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TEN YEAR AWARDS

JOHN FORBES

John was employed as a student for the summers 1959 to 1962, and has worked intermittently since 1963. He has been a loader operator in the mill and heavy equipment operator at the Mine. ‘He transferred to staff as Mine Shift Foreman in October 1973 and is presently Crushing Plant Foreman,

JOSE GOMES

Jose came from Portugal and was hired on Sept- ember 4, 1969 as janitor. On March 21, 1975 he transferred to the mill as a labourer.

JOAN HABJAN

Joan was hired at Clinton Creek September 29, 1979 as a lab technician. She transferred to. the Retail Store August 1, 1970 as a cashier/clerk and was promoted to Retail Store Supervisor in Aug- ust 1976. She transferred to the Cassiar Mine O.

ober 1978 as Assistant Manager, Retail Store.

Minister of MWighways

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On October 25th, Mr. Alex Fraser, the Minister of Highways for B.C., was a guest at a luncheon, hosted by Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Limited (you may have wondered why the road was in good shape that week!), Mr. Fraser was accom- panied by his wife, Mr. Tom Johnson (Deputy Minister of Highways, Operations), George Kaza- koff, Jeff Ketchum and Dan Doyle, from. the Dept. of Highways. The official party drove from Terrace into Stewart and then up the Stewart- Cassiar Highway, stopping at various points along the Way 5

After lunch Mr, “Fraser al his party were given a

m tour of the” ‘Mine,. before proceeding, to Good

Hope Lake.

Mr. Johnson gave us a summary of expenditures on Highway 37 and Highway 37A since the mid- fifties, and also a history of the. Stewart-Cassiar Highway. The history will be printed in our next issue.

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SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE PROGRAMS

a) Mid 1950's joint Federal/Provincial con- -

struction program under Roads to Re- sources Program. ~

FIRE CHIEF RESIGNS

The members of the Cassiar Volunteer Fire Dep- artment were more than a little downcast when they heard that Kinky Borsato has resigned from the fire department after thirteen years. Kinky has been Fire Chief for the past eleven years,in which capacity he served the public extremely conscientiously. His leadership will certainly be missed by his fellow firefighters. As we go to - press a new Fire Chief has not been elected - he will have a huge pair of boots to fill.

Another firefighter of thirteen years standing, Reg Ash, has resigned from the department. He too will be greatly missed by his colleagues.

Both men deserve a huge vote of thanks for A JOB WELL DONE.

KINKY BORSATO

VALDEMAR ISIDORO

Valdemar has worked intermittently for Cassiar since June 1965. He has worked in the mill, surface department and is presently a truck dri- ver at the mine.

JUDY JOSEPH

Judy grew up in Cassiar and was hired on August 21, 1969 as a laundry helper.

TED KRAWCZYK

Ted was hired as a mill operator July 16, 1969 and on September 30, 1961 he became a Mill Foreman, which he is at present.

DON LOVERIN

Don started in Cassiar in August 1968 as a blaster on P & M. He transferred to staff on April 14, 1975 as Shift Foreman and became Drill and Blast Foreman in October 1977.

b) 1958/1972 First gravel road temporary bridges.

completed with many

Expenditures during this period:

Province $23 million

Canada $7.5 million (Roads to Resources)

ce) 1974/1979 Western Northlands upgrading to all weath- er construction of Kitwanga to Meziadin, widening of other sections, and bridge program.

Expenditures- _ Province Canada _

$38 million $18 million

d) 1979 and Future — Continued reconstruction, permanent brid- ges and paving. Start of large scale program of crushed gravel surfacing.

Contracts underway for: 3 1) Construction underway - Mile 16 to. 28 2) Paving underway - Mile’O to 14

1979 - $14 millon

Expenditures Grading and Paving - Bridges ~ $2 million Day Labour construction - 3 million

Total ~ $19 million

REG ASH - WATCH FOR DETAILS OF THE FIREMAN’S BALL IN THE COMMUNITY CLUB CALENDER.

LOCAL MAN FOUND GUILTY

_ The trial of Peter Sherwood, who was charged

with second degree murder in the death of Jack Spycher on July 8, 1979, was held in Prince Ru- pert the week of October go:

He was found guilty of manslaughter, which is a lesser and included charge and carries a possible sentence of life imprisonment. He appeared for

Sentencing on. October 30.at the Supreme Court _

Assize in’ Prince Rupert. However, the presiding

judge, Justice Callaghan, asked for a pre- sentence . report. Therefore, sentencing was postponed until

November 15; 1979, in Vancouver.

