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Top — The Vancouver Island. zone of: REACH FOR THE TOP will be “held * Playhouse in: Victoria this year. A vat. the MacPherson: total of seven games will be taped . February 16 through “19. The: ~. Vancouver Island zone will bring, oe together: teams from: Victoria,: ‘Claremont, Cowichan, Nanaimo, Courtenay and Alberni. . ‘The Vancouver . Island | Zone. winners of this fast-paced: high - school quiz program will receive : - a_eash scholarship of). $400. for — their. school. In. addition the victorious team will compete in the Provincial Championships for the right. to. represent - British Columbia in the national finals to. “beheld in Edmonton in July: The. » BC. Champion. will win: $1,500 . and a National. Championship prize. chance oat. the | $2,000 : A. schedule “the of follows! February 16-8 pam, Game J Claremont vs Georges P; Vanier, ‘Courtenay s Game 2-Oak Bay VS Nanaimo. February 17.8) p.m, “Game 3 Alberni vs Cowichan: "Game 4 Mt. ‘Dougha vs Prince ~uuperts a February. 18 #8 pane Game 5, Winner Game tvs Winner. Game 2: Game 6 Winner Game 3 vs Winner Game ay. . February 19 8 pm, Final between Winners of Games § and 6. like main: saloon. - swaying motion. of the: fish. net. ‘hammock appeared -to- ‘please: cohe- was: asleep’. before’: Powindah had. cleared ‘Tsehum “Harbour: © : “You're: ‘not’ ‘going. ‘to: ‘put, the ‘sails up. are ‘you?”’ asked ‘the -Mate.. there!) : “She can ‘tstay a landlubber al tapings galley stove. The warm eastern’ Spice of its odor. permeated the saloon. and: caused: Gunn: the parrot .to ruffle her feathers . as the dock lines. were east off and. the fish-boat thump of the Lister diesel put way on the ship. A deckhand, signed aboard that © very morning was already i in her: hammock. All nine pounds of her. were slung fore and aft in the ~~ Gunn kept. a -suspicious eye: upon her. ‘Tt was. the first time the new- -born:: babe - had: put to sea.and: the gentle, “ap Ss: blowing. a gale. out her life:” J ‘stilled. the engine. and. went Ss forward to make sail and heard~ high- the. wind shredding a. | pitched whine. off the mainmast © | IN NORTH SAANICH SCHOOL AREA shrouds, It. triggered the memory ‘of excitement and fear that is tae: -essence of. being. storm-wrapped a a thousand miles off shore. while “mountain” and ‘valley. seas. toy. with, your ship. Here, there were. “no large waves. Vet there was'a worse danger: a reef off. Coal. > Island ‘within pis stol shot of — Powindah’s bows. ‘Pat brought the ship up into the. wind, I hauled away on the throat ‘and: peak: halyard, cursing the office routine which had taken the snap: out of -onee-tuned muscles: The gaff jaws jammed SIDNEY | REJECTS | “IN-LAW SUITE’ Ae request from ‘Mrs, Lucy Sevigny, 6 2420: Amherst, to, build’ane“ine- daw suite’ in her home was turned | down by Sidney ogounell last week: heewine We would create: as duplex Snot of a dewign conside red “neceptablet | COAL oNorma: ‘Sealey suggested that “Central Saanich municipality be condneled for advier, hinting that. they. had “extensively dacusged" this type of suite,” _and the. ship began to. scuttle - the reef now close aboard. It was no place to'grounda ‘ship * decks: the parrot, delighted with the -companionway. S ‘IT 'gave a. final heave on. n both halyar ds and the gaff jaws made ce turtle’s: oe spreaders. In that wind the sail’ s “gathered - | prepared the mains’l halfway up the mast sideways like a crab making for with a three- week-old baby below _. “Mother of God!” ‘screamed commotion, : The Mate vanished down. the “speed up *to:-the Powindah’ fell’ off ‘the running now with: the wind, under the lee of Coal Island.‘ “How’s ‘the child?” down the hatch; “Asleep,” came the. reply. 1 -grinned. into. the wind. The é way and we were Sailing. The ship. ‘stood ‘clear. of. ‘same query.. ‘the reef and made her. ‘way East, if ‘called new hand would ‘do. - - Brentwood Bay Postmaster Philip Benn on Monday an- nounced his resignation as Central Saanich alderman on his appointment as postmaster at Gold River. The post. enlails the supervision of five other post < 1945, and was active in the D-Day offices in the central Vancouver Island area. Alderman Benn’s resignation, effective January. 