— The Sidney Review

Serving Central Saanich, North Saanich, the Town of Sidney, and the Gulf Islands

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BUTLER —__ BROTHERS

2046 KEATING X ROAD

652-1121

Wednesday, July 30, 1975

ESTABLISHED 1912

15 CENTS

| SIXTY-THIRD YEAR, No. 31

HMCS ORIOLE, the largest sailing vessel on the Pacific
Coast, will put into Sidney Friday evening. The following

morning she will take up station off the government jetty at

the foot of Beacon Avenue where she will act as official

VANDAL PATROLS UNDER CRITICISM

Job Should Be Done By Local Police

SIMILAR PATROLS UTILIZED BY VICTORIA

The hiring of a security
guard service to patrol four
district schools received
criticism from two Peninsula
sehool trustees Monday
evening, but for differing
reasons.

Long-time trustee Jack
Armstrong, while offering
support for the concept of
security patrols, raised the
matter because, he claimed,
administrative staff members
had hired the Victoria firm in
opposition to previous board
policy — established, he said,
several years ago.

Trustee Gerry Kristianson,
however, opposed the trial
scheme because, he said, it
was doing a job that ought to
be done by local police.

Island Securities were
hired, the board was told,
following an incident of
vandalism at Claremont
School in late June that
resulted in more than $200
worth of damage.

Secretary-treasurer Ross
Ingram told the meeting that
the firm had been hired on a
trial basis and that ad-
ministrators felt that until
they had rated the usefulness
of the service — had assessed
its success or failure — they
could not make any recom-
mendation to the board.

Similar patrols, Ingram

poo So ey

said, were being used suc-
cessfully by both Victoria and
Sooke School Districts. ,

Services supervisor Hans
Schneider told trustees he had
instigated hiring of the
security firm after “all hell
broke loose at Claremont”

The service, the board was
told, cost $3 per day per school
— resulting ina monthly bill of
approximately $360 per
month.

The private force was
necessary, Schneider
claimed, because police
haven’t the time to spend on
such matters.

Kristianson expressed
surprise at this comment,
claiming that if a bank were
robbed of a Similar $2000,
police would be quick to in-
vestigate.

He also cast doubt on
Schneider’s assertion that

members of the security
patrol could “liase” better
with neighbourhood youths
than police and said he was
concerned about a comment
from Schneider that persons
living near district schools are
encouraged to contact the
security firm when they notice
something amiss, rather than
police. “I wouldn’t like to see
that go much further,” he
said. :

A letter had been sent to all
local police chiefs earlier in
the summer, Superientendent
Eric Lewis told the board,
suggesting a joint meeting. No
replies had yet been received,
he said.

Discussion was concluded
with a suggestion that the
advisability of security
patrols be discussed with the
chiefs when a meeting can be
arranged.

Town Donates
Handsome Trophy

The Town of Sidney is
donating a trophy to the Great
Sidney Rowing Review.

At a regular meeting of
council Monday evening the
Mayor and Aldermen agreed
to spend the sum of $75 for a
trophy which will be awarded
annually to the competitor
showing the most ‘spirit,
determination. and sport-
smanship’ in the race.

Town Clerk Geoff Logan
told a reporter that council
had decided to do this as a
token of its recognition for the
annual event.

POSTAL CLOSURE

Postal service will be

curtailed on Monday, August }

4, B.C. Day—our newest an-
nual holiday.

There will be no letter
carrier carrier, rural mail
delivery or wicket services.
Other services: will follow
normal holiday service.

Tsartlip Water ‘Festival Held Under Sumy Skies

Local entries won both main
events on the weekend at the
annual Tsartlip Indian Water
Festival in Brentwood Bay.

The Saanich Canoe Club, in
their eleven man war canoe
‘Geronimo; placed first in the
men’s main event, winning the

Edwin Underwood Memorial

Trophy, and a Tsartlip eleven
member female team were

first in the Klootchman event,
receiving the Brentwood
Properties Perpetual Trophy.
The latter trophy was carved
by Brentwood artist Jim
Gilbert.

