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22 - QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1983
T-FAL 2 pee. set. Includes
free spatula.
19.99
Housewares [Dept. 636)
Tri-pack roll and
rack refills. Reg. 3.98
Sale 3.29
Housewares [Dept. 636)
Plain note pad. Coutts Hastlnotes.
Only 2/1.49 Reg. $2
Selected envelopes.
Only 2/2.09 Sale lo49
stationery {Dept. 706) Stationery {Dept. 706)
Ivory soap. 4 bar reg.
size. Reg. 1.59
Sale 1.
Health & Beauty Aids
{Dept. 770)
Crest toothpaste.
150 ml with 50 ml
bonus. Reg. 2.39
Sale 2.09
Health & Beauty Aids
{Dept. 770)
Atlantic Bee mop.
Reg. 15.98
sale 12.99
Housewares {Dept. 636)
Watch pen.
We went shopping for sheets and found a fabulous
bargain. Now, we're passing the savings on to you.
Our muslin sheets are made of polyester/cotton,
requiring little or no ironing. They come in colors and
patterns that are sure to brighten your bed - in a flash!
Sets include one flat and one fitted sheet, with one case
in twin and two in double and queen sets.
Twin set Only
Double set Only
Queen set Only
Only 7.99
stationery {Dept. 706)
Scope mouthwash.
750 ml with 250 ml
Only 3.69
Health & Beauty Aids
{Dept. 770)
Colgate toothpaste.
Regular„mint, gel. 100
ml. - .
Oniy I.J
Health & Beauty Aids
[Dept. 770)
Hallmark gift wrap.
2 sheets/pack. Reg. $1
sale 2/1.59
Stationery {Dept. 706) •
Head & Shoulders
regular or conditioning
formula. 450 ml.
Reg. 4.69 Sale 3.99
Health & Beauty Aids
{Dept. 770)
Royale tissue by
Facelle. 100 3 ply.
Reg. 1.39 - .
Sale l.t
Health & Beauty Mds
{Dept. 770)
Trac II blades. IDs.
Reg. 3.39
Sale 2.69
Health & Beauty Aids
[Dept. 770)
Plastic hangers. Asst. Plastic utility box.
colors. Reg. 35' ea. Approx. II x b x 4.
sale 12/3.29
Noftows {Dept. 754)
Sunlight liquid. 1 L.
Only
Heallh & Beauty Aids
{Dept. 770)
Reg. 7.99 _
Sale 5.99
Notions {Dept. 754)
Pears Bath Soap.
llOg. Reg. 1.69
Sale 1,
Health & Beauty Aids
{Dept. 770)
14" dress bag with
zip opening. Reg. $18
Sale 15.99
Notions {Dept. 754)
Philips or G.E. air
cleaner filters, reg.
sal. 3.99
Housewares {Dept. 636)
Regular hot dog
Small Pepsi
l« all Malt Stops
Prices In effect till Saturday, May 7.
West Bend air cleaner
filters, reg. 2.98
sale 2.39
Housewares {Dept. 6361
4 tier shelf bag with Marigold rubber
plastic front. Reg. gloves. S.M.L. Reg.
sale 16.99 Sale 1.99
Notions {Dept. 754) Heaft/i & Beauty Aids
{Dept. 770)
Prices in effect till Saturday, May 7, while quantities last.
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QUESNEL: 747-3663,
Mon.-Sat. 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Fridays 9:30 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
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ICTORIA, B.C. V8V 1X4
ELECTION QUANDARY hopefully resolved before this elector finally gets to the polls as voters in B.C.,
will elect a new provincial government after a month of almost non-stop exposure in a bitterly contested campaign.
Phoro available al Observer office.
By Don Lobb
Despite the fact that the advance
poll vote jumped from 667 prior to
the May 10, 1979 election to 918 this
time. Returning Officer Bob Court
in Williams Lake won't predict that
mieans a heavy turnout for the May
5 vote.
."There are a couple of factors to
be considered, not the least of which
VOL. 74 NO. 83 THURSDAY/MAY 5, 1983 Television Guide 35<
is the push this time to have the 336 even though better than 250 more
poll workers use the advance poll,
rather than voting election day,"
Court said from Williams Lake
Tuesday.
"Add to the total people from
other areas of the constituency who
can vote section 80 ballots this time,
anywhere in the riding and the increase
is really not too significant
THIS ISSU€:
Catch 22 2
Editorial Page 4
Picture page 12
Don Lobb's Notebook 4
Sports ..9-11
Classifieds 12-14
Last political shots
fired, page 2
people used the advance poll."
Court said the section 80 ballots,
which will permit people not
registered as voters in the consltuency,
but who can prove residence, to
go to the poll, aren't expected to
create any problems in the Cariboo.
He reported that Clinto registered
Cont'd page 2
Coi^oui -for
An old-fashioned Cariboo work The circumstances began with the have been called in on overtime
bee, where people from the com­ hospital staff layoffs following the rates to clean up the property if it
munity, out of civic pride and introduction of the July restraint needed attention.
neighborliness join forces to imr- program by the provincial govern­ Thomas explained the situation to
pove the appearance of city properment, which curtailed spending con­ McCready to no avail. The union
ty, has turned into an ugly labor siderably at G.R. Baker Hospital as boss would not consider a com­
grievance plaguing the G.R. Baker well as others in the province. munity volunteer work bee, which
Memorial Hospital Board for more Among those laid-off , were just happened to include the
than nine months.
maintenance workers, then an addi­ hospital pharmacist, senior
Monday morning, the matter goes tional maintenance man booked off maintenance workers and the
to arbitration and being called to ac­ sick while a second was on holidays. hospital administrator as a
count is hospital administrator Tim G.R. Baker's staff pharmacist, volunteer group.
Thomas.
Gerry Brown, who walks to work They continued grieving the mat­
Cultural
centre
daily, noted that Billy Barker Days ter for more than nine months until
were fast approaching and the the G.R. Baker hospital Board
flower beds and the .shrubs around demanded arbitration.
the front of the property were in ter­ Thomas said Tuesday that he had
ribly neglected conditions and there agreed to the proposal put to him by
were papers and weeds all around Brown grudgingly, because it in­
the hospital.
volved a Sunday morning in July,
Brown organized a work bee. but was finally convinced that the
Volunteers included Brown and his grounds were in deplorable shape
wife, Ted Healey and his wife and and a work bee could clean them up
. kids. Bill Llewellyn, a maintenance in a few hours.
Cb^halrmen Roberta Faust and 'supervisor aiid -Tini Thomas and his "That's the Cariboo spirit again,
Mjarilee McLean of the Cultural wife.
being displayed by.Gerry Brown and
tSentre Committee, meeting weekly Thomas hauled his old it was infectious. The whole thing
with the funding committee and the lawnmower over to the hospital on became a kind of family event and a
building committee, announced Sunday morning about 7:30 a.m., a lot of worthwhile work was ac­
Monday that a Vancouver architec­ protesting volunteer who would complished out of sheer civic
tural firm has offered to draft rather have been golfing and for the pride," Thomas said.
NOT COOKIE.MONSTERS, cookie salegirls, Jennifer Seymour, 9, Cariy Felker, 8, Cheryl Elgie, 7, find a preliminary plans for the proposed next three hours used the "There may be some criticism
cash customer when they call on Doreen Sully. The Brownies go door-to-door selling cookies on Ihe annual facilities.
lawnmower and utility trailer to that the hospital board has decided
fund raising rounds during Girl Guide Week which ends May 8.