31,°was by resolution ‘accepted © with regret’ at a meeting of Central Saanich council Monday evening. **He has been an exceptionally | hard worker for the municipality, and Gold River’s “gain is our loss,’ Galbraith. oy “As well as sfteciay tadincil gain, this offers an exclling and March Byelection For Benn Vacancy Either March 16 or March 23 ; ,are likely. alternatives. for the close of nominations 'for a Central. Saanich by-election to fill the’ vacancy. created by — the resignation of Alderman Philip “Benn: = : Mrs. “Patricia Grove, . successful” asked. if she: would. ‘be. a: can- didate: ~ Ron Drayton, failing. also.at‘hi first’; ~attempt: replied ‘no. ‘comment’ --Council will give ‘coniideration: to. the holding of an advance poll. at a: Special” meeting: next ‘Mon- day: Meanwhile, Municipal Clerk Fred. Durrand = will “enquire regarding. the: ‘availability. of polling stations at Brentwood and ~Saanichton elementary: schools, ‘in’ December 1 suns in the. ‘December | - : elections, ‘said “definitely” when challenging ‘opportunity. someday, But on my retirement, I will return to Brentwood Bay; the . finest place in the world to live, Alderman Benn said. He served overseas with the Canadian. Forces: from 1942 to landing. On his return he was * commented Mayor ALM. “moved across ‘the road ‘Brentwood Properties and then to- to the south. appointed postmaster. at. Brent- wood at a salary of $57per month. . The posf office was then in the Brentwood Mercantile store, but): soon more room was. required and a room was built on to the store that. is now the Brentwood Food Giant.- Further: expansion - became necessary and the post office. to. the present laundromat building, which enterprise was Started by Mr. Benn. Finally. the govern- ment ‘constructed the detached |- post office building. immediately : Poil topper Alderman Benn has served three: Re-elected last. December, two-year terms on .Central: “Saanich council: poll. on three occasions. He was. Six years a Brentwood |: Waterworks: District trustee. His: contribution to community - x affairs b ha: : be Ne n ‘noteworthy, and’ i per the executive. ‘He isa member Hi “of the Royal. Canadian’ Legion; iE . andi is a past treasurer of Central} , Saanich: Chamber Of' ‘Commerce, “move: to Gold River, ‘but. he and: “his wife, Jacqueline, for. ‘No date has been set for. the: are an- _ticipating that-it. will not be’ too long: ahead. They. have six. children, including a married of I “daughter. Firm. recommendations North Saanich Secondary School have: been. for warded | to North Saanich, Sidney and Schoo) _ District No. 63 They are contained in a report by) Sidney. tendent: of Publie: Works, Wie: Seward; North Sdanich Inspector. -of Services. Ac G, Rose; and Sit, M. 1D. Chambers of the RK. COM. ‘Much of. the problem Rte from the use ofan area on the: for: parlingt.. It fronts "on, McDonald. “Park Road ‘und, the : ~ hazardous. congestion involving At both: vehicular sand = pedestrian. © traffic and impedes. traffic cm the west. side | at ‘the school report, contributes to- road itsely, . “The report: also $ the approaehing. completion of the apartivent coraplesx on White.: Birch: Rand. there will he ap. proximately & additional pr Na o the- vehicles supplementing to. change parking regulations: and: traffic movement in the area of | pr esent planning, through the Me Donald Park Superin- | otersection: and > propor (lon through the MeDonald according to. ag hararilous. in. consideration of; op vehicles, ( states! “With ‘ passage, loading, and unloading 1970); ALL. this. traffic will, under “be: funnelled Road White Birch Road -in- the © Park Roads + Resthaver. Drive intersection: Oe Subsequently, with the development “of. the “proposed school complex, the inerease in traffic density in the immediate aren could hecome extremely pedestrian traffic, (by) vehicular traffie, «) passage of emergency and. utility: services (qd) passage of delivery service vehicles, and) i) of school buses,” The report then recommended © the solution of the prablems by Closing the parking ares in front present, traffic toad in the: im- mediate area, by, Febriary 15th, a further 84 by the end of February and another 168 by ( the end of the ensuing year, Areater: “in the sweep- or 'radinus. of~ the: entrance to White’ Birch “Road. from MeDonald Park Rd. to more: school buses, and the prohibition of all. “parking on the west, side of Me- Donald Park between WI Birch and Resthaven, 9 commented on the excellence of -counell's acceptance: of “of the school and providing ace cess from Resthaven. Drive _around the cast side of the school building to the main parking area and thereby facilitating off-street loadings and unloading af school buses... It also appealed for an increase readily accommodate White -He topped the - Philip Benn: Expansion Canoe Cove Marina is making plans’ to - expand. its mooring: facilities and: is seeking “he ap-. proval of North Saanich. council for increased. water. acreage to meet its needs.. : early: December: but. a council decision was withheld: pending, an. the municipal. inspector. : letter imply. eventual ‘approval ‘of. a: W. Lott. “py no means” said Mayor a new by-law.” advised. ee ee i building © permit and without a-water: was reported to. be property of a Mr. Dueck and, according (o the municipal