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SIXTIETH YEAR, Number 19

Wednesday,

May 10. 1972

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CAPE HORN SAILOR |
LEA VES FOR HONG KONG

- A local marina operator who
once sailed around Cape Horn in
‘a-square rigger ‘leaves Sidney
Monday -to. fly to’ the Orient,
where he will .oversee final
construction of a: sailing vessel

. - being built especially for a return .

voyage to.B.C. waters. Steve
Dickenson, “Van Isle Marina, has
~ commissioned’ a 42’ ‘Porpoise’
_. Sailboat to be built in Hong Kong;

it was designed by” the William
- - Garden, also.a local’ resident:

In ‘July Mrs. Esther Dickenson
will join Steve; by" October they :

nore, all ilbeine well; for us to! ‘get

back to, Sidney,’’: said Mr.

Dickenson. ‘‘In the meantime my }-°

son Alan — will
business here.”’ ;

- The couple will chart a -route
around the Cape of Good Hope
and thence on to the West Indies
before entering the Panama
Cana! and the last leg of. their
voyage home up the West Coast.
An experienced wind ship sailor,

manage. our

Steve Dickenson was. a crewman:
aboard the four. masted. square.
rigger Herzogin Cecilie when she.
‘went. around Cape’ Horn in 1934, :

: Hall janitor has. ‘resigned a and will:
be? replaced, after: eight years.) ).

“service, by Sandy ‘Coward, ‘for-
mer public works employee. The
. janitor’ s salary i is $600 per month.

MASTER POTTER WAYNE NGAN displays breathtaking skill
- as he molds with steady precision at Art Centre demonstration,

astenent

a Canton Borw Potter
Kent Crowds Spellbound |

Written exclurively tor the Sidney “‘Weview
“Over 3,000 people vinited Sidney Art ‘Centre! 4 annual show in ‘Sains

“acha last weekend toadmire and in: many cages to buy: pottery, |

leatherwork, woven goods, paintings and other work produced by

artists in theoarea.

“Wayne Ngan, Conton-born potter who now lives on Mor nby Islatid
was the featured artist and his Working demonsiratione kept crowds

spellbound.

The young man isa graduate of
Vancouver School of Art and his
work Ig internationally ac-
claimed, Squatting informally on
‘the floor between demon:
 gteations, Wayne» said he had
“hicked" Con the kick-wheel) for
iS years and uses one-fourth part
of local clay mixed with imported
clay for his pottery,
LOCAL CLAY: SUTTABLE
Local clay is suitable | for
earthenware, rather | than
stoneware, the potter explained.
Ngan'‘s work reflects an Oriental
simplicity and is exquisitely
~ fiabshad

The artist is anxious to explor @

ihe field of bronze sculpture and
would eventually ke to have his
own fouridry., Te varior “hie
“patlery work with painting and
clay sculpture, .
Demonstrations in batik,
palette-Knife painting, spinning

i

‘and carding wool and slab por-
tery work were included | n the
show.

Evidence at the foderally-
funded Taland Home: Industries
efforts to stinvalating local eratt
production was reflected in. the
number oof | young people
displaying foods, +)

Mel Munson sold mary blown
Blinn Vases dad ornients whieh

Continned on Paye 2

Speedometer “Buried”
» Police have charged. David
Riehard Smith, 3408 Lavat.
Victoria, with dangerous driving
following a chase along Pat Bay
highway during whieh the patrol
far apecdometer. seedle was
“hired” at tad ep he RCL,
gave chase’ and apprehended:
Smith who will appar on Sidne yo
Police Court May 13.

‘OUT HOUSE’

~ PHONE BOOTH
FOR SIDNEY?

PAY BOOTH APPEARANCE
“IN DISPUTE
B.C. Tel
“Asked To Reconsider

Sidney Council has indignantly

“phone booth to.be placed near the
‘Beacon Avenue. museum because
the company will supply. only. a
‘ordinary booth. ° eae ;
PAld: ‘Hugh Hollingwor th: noted

that B.C. Tel has. provided har- } e

monizing.. “booths. such as_ ‘the
beacon light i in Nanaimo,and the
oriental * design booth in

en Chinatown, Victoria.

"Mayor Stan Dear s said that B.C.
Tel would’ allow the Town to
decorate or camouflage the booth
as.it desired.

“An out- house or nautical type
cover-up?" pondered Ald, Wilkie
Gardner,

“Cut a hole i in the ruddy wall of
the museum to put the phone in!”
snapped Ald. Fred-Robinson....

