PRINTING AND HOME OF REVIEW PUBLISHING LTD. ESTABLISHED 1912 Serving The Municipalities of Central Saanich, North Saanich, . the Town of Sidney and the Gulf islands FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR, No. 6 10 PAGES SIDNEY, Vancouver Island, B.C. Wednesday, February 11, 1970 Subscriptions, in - DISGUSTED LOOK on face of Syd Townsend is for the, vandalism: tha has aken place at. Centennial Park. Het holds ) piece. { cast ron top > installat n CAR CLUB FIRST BEFORE “DRAGS? ON DISUSED ROAD fake. almost Reports: that a drag racing strip will be in operation soon in this area were termed premature “hy local garage owner and car enthusiast Barry” ‘Bennett this ~ week, Almost 100 people turned out to ~ ameeting in Sidney Town Hall on Sunday afternoon » intrigued by "the report that drag racing was to be organized on a North Saanich road. Many of them left after discovering that: actual organization: of the - races will a year. — MA car clube ots the necessity,” said Mr, Bennett who feels that the strip suggested for. use, a disused portion Donald) Park Road, south from Mills Road, will) require | siderable work before it, is pacing shape, R.C.M.P. have given. their “blessing. to the. proposal which will enable young peaple to “drag'! safely oonee or-twite a month under police supervision, But Sat. Harry) Chas hers of Me- in pointed out that there are nyany: details to be attended to such as safety checks on. the vehicles, parenta) consent, and insurance, Mr. Bennett; who showed the filmy “Annapolis 500 Jast) Sun- * day, hopes. persons interested in forming a car club will attend a meeting this Sunday afternoon at Town Hal, “Th willbe a self-supporting group,” he said, adding that the activity. shoud “supply oa recreation need for many focal youths. LOST ARTICLES RETRIEVED | Review renders are. quitk oan dhe uplaky! OCLMLPL report that within hows of a notices — bho fist reeds piper ofeparding oa mmber of dnclaired articles. ancnpes had appenred tn identity thelr belongings Anie a few wateben are left, first ‘Silvers Threads Catherine Horne, CON &: . : Sidney. council - “Sidney | Branch of the: Silver ‘Threads organization. is. urgently seeking a new clubroom. in, the centre of. town: Mayor Stanley Dear reported to council Monday evening that the. Silver: Threads © Board © is unable to: meet.a rent increase from $110 to $400 a month at the K of P’Hall, where occupancy will cease on the - last day of February. There is a membershi p of 250 in Sidney Silver Threads and its program is continued on five ‘days of the week, “We must have alter nate ac- commedation right away, if only On ou Lasis,” said director, Mrs. te TAOS | y ‘Last year, contributed $500 loward rental of the K of P Hall, the balanee being paid by the Community Chest. After attending a meeting of the Silver Threads Board in SEWER HOOK-UP GIVEN APPROVAL Sidney Council took. a forward inthe | MeDonald Park Road school complex. proposal With adoption. of of resolution Monday. night) allowing North Saanich to. connect: sehoo) property into its sanitary gewer system. Prompted by a letter from School Board wishing assurance from councll on use of the Sidney syatera, Council de qided ta obtain advice from the Regional Board: an cast sharing problems, The Schad) Roard tetley nated tat Accommodation for 1,000 children Must be planned: fer and: Ald, Terry queried local sewer Capacity, “The proposed trunk dine is sized for 15 years hence," Mayor Stan Dear assured him: The resolution includes the stipulation that sewer connection must be made at points recom. mended) by the muni¢ipal cogineers, Willis, Cunliffe ond Tait, Lid facwhorn scope af the resebationgs wcll Be cont 1 slep | tips: | The doar prize this yenr ts a 15 foot Travel trailer with Mast of Victoria, “Mayor Dear said “the a position to. make’ a greater contribution, : It was. said Monday evening ’ Kiwanis Planning Sportsmen Show Early In April Lew Sutton, president. of the Kiwanis Club of Saanich and chairman of the Kiwanis Annual Sportsman Show, has announced that. the event is scheduled for April 2, 3, 4, and) 5. Thursday through Sunday, inthe Fsquim alt Sports Arena, Now in its. fourth year, the Sportsman Show is becoming a sounding board for.the upcoming: summer activities for sportsrnen and outdoor enthusiasts. The newest in trailers, campers, tents, boats, ete., will be on display as well as sportswear of all kinds, | “Action is the: keynote: of the show with live demonstrations of everything from Judo, golf, and archery lo fly ‘tieing and fishing the conforts of home. - Tickets are available from ny member of Saanich iw Anis Cub. . that the organization has ‘been Community Chest would not be in © offered two old: buildings in Esquimalt’ and there was con- ‘sideration - of their: removal. to: Sidney. There was.a suggestion that the old