The city has tentatively approved help the volunteer "good citizens" to pursue this matter all the way to
the old skating rink property on clean up the hospital flower beds, arbitration, but there very surely is a
'Lewis Dr. for the construction of shrubbery and grounds for Billy matter of principle at stake."
ciety
9
'the project, which is to include a live Barker Days.
Thomas, Healey, Llewellyn and
theatre building, women's resource Inside the hospital, a Hospital Brown are adamant. It was a spon­
centre and an arts and crafts centre. Employees Union steward saw this taneous act by a group of people ex­
In exchange for the skating rink activity and telephoned union headpressing their civic pride in a tangi­
own
property, the city is prepared to proquarters in Vancouver.
ble form.
vide a new rink in the Baker Creek Business agent Ray McCready When the arbitration hearing con­
area, located closer to the centre of from HEU phoned Thomas Monvenes at 10 a.m. Monday morning
the West Quesnei area.
day to inform him that a grievance in the Greenleaf meeting room, they
Quesnei city council Monday society and inform them that the Finally, although LeBrun wanted They made the suggestion follow­ was being filed on behalf of the may have a supporting cast of
voted to perrhit the Quesnei Arts cost of repairs was set at $5,000 and them to be made aware that the poring complaints last winter that shift- maintenance workers at the dozens of citizens prepared to com­
Society to repair the leaking roof that rather than repair the roof, the don of the building they occupy workers had been disturbed by hospital, whom he claimed, should mend them for their efforts, rather
over their Vaughan St. location, but city proposed in September to tear would be demolished before the teenagers shooting hockey pucks
than condemn them.
they'll have to pay the $300 cost down the portion occupied by'the year was out, council agreed to against the board of the rink and
themselves.
society.
allow the patch up.
playing loud music on portable
Last month city council wrote the Aid. Russ Jones and Steve Aid. Gordon Murray objected
radios in the early morning hours
Arts Society informing them that an Wallace suggested that the arts peo­ however to the suggestion from the
and late at night.
estimate from works superintendent ple be given a chance to come up society that costs of the repairs In fact, special arrangements had
Max Helzel had indicated that the with an alternative solution. come out of the rental paid for the to be made to turn off the lights at
roof was badly in need of replace- Monday night the society inform- use of the building.
the rink to end the late evening acment
and estimating the cost of the ed council through Jones that they
tivides at the request of people in
repair job at $5,000.
had an offer to patch the roof which
the neighborhood.
The issue had been raised by the would cost $300, although the
However, a petition is said now to
Arts Society, who rent the front repairs would not stop all the leaks.
be circulating in the area asking the
portion of a city building which also Jones said they were aware that
city to leave the rink, in its current
houses the carpenter shop and sign the repairs would prolong their use
location.
painting shop.
of the building for only the short
When asked about the petition,
The society wrote council com­ term and that they hoped to be able
Faust said she had not seen a copy,
plaining that the roof leaked and to move into the proposed cultural
but had been informed that some
that they were being forced to put centre building when it was com­
people in opposition to the cultural
buckets under the leaks to the point pleted.
where people were spending more In the meantime, the temporary
time looking out for buckets than patch job would enable them to conthey
spent looking at the arts and tmue use of the Vaughan St.
crafts on display.
premises.
Referred to the planning committee,
with Helzel to report on the cost
of repairs,.the matter was brought
back to council by Aid., Alex
LeBrun.
He suggested the city write the
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May
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"We give them an annual grant in
the amount of the rent and they pay
us the rent from the grant," Murray
argued. "If we give them an adjustment
on the rental because they
make some temporary repairs to the
building, we pay twice."
After discussion council voted to
allow the society to make the temporary
repairs, if they were centre being located on Lewis Dr.,
prepared to pay the costs, with the had been obtaining signatures,
understanding that their portion of "It seems a little odd that in
the building will be demolished in January they would be concerned
the coming year. enough about late night noise to ask
the city to take action, now it is be-
• ing suggested that it is a valuable
community asset," Faust said.
"It is the first indication we have
had from anyone in the community
that the cultural centre proposal has
opposidon.
"We had hoped, because it was
Residents in the area of the gravel They also informed Fraser that designed to benefit a cross-section
pit on Baker Dr. between Tingley when proceeding in the direction of of people throughout the communi-
and Twan Ave. in West Quesnei, town, there is a blind curve and ty, that we could continue to find
want the province to do something when traffic is approaching in the the solid support we have had until
H L P about the conditions of the road. other lane, there is no way to stop now," she added,
17 6 1.5 They complained t*o MLA Alex and avoid the rocks. "Whatever the objections to our
16 2 tr. Fraser that the gravel pit itself was They claim vehicle undercarriages use of the property are out there in
4 16 -6 in a treacherous and unstable condi­ are being damaged. the west side community, we hope
A weak frontal system will retion and that it is owned by the pro­ "Please don't wait for an injury the people concerned will give us an
main over the province for the vincial government.
or death before rectifying this opportunity to discuss them before
next few days bringing clouds "Each day .there are rocks and dangerous situation," they urged. proceeding to go public," Faust adwith
occasional showers — a 10 gravel strewn all over the roadway. They asked Fraser to have the ded.
lALL THE COMFORTS of home are on the job for B.C. Hydro's
per cent chance of percipitation To add to the hazard, the gravel pit gravel pit closed and secured with Meanwhile, Faust said the com-
Dave Debuc as he tightens up a bolt during a cable replacement in
Wednesday night and 30 per cent is open to the public and each time screening "or whatever is necessary mittee was continuing with plans for
preparation for the four-laning of the highway at Hydraulic Rd.
Thursday.
gravel is removed, or after a rain­ to ensure the pit is not longer a safe- a fund raising lot auction and hoped
Debuc is a splicer and he is working on cable pairing in readiness for
fall, the bank is weakened further." ty hazard. » to have it underway within weeks.
the road project.

2-QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1983
Cjty administrator power after Thursday. decision about how the McKelvie said the NDP
ly v/ith the UBCM to
discuss the implications
Alah Miller and If the Socreds win, taxes are to be levied. had telephoned to deny
of the variable tax rate
treasurer Terry Kelly then Miller will have The proposed tax that Barrett had said he
system," McKelvie in­
are trapped in a 'Catch the three enabling rate legislation would agreed to the variable
formed city council
22' situation when it bylaws reading for give them the authority tax rate,
Monday.
comes to declaring the third reading and fin^l to levy the percentages "Barrett's only com­
basis on which adoption next Monday. of taxes on residential, ment to the UBCM is
Council instructed
municipal taxes will be If the New commercial and in­ that, if elected to form
Miller and Kelly to pro­
collected this year, or Democrats win, they dustrial properties they the next government,
ceed with both tax
how much tax money is may have to begin anew deemed reasonable to he will meet immeidate-
systems.
going to come from putting together a tax raise the budget cash.
whom.
rate bylaw, which will Council can finalize
The problem is a new then require four the budget and are
taxing system handed readings before May 15 close to doing so, for
to the municipalities in deadline.
1983. What they are
B.C. by municipal af­ The problem lies unable to do is proceed
fairs minister Jack with the current official to inform the taxpayers
Heinrich and provincial opposition leader Dave what their tax levy will
treasurer Hugh Curtis. Barrett.
be for the year.