Mayor Dear reminded Council

that whereas .they had, at one
time, begged for a phone at this
location, they were now arguing
about appearance. :
- Unappeased,” Council voted
against the proposed installation
on the present terms and will ask
B, C, Tel to reconsider the matter,

refused © ‘B.C. -Tel’s offer of a. ~

- CENTRAL SAANICH Volunteer Fireman Sven. Rasmussen
managed to keep smiling in spite of’an arduous fire. fighting

~ assignment last Thursday. when Lionel J. Farmer's residence,’ ~’:

1947 Stelly’ s Cross Road, suffered $25, 000 in. n damages. (Review :

“ _ Photo)

SURPRISE MOVE | BY SANSCHA
GREETED WITH MIXED REAC TION

Town Control Of Community Centre
Sought By Sanscha Directors

Sanscha directors. have
requested the Town of Sidney to
hold a referendum for funds. to
construct a swimming pool on
Sanscha grounds.

Mayor Stan Dear has reacted
promptly to. the: challenge. by
organizing a .meeting~ next

-Monday..of Sanscha directors,

S.P.A.R.A. officials, a
representative of a commercial
curling rink proposal and Sidney
Council.

The surprise move was. con-
tained in a letter read at Council
Monday: night and was greeted
with mixed
aldermen.-

According to the letter; San-

*scha also wishes to establish

exclusive. control. of “the. com-
- munity centre with the Town of
» Sidney. At ‘present, the Sidney |
and North Saanich Community
Hall Association is administered
by the - Royal: Trust. Company}.
which is. the: registered ¢ owner: cof

‘Naming Cor ontest

“The new: ‘secondary school to be .
Park
~ Road will be known as Parkland’ 8

‘constructed | ‘on-MeDonald:

Secondary. School.
The. ‘name
School. Trustees: on Monday

evening ‘from ‘a. list. of entries”
submitted by district residents in.
acontest run jointly by the Board m

and the Sidney Review. :

Submitted by Mrs. Alma Foote,
the name was’
chosen by her because the school ©
will be situated in the midst of
parkland and because’ it is. on.

2189 Malaview,

McDonald Park. Road.
-At Mrs. Foote’s request, the $25

prize. offered. by The Sidney
» Review

will.

be donated
SPLARLA,

ay: +
HEADLINE
CHA LLENGED
“Raising what he deseribed “a
‘matter af, ‘privilege’, ~ Saanich
Peninsula Selvool T rustee Gordan
Ewan attempted to introduce -a
motion. ate Monday's. Board
| ineeting challenging. the
‘authenticity of the headiie on a
recent) story in » local
newspapers
Ino an obvious reference ta a
‘feature: story in the Review. of
April 26. Ewan anid that the aub:
headline “Drugs: Prevelant In
Peninsula Schools’ was’ not
substantiated in the article.
"DT want-evidenge that this is
Irue. cor oa retraction’: be
demanded, moving thal. the
Roard write. ta the paper asking
for “facts or a retraction.”
“This effects the reputation of
the Board, concluded Ewan,
The motion was ruled) out-of
order by chairman dack Arm
strong, who suggested i be made
later ins the mening duriig tne
period. nel od day cather
hisiness © ee
When the omecling was ade
journed nearly dour ours later,
the matter had not been rei:
troduced

he

consbenaunaemiuoarsomenel
anor ae at

Pra Date set
Darlene ‘Thomas and Andrea
Sampson tedial Central Saanich,
pleaded not nla to a eharie
wssauit cad bodily harny daid: on
the iedariicatine oof Valerie

Cooper, Saamuettan, Trial dite

has been set dor May 2.

‘

MS

Water Ration
Slated

Sidney Waterworks District
has warned that: watering

restrictions will be. imposed.
again (hig summer, probably an:

June ist. Final detatls of the form
of restrictions | have “not

was “chosen by

to

“boon
“fined hut they will follow. the
pattern af pr evious years.

-".. Monday.

