a azye : thing. he knew. ne hae _SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS REVIEW _ Ke ‘Carson, president of the ° ,; says a “false sense of. security seems to creep in during © ‘moments ‘of leisure causing Ca-: ‘nadians to live dangerously’? and get involved in accidents. To: -help ‘avoid. the danger in: leisure and in the hope of. saving others from. becoming involved in - its: manifold hazards, I hereby. . : fer: “my. services gained | in the leisure field. get to be such-an expert? Simple. ‘Tt all ‘began. with the early in-., iomy. ‘father who was a-' . malingerer and -swinging was the taik | O the Twenties. “A farmer, Dad. “planning for the Depres-. during: ‘boom. times and hy” "41929 -was ready . for. unempley : ment.’ “Ins a: “day of hard work, cur “farm.was 2 model of inefficiency. - = Garden: Notes : ‘Dad didn't have to.wait for sub- * ‘sidies and support: prices to not “grow crops, He didn’tgrow them “> because ‘he was just naturally And he taught me ‘every= “After: 1 ‘ett home. I followed Sidney | Briefs. : ~ Dr. and Mrs, -B. ‘Hanneson, am ‘recently: returned from the:Phil- -,.clipines, were guests last week at ~ the home of the former’s grand- -parents,: Mr, and Mrs,. William a Dickenson, Seventh St. They also visited: their aunt and uncle, Mr. id Mrs. Ww Je 7 Waketielys Third” | definite breakthrough occurs -in colour and. form the: innovation © As’ ‘of tremendous interest to the horticultural world. : S. C..Taylor: returned to er home on Fourth St. after a va~ cation } with : ‘her daughter 4 and family: in ‘Edmonton. « BRP Ts and: Mrs. we Hodgson, ‘Routh ” ‘St. have. been visiting ‘Telatives and friends in Vancou- epg ae ee | iter ‘spending. -a few days as. x tration. is durable under all reasonable ‘guest ‘of Mr,. and Mrs. W.' J, ‘Wakefield, Third St; GQ Molloy ‘has left for his home in Bermuda, ‘thought -I,.was dead.” »thought ‘Twas ‘working : for the - Government, soIknew it Was time — . to quit entirely and become an ‘my father’s example andbegan to % make leisure fun, It was not eas BR wf a hear you - cry) did 1 nos G2s¥. at first. I tried going to. work late and leaving early until 3 got so good at non-work some people ~ Others expert. : al started ‘Tight oft by involving _-sit«ins, - “hippies on non- work as a way of: " “women, myself in make-leisure projects -where I-,taught . people - to -work a little less each day, to. taper off. gradually ~ until. they. .were ready to kick the habit entirely 5 without: ‘withdrawal. symptoms, .. IF showed: workers’ how to-feas ther-bed at mattress factories, I became a placement officer at T lectured enthusiastic {2AM by ROSEMARY OWEN ~A Daffodil means simply aKing « Alfred: to. many people; .a Nar- cissus a Pheasant Eye or perhaps the Paper. White used so often in’ home forcing. “Although these have their place they have been _far " surpassed in the “years by. varieties developed by hybridisers in the United King- |'dom, Ireland and Europe. last 50 The many thousands of varieties en- tered in the International Daffo- dil Registry are the product ofa “complicated medley of crosses -each with a parental tree_as long as- that of any prize. animal, A few. of the differences are » somewhat academic but when a ‘PATIENCE of infinite patience for. many fac- tors: enter. into. his choice of breeding parents and he. must wait for perhaps five years before ‘his seedlings flower anda further - decade before his variety-is fully tested and developed for regis- He seeks a plant which conditions, a bloom which will stand:.in perfection. for “many > FAR DIFFERENT These requirements have been “met in recent decades so that the modern: exhibition and garden display ‘Narcissus is as. far re~ moved :from.those found in our grandparent’ s' gardens as the Tin Lizzy from the ‘automobile inour garage and with quite.as many improvements and variations, The Daffodil enthusiast. speaks of smoothness of texture in his petals with all the eloquence of a wine connoisseur extolling the virtues of a fine vintage. He searches for new varieties with Awards of Merit and Gold Medal - winners knowing, that these have ‘undergone . rigid testing in stiff competition. - VIVID COMBINATIONS ° i A generation ago the bybridiser a - ~ set as his goal'a Narcissus with: The. hybridiser is a scientist a-red corona on ayellow perianth or. outer circle of petals. Today vivid “ combinations, have been achieved ranging from clearest pink to a vivid brick red against white or gold perianths of won~ drous ‘substance. and symmetry which remain in excellent condi- tion in garden beds for over..a - month. But the search continues. « in-the mind of the purist per- fection is always a step beyond! _ ticipate in an all-out greasy pig- ‘blowing the’.mind. I even en- -@ouraged’ students to remain in school as long as possible so they could retire as soon as they were. La Teady to start work. - But my most impressive ree sults-were in the rehabilitation of “work addicts, Work, as youknow, is* “just as bad an addiction as those other vices: liquor, dope, WC Unfortunately, there were some backsliders. “> Several goof-offs were caught trying to sneak in a little work - when they. thought I wasn’t look- ing; others tried to get-away ~ for, 15-minute work breaks. But “these failures were exceptions, “And even. these finally suc~ climbed’ to my Five B~X exer-— cises in creative apathy. These exercises consisted of lying on the back and contemplating sleep, The student begins by doing this in stages of. five, then 10, then 15 minutes duration. It .can’t be ‘rushed because. otherwise you. might’ Sleep right through your leisure time... When a tolerance toward watching others toil is. finally - developed this way, it is possible then to eliminate even theneces- sity of contemplation, You just He there, 6 me It was through this concerted effort and development. of this copyrighted program ‘that I was able to become the successful, respected gentieman of. leisure . that lam today, How times change, eh? In the old days they used to call us ‘| lazy bums! ]|DEMERIT SYSTEM } a : BEING EXTENDED. THROUGHOUT B.C. Attorney-General | Leslie Pe- terson announced. that. the Driver Demerit system which was intro- duced “in Victoria last year and extended to. cover all of Van- couver Island as of April 1 this year, will blanket.the whole of the Province, effective April 1, 1970. An Order- -in-Council extends the program to cover the coun- ties. of Prince Rupert, Cariboo, Yale and Kootenay to be effec- tive January 1, 1970, The bal- ance of the Province which in- eludes the counties of. Va ancou= ver and Westminster, will come ‘under the system April i. The -Motor Vehicle Act now provides.that persons who are the holder of 2 valid British Coium- bia driver’s licence, will noi be issued. traifie tickets or fined. for minor tratfic offences under. the Act, but will be issued a violation report, ~ . "These reports unless disputed or if disputed and confirmed bya Judge, are filed with the in- dividual’s driving record by the Motor Vehicle Branch and con= sequently can provide the basis for improved surveillance of of- fenders. The Attorney-General said “This new legislationis designed ‘to deal with violators, by direct- ing penalty procedures to driver- licence control.” When a person has lost nine to ten points, he is notified and asked to. show just cause why his licence should not be suspended.” FULFORD - Have you ever tried. to catch a greasy piglet? if not, there is a chance to par- let catching race at the Ganges School. grounds «on October. 11 starting at 1:30 p.m This is an annual ‘event thought School students. and the boy or girl ages 8 -.12 who sells the most — tickets will’ win’ oa new bicycle. ; : The tickets sell at 30¢ and there. will bea draw for two half hams: up and sponsored by the High _ PIGLET RACE AT SALT SPRING “BY BEA HAMILTON The catch here is to catch a greasy piglet and hold it. Radio personality “Jack Web- » ster will. be M.C...and-the. Air Cadet Band from Sidney. will be in attendance.” Procéeds will go towards park recreational and community de-- velopment. Hot dogs and pop will be available - and the excitement will be hot andlively...the M.C.’ = lively and hot and, well, its just one of Salt Spring Island's many exciting contests: that involve _ young and old.. “BLANEY ‘SUGGESTION SECA: : Delegates w British ‘Cohimbia’ s “parliament of local governments were. told - that ‘horse and bugey. ian J, Everett Brown, retiring after 15 years 2 as BC’ $s ‘Deputy ‘disinie of Municipal Affairs, told. the Union. of B.C. ‘Municipalities’ annual, convention .at Kamloops it’s time local government’ “put its tax their administration’ of ‘the property tax ‘is. collection business in the 20th century.’. ‘People at the turn of the cen- tury ‘got paid annually so’ they were taxed once a year,” Brown said. “© But the business world today operates on a monthly basis and any kind of effective collection has to be geared to a monthly flow of money, including tax col~ lection,” he said, A most remarkable growth has_ been experienced in. the area of. municipal administration, Brown said, the department it was not unusual and keeping-all accounts in one large ledger. : “© About: the only thing missing was the ‘quill pen,’” he said. “It’s hard to believe now that. | not until 195% were councils re- quired to produce annual. budgets quired to’ produce annual . bud~ gets, and only about, a dozen were doing so.” a “In view of these practices, Brown said, the modernization of municipal administrations and their use of highly trained per- sonnel has been tremendous, and | in scope and capacity parallels’ anything in the private sector. “It “seems “surprising there-:|= fore. that municipalities still _operate their major source. of “revenue, the property tax, in a “manner suitable for the turn of| the centurs,’’ he said. Most wage earners would be hard pressed to pay income tax ‘once a year, Brown said. Yet]: ‘taken monthly at the source it is relatively painless." A.- little imagination, he suge gested, reveals that some form of easy payment like collection at “the: source would. benefit. tax- payers and municipalities alike. ‘'Like’ selling cars, furniture and real estate he said, ‘‘ it’s. not the amount that counts as much as how easy you: make the payments,” Just as merchants and realtors profit from selling on the instal- |B - ment plan, he said, so” might municipal governments by levy- ing an equitable carrying charge In. 1952" when. ‘he joined © who would “find instalment tax- paying preferable.: Yet in spite of provincial legis- lation enacted to allow munici- _palities some discretion in levy- ing taxes, Brown said ‘few coun- cils if any have made a serious attempt to modernize their col~ lection processes, - - «J suggest,” he» concluded, ‘that this is one area of adminis- tration where the municipalities have not kept up with the times.” “Speaking” of finances, Brown, ‘said the combined “ take’? of pro- to find municipal clerks working | on-high stools and sloping desks. vinejal - and” municipal’ povern- ments..is. about: 20.9 percent of “total personal income -in’ B,C... : This represents a risé of only 5.4 percent: from the same set of. figures 17 years ago. : nadian .. vother, “ changes in the: near future. * oe Asiana Regional Library Boar - North. 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