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SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS REVIEW

Published at Sidney, Vancouver Island, B.C.
Every Wednesday ~
By Review Publications Ltd.
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John Manning -
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H.V. Green - Editor

Wednesday,

May 6, 1970

Plain Language

To the profit of the lawyer and at the expense of
the litigant, the laws by which we are governed are
 yiddled with ambiguities. The turn of .a phrase,
~~ even the placement or absence of a comma, may
provoke anything from a storm ina teacup to a long

-and ruinous court action.

_. Trustee Gordon Ewan walked out of a recent
Saanich School Board meeting when clauses in a
_» procedural bylaw about to be adopted were not to
_ his liking. Finding himself ina minority of one after
failure to get amendments on the table for con--
sideration, he chose an extreme and probably
we precipitous form of protest.
_. The clause, which Trustee Ewan claims would _
~-restrict him. from pursuing relevant independent .
inquiries” in the course. of his: duties, reads as.
follows: — is
-... “No member of any ‘Committee shall conduct
ee “Committee or Board business unless specifically so.
oad - directed by the Board.”
noe ‘Board Chairman Rubymay Parrott was ater
S reported. as explaining that the rules were not in-»
-- tended to be restrictive of preliminary discussion _
on the part of Board members, but action is the .
“prerogative of the Board:as a whole: ce
“So we should have ‘thought, but the clause does
ot: say. SO “precisely. ‘Would:it not be better if. the.
were’ rendered abundantly. clear in the =

because the churches we

Born amid. derision, °

goodwill. Because it, will
| the. action By

ould be poorer ‘without them, io
When William Booth carried his message ¢ into ‘the s

‘the strength of his ‘mission. “It was

re. complacent and aloof |
rom the misery. and despair | that was rampant. If
there was: awareness, there had been no effective os

ge ‘With. his. handful . of. followers, William. ‘Booth |
~ marched in amongst the beerhouses ‘and gin
“palaces, showing the flag, beating the drum. and.
defying the Devil. He lived to see his movement »
~ prosper, and its influence acclaimed as the living
7 embodiment. of the Church Militant,

Salvation Army has won the esteem of all men of —

‘its, sappes al merits. our, nr support,

for. any: others. of critical inclination ‘who may be” at
members of the Board. in: future years.

battling in) faith, the ~

always. be found ‘where

uncen
“number of. cases grew rapidly . In:
| spite of varying figures given in
different accounts of the disease,

between. 85.and.105 in the: 1950s.

‘sexes and: all ages,

‘| Maryland,
{| quite healthy in themselves, were

AT HER EMBLEMATIC BEST

(off Pat Bay Highway near Tanner Road)

RUTH ENKE VIEWS

In the early 1950s; the Mina-
mata Story attracted Internation:
al scientific attention. © .

victims: were fishermen or from

the number: seems to have been.

: OFTEN FATAL ©
“The “disease, | ‘attacking “both
was. often.
fatal. Adults © often developed -

numbness. in their extremities .,

Ae (The handling, of chopsticks be-
| came. impossible for some.)
‘Some had convulsions. Even cats.

were affected,
The cause of the disease v was ae

habit in common. They ate fish or.
Bay.

were sent. to the National Insti-
tute’. of Health’: in
There the. shellfish,

found to contain high concentra:
‘tions. of mercury, -
Where were «the Minamata
shellfish petting their mercury?
Well, the chief industry near.

Nineteen thia is not good advice,
since the drinking habits of the

| ~adulty around you have created
-. the foregoing record in aceldents
onthe road,

Then, too, Mr, Nineteen, xhiontd

: van ook te adults jiv the works:
day world when you take employ:

ment? fecome a striker,

ws pickoter, uke part in walk outs,

mia laws iting wad da ludwed ual,

vo What about) the soc impli-
cations In being an adult?

