Page 2 January 1983 Cassiar Courier

R.C.M.P REPORT

HEAD—ON COLLISION

On Friday, December 10, a head-on collission occurred on the Cassiar Road near Plaza Mining. A vehicle driven by Norman Hauk of Watson Lake was passing another vehicle on the crest of a hill and was in collision with a vehicle driven by Goldie Kavaz from Cassiar. Both drivers suffer- ed only minor injuries but damage to each vehicle was approximately $2,000.00.

ACCIDENT RATE

Total accidents so far this year is 78 and 16 of these in- volved injuries. So far, during the month of December there have been 6 accidents.

COURT NEWS

CHARLIE QUASH — charged with theft of an automobile, Pleaded not guilty and trial will be on Feb. 10, 1983.

JOHN ALARIE — charged with impaired driving. Since it was his second offence he received 14 days in jail and his license was suspended.

KEITH KENNY — charged with impaired driving, fined $800.00 and his drivers license was suspended.

HARVEY CALLOW — charged with impaired driving. He was fined $400.00 and his drivers license was suspended, He was also charged with illegal possession of liquor and fined $35.00.

NELSON PINTO - charged on two counts of illegal pos- session of liquor. He was fined $35 and $70.

VERONICA DENNIS - charged with theft over $200. Pleaded not guilty and trial will be held on Feb. 10, 1983.

ROD DAY — charged with impaired driving. He was fined $800 and his drivers license was suspended.

RICHARD JOHNSEN - charged under the ‘Aeronautics

Act. He pleaded not guilty and trial will be held Feb. 10,

1983.

DAVID CHAPPLE — charged with possession of a nar- cotic. He pleaded not guilty and trial will be held on Feb. 10, 1983.

CLARENCE MILLSPAUGH — charged with forgery. Pleaded not guilty and trial will be on Feb. 10, 1983.

GEORGE OUELLETTE — charged with possession of nar- cotics. He did not appear so a warrant has been issued for his arrest.

REGIS COTE — charged with possession of a narcotic. He was fined $250.00.

ie Poet makes changes

by Pat Lewis Beaton

The Annual General Meeting otf the share- holders of Nu-Energy Development Corp. (which shares the ownership of Erickson Gold Mine with Agnes and Jennie Mining Company). was sched- uled for December 23 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver. The meeting was held while this paper was at press, however, the agenda included several important items which deserve mention now and will be elaborated on in the next Courier

The major item was a motion to approve an agreement with Agnes and Jennie Mining Com- pany by which Nu—Energy would acquire all the shares of A & J. The Nu—Energy Information Cir- cular states it is believed ‘‘the unification of the property will facilitate financing for further dev- elopment and expansion of the mine’’. Up to this meeting each company has owned one-half of the ore body and assets of the Erickson Mine.

Kristian Ross, Vice-President and Chief Exec- utive Officer of Erickson Gold Mining Corp. said on the merger, “I regard this as the major first step in turning Erickson Gold Mines Ltd. into a major mining enterprise.”

Also on the agenda was a motion to change the name of the company from Nu—Energy Develop- ment Corp. to Erickson Gold Mines Ltd.

MARVIN QUOCK — Pleaded guilty to driving while his li- cense was suspended. Sentence will be handed down on Feb. 10, 1983.

LEO JOHNNY pleaded guilty to causing a disturbance and was fined $50.00.

ROGER BRACE — charged with false pretenses. He plead- ed not guilty and trial will be held on Feb. 10, 1983.

JOHN BEGGS — charged with theft under $200.00. He was fined $50.00.

ELDON BURNS — charged with impaired driving. He did not appear and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.

JOSEPH BEDDINGTON pleaded not guilty to causing a disturbance. Trial will be on Feb. 10, 1983.

JOHN BLEZARD — charged with impaired driving. He pleaded not guilty and trial will be on Feb. 10, 1983.

DONALD FUGERE — charged with illegal possession of liquor and fined $50.00.

CARMEN BEGGS charged with illegal possession of liquor and fined $35.00.