Heinrich and Curtis He has not endorsed The UBCM inform­
informed the the tax rate change proed the municipalities by
municipality that a new posed by Heinrich and mail that each of them
tax rate would apply in Curtis and at best has had better prepare two
the coming tax year and agreed to sit down with budgets, one under the
that they would have the Union of B.C. old system and one
the authority to Municipalities to under the new regula­
iLEeTRieAL eosi
establish the propor­ discuss the issue. tions.tion
of taxes to be col­ Meanwhile, Miller One would be based
lected from the residen­ has three bylaws ready on the current statutory
tial, commercial and in­ for third and final single millrate system This course will cover the new code
dustrial taxpayers. readings, but one of and the other on the regulations and amendments. Pre-
But the legislation them. Bylaw 942 is the variable mill rate
requisite - minimum of 3 years in the
for those changes has tax rate bylaw and it ordered by Curtis and
never been passed and can't go beyond first Heinrich.
U[9 trade.
now the time limit of and second reading un­ They made the sug­
May 15, stipulated for til the city learas who gestion after having May 16-20 / May 30-June 3.
the presentation of the will form the next been informed that the Time: 8-12 a.m., 12:30-4:30 p.m.
city's final budget to government of B.C. best the NDP would do
Fee: $120 tuition. $15 registration.
the province is ap­ Under the newly pro­ with the new system Place: 488 McLean St.
LAST SHOTS FIRED as the five provincial candidates, identified by signs in the top photo, faced an proaching post haste, posed tax rate system, would be to talk about Tefephone: 992-3906
overflow crowd at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall at the public forum Tuesday night. For more and nobody knows the city will establish it shortly after the elec­
than three hours the five were bombarded with questions from the floor and from a telephone link whether the Social the total budget tion.
COLLEGE OF NEW CALEDONIA
with city hall in the Chamber of Commerce organized campaign windup.
Credit or the New figures, approve the UBCM executive
3330 22nd Avenue, Prince George, B.C. V2N 1P8 I
Democrats will be in budget, then make a director C.S.J.
Phone 662-2131 I
campaigii shots fired
From page 1 Centennial Hall. They do not have to be ballot. open forum staged by
33 early votes, 100 Mile Court said it is im- registered before going Meanwhile on Tues- the Chamber of Com-
House had 215 people portant that voters are to the polls, but they day night at the Royal merce.
at their advance polls, aware that section 80 will not be permitted to Canadian Legion Hall Incumbent MLA
Williams Lake 340 and ballots will only be vote if their residence is in Quesnel, the five
Quesnel 330. available in the consti- outside the constituen- candidates underwent a
According to Court, tuency where the voter cy in which they apply grueling three-hour
interest in this election can prove residency, under section 80 for a marathon session at an
appears at a very high
level and a lot of people pUB DEVELOPER
who might otherwise [
pass up a chance to
vote are expected at the
polling stations Thurs­
Alex Fraser, representing
the Socreds was
nearly speechless when
Cont'd page 15
Oty water
tntLnnlint\hpRLfll Hcenced restaurant at 274 Audcrson Mayor Mike Pearce suggested been approved by the
ranaHirn I PPio^^^ Dr., and erect a new dining and that an earlier application for a provincial ministry of
on ifu^,X,nt It h,!t in drinking establishment in its place, neighborhood pub licence in that lands, parks and hous-
W P ^ OMPrnprVh^van showcd a split in city council votes area had been denied by the liquor ing.
to the Sing station to Monday night. control board and the city might be According to a letter
be set up in Correlieu Marcel April had earlier applied well advised to wait until April had referred Monday to
Secondary School on ^ neighborhood pub licence in expended his appeal. couincil's planning and
West Fraser Rd Red ^^e area, but had been rejected by April had sought an opportunity parks committees, ap-
Bluff voters will be ^ ' ^ ^ ' ' ' ^ " O ' " ' ' ^ ' ^ ^ " ^ ^ to appear before council to present proximately half an
polled at the Red Bluff Property, they ruled, was too close an artist's drawing of his restaurant- acre is reserved for the
Hall Moose Heights ^° ^ major secondary highway and neighborhood pub concept and construction and fencvoters
at LeBourdais within one mile of three other answer any of the city's concerns. ing off of the water
School Bouchie Lake licenced hotels. Aid. Gordon Murray moved that reservoir,
at the 'community hall ^^^^ rejection has now been ap- the city inform April that until a The remainder of the
and in Cottonwood at Pealed and the developer's lawyer decision Tiad been reached respec- property, a six-sided
the Park Warden's of- notified counsel that a survey of the ting his appeal to the liquor control piece of land bounded
fjj.g city indicated the neighborhood pub commission, council was not by the Baker Creek
In Alexandria the "^ould be more than one mile from prepared to take any action. The Rd., Akerly Rd., Third
poll is at the Graham °^her licenced businesses. motion was seconded by Aid. Alec St., estimated at about
Diamond View Service In addition, the lawyer also said a LeBrun. 5 acres of,land, must be
location set
A grant of Crown for a right-of-way own­
land to the city for the ed by B.C. Tel extenday
from opening hour
construction of the pro- ding off the end of
at 8 a.m. to closing The proposal of a West Quesnel that,his investment will contribute posed water reservoir • Fourth St.
time In at rt, 8 P«n,>i p.m. vntPrc an dcvclopcr to tear down the existing to the redevelopment." on Airport ' Hill has The ministry said the"
area outside the reservoir
site, would have to
be held under a public
reserve in favor of the
ministry for recreation
use, or disposed of by
way of a free Crown
grant to the city.
The free grant is contingent
on the city having
immediate recreational
development
plans for the near
future which "best
utilize the property's
recreational potential."
Council referred the
matter to parks and
recreation for a study
of the recreational
station, in Baker Creek traffic control light proposed for Aid Steve Wallace objected. "l" ^eld in reserve for . , , .
at the community hall, Doherty and Anderson Dr.,- would would sooner have him come to recreational use, except values and to plannmg.^
Barkersville poll is in alter the nature of the traffic flow council now to see what it is that he
Wells, Castle Rock in and ease concerns about having a is proposing. If we agree with his
the Hanfield residence, neighborhood pub in the area. plans and give them our blessing, it
Cinema at Dunkley Eric G.Chamberlist, Marcel might carry some weight with the
Lumber recreation hall, April's lawyer, also said the client commission."
Kersley at the com- proposed to develop a first class He said the request had asked for
munity hall, family restaurant facility with a council's support of the appellant
Marguerite at Grahams neighborhood pub. and unless they ^ knew what was at
Diamond View Service, The proposed seating area would jsjue, they shouldn't be making a
Narcosli Creek at the be limited to 65 patrons in the pub, decision,
school, Nazko at the and about the same number in the . u ^ i- *u
library WeUs at the restaurant. Pearce, who had earlier said the
Chamberlist informed council ''Quor control board had authority
Local
that April proposes to tear down the 'n these matters and had already
Gold Dust diner, currently located turned down a similar application in
on the site and construct a new the area, must have based their re­
driver
building on the rear of the property, jections on the regulations govern-
The existing building obstructs 'ng the location of the licenced
visibility of vehicular traffic and ac- premises.
cording to Chamberlist, moving the He suggested that council might
structure back will allow better sight want to permit the man to exhaust
lines.
his appeal before the city got involv­
"It is our clients' contention that
ed.
When the vote on the motion to
At 5:08 p.m. Mon- the redevelopment of West Quesnel
defer action f)ending the appeal was
day the 4-wheel pickup area is crucial given the large
operated by Edward H. population base in that area and P"t. Pearce and Wallace opposed.
