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No. 14 10 Pages _

“Wednesday, ApeL 3, 1968.

o zSubgeriptions, z soyangs

Reeve. Cumming

NUE A Nea?

Reports On Water

; ~ A few weeks ago, Reeve J.B
Cumming undertook to make a
study of the water supply situa-:

ion as it will affect North Saanich -
in the future: “At council meeting
» Monday ‘night, he presented his:
“report which follows: —
-!4¢We again have the Minister of
Municipal: Affairs - raising - the
question of Amalgamtion of the
Northern ‘municipalities.
“Tt should be made clear. that
-one of the major difficulties to
the’ “co-operation or: amalgama-,
‘tion. of: the three. municipalities
is the. various: water works or
“water districts within and over-
‘lapping the various boundaries.
= ‘Phese several units are, inthem-
_selves,. municipalities with limit-
‘ed ‘functions certainly, but with
powers to borrow, tax and elect
“officers. °

"Central ‘Saanich has its own. -
“waterworks and an independent —

one at Brentwood.

«Sidney Town is. served with:
water by Sidney waterworks
which pre-dates the Town by a
~_ great many years and which dis-
trict serves a large. partof North
“Saanich and obtains allofits wat-
er--supply in ‘that municipality.

a aC North Saanich we have
Central Saanich Waterworks sup-

plying water ’ ‘to - the - Dominion -
Experimental Farm, the Navy.

shment and Departmentof . .

Transport, who have their own
internal waterworks cat the’ Airs,
sort.
Central also supplies part .
_ Sidney: -waterworks: require-

ments and ‘all of Deep Cove

‘waterworks: needs, who in turn,
supply. _the Provincial’ Govern=~
erry System - -and Piers

nd. waterworks. The -Pro-

‘ament buys al of its“

vat ‘at Swartz Bay - 1°
am; told, it is cheaper- than: at-
T awwassen td they. fixed . the
“price here. - : ;
‘North - Saanich ° ‘Municipality
‘itself’ has’ no water utility

be) must, of necessity, soon ‘get
: ne. business.-"A large part.
of- the _Mount. Newton area and
2llof:the west side, south of the
‘Airport, has: no assured water

supply.

Ground water. will fail.

and be contaminated as bullding

“increases.

‘‘Amalgamation of the vari-
ous water units would help, or

amalgamation of the three units.......

“would serve the same purpose.

The Water Rights: Branch of the

take steps to remedy matters or:

so could the Departmentof Muni-
‘cipal affairs; both have authority...

which’ we lack, but. they are un-

“provincial ~ Government: could ~~

likely to act; the principal “idea =~:
being, it seems, “don’t rock the.

boat?’.

‘In the meantime, Greater |

Victoria Waterworks are on re-

cord as being able and willing

to convey a.water supply to the

upper Peninsula but they have |

no one with whom they can nego-
itate.’?

Councillor T CM. Davis then

suggested that the water com-."”

Branch. of the Provincial. Gov-

ernment and endeavour to deter- .

mine the best course of action
for’ North Saanich.
agreed.

CABLEVISION FOR

DEEP COVE

mitted an application to the North

area,./%»

“subject:
zation:

‘to! municipal - authori-
the - company -has- a

Council

= Saanich Cablevision Ltd., Sub-

"mittee consult the Water Rights _

‘Saanich. Municipal Council Mon=
“day night-for approval to extend’: ¥
its. system~ into | the: Deep: Cove -

There is considered. to be. a
potential: of 85 users of the. serene!
vice which Councillor Mrs: Nell .
“Horth believed: -would be a. boon
to the community. © oa
‘ Reeve J.B. Cumming noted the”

franchise. to usé the existing —

- Discussion followed regarding

‘yates, obligations of the applicant’
and the element of monopoly but=~

the. proposal. was approved in
principal pending clarification of
those uncertainties... :

REEVE SUGGESTS FIRE

A second letter from the Town.
f ‘Sidney appealing ‘for.a joint.
uncil: meeting to: discuss the
1968 fire budget: was discussed :
the. North Saanich | Municipal”
uncil “last: Monday” night..
was dated March 20,” :
“Following. the first letter sev-

replied that such a meeting would -
‘be more fruitful if it were held
after receipt of. the. fire mar-
‘shal’s report. At that time, the
inspection had been completed :
“and the report’ was expected
- shortly. “Tt was still outstanding
on. Monday.”