IVAN SAVARD pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault causing bodily harm. Trial will be held Feb. 10, 1983.

BRAD JEFFERSON - charged with possession of nar- cotics for the purpose of Cosa He was remanded to February 10, 1983 for trial.

LARRY PRINCE — charged with theft over $200.00. His case was remanded for trial on February 10, 1983.

KARL POLACK — fined $700.00 on a Soe of posses- sion of a narcotic.

ROBIN WHALEN — fined $400.00 and his drivers li- cense was rile on a charge of iripalted driving. —

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UR eae. iB irets

Three. auvenilesss were charged. with breaking and entering’

in connection with the break-in at the Community Centre They must each pay $125 restitution, do 30 hours of community work and were put on 4 months probation.

One juvenile was charged with dangerous: use of-a firearm and with breaking and entering in connection with the break-in at the Community Centre. He was put on 4 months probation, ordered to pay $125 restitution and given 50 hours of community work.

Two juveniles were charged with dangerous use of a fire- arm. They were each given 4 months probation and 30 hours of community work.

School Spring Break is five days longer

A spokesman for the Stikine School District administration office advised that, after con- sidering all ‘the variations upon a theme’, relative to the extra five day school closure decreed by the Provincial Government in Bill No. 89, the School Board has made the decision to add the necessary five day closure to the Spring Break.

All schools in the Stikine School District will close on Thursday, March 24, 1983 for the Spring Break. They will re-open on Monday, April 11, 1983.

School will end on Thursday, June 30, 1983.

The Courier Staff wishes everyone A HAPPY & PROSPEROUS 1983

bWe would also like to thank all our contributors ; & during the past year and hope they continue to }

§ be as productive in 1983! : KEEKEREREE

The deadline for articles for the February issue

gof the Cassiar Courier is January 10, 8 Please try to get your articles in early.

1983.§

Barrett says unemployment figures horrendous

The latest unemployment figures for British Col- umbia are truly horrendous. But they only tell half the story.

The unemployment total, excluding those who have given up in despair, now is 188,000 of our citizens for an average 14.3% seasonally adjusted level, with places like Kamloops reaching 20.9% and our youth encountering a frightening unem- ployment rate of 23.4% One year ago the overall unemployment rate was 7.6%.

This past spring the NDP developed a 26-proposal program for job creation and business stimulation in seven sectors. The Socreds refused even to dis- cuss the subject and three times voted down urg- ent motions for a full-scale discussion on ways to improve the economy and halt or-slow down the unemployment spiral.

Since last December B.C. has seen 98,000 existing jobs wiped out, something that hasn’t happened since the 1950’s. Specifically, we have lost 38,000 jobs in manufacturing, 28,000 jobs in the trades sector, 16,000 in construction, 11,000 in primary industry, 6,000 in the service industry, 5,000 in the financial sector and 3,000 in the transport- ation industry.

Those figures would not have been so high if the government had not ignored the warning signs and refused to undertake commonsense actions to save jobs, stimulate new ones and fortify business and consumer confidence. Instead, we were treat- ed to Poully Fuisse and Broadway antics through- out 1982.

The government could have cushioned some of the economic blows instead of raising taxes, cut-

_ ting needed services while wasting millions on.

frills and foolishness.

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_ Northwest Community College is spearheading a joint -federal-provincial program <o provide on-the-job training for unemployed apprentices. Participants will receive a $25.00 weekly training incentive in addition to unemployment insurance benefits, and a two for one day credit for each day in the program towards the time required for their journeyman certification. |.E., an indiv= idual putting in three months on the program would be credited with six months of on-the-job training toward journeyman status.

A Heavy Duty apprentice Work Simulation Pro- gram is up and running at the Amax Kitsault Mine site, and two programs are planned for the Terrace area. They are:

1) Heavy Duty Apprentice Work Simulation

2) Millwright Apprentice Work Simulation

Both programs will start January 4, 1983 and run through to March 31, 1983. B.C. Timber has made the Pohle Lumber Division mill and shops available to the programs.