Vroone, 34, of 541
Norman Street in
Quesnel dropped a
wheel off the right edge
of the road on Highway
Leonard Uri & Associates
Public Accountants
97 south of Prince
George near the junction
of highway 16.
When he came back
onto the road, the vehicle
rolled onto its left
side and immediately
caught fire. Vroone
was able to get out of
the vehicle but was
Payrolls
Bookkeeping
Accounting
taken to Prince George
Hospital suffering
from burns.
The accident is still
under investigation.
Management Consulting
of your
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
196 DAVIE STREET 992-8830
SERVICES:
Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday School
Sunday: 11 a.m. Worship Service
Sunday: 6 p.m. Evening Fellowship Service
Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. Bible Study
Friday: 7 p.m. Young Peoples
'Children's Church during the Worship Service
•Christian Day School, grades 1-12, ACE curriculm.
A FAMILY CHURCH EXTENDS WARM WELCOME TO YOU!
Pastor Randy Evans, B.A.M.DIV., 992-6830
BETHEL PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE
"Affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada"
"The Assemblies of God U.S.A."
135 COJKH ROM, SOUTHILLS SUBD.
Quesnel's Clurismttic Cliurch
SUNDAY SERVICES:
Chris!i«n Education Hour 9:45 a.m.
Morning Wofship 11:00 a.m.
Evenins Rally 7:00 p.m.
Family MigM (Wed.) 7:00 p.m.
(Youth meeting, ttop & girls crusadeis prayer and bible study)
Contact Church Office concsraing other ministries 747-3116
PASTOR: REV. JWIN CARLSON
"THE END OF YOUR SEARCH FOR A FRiEf^DLY CHURCH"
EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH
2244 Ash Road, Tel.: 747-2233
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship Service 11:00 a.m.
Evening Service 7.00 p.m.
Youth Fellowship Wed., 7:00 p.m.
PASTOR Rae Robinson
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Complete collision repairs
ICBC claims handled promptly
Located at Hwy. 97 South
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We are giving away - FREE - a foot
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I CHINESE COOKING LEVEL li
• 1. Authentic Chinese dishes will be
Y demonstrated. Barbequed duck, spicy
^ beef stew and lemon chicken will be
^ prepared in this class.
^ One session; Saturday, May 7.
^ Time: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Y Place: Room 325, Correlieu Sec.
* Fee: $15.00
Instructor: Stanley Wong
2. In this class Almond Chicken (gai
ding), coin beef (Chinese style beef
filet), and Singapore noodle dishes will
be demonstrated.
One session; Saturday. May 14
Time: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Place: Room 325, Correlieu Sec.
Fee: $15.00
Instructor: Stanley Wong
I GET READY FOR THE lOTH.
ANNUAL BILLY BARKER DAYS
Bring out your old suits, blouses and
other articles of clothing from your
closet and learn how to make your
^ costume for this annual event. The first
^ evening will emphasize ideas and
4 demonstrations. In the second session
^ you will work on your own project and
X receive assistance if required. Be ready
1 for Billy Barker Days in time!
^ Dates: May 10th and 17th.
k Fee: $6.00 (plus materials)
f Instructor: Joyce Hibberd
REilSTIR FOR THESE... I
MAY COURSES
DIM SUM t
Learn fancy Chinese pastry making. In ^
this class the following will be •
presented: Northern style pan fried J
dumplings. Southern style steam buns, ^
crystal shrimp dumplings (Har Kow), ^
Sui Mei, and deep fried dumplings. ^
One session: Saturday, May 28 4
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. J
Place: Room 325, Correlieu Sec. I
Fee: $20.00 |
Instructor: Stanley Wong ^
Cattigrapfiij Workfw^
Trafii ICS-
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IT WAS JUST ABOUT THERE, Aid. Jules Cappan, left, tells Aid. Alec LeBrun as the two were
present for the official 1983 opening of the Quesnel museum and for the presentation of new show
cases.
The Quesnel
Museum opened its
doors to the public May
1 following a great deal
of planning and work
over the winter months.
The display cases in the
back display room have
been raised to eye level
.as eventually will the
remaining cases.
• At a 'Thank you'
reception at the
museum Friday curator
Sheila Hill expressed
appreciation to the
businesses in the community
and to the City.
Attending were
Frank Garden of
Cariboo Pulp and
Paper and Barbara
Schaub of Weldwood
plywood. Other firms
who contributed
lumber and pulp were
Quesnel Forest Products,
Tolko Lumber,
and Weldwood
(planer).
"This has made a
tremendous
difference," Hill told
the donors, mayor
Mike Pearce, members
of city hall, and
museum committee
members.
"The museum has
been given a new lease
WOMEN'S INSTITUTES
Bv Ellen Rogers
992-3404
Quesnel has just
jnnamed its '1982-Citizen
'of the Year' and
recognized another
citizen for long term
service. The latter put
me on the researchtrack
to what contributions
Women's and
Farmer's Institutes
have made to Quesnel
and area to help build
the foundation of a
thriving cpmmunity.
The present Quesnel
Civic Arena saw many
rural people donate
time and material as
well as helping with
fund-raising; Schools in
the outlying areas of
Quesnel school district,
including Dragon
Lake, Quesnel View,
Bouchie Lake, Alexandria,
Kersley and North
Quesnel, were maintained
and beautified
by volunteer Wl and
Farmer's Institute
members until the
school board had funds
to pay for the work to
be done.
They . also raised
funds to furnish several
wards in G.R. Baker
Memorial Hospital,
also sewing for the present
hospital and its
predecessor the old
'Quesnel General'.
Several members of
Wl helped make the
drapes for the first section
of Fraser Village
units. The mural depicting
Dr. Baker's life, in
G.R. Baker Memorial
was the result of a contest
suggested by
Bouchie Lake W.l.
Quesnel Employment
Office (then
U.l.Office) was widely
promoted by the
Women's Institutes
along with the extension
of phone lines and
rural rfiail routes to
connect country and city.
The foundation of
the community is very
important to future
progress. Both the W.I.
and F.l. made major
contributions.
Kersley W.l. report
their guest speaker for
the April meeting was
Jim Mullen of Super­
Valu. He spoke on
some of the problems
of merchandizing and
answered questions of
the 'why' kind. It gave
the members an insight
into food costs and the
availability of various
types of foods.
We import a great
deal of our food,
something Canadians
should be concerned
about.
Their winter Crib
Tournament was a suc­
on life but don't be surprised
if I come knocking
on your doors
sometime again in the
future to help with our
plans for expansion."
Carpeting is still to
be laid on some of the
platforms. The
museum had to rely on
the community for help
as they had only
budgetted for $1,200.
Wayne Holmes and
John Taylor worked on
the project for nine
weeks through a
Employment and Immigration
work program.
cess once again. A
donation of $50 will be
made to the B.C.W.l.
'Office Administration
Fund' (O.A.F.). Plans
for the Cariboo District
W.l. Conference, in the
Kersley Hall with
Kersley W.I. Hostess,
were discussed at length
and all appears to be
well in hand.
The Quesnel View
W.I. met April 13 in
the lounge at Fraser
Village with 1!
members and two
visitors, one of whom
became a new member.
A gift is to be
presented to treasurer
Nettie Geofroy,
recovering from
surgery, and gas inoney
supplied Bea McLean
for transporting
members to the CD.