Custom House at the wharf. might also be used but, said the. Mayor, it would be too expensive for council to consider andj in any case it is too smalk. Alderman’. Herb Hall, a: proposition that would involve negotiations, while Alderman Norma. Sealey: men- tioned the former IGA. store on Beacon Ave, whieh is vacant. Alderman Hugh Hollingworth believed that the latter building has been condemned in some respects and would not be ac: . ceptable on: that account, _ "We should make a firm grant toward the rent when they find a building, observed Alderman | Wilkie Gardner, : : Counc) decided to special evening at whieh all aspects. of, the Silver Threads dilemma will : be discussed, approval of acddvear combined foreshore’ lease for van Marina, | -make municipal council on how: van- > fand- ‘Lazarz.- “Th hold a, mecting Wednesday Tale assistance. Repairs. costing. close to $300 are: under. way..right now. at Centennial. Park, off Wallace Drive, and there’ has -been damage and disregard for public property at some of- the other municipal parks, but to a lesser degree. Ald. Lazarz asked that citizens. give thought. to the problem and suggestions tothe dalism might be stopped --“‘what — additional” measures: we might - take to protect installations in the. parks from damage." : The vandalism at Centennial ’ Park is not “Kids' stuff" by any: : ee of the. imagination. -SMASHED | . Mortared. brick . “cooking “beyond recognition, wiring has been torn: out. of a ‘‘cook-out”? enjoyr .the residents a i their. parks. es “Even at that,. he. added: ‘there are: residents: who" deposit gar- -bage in the parks, and drive their. cars on seeded areas -- and this is. . vandalism, just'as ‘the smashing of park barbecues vandalism. 7 SEVEN PARKS | Central’ Saanich’ has “Seven dedicated parks: Centennial Park, of .32 acres, offering complete facilities. tor. large picnic - parties. Cooking, «with and. lights is _ facilities inside one main shelter, Perry. suggested an addition to Sanscha . and a barbecue” pit outside; smaller ‘shellers. with’ tables, eleared picnic. sites, and well- laid-out’plaving fields for Babe Ruth, Litde League baseball and softball, also two tennis courts and a conerete dancing pad. The water supply is abundant. Verdier Park at the Mill Bay ferry. terminal also is equipped with picnic. tables, ‘and nearby Brooks Parleon the waterfront is approached by steps int the foot of Devonshire right-of-w ay. scribed by Central, Santen residents, commemorating 4 an honored sportsman and com: school, it has a well mitntained wot iball : diamond, anes Not 60 easy Ao locate’ is Gore Drive, a. secluded 12 geres ‘of natural beanty, Here there: ui a t Centenni The way some Central Saanich aldermen are feeling there could be ‘‘a call to arms”’ soon to halt vandalism in municipal parks, particularly Centennial Park. Ald. Percy Lazarz, chairman of the municipal parks committee, said today the situation has gone far beyond a joke and he appealed to members of the public for ‘amenities at Island View beach, to be constant.: ~ complete without mention of two. municipality. ‘but as yet. un- _designated, one in’ the Keating | _ Heights: subdivision. and another _ facilities © have been. smashed : : shelter, shakes on the Toof: of the. ATR ROYAL ‘OAK’ “were hospitalized with’ fractured: .,| stationary: ‘on the’ right-hand. “shoulder of: the: road | opposite trude: Kom. Knott, Park of two acres: was purchased by a fund sub. munity. worker whose name it —{ beurs, Situated on Wallace Drive: -Lopposite. Brentwood clomentary: Lease Approved. 4 oP Pr ovincial Dept. of Lands. will . be advised of Sidney’ council's - | Park on Greig Ave, off Wallace ial ark picnic table and also a small trail well off the beaten track. Angiers’ Park at the foot of Anglers’ Lane is another. smail dedication, in direct contrast as {o popularity to the half-acre Island View Park on: the eastern waterfront which attracts a large quota of visitors in the holiday season. Immediately to the north is the larger coastal area dedicated as a park of the Capital - Region, and as yet undeveloped. - Ashelter, picnic tables, swings and a cement. boat ramp are and the water supply i is said now The list of parks -would not: be small = areas ‘deeded to .the off, Patricia ‘Bay. Highway. - "S| CRASH INJURES. “Sidney residents, ‘Mr. ‘and ‘Mrs. A, H.