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Northern Peninsula Hospital
Committee is the nam¢ ofa group
including representation from the
municipal councils and the cham-
bers of commerce of Sidney,
North Saanich and Centrai Saa-
nich which has been formed to
take necessary action to retain
adequate hospital facilities inthe
three northern municipalities, it
is headed by W. J, Larnick of
Sidney.

The committee recently pre-
pared and secured nearly 3,500
signatures on a petition to Health
Minister Ralph Loffmark, anda
delegation from the contmnittee
was subsequently received by the
minister to present the petition
and also a brief outlining the
needs of the area. The brief
stressed the necessity of re+
taining a hospital in the northern

-peninsual in order to keep doc-

tors in the area.

The minister has expressed
concurrence with the principle
that for practical purposes the
Victoria-Saanich region is too
large to be served by a single
central hospital, and that the nor+
thern thunicipalities must be
treated as a local region, pro-
vided with separate although li-
mited essertial hospital fa-
ellities.

On this basis the committee has
stulied the northern penifisula
area to determine the location of
a hospital which would be cen-
trally accessible t the greatest
tmumber of residents. The esti«
mated locations and numbers of
inhabltants of the various sub-
districts within the area have
been plotted on a map, and from

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these figures the centre of popu-

" Jation has been determined. This

centre lies at the western end
of the Experitnental Farm, about
a half-mile south of McTavish
Road.

Driving distance to this point
is about six miles from the Deep
Cove-Madrona Area, and about
five miles from the southern
boundary of Central Saanich. In
the committee’s view, unless
compelling arguments indicate
otherwise, the new hospital
should be located within a one-
mile radius trom this point, thete
being much open land available
in thé vacinity.

Although final site selection
must be madd by the Health Mi+
flister and his technical advisers,
the committee feels tat certain
baste principles niust apply.

1. Before the Referndum is
called the Minister should desig-
nate a specific site so that the
voter's could vote with some con
fidence,

2. Under the complete pro~

gram the tax levy upon the nor-

thern municipalities will be suf-
ficient to finance a modest lo-
tal hospital, ard a programm must
not be permitted which would
impose such tax while resulting
in the northern area being de-
prived of local facilities which
have been enjoyed for the past
50 years,

3, The hospital prograzn must
specifically serve the northern
municipalities and islands as 2
sub-regton, and the hospital must
be located for best accessibility
from ail commanities within this
area.

: “Officials ot ‘School District No:
63 -- which covers the Saanich

_ At. the

“@lassroom. space at the Saanich-

‘Peninsula --.are ‘deeply concern-
ed about overcrowded conditions

‘in most of the area’s 18 schools,

Although final figures are not

“yet available, it’is éxpected en-~

rolment this term will be at

, least 300 students more than last .

year -- an increase of nearly.

_ Six per cent.
Mrs. Nora Lindsay, chairman ~
_ of the board reports that in five

Saanich schools, libraries’ are
now being used as classrooms,
Keating. Elementary
School,. shortage of accommoda-
tion has resulted in a classbeing
established. in what used to be a.

- paint room with no nearby wash-

room facilities,
And at Claremont Senior Sec-

‘ondary School -- the only senior

high school of the district -- the
basic. accommodation ~ situation
is so-critical that three classes

: are now being | heldi in nthe School's
°Junchroom:. pee a

So. acute is the shortage of

ton: Elementary ‘School that ‘one.

“ glass has been established on the

stage. area of the school’s active
aad ‘room.

Collect But

Do Not Spend

A claim for a rebate of $719.05.
on federal sales tax imposed on-
certain «.construction::.materials : -
for -centennial projects under-
taken: in-1967 has been accepted. «

This information was reported ©
‘at’ the North - Saanich

“meeting. on Tuesday, Sept
--letter..from Sanscha President -:
Frank Minns who also sought
', council’s“ agreement “to donate.