An his. recent. ‘letter, Mayor
.. Freeman admitted the advantages
-of awaiting the Fire Marshal's

-TIBERALS TO
NOMINATE

_The Esquimalt-Saanich Liber-
al. Association will hold a no-
mination meeting April 22 to.
choose a candidate for the next
tederal election. The decision
to, hold such a meeting was made
at a Friday night meeting of the
executive.

The ‘fheeting will be held at

- 1:30 p.m. at the St. Christo~
pher’s Church Hal! at the cor-
ner of Carey and Tillicum Roads.
The executive of the Associa-
tion reiterated an earlier stand
that the nomination meeting will
be held in accordance of the rules
of the Esquimalt-Saanich Liberal
Assdéciation constitution. To be
eligible to vote, a person must
be a member of the Association

: 90 days previous to the meeting,
meaning their membership fee
must be paid to B.C. Liberal
Headquarters. All trembers who
were paid up in 1967 can renew
thelr 1968 memberships at the
door the night of the meeting,

- special. committee’,
" reeve,

report insofar. as discussion of
the budget is concerned but pres-
-sed.for.an early meeting to re-
view the status of the fire ,de-

partment and the responsibilities _
I a

as related to it. :
While. still of the opinion that

any such meeting: should follow
éral’ weeks ago, North Saanich: *

receipt of the marshal’s report,
Reeve J.B. Cumming noted that

“if. there. is_a genuine urgency

for a-joint discussion, the best

means of doing .so is in. the

Inter-municipal Fire Committee
which is comprised, of Mayor
A.W, Freeman of Sidney and
Councilior T.C.M. Davis of North
Saanich,

“] see no reason for involv-
ing both complete councils in
a matter for which we have a
said the

Councillor G. Aylard suggest-
ed that the fire marshal be asked
for an early preliminary report
of his survey sa that the budget
could be discussed,

Municipal Clerk, M.W.E, Alen
pointed out that the critical date
when the budget must be pre-
pared, approved and posted is
May 15, not April 15 as stated
in the Sidney letter.

Council finally ‘agreed that
Mayor Freeman be advised that

the North Saanich member of the |

joint fire committee will be happy
to meet at any time to disucss
the subject matter of the mayor's
letter.

: centennial | library. —

‘OMMITTEE BE. EXERCISED |

. @s.

- “poles of the B, C, Telephone Com- ee
. pany to carry cables to the users.

lating Councillor F.C.

Post Office Cuts |
~ Name Bank

‘Victoria Branch ofCanada Post”
Office has replied io a submis-
sion from Norih Saanich request- °

ing permission to use the names

of six. different- families for

“naming streets,

_. The names Darling, Sandover

and Mcfimoyle. were approved.
Not approved because of pos-

sible. confliction ‘with existing

streets were Gibbs, Murray and

Herber. :

Changes Made In
RCMP Detatchment

Two members of.the Sidney

’ Detachment of the RCMP have

departed and (wo new men have
arrived to replace them.

Constable Terry Driscol has
been moved to Ucluelet. John
Hess has-left the force and re-
turned to his home in Calgary
to be married.

Replacing them are Consiables
Paul Bruggermann and RonJam-
They recently graduated
from RCM® scuaol in Penhold.

APPOINTED
Councillor Mrs. M.E, Salt has
been appointed Central Saanich
representative on the Rest Haven
Hospital committee.

LEAR WELCOMED HOME

British Columbia’s much publicized Lear Jet plane is very much

‘in evidence at Patricia Bay Airport these days. The famous aircraft

was flown back home from Wichila, Kansas, by its regular crew

late last week.

It is how grounded by Prime Ministerial order --

and so far as is known has not taken to the air since its return.
the Lear is undergoing some attention, however, since it péinted
north on the tarmac on Tuesday morning; and due south at noon on
the same day. The new minister of highways, Premier WUA.C,
Bennett, has not yet announced what disposition will ve made of the

plane.

while “members of “North: Saanich council” were
entertaining the muiilcipal. centennial committee at.
a.social evening in the municipal hall. In.the top.“
picture, Reeve J.B. Cumming is shown congratu-
Adams: who spearheaded -
the construction of the joint Sidney-North Saanich ~
He is ‘making a suitable =

_ Above photographs were snapped last Wednes ay. ‘presentation, to. ‘the ‘councillor. .