MILAN PSENKO

Milan was employed at the Clinton Mine as an el- ectrician in December 1969 and transferred to Staff as Electrical Foreman-in December 1973. He was promoted to Eléctrical - Stipervisor in March 1977. He came to the Cassiar Mine as El- ectrical Foreman November 1, 1978.

GIBSON QUASH

Gibson has worked for Cassiar intermittently since July 1966. He has worked as a mill labor- er and bagger and is presently in the surface department.

FREDDIE VELTON

Freddie was originally hired in May 1967 and has worked intermittently since. He started as a Parts- man helper in the Equipment Garage and moved up to Partsman. He then took his apprenticeship in Sheetmetal and has worked as a sheetmetal worker since that time. Presently he works on the Mill Maintenance crew.

e) Paving Status Total length of road Existing pavement —

$00 miles 77 miles

Proposed Paving Next 2 Year Program I. Kitwancool - Kitwancool Lake 13 miles to Cassiar 24 miles 3. Stewart to Meziadin - 41 miles

2. Pinetree Lake Junction -

Total - 78 miles

Sequence and timing of contracts not yet finalized. At the end of next two years TS5 miles out of S00 will be paved.

f) | Bridges aga. ue eee hs dy Gedo atae eal by he tena ; ~~ Over next 2? > years we hope to replace 8 8° or more bridges.

g) Road Construction ferns

1. Tender call Oct. 31 for 12 mile section

from Mile 27 to Mile 39,

2. Future projects — being continued program,

h) Day Labour Continue crushed gravel and canileanon program $1.5/2 million Continue drainage and strengthening $1.5 million

VIEWPOINT

Throughout the summer and the fall up to the op-

“by Jim Fulton, M.-P.

_ ening of the House, I spent two weeks in the rid- ing, then one week in Ottawa. This gave me the-

chance to keep up with events and problems in Skeena, as well as doing the required correspond-

ence and work in Ottawa. I visited virtually every —

community between May 23:and October 10,

-from Atlin near the Yukon boundary to Sandspit

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Of particular interest to me was 4 week long tour through Cassiar, Dease Lake, Stewart and the Nass Valley with Dave Barrett and our new Atlin

M.L.A..-Al Passarell. Those communities are more _ isolated: atid don't always get the attention from

the media and the politicians that they deserve.

There are a lot of important issues in the works -

in that, region: uranium exploration near Atlin,

_ the possibility of hydro.dams on the Liard,:Stik-

ine and Iskut rivers, the continuing questions of Indian land claims, and the Alaska gas pipeline.

It was an excellent trip and I want to particularly —

thank Dave Barrett for joining Al and myself. I

should also say that both the fishing and local s

hospitality were very enjoyable.

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be changed. I have arranged with my fellow Cau- cus members to be absent from the House three or four days every third week, so that Pll be in ee eet eS a Menge elie CON tMUEH ON Papel 2)

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Bits & Pieces by ‘Lee Vujanich

Hans & eee Raabe and: family are leaving for Logan Lake in November. Hans ‘has accepted the position of Process Control Engineer with Lornex: Good Luck in your new home.

- Esther and Rolf Lee are settling in in Sicamous. Hear their house is almost finished.

Vivian Cousins was in Ottawa visiting with her ‘son and daughter-in-law. Hope the fall colors were all I said they would be, Vivian.

Hope Hilda Guderjahn and family are enjoying their trip to Germany and that she returns soon,as the mail is certainly piling up in the library.

That smile on Stewart Borden’s face is because his wife and daughter have finally arrived: in town. Welcome to Cassiar, Sue and Andrea.

_ Does anybody this little cherub?

recognize

It’s Katie Gasparelli (remember Dr, Rudy and Carole) -- now a beautiful seven months old.

It seemed like all of Cassiar’s top brass was in town last week. Wonder who was holding down the Fort -- the secretaries????

If you are ever at the rec. Centre on week-day mornings you can have your morning chuckle watching ‘“‘Carl’s Cuties’? being put through a

; rigorous exercise program.