Unemployed apprentices should contact the Ap- prenticeship Branch of the Ministry of Labor for further information and placement in the programs. The pro- gram is supervised by journeymen in the applicable trades.

Announcement of this unique-in-Canada initiative was made jointly by the federal Employment Minister Lloyd Axworthy, B.C. Labor Minister Robert McClel- land, and the Honorable Grace McCarthy, chairman of the B.C. Cabinet Committee on Employment Develop- ment. The program results from the B.C. Provincial Ap- prenticeship Board’s concern that with apprentices being laid off, trades training in B.C. would decline during the current economic recession. This would lead to future shortages in critical skills and missed opportunities when the economy turns upward. The simulated on-the-job training program is designed to counter this situation, so that time is not lost in the development of essential trade skills.

Northwest Community College, together with con- cerned employers, Unions and the Ministry of Labor, is making every effort to meet the needs in the northwest region.

CASSIAR

Bits & Pieces

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to every- one celebrating the Greek Orthodox Christmas on January 7th.

It’s nice to see all the students home for the Christmas Holidays.

There is some doubt as to whether BettyAnn was the partridge or the pear tree. The rival faction at the Annual Christmas Tea could probably shed some light on the matter.

Once again the Company and C.C.C. excelled at the Children’s Annual Christmas Party. The, kids were tremendously surprised.

It was nice that Santa remembered “‘Little Miss Redmond ” this year. She must have been a good

Maria Cvetkovich and Lisa Steadman recently hosted a baby shower for Gayleen Connolly at Lisa’s home for approximately 20 ladies.

Cassiar’s own ‘Prince Charming’ from the the Ivory Tower, flew into town recently with Cinderella’s slipper. How’s that for service, Carole?

On the night of the Buffalo Cab Co. Smash, Frank B. had better watch who he loans his car to.......cause he’s getting a bad name.

Congratulations to Maria Bexiga who recently be- came a Canadian citizen. _

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Farewell to Bill, Pat and Terry Watson who have

moved to Cape Breton, N.S.

Goodbye and Good Luck to Chris Guldner who has moved to Salmon Arm, B.C.

Condolences to Bill and Joan Jeffrey on the sud- den death of Bill’s brother recently in Ontario.

There has been a rash of raffles around town lately. Some of the winners were:

Catholic Ladies Raffle winners were: Ist Prize — Ruth Aspen — Toy Chest 2nd Prize — Sandy Crawford — Gingerbread House 3rd Prize — Owen Corcoran — stuffed toy

Winner of the Gingerbread House raffled by the -

Cassiar students was J, R. Waite.

In spite of lack of support from the faculty, George M. did an admirable job leading the parents and children — and the rest of the staff — in the carol singing.

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Lions Christmas Stocking Draw The lucky winner was Max Ursic of Cassiar. The raffle was co-ordinated by Lion Reg Desjardin and the Lions Club would like to thank the Rod & Reel, Final Touch, T Shirts and Cassiar Retail Store for their generous donations to this Stock- ing, ;

The Yukon Winter Games will be held March 24, 25, 26 & 27 and Cassiar has tentatively been in- cluded to host some of the events. If approved, Cassiar will probably host basketball, badminton and senior hockey.

A “tip of the hat’’ to the Retail Store for the re- cent sales. It’s nice to be able to get bargains just like the folks down south.

Thanks

I would like to thank Hilde Guderjahn, Hilde Voss and Anne Massin for hosting a farewell tea in my honor on Nov. 12th. Also all the ladies who provided the lovely refreshments, donated to- wards the beautiful gift and expressed their good wishes. It certainly was an honor and I enjoyed the evening tremendously.I just hate to say Good-

- bye! Thank you all again for everything! . ; Erna Daum

18th Annual ae Tea

The Christmas season was opened in Cassiar on December 3rd when the 18th Annual Christ mas Tea took place. The Tea was held at the Anglican Church and was sponsored jointly by The All Saints Anglican Ladies Group and Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Ladies Group.