Mrs.

Simpson. °

Ot a ds

-CHALET SEWAGE PLAN NEARING
APPROVAL DESPITE ROAD BLOCKS

Correspondence continues to

flow . between consulting eng-

ineers. representing Deep Cove

Chalet. Ltd.. and North Saanich, °

and of course the subject mat-
ter. is the-treatment.and disposal

_of raw or treated sewage. :
- Three letters “and-a report by

Reeve J.B, Cumming were tabled

at Monday’ s North Saanich coun- ~~

cil meeting ‘and .after” the “air

"cleared, a positive step was taken

~~ to obtain approval of The Chalet’s

“oxiginal submission-to discharge o
properly treated sewage into. the.

"outer © reaches“ of Deep «Cove.

* After much debate regarding .
this: early plan, Ker, Priestman ..

“and ‘Graeme Engineering: Ltd. of -
- ‘Victoria, acting as advisers to

| the council, proposed a -large

Early Decision On

Discharge to deep ocean tr reat:
-ed or- raw? - This- question of

Greater Victoria ~sewage dis--
= posal is how being studied by the -
_technical ‘committee of the Reg-

ional Board, Reeve “R, Gordon:

Lee said Monday evening... -
‘Central Saanich sewer instal-

lation. plans have been submitted

to the technical committee, and--
® treatment is provided for, (‘I

think ihts is. the right thing,”
said the reeve, He informed

_ council, however, that there 1s

resistance to treatment In Vic

HOPEFUL

Reeve R, Gordon Lee. said -

last Monday: that there are indi- -

cations a local organization will
take on some responsibility for*
the new Centennial artifacts mus
eum at Saanichton.

He was replying to Councillor
Mrs. E.M, Salt, who sald ‘‘it
is.a waste of time, money and
everything to have the building
jocked up.’

toria,
in -view, of: the. theory that. the

discharge of sewage to deep ocean -
“provides adequate. purification. fee
and dispersal. -

No décision has yet been ‘rech-

~ed_as to’ the location of the out-.,
“fall for the Central Saanich trunk —
“sewer.

Rec. Lee suggested a

possible sfication,.of the

municipa:

be involved.
‘The reeve hoped that the Cen-
tral Saanich scheme willbe given

high priority. Finance and eng-~

ineering are in the hands. of
the Regional Board, which also
has the. authority to determine
priorities, he stated. He sug-
gested that a possible amend-

ment to the scheme as submit- ~~
- ted would be for a trunk ‘outfall

north of Cordova Bay shared by
Saanich and Central Saanich. --

‘] sincerely hope. that there .
will be a recoraniendation with-

in 30 days,’’ remarked the reeve.

Spring Dressing For Henry Avenue

rE tnishing touches are finally being made to the widening, curbing
and paving of Henty Avenue in Sidney. Work was part of the 1967-68
program and was started early last fall but because of winter
tains, black-topping was delayed onset of spring weather.

“and Sossibly. * Sianichi ;

“of.

..g and hinted that»
two or thicy nunicipalities could

- Septic “tank instead of the sew-
age (reatment plant as originally :

planned. © This new proposal

would. result in the outflow from
“the tank" being piped into the sea
without treatment,

- On March-19, ‘Cimeo Engineer~

: ing. Ltd. of Vancouver, acting.as
By consultants for . the - Deep: Cove

: Chalet’ made the following obser- -

- vations ‘on. the new. proposal; 7

43, Our discussions with the.
Pollution Control Board had lead’
us to believe that the Greater .
Victoria Sewerage. Study recome.
mendations regarding Sidney-.
-North-Saanich and in. particular.
regarding the Coal Point outfall,
were not acceptable to them and: :

nity of Wain “Rock will 1 meet the:-

_ requirements of the Pollution

Control Board? aan
4, Even though the G.VS.

imagined that sewerage would not

be required in the Deep ce
area before “1991" ite

ent. -that. even now. there . are

that any plant. providing a lower?

caliber’ of “treatment than the

_one that. we have suggested for ~
Deep ‘Cove. Chalet. Ltd. ~. fe. .--

oxidation-aeration - plant . wit
clarifier -would: also” not: be! ac
‘ceptable to them. Can you con-
firm’ that an outfall discharging
~~ septic tank effluent in the vici-

CLOSURE OF ee

BASE DENIED

ae consideration is being siven”

_€1, The Greater Victoria Sew-.. -

erage Study which suggested that.