W.I. Spring Rally at
Miocene.
Invitations were
received from Cerebral
Palsey Association of
Quesnel to their 'openhouse'
tour of their
newly renovated
premises in West
Quesnel May 2.
Delegate to the CD.
W.I. Conference May
28 at Kersley is Mary
Hotvedt. Alternate is
Mayme Leonard.
Several other members
Pension reductions
force re-application
Some senior citizens
may be wondering why
there is a reduction in
their April Old Age
Security cheques.
Health and Welfare
Minister Monique
Begin today in Ottawa
reminded seniors that
the Guaranteed Income
Supplement benefits,
added on to Old Age
Security cheques, is an
income-tested program
for which they must
reapply each year.
"You won't lose any
money you're entitled
to," the minister
reassured those whose
benefits were suspend­
ed. "Even those who
apply late will receive
their GIS retroactive to
April 1, but get your
application in right
away," the minister
urged those pensioners
who have failed to apply.
Income Security Programs
offices across
Canada are processing
applications as they are
received and are sending
our supplement
cheques so applicants
will not have to wait
until the next OAS cheque.
Most of Canada's
1.2 million recipients
completed their
renewal applications on
time. In fact the
number of suspended
benefits this
year—79,0{X)— is down
from the 100,000 at this
time last year.
Some GIS recipients
may find a decrease in
the amount they receive
because the amount of
their other income went
up in 1982, possibly
because of higher interest
rates paid on investments
last year.
LJnder federal legislation
GIS must be reduced
by $1 for each $2 of
other income received. _
Treasurer and vicepresident
Peter Romanchuk,
speaking to the
guests in board president
Chuck Heath's
behalf, reminded them
of accomplishments
since their committee
was formed just a year
ago as a go-between for
curator Hill and the City,
"Although we still
need your money and
support," he adds.-
Other committee
members are secretary
Ginny Dunn, historian
Grace Steele, and coordinator
Lois
Dawson.'
plan to attend also and
will supply salads and
buns for the lunch that
day. ' ''
At the CD. W.l.
Spring Rally in
Miocene April 9, the
topic of 'Juvenile Problems'
was highlighted.
The Q.V.W.I. menu
won first place at the
rally. A very attractive
presentation was
entered by Bea
McLean.
Three members sent
letters of thanks for the
fruit-leather samples
received at the Quesnel
and District W.l. Mini-
Rally in Feb.
The next Quesnel
View W.I. meeting is
May 11 at 10 a.m. in
the Fraser Village
Lounge. Visitors are
welcome and prospective
members 19 years
and over. Roll cal! is a
penny for each inch of
your waist-line to be
measured at the
meeting.
Work and money are
available in the Quesnel
area, just waiting for
sponsors.
This was the happy
news Chris Kempling
told The Observer upon
conferring with Ole
Kettleson, district
supervisor for B.C.
Forest Service.
"The work is there
and we will make staff
available for
preliminary training
and provide some
supervision as v/ell,"
says Kettleson.
Work to be done includes
such jobs as
thinning, mistletoe
eradication, and site
preparation.
Kempling of Canada
Employment and Immigration
says, "The
New Employment Experience
and. Development
i^'program
(NEED), funded jointly
by federal and provincial
governments, is
well established nationally
and looks like
it will be continuing for
the next while."
Through this program
money is
available to such
groups as the planned
Cultural centre, also to
any private contractors
who can hire at least
three people for at least
12 weeks.
Each project is judged
on it's merit. Hiring
must be done through
the Canada Employment
Centre. Priorities
for hiring are those
who have exausted
their benefits by 10
weeks or more; those
who have exausted
benefits by 10 weeks or
less and are on welfare
up to February, 1981
but not, before that
time.
Kempling says there
are 800 people elegible
to apply for the NEED
program. He en-courages
anyone who
has exausted benefits
after Feb. 1981 to reactivate
their file.
"We are going to be
screening applicants
when sponsors come to
the office."
From $14,400, the
minimum amount of
money for the project,
half of that must be
wages, half for
overhead costs, etc.
"The more people you
have working for you
the more money
available for overhead
costs," Kempling says
of the prospective
employers.
"It is important to
keep contact with this
office," he says. "If
not on Unemployment
Insurance benefits they
should be coming in to
update their file."
Kempling says he
would encourage any
established business to
contact their office to
become a sponsor.
"People who are not
elegible for NEED may
be hired if their skills
are not vital to the
operation of production
and as long as
wages are paid out of
overhead costs.
These may include
projects to enhance
production.
CARIBOO REGIONAL
DISTRICT
RED BLUFF/DRAGON LAKE
SEWER SYSTEM
NOTICE TO
RESBDENTS
The Cariboo Regional District wishes to
announce that each residence and
business within the Red Bluff/Dragon
Lake Sanitary Sewer specified area has
beeii visited at least twice to pick up confipleted
household questionnaires.
If you were not contacted or have not
completed your questionnaire, please
complete the questionnaire immediately
and return it to the Cariboo Regional
District office, 2 -334 Front Street,
Quesnel, B.C. or phone 992-8712 between
the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 12:30
noon. Alan John, C.E.T.
Supervisor of Works
Cariboo Regional District
We're
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4-QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1983
The one occasion when the print
media has an edge over the elctronic
media is on the day before an election.
On that date, the electronic
media are blacked out.
But the print media, because of
production scheduling, get the last
kick at the cat.
It has been a real experience to
watch the CTV network operate in
this current election campaign.
Their news reporting, seen for a
number of years as superior to that
carried by the CBC, lost all
credibility in just 28 short days of
election coverage.
Latest in the news management
fandango danced by the CTV team,
was the mechanic who confronted
Dave Barrett outside a radio station
Tuesday and told him that he had
shafted the province, the B.C.
Resources Investment Corporation
and the people of B.C. even while he
was in Opposition.
The irate mechanic made his entire
case on the radio link, but he
was physically hauled away and
EDITORIAL
oes
edited out of the televised coverage
of the event by CTV. There were a
few words pf anger evident, even a
grudging recognition that he had appeared
upset with Barrett, but the
news team from the television network
dumped the story.
It has been evident that the sympathies
of the NBET team who are
touring the province covering Barrett
are biased and that they are
slanting the news reports.
It is obvious because at 7:30 a.m.
last Thursday they called me out of
a sound sleep to ask me if there were
any worthwhile political stories in
Quesnei they could cover with their
mobile satellite television system.
When I informed them Alex
Fraser, the highways minister would
be making a speech in Williams
Lake, the news manager suggested
that since the equipment cost so
much to operate and move around,
they wanted something controversial
from the NDP,
I gave them Steve Hilbert's phone
number, but I don't know that they
ever used it. Perhaps he isn't high
When the last ballot has been counted and the May 5 provincial
election goes into the history books, irrespective of
which party wins, the work of the people of B.C. must still go
forward.
There has been an atmosphere of anticipation about this
election. It is almost as though we hate to see the campaign
end because now there must be a losing party and a winning
one, or at least that is the way it is to be earnestly hoped things
turn out.
What any observer of the political scene will admit is that
nobody in their right mind would endeavor to predict a clearcut
victor before the polls close and that the heavier the vote,
the better chance the present government has to be re-elected.
There have been real issues in this campaign. The provision
of meaningful jobs, or just jobs, has been a major plank in
the platforms of both the Socreds and the NDP.
Depending on how long you have been, out of work, each
approach to job creation has its own merits.