“and sewer levy." *

| $18,000,

ambulance | service

“be slight;

ane dolar minimum tax,

| Budget Brought Down’

~ Annual: budget of $1, 203, 496, involving a rise of 2. 665. in’ =
“the mill rate. was. set by Central Saanich Council on of

- Estimated revenue is $316,1 119, leaving $887, 377 to be
‘raised for all purposes in the current year. Mill, rate of
59.965 compares with 57.3 in 1971, :
Slight decline in the schools mill rate has been offset by woke,
_ a blanket two-mill levy to finance the sewer installation,
The education budget totalling however, represents well: oa
“over one-half of the sum to be raised by taxation, ©
Product: of one mill in Central: Saanich is: $15, 160 for. .
schools taxation, and. 14,3 363 for’ general Purposes, debt »

- Other. sewer utility. revenue contributing. to an. ex:
penditure of $58,144 this year derives from rental charges,
$4,560; parcel. charges, $6, 858 and new connections,

Supporting general revenue is the provincial per capita -
grant of $137,916, plus grants for industry, tourism and
amounting to $15,324,

miscellaneous items appears an estimated: $37,500 from

the sale of gravel and $12,500 for gravel loading, :

Main sources of expenses, other than education are
. (ransportation: (public. works, ete.) services, $167,350;
protective services. $141,226, general government ser-
vices, $100,892; public health and welfare, $76,119, and» ©
crecreation. and cultural services, .$40, O58. ‘Capital: Oke
penditures amount to only $22,325, _
-oWith ay increase in the homeowner grant of $15, ‘the on
~Inéreased tax on moderately assessed properties: should
Qld age pensioners in. receipt of the new,
“provincial special grant will in many ¢ cases s pay only the ©

Among

THE TAs t. VET INDEAN:

AND
SHOP on the Patricia Bay Highway appears like
something ‘out of the historic days of the wild.

il al ya fy,
a ih ‘

SWEATER |

n ih tf
a!

we st with cannon: shaped pipes ringing its
frontage. Review Photo)

CE: INT. R. A L Ss. A ANICH CH. {MBE R DEBATED: .

Iipertant decisions. affecting
We fuflire oot Central. saamen -
Chanmiber. af Commerce at: the
annul general meeting ta he
Jhelel ot Brentwood elementary
school, Wallace. Drive, onest
Wednesd ay. Alay leat Tae poy,

is CE is COG Ca | ere eee

Ue faa nyt i rere dy Nees ake qibecsk 5
revord of osersaice cin’ Contral
Sach. but far the hewt two.

waditferont Sup pt toand
Poatigce ee we Ss 4 Roy
ahaa dy teak eeyncd dd. ’ Prreay
weesths banted is wetiy ity nw end
APA T,

Itai Tere eee ned) |
Viaik oot an amalparration

with:

‘Siiney and North:
Chamber at Commerce, with the

idea af one strong unit ty cover,

the whole Saanich Pentnweals
There is strang decal apinian,
however, thabo othe. long
éstablished Central
Charabor sould net sacrifice ite

identity: parbeularly at this tine |

when the installation of sanitary
ReACerS THAN Well give inipetas fa
the business and professiomal lite
nf the ramioipetity

Mis. Adie AlOn, a Director,

tahes this Siew arid is confident

Saanich |

Saanich: |

that there are: sufficient | in-
terested — business people and
residents to revive (he Chamber
and yeeastablich it far thi henefit
af the esinmunity,

The organization is strictly
non-political, and its objectives
are the promotion of trade, the
encouragement of tourism, and
the sapport of community in-
Lorests.

ix hoped that Wednesday's
Hoch. Wil be represenlalive,
and vail result in the election of

otticers amd “Chamber council,

reaction from

: “regretfully

BY PAT MUNSON
Review Staff Member

the land as trustees for residents
of Sidney and North Saanich.
Ald. Hugh Hollingworth and

Ald. Fred: Robinson felt that:the |°

- pool proposal by Sanscha might
contribute to the “‘ruination of
S.P.A.R.A.”
Ald. Robinson said the idea was
“premature. ‘‘SPARA is: trying

valiantly to get a recreation |

complex off the ground, until they
fail we should not consider a pool
‘in another location.” :

Ald. Chris: Anderson said the

‘Sanscha plan was a “terrific

-idea.’”’ ‘‘A pool at Sanscha is good

“even if S.P.A.R:A. goes ahead, T

get. the... impression that
S.P.A.R. A. is rather Stagnant.’ ”

“Things are. not’ stagnant’.

objected Ald. Robinson who said

the organization would: be. cir-

culating | information: shortly.

A GooD IDEA
Murray“ ‘Stockall,

~ “We. don’t want to stand in the:
way. of. any, recreation. ‘progran
-and Wwe are most’ willing. to. work:

ith others.’ ”

A S.P.A.R.A. debenture drive ie

“for a $680, 000 ) complex to house a a.

A person with her finger. on.