- Hodgson, of 9925 Fourth St. ‘ribs)/and Jegs:.and. multiple. lacerations following an accident shortly ‘after “8.30 OP. m,. on. Saturday, : “Proceeding north on: Patricia Bay Highway. ‘their car was) in collision. with a car. which was Royal Oak Motel. “The stalled car of Mrs. Ger. Evans, 1680 McTavish ‘Road: had an elderly woman and four. small children’ ~ as: passengers. None, was injured. . . SOT ° ae “ a sitee Oe baretetetate tates VE DGAR DUNNING" want to.make that, district the first in, the province to ban non: returnable pop boltles, according to the Salmon Arm Observer, The | issue was raised by Mrs; Kdward “Dombroski and) Mrs. Edward Laitinen. of Canoe when they. appeared before the district” council and asked that the council i seek the cooperation: of other districts in: eliminating the: hazard poxed by the hottles, Mrs. ‘Dombroshi said. Khe Is refusing. tn purchase: the non returndtles and has asked local Merchants 16 get only the old type. hottlas, She re ported that some Born with a a hole in nv her. heart, Leanne nderive it open heart surgery on January 30, 1969, in Vancouver. She is completely cured and able to” pursue all-the normal activities of childhood. British Columbia’s Heart: Fund campaign for 1970 was inaugurated at a-dinner in the. Imperial ‘Inn: Jast Wednesday when the: ‘objective: o $435,000 was set. Vancouver Island's quota is $40,000.’ Co. chairman. for. Victoria are: ‘Mrs. Ww, a Mayor Courtnes y Haddock. : te merchants. found that. handling Some’ people in Salmon Arm’ bottles’ was a tot of trouble bat; she asked “what j is alitile trouble. compared (othe miss we're. faced with and what it costs to! dean up, Hall the people and all” the = merchants’: tell. “the ~ distributors we won't buy. the ate: 7 nomreturnables we sould complish nomething, WB hs And here's an: “Abie “vation by the etitor of the Alaska Highway News: of: — Fort 86. Johns things are. pretty well-ovened: up tn this world, Other people's troubles are not-eas. bad as” “ores hut their ehildres: are Worse,» BOAT, TRUCK ALTERCATION AT SIDNEY. WHARF | Tug-o’-war Sequel To E The endcis yet to come ina nodrght tu-ofwar. between a four-wheel drive truck and a tugboat at Beacon Avenue whart on Feb, J, First phase of the’ incident resulted ina bent bumper. a wild sou Chase and a xwatmped police wat. Second phase willbe rceon im Une court raom Feb op when shape of wiltul damage and obstr uetion of law afficers will be heard, Details are sketchy but Sidney (WACALP. revealed this: much: “Track driver Rod) MeKianon complained te therm oo hitter terres vf an altercation with crew ronembers ala tugboat maored at the Sidney wharf, : orrar| jaded baw ans ad Mater(rant, a& tugboat was churning awity from the mooring, Calls oto hie Uepariing ae thi cage laiilens ‘h eyal unheeded and police made haste to Van iste Marina trom where Teeaand une twoolficers sped seaward ina 1. footerunabout inthe direction of The bag, Contact waa rade with? os aocond Taytboatl, a sister ship ob. the departing vessel and qdiwers climbe d hoard, ny iaeiaatmaias vee baw. « Returning to Sidney wis af, thee, runabout: was: awamped jn the | Wake of thas Lag bul i au sally oe erty) Tia uid, Dickinson of Van Isle, The ailercation betaeon Chose heaving Che: Sue pied : e Heard In Court © ul the Lind and others of the hOU optarted, it is: understood, when trucker MeKinnon objected to the teh spatlighh planing nn Reacor Avenue from the wharf. 7 Tt ig not explained how a rope became attached to MeKinrion's ibis. Un, But: the shouting: altercation * teom ship lo share and vice vera athe toc an. abrupt end when: ake wits a nacidery ture heat ine truck, — Appairentiy the tog trad ot arte She fo move and'as it was attached to cother cend = of the «rope, . BONETNR, hud to hive. it was (ie bumper ol the truck, whieh buckled under the atrain, according to MeKinnon, and in go Aving: Thole the wera fin Mp off, leaving truck on dry land, RCM, the namen of those facing charged, Jt oa understood. the lupboatis owned by Holt Towing Lik af Cowichan Ray. ail i , work and that Justlee will always ofa Tachie Indian who ditin't like: : othe idea of the PGE. ruilway C., Woodward: and sa tatn evereeere se * eT Re rat etetat ena ts’e, are fatene! A New R E VIE w FE EA TUR E pans oT the editor of the Cariboo Ob: “server, says there's hope yet and” we can't be all bad, And to Prove: My it he goes on. to say.) Two recent news atories prove ‘there are still rewards for, honest. prevail. “Kor inatanes, wet told the atory. ~erews on his land. He stood up for’ | declined to telease. eal “AL that time w . that it was a shame all this man: ‘pot for his trouble was acharge of | > possessing an offensive weapon, ° “eis rights and held up work with a “editorial zed "The case went to court last week and the Indian, Augustine man jury, ‘Another example. The | community of McBride bestows its Good Citizen Award at this time” of year, Usually, we aunoclale this type of award with - lenders, mayors, MLAs,’ crusading women or the like, OER Ide, however honor in ite proper perspective. This year's: winner is Antonio Archangolo, wha wae honired ‘because of the cheerful and ete fielent. way he went about his, busines, collector. " * ‘uit on Page 2 es Joseph, was acquitted by a 12. o pioneer: residents, Boy Scout pu Uae» : a “Antonio is MeRride's 8 anviage .