What must be clearly at issue however, is the value in real
terms of make-work projects. They are a product of the
1930s. Student job programs where a lot of valuable personal
contacts result, but the effects of the work are always impossible
to tabulate. LIFT, NEED, PREP and other programs
pump federal and provincial dollars into communities for the
development of parks and tourism facilities.
Those may be worthwhile projects, but in terms of cost efficiency,
they are grossly over-priced. Most of the grant funds
seem to find their way into the same projects and programs
year after year and a seemingly endless stream of unemployed
people are always there to work until the money runs out.
There is a better way and if it means that governments have
to pump some money directly into small businesses or small
and medium sized industries to create permanent jobs, so be
it.
Those of us scratching out a living are going to have to accept
another gouging in our pocketbooks to pay the piper if
we want to dance to the tune of jingUng cash registers in B.C.
And so as we go to the polls Thursday, May 5, to cast a
ballot for the future, we had better face the economic
realities. Regardless of whom we choose to run this province
in the next four or five years, we will have to pay for their
recovery programs out of our pocketbooks.
You can opt for the party which states categorically it is
dedicated to the proposition of pay-as-you-go government, or
one that says the future is now and we have to look after people
now at whatever the cost.
All we ask is that whatever your political bent, you take it
to the polls Thursday and vote.
Noting people who laugh at gypsy
furtunetellers are the same people
who take economists seriously, Dr,
Jack Muench told the Cariboo
Lumber Manufacturer's Association
Friday he would nonetheless
make a "fearless forecast,"
He predicted the lumber markets
next year w'ill equal those of 1978.
The year 1978 was a very good
one.
Dr. Muench, who is Director of
Economics for the Washington,
D.C. based National Forest Products
Association was guest speaker
at the CLMA luncheon prior to its
annual general meeting.
While he was optimistic in that
regard, Muench did have some
words of warning in regard to the
United States Countervailing Duty
Investigation. While the Canadian
Softwood Lumber Manufacturers
(made up of the CLMA and nine
other Canadian associations) have
been successful so far in defending
the Canadian position, Muench said
the battle is far from over because
he believes southern US lumber
manufacturers will take political actions
to ensure the countervailing
duty is enforced if all else fails.
The NFPA, which has members
from both the U.S. and Canada, has
remained neutral in the dispute, he
explained.
Recapping what has happened so
far, Muench explained the rulings
position that the fee charged for
harvest is an "economic rent"
rather than a trade distorting subsidy
warranting countervailing duty.
Noting some Canadian producers
had been apprehensive because they
feared the process would be rigged
against them, Muench said this was
not so. US citizens must have a
mechanism to protect their rights,
he explained, and as far as he knew
the investigation had been
thorough. And, two decisions in
two weeks had ruled in favor of the
Canadian position,
"If the May 23 decision goes
against the US coalition seeking the
countervailing duty, they can seek a
reversal in the courts," Muench told
the CLMA, "I am sure they will and
I am sure they will also seek a
political decision."
Giving a variety of reasons,
Muench said he believes residential
housing starts will be up although
there will be a trend to smaller
houses. Non-residential construction
may be down, but industrial
construction and the market for
softwood would be up. If Canada
can retain its share of the market,
sales should be up to where they
were in 1978 he said.
An improved market would take
some of the steam out of the
countervailing duty issue but
Canada must retain its share of the
had found in favor of the Canadian _ sales, he pointed out.
bbb's
profile enough to be considered
news satellite material.
It has become obvious to the
point of being, ridiculous, that the
CTV news team is overloading the
circuits with pro-NDP election
coverage, protecting the public from
the reality of Barrett's confrontations
with hecklers, or even the sad
commentary from his audiences
who not only don't heckle, but even
worse, don't respond at all.
That is why a great many print
media feel obligated to present the
issues of this election in a manner
that is designed to give both sides at
least a fair hearing.
Whether this newspaper chooses
to endorse one candidate or one
The most widely-read Reader's
Digest article of the past year was a
piece called 'How to Flaten Your
Stomach', This certainly shows
where our priorides lie, and it also
shows that no matter what your problem
is, somebody somewhere has
identified it, researched it and will
advise you on it, if you cross his
palm with silver.
This crossed my mind when 1 read
about a new book called Three Steps
to Overcome Jet Lag, Jet lag, like
whiplash and runners' nipple, is a
20th century affliction. For most of
us it means feeling a little dozy for
the first half-day after we get off the
plane. Usually I'm so elated at being
released from home and hearth that
I recover quickly. Manic energy
replaces fatigue and I eat, drink,
tour, or mountain climb eagerly.
It's when I come home that I collapse.
For diplomats, politicians and
businessmen, jet lag is a serious problem
since it affects their judgement.
(Ed. note: Is that what goes
wrong?) Former president Dwight
Eisenhower flew to conferences
several days ahead of time in order
to be alert, Henry Kissinger shifted
his body clock by retiring one hour
earlier each night and rising one
hour earlier each morning for a_
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political philosophy over another is
the publisher's choice.
We have a limited ability to influence
choices except within the
boundaries of our distribudon area.
BCTV is a. national network and
when they act as such, they are
doubtless a formidable force. When
in B.C. the national news is
perverted by presentation of one of
five political parties running in the
, current campaign, it may well be
time to re-examine the charter under
which that conglomerate operates.
Ever since I discovered CTV on
the channel selector, I have preferred
their news coverage. With the
rare exception of that dead-voiced
Sandy Renaldo on the weekend
news last winter, it was my late news
favorite.
That woman probably accounted
for the highest ratings the CBC news
ever got on a weekend. Her news
delivery was bad beyond descrip­
tion.
Having survived Renaldo, replaced
by a man named Brown, I was
back to watching CTV late news
week before he took off, Lyndon
Johnson kept his wrist watch on
Washington time everywhere he
. went.
These are boring approaches, I
much prefer the one advocated in
the book written by Dr, Charles
Ehret and Lyrme Waller Scanlon,
The book arose out of research data
gained from work with animals over
the past 30 years, (Lab rats have
been subjected to cigarette smoke,
red die number two, low bulk diets
and vitamin deficiencies, I like to
think of them being rewarded with a
couple of transcontinental flights,)
The three stage jet lag prevention
program begins with the eating of
high protein breakfasts and lunches
and high carbohydrate suppers for a
period before you take off. Add
feasting and fasting on alternate
days, and limited imbibing of tea
and coffee and you can see that
^981
f (It B.C..
I 1982
consistently, then Bennett called the
provincial election and I couldn't
believe the transformation.
From a solid, dependable voice of
reality to a politicizing, slanted,
dishonest and biased broadcasting
system overnight.
I know they want a socialist
government, but do they want it bad
enough to distort, and pervert the
truth. I know Bill Bennett and other
Socreds have been heckled. In the
past year I have heckled the hell oiit
of some of them myself.
But by all that is holy, I know that
Barrett has been heckled and confronted
and trapped into embarrasing
admissions too.
What amazes me is that the news
seniors at CTV haven't become
aware that they aren't fooling
anyone when they avoid showing
those situations.
They haven't had the guts to
openly endorse
premier.
That at least would give
coverage authenticity if
credibility.
So while they sit at horiie having
oiled, operated and manipulated
their own media for the benefit of
socialism, thereby sponsoring the
NDP campaign and Dave Barrett, it
will be interesting Friday to see how
they approach the realities of the
election.