A new event this year, a
Buckskins race for boys 15
years and under, was won by a
team from Ladysmith.
Although there was no local

entry, three boats entered the
event, sponsored by Greg
Sam, organizer of a summer
aquatic program for
youngsters on the Tsartlip
reserve.

Spokesman Sammy Sam
described the event as suc-
cessful, despite the short
notice with which it was
organized.

The brilliant colour compact

committee boat for the Great Sidney Rowing Review.
(Photo by Jim McVie)

GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE
GRILLED BY PENINSULA
RESIDENTS OVER COURT LOSS

Who Has Final Responsibility For The Move?

MERTING SCHEDULED 10 REHASH ISSUE

By MARYHELEN VIECARS

An angry crowd of local
people gathered on Tuesday of
last week to grill an At
torneyGeneral’s department
representative about the loss
of peninsula court facilities—
buttheymay be barking up the
wrong tree.

During the meeting, Sue
Langlois, a Sidney probation
officer, startled the crowd at
the Central Saanich
Municipal Hall by saying she
had been told the Attorney-
General's department, which
has so far been the target of all
appeals to restore court
service, has no respon-
sibility for the move and no
recourse.

Deputy Attorney-General
David Vickers told her the
decision was made by chief
justice William Ostler, she
said, and there was nothing
that could be done by the
Attorney-General to reverse
that decision.

Many of the crowd of social
worker policemen, social and
probation workers and other
residents who met with Larry
Goble, regional coordinator of
justice councils in the
province, left the meeting
saying the gathering had been
a waste of time.

Goble has promised another
meeting, tentatively
scheduled for Aug. 6, at 7:30
p.m. in the Mills Road Legion
Hall, at which the questions
left unanswered after
Tuesday's meeting may be
answered at last.

Attending the planned
meeting will be Fran Prevoe,
director of facilities and
planning of court services in
the province, and Dennis
Mitchell of the Court Services
division.

The meeting had begun with

Goble appealing for local
input. He said one of the
reasons for the meeting was to
give the community an op-
portunity to explain to
authorities why the court

should not have been moved

and why it is needed on the
peninsula.

This drew a straightforward
reply from the floor: “That is
the wrong approach. We want
to learn why the court was
closed. We don’t have to be in
the position of justifying why
the court should be open.”

Gilber( Baal of the Sidney
and North Saanich Chamber
of Commerce said: “Take this
messaf: back to (Deputy
Attorney-General David
Vickers:(; We are shocked to
hear someone speaking of
democratic input when one
person can take the court
away and all of us have to
come and beg for it to be
returned.

“T's not right-we've been
stripped of our rights. We've
got no hospital, no water and
now we've been stripped of
our court.

“enough is enough,” he said.

The chamber had written to
the Attorney-General
outlining the reasons for the
community's dissatisfaction,
and had also presented a copy
of the letter to Fran Prevoe,
director of facilities and
planning of court Services in
the province at a meeting of
the Central Saanich police
board earlier this month |

That letter explained the
problems, which include high
costs and inconvenience to the
community and individuals
when residents police and
probation officers have to
travel into Victoria, often

Continued on Page 2

SATURDAY'S
going to be a big day in

SIDNEY
The Fourth Annual
GREAT SIDNEY
ROWING REVIEW

starts at 9 a.m. at the Beacon Wharf

Naval Whalers, Dinghys, Canoes

and the unbeatable John Newman
will all be in attendance.

AND

SIDNEY'S FIRST
SIDEWALK SALE

will operate from 10 ‘al 4 on

Beacon between Second
and Fourth Streets.

AES

WILL THIS CENTRAL SAANICH FARMER, now in his 71st
year again win the championship shield for The Great Sidney
Rowing Review? ... If you want to see John Newman in action
drop down to the government wharf at the foot of Beacon
Avenue at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. ROY EDWARDS of
Kuper Island, B.C. carved this 51 foot racing canoe in just 10
days. Edwards was present for last weekend’s Brentwood In-
| dian festival where a number of eleven man canoes raced

All manner of bargains will be
available as the town’s main street

becomes a pedesirian mall for the day

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