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Saanich Peninsula

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FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR,

No. 32

22 PAGES

SIDNEY, Vancouver Island. B.C.

Wednesday.

August 12. 1970

Subscriptions,

the Union of B.C. Municipalitie
has been labelled by its President.
oo SA New! Look: Conference’...

”=Members’ wishes for more in-,
“depth discussion of major topics

oe Saanich.
‘ : Sept,

Frilly

Screwy

UNTIES RETURNI IG
-IMAGE DRESS

Royal Canadian “Mounted Police .are.returning to their
traditional image with high leather boots, breeches and wide-
brimmed hat. Sidney police are at the moment alternating

- uniforms, wearing the cap and: pants with. side-stripe ‘one *
week, and the outfit of ‘‘Rose- Marie’' famethe next.

~ The change i is apparently prompted by national objections 7"

to the modern image which, some say, render the Mounties,
E indistinguishable froma ‘municipal police force. es
At the moment, the force has insufficient issue to wear the

oo breeches and spurred boots full-time.:Local police. welcome

nee the change except when Betti ing in-and out ofcars!

are being implemented, resulting —

~ ina convention program that is,
_ substantially. from.
previous years, said’ U.B.C.M. -

changed.

president, Mayor Hugh: Curtis of |

> The: Convention: will be held
16 = 18 at’ ‘Penticton, at.
tended by. about..1,000° Mayors,

Aldermen and civic officials

representing» 135". member

_ municipalities and a of, the, 28

regional districts.

For the first time the program.

will include: seminar types of
discussions, Curtis said. |

Three subjects which are.
critical today in the B.C. local -
gov vermnment area have been
selected, he sald,

These will be discussed” at
simultaneous ‘two-hour’ seasions -
starting at: 3 p.moon the cone
ference - “opening. day, Each
seminar will’ be. chalred by a
UB.CM, executive member and -

| | TAKES. OUT 55TH |

Renewing. his annual oS

Ss ‘subscription to The Review
‘on August: 4 for the 35th.
successive... year, Emil.
| farue of 7888 Wallace
~ Drive , Saanichton:: may
“fairly claim to be the. oldest BS
| subseriber. His) first.
|) subscription was: “made in |
W914, twolyears: after: the.
founding of ‘The: Review: 7

“Regional
Ths

TIRED of the gravel, Dum ps,
_eonstruction rucks. diggers

Haven Drive rebuilding
project over the past five
wants re areas residents
wha cate oakking Sidney
Aldermen “When wall it be
finished’ (Review Phate)

* | and loc al government.
» Effectiveness of anti-pollution

aly,

ana general confusion af Rest.

“will have at “least one resource

speaker. 9 |

Alderman AL J. “Romano “of
Karnloops who is chairman of the
~ Thompson-+Nicola
Nistriet. will chair a seminar
. entitled “Making the Concept of
Government Work."
session will examine
regional district government
several years, after it was. in-
troduced bythe province, will

~ determine if progress has been as
“satisfactory as envisaged,

and
What can be done to improve the
effectiveness of this: new ap:
proach to local government in the

last part of the twentieth century. |
Buekle of Bim:

Mayor HL Wo:
berley w ill chair a seminar which
examines - detail the |-con:
troversial pubject of

sibilities ‘of. federal,

measures. in respect. of seater,
soil noise and scenery: and
the roles of the three government
levels: will be debated under the

heading “environmental control"

during a seminar i chaired by
Mavor F. D) Stuart of Penticton
“These are all vital subjects

requiring top priority solutions,”

urns SUP GSSE “

Regional’

social
welfare, including: the: respon
pray inglat

8 AGTT

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Ths,

: Review.

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“When Rest Haven Hospital is
rebuilt at the Mt. Newton. site it”
will still have a “maternity
department.

‘This appears. to be the. recent
ruling that has emerged from

services: ‘which shouldbe. in-
-corporated. in the plans -for ‘its
reconstruction,: administrator
‘Thomas ~ “Bradley ‘t :

‘practical: aspects 0
utilization, ‘some official opinion:
has. ‘questioned . _ whether. the

+P yolume of work done in ‘maternity.

depart ments. should dictate . the
‘inclusion. or exclusion » of. this
‘service. ‘To. meet the bed
utilization. problem “those.

" “responsible for planning the new.
Rest’. Haven Hospital are ‘con-
“centrating on flexibility. of design’ | 27

-and.. multipurpose areas, -
This is further. made necessary

by the restriction of floor space

imposed by -B.C.H.I.S. The

| present Rest Haven Hospital has

a floor. space of approximately
40,000 square feet; Its bed
is. 56...For the’ new.
hospital which will include: 75
acute beds and 75 extended. care

M | beds, or a total of 150 beds, the

square footage maximum has
been set at: 85,000 square feet,
This will call for careful economy
in planning ifthe goal set is to be
achieved.