“Gi course, when you wae very.

a maui you wey ppalthed whe ah

1 ik +

~The April ssuelof the ie Gi
cee Motorist gives figures, stor B.C;
~ aceldent rates as follows 60,000
> accidents per your which include:
800 deaths, Ten percent. of the
total spent in travelling expense
- oes for, auto aeeldents,

coat believe it ts conceded by.
many authorities thaf over hatt of
“these accidents involve Impaired .
driving oe ea!
aoe Myr, Gaglardi's voice © Wis 40 be.
heard ‘an. the radio,» Aprili4,,
-pdmonishing 19° year-olds to”:
behave like adulls. Perhaps, Mr.

“i Tead: Kaplimg's

Have You Noticed?

Ww JOHN BQUANC ue

“you did what the grown-ups did,
but now that you are nineteen you |

should behave like. them! That

includes’ chain’ smoking, social,
drinking, buying things. you,

cannot pay fors white Hos, petty
thievery, ‘adultery and” many
other af the. Amenities of
adulthood,

new

five morg than you receive, shall

be the hallmark?

It would seem too big a task for
‘fny ane porson to rehuild, rethink
and to recreate the: | Liopia hat
(hls wonderful land could he, but

“Tet metell you this, ag an oldster, a

TD see, ob, so muny ob you, tine:
leonyeur-olds reads and gaRee be

— takecup the challenge, You are
not alone, you are an arniy. and
“with clean hearts and vorr frees

in the, Hight you SHALL. DO IT.

ae and take

heart. Holy you, Ma Ninctown,

sila shalt ining oder ata clean :

oe Ae it possible, ‘Mr, Nineteen, 7
that instead of emulating yrown-
ups you will: ploneer a .
fraternity ins which honesty...
thoughtfulness, willingness ta

truthfulness, reliability will onee
more rule the councils as you

bring into being that society so
beautifully prophesied | in these.

ver SOs,

“orfhese things shall hey

way lottion rave 1 ;

Than wer the W ar id hath know n,
shall rise,

with flume of freedom
in thei souls
“And dipht of knowledue
Te eyes.
They shall he penthe,
brave. and strony,

Tr eqall ve dvvgird bleed,
litre

AU thatamay plant man's oo”

“fordstip firimn

Cn earthy. uid five, dad sea;

. aud wil .

shellfish caught dn. Minamata

Bethseda,.

living into being again, Honesty, -

It grew out ofa strange nervous: >.
illness among: the people: who:
lived along Minamata Bay.on the’
southwest: coast of Kyushu, the ve
‘most. southerly - of the. main
‘islands of. Japan. : Most. of the

~- measure.

«des ‘Minister. Jack Davis we: are

&

mystery until researchers: rea- 2
lized that all the victims had one

“Samples of fish and shellfish’ :
gations. In popular form, it ap-

ing
~ through more’ recent fishing. bans |
in Manitoba and: Ontario.”

“stories ‘are: not the answer.

- Wesley. Marx, This is a. Sierra

_ Lancet” had an article on Mina-

7 Minamata Bay was a large artifi-
~cial-fertilizer plant that emptied *
its effluent into the Bay.

“In Canada we’ve been learning

-about mercury through the bans.
on partridge and pheasant: shoot- a

in Alberta. last. fall, and

‘Nearer. -home,. ‘much nearer

home, we've had the April 22 fish-
ing -ban. imposed : on: fhe: ‘uppe
reaches’ of “Howe ©Scund.: A
‘commercial. fishing: is s prohibited:
in Howe Sound: and the April 22°:

“fishing: ban covers ° ‘the top six,
_ Miles.of the 30-mile Sound, sports |
: fishermen and those who. cater, to.
oe them are primarily affected.

-Sucha bani is wise as a stop- gap
~ But?

found in the water and correct, it
fast.

Sensationalism. “and” scare
“Be-

cause of quick action by Fisher-

not likely to have a Minamata
Story in Howe Sound.
“MUCH WRITTE

But anyone who is is. intereated
in what mercury poisoning can do
in a community: can «find the
Minamata Story. in. many publi-:

pears in “The. Frail Ocean” by”

Club - Ballantine paperback. Its
bibliography lists: scientific
journals from which Marx drew
his material.
Britain's sober,
medical

responsible.
publication, | “The

mata disease in its September a),
1958 issue, The Laneet, un-
cderstandably cautious.1n. its:
verdict, stated thal although the

that date, the evidence. so. far,
pinied to the toxic action of a
chemical compound contained in