Bill and Eileen Zemenchik held a farewell party for the Robichaud’s. Bill presented Hine and Luge with two beautiful Eskimo prints.

Eve & Ed Thirlweill are holidaying for a few weeks in Edmonton and then somewhere South,

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The party is open to all children 14 years of age and. bd younger whose parents are either members or associate © ° members of the Cassiar Community Club. All residents oe.

who are not members or associate Cassiar Community Club and who wish their children to attend the Christmas activities must pay $20.00 per child to the Community Club at the Rec. Hall office. Any in- quiries regarding the programme should be directed to ~~ the Town Administration Office.

he programme features Mikal the Mi fagician ot holiday entertainment. é

Has Lou started something? Now all of the:

men who come back from a business trip have to buy their wives a gift — or so say the wives. How- ever, the husbands insist -that a gift is warranted only when the husband has a guilty conscience.

*Fess up, Lou!

Welcome to: John Cavanagh and family from Calgary.

Claude Roy, who is here with Northwest Tel.

Ben Trembley, D. Shayler & family and Jim Hard- er & family, all with Piedmont.

Joe Pierson, with B.X.L.

B. McLellan and family, who are ath Arrow Transport.

Goodbye and good luck to:-

Maurice and Ola Labelle, who are moving to Granisle.

Peter and Joanne Voss and family.

Cassiar’s favorite dispensers of gas — Jock and Evelyn Rattray, have left for an extended hol- iday. David will be holding down the fort while they are away.

The Hardy’s new baby, David, has had both sets of grandparents here to visit recently. Jason brought his grand-dad to Kindergarten, much to the delight of the other children and Miss Red- mond.

The Edkins are anxiously counting the days until they can show Rhea to their parents in Rhodesia.

It’s nice to hear about “ex-Cassiarites’” now and ue ah

of Calgary and we hear she is becoming an expert in photography.

Gwen Robbins is presently living on the outskirts of Haines Junction. She is enjoying the outdoor life and developing her artistic talents sketching and painting.

Judy Sikora visited ‘Cassiar recently. Since leaving this area in June she travelled from Ontario to Alaska. She is now preparing to book a trip to New Zealand.

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Cassiar Community Chub - present She Annual Children's Christmas Farty Saturday December 15th 1-4p.m. | a

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~ Jim. and ‘Linda’ “McCurdy have settled into the routine of life in Faro. Linda is working at the Daycare Centre. Jim is operating equipment. Angie is very enthused about gymnastics and! Jimmy is a little disappointed that Faro does not have ASEM ice for hockey.

John and Nat Olson send a big “‘Helio”’ to every- one. They just Queen Charlottes.

WHO’S WHOooo000000

BROWNIE NEWS @

Once again Brownies have resumed regular meet- ings. We now have a new Brown Owl - Debbie Van Kippersluis. Registration was held on 30th October with fifteen Brownies registering at that time. If you have a child who would like to join Brownies then take her along to a Brownie meet- ing and fill out a registration form there. Reg- istration fee is $8.00. The age limit is six to ten years. Brownie meetings are held every Tuesday

: a _ from 3.30 to 5.00p.m. at the ere -centre. Bev Evans is presently enrolled at ite OWRecity ae

If you have: a special skill whieh you think would be of interest to our Brownies, and would like to give a workshop for the Brownies please contact our Brown Owl at one of the regular mee Unes or phone her at 778 - 7634.

ospital appenings

“Welcome to our staff — Sandy Crawford, our new receptionist

Jaunita Nuyens, practical nurse, who has netped us over our nursing gaps.

We wish Merle Diot the very best for her coming delivery. We look forward to having her back with her new baby early in the New Year.

Anne Connolly has returned from iceland limping What goes on over there that we don’t know about, Anne? Perhaps one too many Irish jigs!

Members of the hospital staff gathered to wish farewell and good luck to Hine Robichaud, who has left Cassiar with her family to take up res- idence in Port Hardy. Hine worked for many years as a nurse and a member of the clerical staff.

Born to:

Alex and Leslie Christie, on sepcem het 18, 1979, a daughter, Heather.

Andre and Pierrette Charbonneau, in St Pauls Hospital, Vancouver, on October 6, a daughter, Catharine, 8 Ibs. 10 oz. Stephen and Martha Quigley, on October 20, 1979, a son, Dustin Blue-Skye, 7 Ibs. 3 oz.

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