hoping that it would remain widely publicly owned and have an independant board. They with. . drew their offer shortly after the INES and York offer became known. Olympia & York has assets estimated at $3 billion _ Among these is a 51% interest in Brinco which in turn owns Cassiar Resources. eed Staff: Lee Coran, Kerry Jones, Kate Sevier . Special thanks to Don Taylor-for some of the pictures used. eter sepcaseeeteeepesepeegeeetieaeene eee ae ea C.C.C. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Annual General Meeting of the C.C.C. was scheduled to be held on March 4th at 7.30-p.m. - Once ‘again the meeting could not be held because there wasn’t a quorum. The constitution states that there has to be 10% of the membership pres- ent to hold the meeting. Approximately 25 peo- ple showed up. The meeting was therefore post- poned until the 11th March when only oe mem- bers have to be present. A few years ago the Community Club raced the fees by 150%. At that time a very small -percent- ‘age of the membership was present but they voted in favour of the rise. What a furore that caused!!! Needless to say a fair number turned out at the following meeting to complain. Perhaps such drastic measures are required again. It’s sad to think that the only time people are jolted out of théir apathy is when ae pocket pos are a afected. One is constantly hearing people complain about things around town. If you cannot be bothered to — come to the meetings that concern you then re- ‘member — you have no tight to complain. - P.O. Box 4427_ “Fire Department News: by G. Becket The Fire Department was busy with four fires during the month of February. On February 4 there was a fire at the tramline dis- charge. Fuel oil was ignited by welding sparks. Minor damage to electrical wire and two haulage ‘ropes were replaced. “On February 13-there was a fire at a residence at 223 Kennedy Street. The first fire in the bedroom may have been caused by smoking. The-second fire in the kitchen may have been caused by an electrical short. There was extensive damage to _ the. kitchen and heat, smoke and water damage throughout. ’ On February 21 there was a chimney fire in a trailer at 510 Malozemoff. The cause of the fire was poor oil burner adjustment and there was on- ly minor smoke damage. On February 24 there was a fire in a house at 282 Carmacks. The fire was in the area of a garbage pail and stack of newspapers and the ignition source is unknown. There’ was damage to the walls and floor of the dining room, plus smoke Gamage It has been very noticeable in town when there is a fire that many curious people with vehicles are impeding the progress of the fire trucks. In the fu- ture, license numbers will be taken. These will be turned over to the R.C.M.P. Smoke Detectors, U.L.C. Approved, are an excel- lent early warning detection device for fire. The installation of smoke detectors in houses, apart- ments, campers and cabins has .saved many a life. -You can purchase yours by placing an order with any member of the Cassiar Fire. ENG Ne The . cost is $15.00 each. FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ACTION NORTHERN RESOURCES CONFERENCE Commissioner Doug Bell is chairman of the sey- enth annual Northern Resources Conference, which will be held in Whitehorse October 14 - 16 of this-year. The theme of this year’s conference is “‘The Nor- thern Gamble”, dealing with such topics as min-— ~ ing, wildlife management and mineral resources. Morning and afternoon sessions will be conducted on October 14 and 15, with an afternoon session only on October 16. The conference is sponsored by the Yukon Chamber of Mines and the White- . horse Chamber of Commerce. For further information, contact:. Yukon Chamber of Mines Whitehorse, Yukon Phone 667-2090 or 667-2244 : Jebbober bbe eebiobtobk CASSIAR Bits & Pieces CONGRATULATIONS to newlyweds: Bob and Donna Bliss who were married at All Saints Anglican Church in Cassiar on 21st Feb- ruary. Bruce and_Marilyn Downton who were married in Newfoundland recently . ; Greg and Kathy McMaster who were married at Kingston, Ontario on March 13th. News Flash from the Cassiar curling contingent in Scotland:- _ Frank B. has cranred a whole new trend — he is astounding the international competition with his unique style of sweeping. Rumour has it — using a sporran instead of a broom to make a clean sweep.. No doubt psyching out the opposition is part of the master plan — they probably need all the help they can get Our French Connection, Fred Cadoret, gave Tony C. strict instructions on how to keep Frank B. in line in Europe — sounds to us like the blind lead- ing the blind. No doubt the Godfather will be sporting a few grey hairs after the trip. Meanwhile back in town, the French Connection is proudly displaying the parking ticket he re- ceived at 7.45 a.m. one sunny spring morning. More news from abroad is that Brian Chandler commenced work in Angola in February after spending I month in Portugal doing a crash course in Portuguese. : Seen in town latel ly was Cassiar’s answer to Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. We heard a contract with some film com~ pany was being negotiated — but then we aaa t believe everything we hear. Apparently the teachers had a good time on their annual “hot dip” weekend trip to Lower Liard. A baby shower , hosted by Patsy Bernier and Lise Streit, was held for Gertrude Martschin recently at Patsy’s home. Gertrude and Robert Martschin and their family will be leaving Cassiar in April to move to Oliver BC Luciana Artico’s cousin, Norberto Managuzzi is visiting Cassiar from Puerto Alegre in South America. We ye been told a Motor Vehicle Branch has been opened in Dease Lake, This is all the news we can scrape up about our southern neighbours — how about some more news — from the locals in future? WANTED: by Bill Zemenchik — half an icelandic sock, heel end only, preferrably undarned. Must be 85% wool and 15% rayon, size irrelevent, price no object. eeee*® What do you want it for Bill? It will be nice when the Bonspiel is over so we can see those faces under those flea-bitten beards. Why don’t you grow decent ones men — like they did in 1898? Congratulations to David and Cheryl Reitz: of Telegraph Creek, who recently became Canadian citizens. : Gorn ‘le: Elizabeth Johnny and Brian Carlick on February 23 at -Cassiar Hospital — a daughter Priscilla. 3 kilos 118 grams. Louise Porter and Kenneth Tashoots on February 26 at ‘Cassiar Hospital — a son Kenneth Bernard. 2 Kilos 900 grams. WELCOME TO CASSIAR: Mike and Laura Boileau and their two boys — Mark and Rene, from Ignace, Ontario. Mr and Mrs Sam Antwi and family from Longueil, Quebec Mr. and Mrs. Rejean Girardin and family from Richmond, Quebec. Thelma and Garfield Williams from Mississauga, Ontario. -: i Elden Burns’ family who are arriving from Victoria. FAREWELL TO Mr and Mrs Ted Lepp and family , Mr and Mrs D. McBride and family and Mr and Mrs P. Sterritt: and family who have all left Cassiar for Faro in the Yukon. Mr and Mrs Smith Thompson and their daughter Andrea will be moving just out of town as Mr Smith Thompson will be working for Plaza Resources. Farewell also to Chris and Edith Monkhouse who are trav- ellirg to parts unknown.” SS