Minamata Bay from. a nearby.
fertitizer. factory;

had been at Minamata ‘Ray in

the Lancet article is a copy ofa
map divtributed. by: the: public
health department of Kumimote
University, This map. shows. the

Minamata disease, and the posi-

Two District Girls .
In CGIT Ceremony

Recopaition © services.
Southern Vancouver. tshand
CoGLETO members) were: held at
the Exqnimalt United Church bist
werk with two mera bers trom
this va Cahir Vis. ys,

Rov. and. Mrs, 6 Wood, lirent:
wood Bay assisted in preparing
CORO DU TOOTH MUS. Wath
ya spiritaad message, and) Miss
Nova MacLeod, daughter of Mr.
and oo Mrs. We Mae Leod,

a letting it go down the. drain.

ECO ORTON fie pene oF
CENTRAL SAANICH

it would ~be |
: downright daft not to correct: the
_cause: of the. trace of mercury

cause was not yet. established at.

the efMuent which. flowed into. |

Dorlas
MeAlpine who wrote: tho article:

February and March: 1958. With:

location of many of the cases of |]

Tar

“tion of the effluent channel flow-

ing into the bay. :
= UNDERSTANDING. sees
“There is.also a book, ‘‘Occupa-
tional Diseases’
Hunter, Consulting. Physician at

London Hospital, and. Consultant:
»Medicine,
~ Middlesex Hospital: Both article’
nd book 2 are likely to be in: a ‘good

“Occupational

medical: reference library

“What beats: me is.’

“< pensive. mercury: ‘cannot’ be
recycled - ‘instead. of. “ wastefully °1:

‘by. -Donald>

read thie dort rt of material i in inorder a
to understand the news

50 Years Ago
The basketball team of Sidney
AAA under the leadership of M.
Simpson, took a trip over the
water to show the people of
Genoa Bay how the game should
be played. The game started at
the Athletic Hall with . Sidney
pressing hard and scoring almost
at will. The score at half-time
was Sidney, 20; Genoa Bay; 8
What happened after the interval
no one knows exactly, but at full
time the score was Sidney, 27;
Genoa Bay, 31.
Boys were out Thursday
evening for a_ good. lacrosse
practice and manager and coach
are optomistic that Sidney will be
successful this year.

5 Years: Ago
“There | is great activity in: North
Saanich Park these days. The.
local ball squad from Pat Bay
Station is using the ball diamond
“and. excellent talent -is being
shown in the workouts.

The wooden tennis court now in
the process of being removed was
a problem. For two nights: the
local fire brigade tried hard to
burn it:up, but with no success.
Old. oil was. poured - on. .the

School Re-union
Ait Deep Cove

A grand re-union. of teachers
and students of Deep Cove School
is planned for a date in June to be
announced. The old school was

associated from ‘that time to the

union. tea.

- Anyone having material, ar-
ticles. or pictures relating .to. the
school history, and willing to loan
them to the convening committee
i the occasion are invited to get

-touch with “Mrs.”
Robertson, phone 656-3801.

-Wains. Cross.: Road park as a

: North Saanich council.

Files of the Review

opened. in.1912, and-all-who:were:

- present day will be invited toa re-.

‘Frances:

~The original Deep Cove school |
is now vacant, and its removal to

‘museum: is being considered by

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structure and flames applied, but
a lot of smoke and a long vigil for
the firemen was the only result.
This week a bulldozer scraped
the tennis court into a heap and
the site will be. cleared long
before May 24.
10 Years Ago

A new bus service is sought to
connect Brentwood with the
outside world. Central Saanich
Chamber of Commerce president
Charles Harris explained that the

a.

sponsors visualize a connection
between Brentwood and the
Sidney-Victoria service. A for-
mer bus operation between
Brentwood and Sidney was
abandoned about five years ago
when it failed to. gain support.

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TO EDITOR
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Ve CH

URCHES

PARISH OF NORTH
SAANICH
ANGLICAN CHURCH

- OF CANADA
ST. ANDREW'S - SIDNEY
Ph. 656-2143
SUNDAY. MAY 10
SUNDAY AFTER
_ ASCENSION DAY
Rev. Benjamin Fream

8.00a.m.