- Ya’ sewage . ‘be. “discharged at

Coal “Point-was presented well a
“prior to the ‘Provincial Govern--
‘ment order-in-council of August

25th, 1967 in which the Govern. .

a
33: Sguac

ne lie to sleet does! tn Saanich ‘

‘Below.are shown.
nienibers “of the: “commilttee, back” row,” ‘Jett to.
Tight: Frank. -Minns, John’ Clarke, Reeve Cumming, °
“Alan Pettigrew and Gil Montgomery; first rows"
A.W, Smith; Councillor Adams, Mrs. W
.-Kynaston, A.W. Smith, and Mrs. FredStarr.: Miss~
ing.at the - time’ the picture was: taken. was Russ -
; “= DANE STUDIO PHOTOS.

: Reeve R. Gordon Lee last Mon

“with © the” Districts: of ‘Central

and North. Saanich. : :
To the contrary, he ‘explained

Bais | .

: think there “would - bea. ‘saving.
‘-only in administration, and I am
yery doubtful whether: the Tesi-

- dents “would : approve such | an.

to Central’ Saanich | council,

amalgamation. ye

“Municipal: “Affairs -D.RJe.

* day corrected’ the: widely circu- 7 ;
~ lated impression that he is per-.

sonally._ in favor. of: the - amalga- oo
-. mation of ‘the™ Town. ‘of Sidney -

An. announcement ‘by ‘Minister a

‘Campbell including the Peninsula C _ we re

municipalities . among ‘those in.

British Columbia the department ”

NEW ROLE FoR

OLD STORE

Venerable Second Street ore-

_mises which served as Sidney's’

Mquor store for many years will ©

= marked the’ tara
“Reeve ‘Lee. said. hat Central
Saanich © ‘seceeded= fro

: 18. -years ago because i

that: the interests. of.
_ were not. well: served owing. ‘to

> the! ‘municipality being too large,

shortly assume a new role inthe —
community, It has been purehas- fe
ed. by the Salvation Army. for yw

$12,000 for use as a thrift store.

moved recently tonew premises
alongside Safeway, the provincial

government offered the old struc~~:

ture for sale by tender, A.
number of offers were naceived
with the Salvation Army. getting
the nod. Order in council, ape
proving the sale; was pro-
mulgated on Monday of this week.

The Salvation Army opened *
Sidney store several years ago
im the Tunner Building on Third
Street. Recently it moved tem=
porarily to quarters at the corner
of Beacon and Third. Soon it
will occupy its new home.

Bridge Results

Winners of the regular weekly -
game of Sidney Bridge Club heid
on Mareh 29 tn tho. Zi of PB.
Hall follow: north-south, 1, Wai-
ter Allen and Len Hellyer; 2,
Molly Collins ant Dorothy Mc-
Connell; 3, Sete Barclay and
Net! Horth: east-west, 1, Joy
Glover ami Frances Watts; 2,
C.T, Skinner aad B.C. Dickesot;
3, Jean aret Romer Kofb.

“ when the. Hquor. store was: ioe

prehensive study, which -defin-

itely should be initiated and pald

‘ efpalities,'’ said Reeve Lee;
far, the picture of amalgamatio:
‘ts not encouraging, and 1 think

have been badly let down by the.

department." -.

“In any case,” concluded te
‘reeve, ‘with the Regional Board
undertaking 90, many municipal
services, we ‘already have amal-. -
gamation-in effect.” 7

94TH BIRTHDAY

Walter Norbury, Sti, Malaview
Ave., celebrated his 94th birth=
day, today, April 3. He and Mrs.
Norbury were entertained at din.
ner at the home of their son
in-law and denghter, Mr. and
Mrs. C. Plawes, Fifth St. Aiso:
present for. the occasion were |
another son-tsrlaw and daughter,

and Terves.

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the property east of Chalet Ros
and> is also prepared to. accept :

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