For my part I am voting for Alex
Fraser. That is. a choice I made
because of my experience with him
in government.
He has never refused a phone call,
never rejected a request, followed
up on situations, pursued Cabinet
ministers and bureaucrats alike and
is the man for the job in the
Cariboo,
That's it in a nutshell, I vote the
man for the Cariboo, not the party.
I owe Fraser that allegiance because
he has earned it.
I have criticised his party, their
a candidate for political choices and their behavior
in the past and expect to do so in the
their future. But when it comes to a man
not who can get the job done, it's
Fraser, no contest.
there's a lot to think about besides
paying the paper boy and getting
your passport renewed.
You also learn how to trick your
body into resting by putting on
eyeshades during daytime flights
and waking it by turning on the
airplane cabin reading lights at
night. This way you can set up an
artificial rest activity cycle which
allegedly defeats jet lag.
The really interesting part comes
in your relationship with your cabin
mates.
Travellers are instructed to move
around a lot in their active phase,
"Read, write, talk, stretch, watch
films," says the book. In brief, during
the active phase you are encouraged
to make sure that nobody
else gets any rest either.
Just when everybody around you
has gotten used to your effervescence,
and the nice person on
your right giggles at your bird noises
and the fellow in front starts to
show you card tricks (happened on a
recent flight), you must, if you
follow the Ehret Scanlon creed,
clam up. "You should cease talking
to your neighbour, close your book,
or turn away from, the in-flight
movie,"
Just like that. First the life of the
party, then a silent recluse, Carol
Burnett becomes Mrs, Krushev, instantly.
As time passes, those around you
will adjust. They will put the playing
cards away, keep their elbows to
themselves and stop ordering drinks
for you. They may even doze off
themselves.
That's when the Ehret Scanlon
disciple enters his active phase. It
will be time to "wrhe, read, talk to
your neighbour, move about,
stretch,,," and so on.
This sounds dangerous to me, but
it may account for some of our
PM's peculiar behaviour when he's
Reality
forced
upon us
By W. Roger Worth
In the last couple of years, people
from Newfoundland to British Columbia
have been forced to accept a
hefty dose of economic reality, and
the results have been fascinating.
The "dose of reality", of course,
came in the form of a recession that
created massive unemployment,
high interest rates, near-record
business bankruptcies and, most important,
a great deal of uncertainty
about the future, particularly as it
pertains to jobs.
The result: the attitudes of ordinary
Canadians about spending
and getting value for their hardearned
cash has changed
dramatically, and people may never
return to the heavy borrowing,'freespending
ways that characterized
the 1970s.
It's true, Canadians generally
don't have as much money to spend,
but they are even shepherding, the
money that is available. It se^ms
we've made the giant leap from a
nation of seemingly uncaring spendthrifts
to one where frugality and
value-for-a-dollar are paramount.
Some retailers even contend that
consumers are becoming so selective
in their buying habits that the attitude
verges on stinginess.
The evidence?
• Everyone in the country, it
seems, is developing a rainy-day
n^st egg to offset the threat of a personal
layoff, reduction in pay or a
cutback in the number of hours
worked.
What else could explain the
acknowledged fact that Canadians
are saving a staggering 14 percent of
disposable income (about
$80-billion), up 50 percent from a
normal 9 to 10 percent. Attractive
high interest rates have certainly
played a role in this savings binge,
but there is little question people are
heeding the Boy Scout motto "Be
Prepared".
• While Canadians are saving
more, it follows that they are spending
less, which is indeed the case.
Imports of mainly-manufactured
goods were down 13 percent in
1982, and some major department
store chains are losing money
because of the drop-off in sales.
Discount retailers and bargain
basement operations, on the other
hand, appear to be picking up
business as consumers shop around.
It seems we're really becoming price
conscious.
• Then there's the change in borrowing
patterns. Simply put, we're
paying off loans rather than increasing
the balances to buy more consumer
goods. Consumer credit (as a
percentage of after-tax income) is
now at its lowest level since the
1960s, and even credit card companies
are feeling the pinch. Canadians
are in fact paying down those
"plastic" balances with the high,
high interest rates.
• Restraint in wage settlements, it
appears, has suddenly become
natural. One union after another
away from home, I guess with some — -..w.
people you never know when they're "^^ accepted the reality that many
going to swing into an active or rest ponipanies cannot afford big salary
phase. increases, so mediocre raises or even
I suggest that airlines add another reductions have been negotiated,
question to the ones they ask when At the government level, restraint
they hand out the boarding passes. Programs have been grudgingly ac-
From now on, in addition to inquir- cepted.
ing about smoking and non- Now, it appears the recession is
smoking preferences, aisle or win- ^" L. Bouchard
998-4582
How many of us
remember or even
know how it started?
Mother's Day is set
apart every year in
honor of • motherhood.
On the second Sunday
in May, many families
and churches make a
special point of honoring
mothers and many
people follow the
custom of wearing a
carnation on Mother's
Day.
A white carnation
means the person's
mother is dead, and a
colored carnation indicates
that the
person's mother is still
living.
A day for honoring
mothers was observed
day in May and began
the custom of wearing a
carnation.
In 1912 a delegate
from Andrews
Methodist Church in
Minneapolis introduced
a resolution
recognizing Anna Jarvis
as the founder of
Mother's day.
Mother's Day received
national recognition
on May 9, 1914. On
that day. President
Woodrow Wilson signed
a joint resolution of
Congress recommending
that Congress and
the executive departments
of the government
observe Mother's
Day.
The following year,
the president was
authorized to proclaim
Mother's Day as an annual
national observance.
Strathnaver School.
Our principle, H.
Sturt, has inquired into
two "Adult
Education" classes for
the community, to be
held at the school. •
The first one will be
on Fly Fishing, to take
place this.^.spring. For
the falif an adult
"Chinese Cooking"
course. If you are interested
call the
Strathnaver School for
more information.
many years ago in
Student of Month
Student of the month
awards were given out.
This is not an easy
award to earn. The student's
level of school
work, as well as their
social interaction with
other students, is taken
Selection — there is more opportunity to select ^
into consideration.
the better performing bulls as yearlings. In England^, Tt was "called
The winners for this
many cases two-year olds are the left overs (ex- Mothering Sunday, and
Mother ""s Day month are: Grade 1 and
cept in cases where breeders only sell two-year came in mid-Lent,
Community Dinner _
2, Michael Halamic,
olds). Julia Ward Howe
- Cost — yearlings usually cost less and have less made the . first known .
The Strathnaver
Grade" 374' &' 5, Lana
Tomlinson, Grade 6 &
•cost in them, '•
moincr.
suggestion
^^y
for
». ...
a
school chef. Art
7, Lisa Newman. The
Calf numbers — using a bull as a yearling gives U,S, Mother's in 1872, Day She in sug- the Blondeau, is at it agam,
students receive a love­
an extra year's calf crop.
gested that people On May 6, at noon, a
Genetic improvement — is faster using yearling^ observe Mother's Day Mother's Day special
bulls because you get their calves on the ground on June 2 as a day
dinner will be held in
and into the herd one year earlier,
dedicated to peace.
the school gym.
— if we set the annual genetic gain of a herd Mary Towles Sas-
Everyone is welcome.
with no yearling bulls as a base of 100 we can seen, a Kentucky
There will be a full
determine the increase in annual genetic gain by school teacher, started
course dinner con­
using selected yearling bulls.
conducting Mother's
sisting of Hawaiin fruit
— the larger proportion of yearlings in the herd Day celebrations in
salad, roast turkey,
the greater the bull turn over and the more 1887. Frank E. Bering
celery stixs, creamed
rapid the genetic gain per year.
of South Bend, Ind,,
mixed vegetables and
Management — a yearling bull can breed up to launched a campaign
all the trimmings.