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH.
_,. Patricia Bay
Ph. 656-2603 or. ... 656-2335.
SUNDAY AFTER
ASCENSION
Morning Prayer 11.00a.m.
Preacher Rev. N.S. Noel.

Holy Communion

Morning Prayer 11.00a.m.

Sunday School - 11.00a.m.{
Thursday

Holy Communion 9.00a.m.

Parish of
South Saanich

-Rev. C. Venables. _

‘St. Mary’ Soko

: Mattins © : “-109.00a.m:;

Sunday School *
UST: STEPHEN'S =

: Holy Communion. lL, 30a. m.

SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION |

10.00a.m..|:

United Church

of Canada

. SIDNEY and NORTH.
SAANICH.
Rev, R, Hori Pratt
‘Church Office = 656-3213
Manse + 656-1930

ST. JOHN’S, DEEP COVE
Service of Worship 9:30 a.m.

ST, PAUL'S, SIDNEY

‘Service: of Worship. 11.a.m,

(Church School at St. Paul’s
9:30 a.m.)

SHADY CREEK, 7180 East
- Saanich Road;

Family Service and Sunday’
School -----«------9:45a,. Mm,

_| BRENTWOOD, 7162 West
"Saanich Read.

' Family. Service. and Church.
School -----~----- 11:15 a.m.;

"ASSEMBLY OF GOD.
9132 E, Saanich Road .

3). 656- 2545
Sunday School 9:45 a.m,,

Seventh: Day |.
| Adventist Church.

-RESTHAVEN DRIVE
PASTOR C.A. PHELPS.

‘Sabbath School 8, 30 a, m,.

» Prayer.’ Service
a 30 p.m,

Preaching” Service 11:00 ath. :

_Visito s Weleo e-

Morning. Service :Di- am,

_ Tuesday - Prayer and.
Bible’ Study. 8 p.m. .
| Friday - ‘Young Peoples’ ae

i Be Pem,’ eee
‘Pastor-C.D. ‘Lynn

o Wonsii AT
_ BRENTWOOD BAY.
Sluggett .
"Memorial Baptist
10:00’ a.m, ‘Sunday School:

-Yt:00--a.m, Morning Worship
7: 00 p.m, Evening Service

Pastor R. L. Roth ©
652+ 1510 :

Ph, 652-1510.

7008 West Saanich Ray . af

- Friendly. Church. and Worship
’ With US. ms
a -

CENTRAL SAANICH UNITED ‘

CHURCHES

Rev. John M. Wood ;
Church Office ----- 652-2713"
Manse morrccmecer 652~2748 |.

3 FPraneslistic Service 2: 30P. m. ~

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| Bethel Baptist

2335 Beacon Ave. cen
Sidney: “

: SPECIAL MOTHER'S 1 DAY
SERVICE

"9:45. a: m, Sunday School

2s Op. m. ‘Evening Service

11:60. a.m, ‘Worship’ Sarvied ;

Will be taken by the: Womens’

aan)

' SIDNEY
BIBLE CHAPEL

“9830 FIFTH STREET ,

~ SIDNEY ;

-» EVERY SUNDAY.
Sunday — School and Bible
‘Class 10:00 a.m,
Tho Lord’s Supper 11:30 am.

Livening Service 7330 pam

Mr, James Robertson”
of Vietoria

"Wodnesday, 8 re pm,
and Bible Study, :

“Behold the lamb. af
whieh taketh away. et sin at
the world.” John ly. hee

Prayer

God,

provided. . :
mee Pastor John Ballard.
; Ph 656-4455,

a Jesus,
WS ‘The Light of the World

Missionary Society. Nursery,

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~ 9405 to 9:20 am,

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at.
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REV, A.F. OTKE |
478- 4480

> [Foursquare
Gospel Church

Evening Service
Cadata = Friday’

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Ave, ;

‘Rev, Roy Millar 650 “3544!
SERVICES

Sunday School 10:00 aam,.
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7100 pm,
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