_ Sidney's pulse is: Hilary Lewis,’
* former secretary ‘of the Chamber.

S.P.AR.A.
Fepresentative in “attendance. rate]
-Monday’s | Council’ meeting. ‘said |
“Jater that the Sanscha idea is a’
pee suggestion. but a. lot: more:

skating and curling rink has been
underway since March.

Bob Day, Sanscha. president.
said--in. an interview. Monday
night that he had talked: with —
_§.P.A.R.A. members: informaliy
“and felt that they. did not regard

the pool -proposal-as a threat to -
the recreation complex plans. :

S.P.A.R.A. has asked municipal
help in meeting. an estimated
operating — deficit. from

phase of the complex, a pool is a
‘distant prospect. fs

With regard tow. redirecting
‘control of: Sanscha from. Sidney

them what they want to do. They ©
have. indicated © (at Council
meetings) that the people of ‘that

~ of Commerce and co-ordinator of ~

the Chamber's Glamorous
- Grandma contest. Hilary, .who
resigned the
secretarial. post. because of -her

daily work schedule is concerned»:

about”. Sidney's | Jack”

raising efforts for a swimming —
pool. an
We also know that I

‘Patricia last: Wednesday.

of
recreational facilities — and put.
in many hours last year on fund:

We know who was a yeurs of age on K ridoy, na
2d Gould is in the market: for a new white tie ee
following a chocolate ice cream hurich dessert aboard the Princess .

Mrs. Murtel Williams’ cat. “Butch’". has just celebrated his 14th
birthday, Born in: Edmonton, jt cost Mrs. Williams. $2.50 to have ©

o“Buteh"! flown by Air Canada, $2-for further transportation by Air. =
West (he was the only passenger on board, that flight), but $57 dollars ve

dn veterinary fees to ensure a healthy cat ‘in transit’!

{Les’Cox and his son are building a model aircraft, The 4s” tong
“fuselage is made out of fibreglass,

; Sidney’ a “galloping gardener” Ruse Simpson has been 12 years in Q

) the nursery garden business on the Peninsula and iso past president of;

Sidney and North Saanich Garden Club, Russ plays the saxophone,
clarinet and fiddle in his few spare hours and wan nnee g a enleaman for:

Paramount Pictures, .

Victor Eng and farnily went over: to Salt ! -
(Victor caught, a sinall spring walmon; ) And his ‘mother and father:

went on ‘one of thelr rare tripa to Vancouver to neo father's expartnet oo

Sue Ling. ihe oe Al

“Stan Watling found an ‘extraordinary length of driftwood on a ‘beach :
near Tuliata Park, It's shaped exactly Hice an animal's paw, and ho's
daltermined to find the time to polish it up. -

Tony Eng performed some magic at a party given by Joan Leaiawts nie

mother May, a long-time Sidney resident, Tony's trick, watched by,
Joan's husband Harry, was to pull a tried chicken out of a pan ve Jn pas
stead of the usual rabbit-wnd-hat procedure! :

Geoff Ballard has to be one of the beat bosses in town — so a bevy of
his charming female assistants told this ‘reporter i.

Excerpts from a. very: little Peninsula Person's school oxercle
book: The animals lived in the, Born- yard we Old turtle war the Frog! "

best fiend ,. .
wow Mra, Wilson's

pot monkey, Susie has been

“moved tana new

location, with her cage nearer the floor she's learned a new monkey-
trick - how to unzip appers... :
Derek Denny sailed into Portland twland for i pi nig wilds frien on

Saturday.
Mra, Carter's mother, Mra. P,

Harty of thunder Bay, has been. -

viciting Cidnew She ment ty ata coven dive, bot pertained three:

wenks! While v isiting, Mra. Harty plro “tplpped! to Ladysmith and

Port Alberni, and apent four days with Mr. and Mrs. Auer in Nanaimo,
Holiday highlights: a dny excuratan of the ¥. c. Ferriea « one m the :

Javeltont trips che'd ever made:

Mru. Doris Horton won a
awarded a

a

n Shuffleboard contest recently end whe i.
trophy. She lowt a ‘erib’) towne —~ Gal won @ prise)

nevertheless ~ for being ‘chunked! so many limes, she says!

Sandy Nerry is working ata Wealth Spa, . a

‘Day surmised -that because.
the

_ proposed curling and skating rink ~~

and North: Saanich’ to\ Sidney * ;
alone, Day said ‘‘we have to sit)...
“down with North Saanich and ask.

Spring at the ‘eoheud: oe