30 cows in a 50 day breeding period but it needs for the observance of The Knowledge Net­
more management than an older bull. If possi­ Mother's Day in 1904, work is presently being
ble, split yearling bulls into breeding and ivioiner s uay m i^v^.
resting groups so that bulls can be rested for 3 igQ-j^ Anna Jarvis broadcast on channel 9,
to 4. days after 10 or 14 days of breeding. Dur- gf Philadelphia, began this will change shortly
ing the resting period feed grain at a rate of 1 g campaign for a na- '° channel 6,
pound per 100 pounds body weight, tionwide observance of You may now take
Regardless of the age of bull you choose Mother's Day, She ^ membership to
make sure he is the best bull you can buy. choose the second Sun- ^he society at the
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WHERE ARE THE JOBS?
What shall I be when
I go out into the work
force?
This is the problem
most of the students
wrestle with today as
they complete their
secondary school
education. Others ask,
"Why finish school?"
The contemporary
soft sculpture dolls of
Maggie Ferguson-
Dumais are like real
people with their own
characteristics.
As one of the participants
of Mayfair,
Maggie's dolls, padded
boxes and picture
frames will be on
display in the Quesnel
arena along with the
work of many other artists
on May 14.
Maggie has been
making soft sculpture
dolls for the past seven
or eight years. Working
from her own pattern
she reproduces 'little
people' with real facial
expressions. After
making the dolls she
says she felt they needed
furniture. This led to
making small padded
chairs and the popular
boxes and frames.
The dolls are universal
and unique and fairly
expensive, she adds.
The other lines of boxes
and frames help
finance her doll hobby.
"Once I have evolved
a pattern, the doll
can be put together
quite quickly. More
time is spent with the
costumes."
Two of her dolls arc
in Paris, France, and
she says she probably
has dolls all over
Canada.
Maggie began her
In answer to these
and many more questions
Quesnel's Maple
Drive Secondary
School held their first
Career Awareness Day
last Friday morning
with local and out-oftown
guest speakers.
Co-ordinator of the
and taught for 10 years
with Andrew Dickson
Studio at Pakenham,
Ontario, just outside
Ottawa.
In her first doll show
she showed 40 dolls.
She recalls her one and
only male doll in the
show was purchased by
Patrick Watson before
he became so well
known on CBC.
Maggie prefers to
sew by hand but
straight seams are done
on the machine. An
equal amount of the
sewing is done by hand.
The faces are
sculptured by needle
and thread.
"When I find a
costume that works I
make a pattern. I work
on the body, the head,
then evolve the costume
dictated by the head.
Often, she finds people
look like the dolls
Ihey buy. Maggie says
she is not a massproducer.
She has a lot
of doll heads that she
has never been able to
get past that stage. "If
inspiration doesn't
program, Dave
Kroschinsky says it was
a real success., "The
kids were really in-
terested. About 90
students made a switch
to attend a class with
career information of
interest to them.
"They are wanting to
come right away
chances are it won't be
finished."
Her children,
Jeremy,- 7, ancI Isaac, 3,
have always played
with her dolls as companions.
"They love
dragging them
around." Her husband,
Paul, is a musician
and a carpenter,
and is her best critic
"who has the ability to
pinpoint a problem."
Maggie says she
works in a room of
quite a jumble allowing
exposure of threads
and fabrics. Other hobbies
are water colors
and drawing. She loves
graphics but has had no
training.
Previous courses,
learning and teaching
silver smithing,
ceramics, weaving, and
spinning using natural
dyes, led her to think
about having her own
school on a very small
scale someday.
"1 find teaching and
the exchange of ideas
most inspiring."
Maggie is a graduate
of Sheridan School of
Design in Toronto. She
received her B.A. at the
Notre Dame College affiliated
with Kootney
School of Art.
Many of her dolls
now are inspired by colorful
Cariboo personalities.
look at the different
directions a career may
take them."
Eileen Stevens,
Employment Training
Counsellor from
Williams Lake spoke to
students, including
three girls, in woodworking
shop.
She outlined the
TRAC training access
program sponsored by
the Ministry of Education
available to all
Canadian citizens over
1(5 years. Applicants
with guaranteed apprenticeships
will be
given priority placement.
"Those with grade
10 math' and sciences
will have the greatest
success rate. Basic skills
in math and language
are improved, aptitudes
are determined in the
common core training
of between one to two
months.
"After choosing one
of the occupational
families: mechanics,
metal fabrication,
carpentry, cooking.
electrical, piping, or
millwright/machinist at
college where the student
is exposed to all
kinds of equipment.
They may choose
another trade if the student
finds his chosen
course unsuitable,"
says Stevens.
"However, they are
not equipped for
upgrading." she warns..
Students may take
their training on a part
time basis for the first
term, before or after
work'. They then
specialize in these
various occupations.
"Employers will
usually apply six months
to the apprenticeship
and one course
of technical training to
those who have taken
the program."
*'It does not
guarantee a job but will
give some additional
skills/' Stevens says.
"Working in a shop
as you now are, your
employer may give you
some credit. Anything
that's going to shorten
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science
your apprentice course
and move wages up is
encouraging.
"You are looking for
a future. We have to
look at the problems.
In this recession it's
hard to find employers
to train apprentices."
From Vancouver
speaking to another
group of students in the
library were Diane
Davie of Air Canada
and Betty Peebles of
Pacific Western
Airlines who stressed
first impressions were
most important when
applying for a job.
"If you are well
groomed, neatly dressed,
you are well on
your way to a second
interview. There are
three interviews given
those applying for
flight attendants," says
Peebles.
While most of the
students in the class
were girls she says there
is opportunity to men
and women. Restrictions
on height has
recently been relaxed as
are the regulation
about wearing glasses.
In speaking to.
students on diet and
nutrition Hiedi Krenz,
food services
technologist at G.R.
Baker hospital, says
that while it is usually
considered a career for
wpmen, men too, make
a career of foods.
Gathered around
Wyn Winofsky, professional
hockeiy player, in
the field near the school
were students firing
questions about hockey
as a career.
At the same time
there were many other
classes gaining first
hand knowledge of requirements,
rewards
and some of the pitfalls
in a number of careers.
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any FRiDAYof SATURDAY
diidreninlBrlSyeaisftee
Br Joyce Swanky School placed in the May 13, from 7:00-9:00
747-1044 District Science Fair p.m. at the school.
Lakeview School had held at Maple Park There will be
a very successful Mall on April 21. separate movies for the
Science Fair on Thurs­ Mrs. Betty Jameff is primary and inday,
April 14, with ap­ the lucky winner of the termediate students.
proximately .65 entries Grade 2 & 3 quilt. Any parents who can
ranging from Or.3-7, The Lakeview School donate baked items for
and with the following Parent Group is the concession please
results:
holding a Bingo and leave at the school on
CAREER TIPS GIVEN Maple Drive students during career days by Betty Primary: 1st. Video night on Friday, May 13.
Peebles left, of Pacific Western Airiines and Diane Davies of Air Canada, Heather Service, Vicky
included suggestions for grooming and appearance, vital to every job appli­ Predan & Janet Clark;
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