Over 100 ladies from every denomination in the Cassiar area met and sang Christmas carols and ate festive dainties over a cup of tea.

Karen Clark gave an inspiring talk on “What we should give our children for Christmas’.

A very enjoyable evening was had by all who attended. : s <M EE

GaURORG arts centre

by Pam Krawczyk

On Wed., Dec. 8th, a public meeting concern- ing the future outlook for the Aurora Arts & Crafts Centre took place.

Walter Comper chaired the meeting and brought everyone up to date on the problems of keeping the building for its original purpose. A combination of a lack of funds and lack of inter- est in past courses offered seemed to be the main problems.

The facility offers use of 3 studios, a dark room, kiln and an arts and crafts library. There is equipment and materials for the following crafts: weaving, batik, macrame, photography, leather work, pottery, beadwork, candle making, silk screening and water. color painting.

-A short term committee was drawn from vol- unteers of those present. It was then decided to close the building until least mid-January when

’ another meeting could take place and hopefully

more people would attend. In the meantime, the committee will work on fund-raising ideas and encouraging more participation by the people of Cassiar.

The committee members are: Linda Andrews,

~ Lana Potocnjak, Peggy McKinnon, Rita Brown,

Porty Nitti. Ruth Gowan, Pam Krawczyic .

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Margaret Rudkowsky’s mother honoured

The last Legislative Assembly of the North- west Territories was dedicated to the memory of | the late Mrs. Rebecca Modeste (Robert) of Fort McPherson, N.W.T. in November. She was a very dedicated member of the community, who was always available to help the needy and also a very dedicated Anglican Church member. She is survived by seven daughters (one of them is Mar- garet Rudkowsky of Cassiar), and 29 grand- children and 5 great-grandchildren, and her mother, Mrs. Annie Robert, who at 102 years still lives off the land.

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spi tal appessissgs

The Hospital is undergoing many staff changes now, as the Government takeover has begun. Many of the staff have elected to remain with Brinco Mining and have moved to new jobs.

Martha Wallenborn, a very familiar face here at the hospital, has moved to a new job. Martha was hospital attendant for 12% years. Besides her normal duties, Martha will be well remembered for all the extra things she has done to help out at the hospital. She has been very active in any so- cial events that the staff have had and is remem- bered for her delicious cakes and in particular the ‘Black Forest Special’. Martha was always avail- able in any emergency to do whatever she could to help. Martha, we would all like to thank you for your kindness and generosity and we wish you

the very best in your new job.

~Vonnie has left for a” well: deserved. vacation faliownts her arduous life in Cassiar. Vonnie was the first full time X-ray and Lab Technician here and has done an excellent job of setting up the two departments. Her future was undecided at the time of departure but we wish her well in whatever adventure she tries.

Lucy Taylor is at home enjoying a holiday be- fore moving to a new position when the Mine starts up again. Lucy has been a very dependable employee and her pleasant nature was appreciated by staff and patients alike.

We welcome Judy Joseph, who is our new hospital attendant, Rachel Becket and Dorothy Carlow, who will join us in the clerical and recept- ionist area.

Lil Kamlah celebrated a 10th Anniversary with the hospital on Nov. 27th and we would like to extend our congratulations. Ten years is quite a milestone and we hope to have you here for many more years Lil.

A very Merry Christmas to everyone. Have a safe and happy holiday.

ARRIVAL

BORN TO-

Bob and Donna Bliss, a daughter Karen Anne, weighing 7 lbs. 7 oz. on November 17, 1982 at Burnaby General Hospital.

Mike and Marie Zemenchik, a daughter Natasha Vivian, weighing 7 Ibs. 9 oz. on November 24, 1982, at Smithers General Hospital.

Stu and Sue Borden, a son, 8 lbs. 5% oz. on

December 13, 1982, at the Whitehorse General Hospital.

Tony de la Mare and Marjorie Crawford, a son,

& lbs. on December 17, 1982 in the Whitehorse General Hospital.

Don and Cheryl Larsen, a son, December 17, 1982 at the Cassiar Hospital.