- the North. Saanich portion | of the. :
sum (about 2/3) to Sanscha so"
"that improvements: may be made

~ for the: benefit. of the. comm
“nity?! anee
Finally, Mr. Minns | ‘asked. t
she be appointed. asa representa-"

“Alderman Mrs: Nell Horthe con- .

Principal Derek French reports
42 youngsters arrived for that
grade. “It has been reduced to.
38, with the transfer of several:
students to the nearby Elk. ‘Lake
Elementary School,

Over the past five years, ”
Mr. French said, ‘‘there has been

a. student enrolment increase of-

between five and six percent
each year.’’ He fully expects
this

grow.

“A similar growth pattern. for
“the entire school district is fore~
‘cast by Robert Price, Superin- .

tendent of Schools for the district.

In a school referendum to be.
- presented to Saanich Peninsula

ratepayers this fall, provision

“has been made for additional
_ classrooms |
:)| ementary:
7 quisition of ‘property for future ;
- ‘expansion’ “of schools: inthe dis- ayy

ous par tteularty in
"schools’'-> 3

trict,
» No date has been set for the

referendum, pending formal ap-

proval of the application from
the

Education. The referendum will

. through government grants. *

from Royal Oak to Sidney.” me

cil

sidered’ the: term: for. the bene- S

. fit of. the community’? to be. 400

» loose -and« ‘asked © that- the funds.

be. specifically. earmarked: for’
drainage’ and’ paving. around ‘the™
library. oe

“There was: some support. for. :
“this. latter. “suggestion » ‘but’ for’

the time being council agreed with

Alderman Cook’s: proposal and :

the disposal ‘of: ‘the. funds ~ will ..

.. be determined: when they. become:,

available, e

~ Baroiment's at the Cordova Bay ~
Elementary School saw “a” sub-

“stantial increase in Grade: One. “person, his colour film “Central

first of five National Audubon So- ~
Victoria on his lecture tour for."
“ganization.

trend to continue as. the
Cordova Bay area continues ta~

‘one of the richest wildlife com=

“has” combined’ his” photographic \”

; present,

. lowstone’’.

provincial “ Department of.
° ee - This: ‘England’, —
‘involve about $4,006,000, of which

-approximately, $1,000,000 would
-be. borne by. ratepayers of the
district over a 20-year period,
with: the baiance - being - financed.

a Pollock,”
. Naturalist ©
: Bush’. oS

on™ “October © 4th ‘and: Sth when

John Ear} Tatt. will, present, ‘in’
California’ s Coastal Plain’ atthe:
Newcombe: Auditorium in the new *
British Columbia Provincial Mu=
seum at 8 pamo-Mr. Taft-is the

Jecturers who. will vi e
¢ sit. throughout: the’ United

Canada. - They are the. finest na:
. tural ‘history. films avai

feature =: wild |ani :
natural environmie

ciety.
the nation-wide conservation ore

- The relentless gnawing of. the
Pacific Ocean at the’ sides of:
the great Coast Range Mountains”
has: left-immense jagged walls...
of rock,:covered with lush plant~
life, -This narrow strip of land,
often cloaked in sea fog, supports °:.,-

munittes in the world. Mr. Taft”
‘skilis “and “knowledge of this’

unique area to produce a brilliant aM
motion picture of its past. and~

November 1 and 2, ; t
Rall; “The” ‘Real ‘Yel- _

Ham ©

. February 7 and 8, 1988, Aly:
W. Sanborn, “Wings of the ‘Wild

“March 2-and 6,. 1969,°C: “Py :
Lyons, ‘The Earth, This is Realm,

are. sponsored in Victoria by ‘the
* The: school. district embraces. :

64 square miles,. and ‘extends ....

Victoria Natural History § Societ

: sent: the interests of. this area.

ao tne local commission, or boardis A

required - to..specifically repre-.: :

“ine necessary dealings ‘with the .
“Provincial ‘authority. concerning ©
- hospitals: and taxation. ‘therefor.

- “Every sixth hearing aid used
in the world ‘today. is. of Danish.
_ origin, . : Lu

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