NU LAU NORY
No hospital laundry is planned
for the new. institution. The
regional concept has: absorbed
‘the many, Individual” hospital
Jaundries at present in operation,
‘and ultimately two laundries,

‘Glendale and St. Joseph's, will |
handle “all the: Capital Region |

hospit al laundry:

“ig one-way whereby: the com:
“munity laxpayero can. be
‘reassured not only of an orderly

vhs ! t | development of hospital facilities

Lanely

5 “bokan wonominal one too: ”

About 206° personnel will be
is fully operative, and new ser.
“vieds will anelide occupational
therapy, extended care services,
and a laboratory ability to deliver

anticipated cost of the complete
new butlding will approximate
$5,600,000, Ground . breaking

further. consideration of the}

petitions protesting the. proposal :

between Victoria and. Sidney,
‘Deep Cove, West Saanich ‘ Road:

~ Repional planners, feel that this

employed when the new. hospital ;

a broader spectrum of tests. The:

should: o¢ eur. int early summer:

CHAMBER URGES
POSTAL STRIKE
INTERVENTION |

. Sidney and «North
‘Saanich ‘Chamber of
Commerce” has wired
Prime Minister Pierre.
‘Trudeau, urging «his. in-
tervention ‘in. getting the .
postal service back” bo
normal. : 7
President Len Siver ‘said
this action was the outcome
of an~ executive. meeting
- held-c on: V July. BF

“Monday next, ‘August 17; vis the
deadline set. for. receiving

of ‘Vancouver Island. Coach Lines
Ltd: to. withdraw bus services.

and Cordova Bay.’

The application: of. the Com:
pany to nullify the franchise in.
those areas will be considered by.
the Public Utilities’ Comrnission °
in due course, but as yet there is.
no guarantee that there will be ay
public hearing _
Presumably a public hearing
will be called only if it is felt to be.
warranted by the volume” of.
protests received by Agusut | 17.
“The municipal councils of
Sidney,» Central» and: North
Saanich are each objecting in the
strongest, terms to the proposed:
withdrawal of all bus services in:
the Saanich Peninsula. Saanich
council has distributed forms of.

plete at various shopping centres
throughout the. municipality.
Completed forms» are to. be.
collected thia week, ,
PROTEST LE’ TER Bo
~ Residents of Sidney, Central
and North Saanich wishing ‘ta:
register an objection are advised:
to write to the Superintendent af)
Motor Carriers, Public: Utitittes:
commission, 1740 West: George
, Vancouver: 5 §, BiG.
"Chambers. of” Commerce. of
Victoria, Saanich, Sidney ‘and’
North. Saanich, and: Central

believed will call in the atron pest
terms for a public hearing.

In regard to the municipality of
Saanich, through which all the
bus services in) question are
routed, the Vancouver Coach.
Lines franchise was contracted
for 20 years in 1947, renewable

197),

“Much of Resthaven | rive
has been torn up since last:
March and residents are fed .
up.

. Several Sidney Aldermen,

ata council meeting Monday,
anid thev Rave heen recoivira
rian calle af complaint fran
regider ite

the

tt wis felt that the $84. (Wed

road rebuilding job should not
ithe waned 80 TONE
Counei) was sympithetic

“and roma’ to (alee action ta

ensure Marly one pletion:

Ald Hugh Hellingseorth eat
the town chould find out wien
eontractors

ited be

compl ete the jobs, and “if they
don't make the date we should

take actian.”
“Work atarted on the oad:

nearly five months ago with a
Stariidratn installation at”

Testhaven (Prive and one
black of Malaview. Contractor
Dench Eweavating was

every five years.

speaking : as a dedicated  con-

“interview that they have planted
“new trees whenever possible:
| ‘Apart from. the problem’ of
retaining our home on a small

| ‘rising taxes, our deep concern is:
| the ultimate ‘fate: of Saanich. :
~ Peninsula,” she stated. :

-environment should be given.
“special consideration | while they:
have tenure of the land,

might be held in abeyance until’
the dispersal of the property, and

| not.
‘Tetirement years: of the owners.

“Assessment Act to protect. the:
“landowner when he stops farming

“Galbraith, “I know of at least two
“other cases in. Central, Saanich

where.
- causing a grave hardship,”

protest for individuals to com: -

and ecological worth. :
: Saanich ‘Assessor. Gay Wheeler,

‘Whose farming activity is. con |’

Saanich are combining to enter a. |.
pint brief of protest, which it is

eA Ac GA

ae ‘Drag | Strip’ Of Different Sort

dat ayed in completion of the
» £44,000 job by bad weather and
other unforeseon. difficulties.
“Shortage of materials
caused by the labor lockout:
was (he rest hold-up and Chew
Evcavating Lid: whieh wae
supposed ta have whe road
reconstruction, curbing

i

videwalk and. paving cone
pleted, by “June 10,
tranted an extension:

dm. Monday night. Couneil -

wondered about. the extension

» date,
"In view of the complaints
owe have received" clerk

Continued oy Page 4

Was

Assessment Act
For Crippling Taxes

After expressions of grave concern at continually
rising farmland assessments, S
council has resolved that the question be studied in
finance committee with a view to possible amend-
ment. of the Assessment Act. .

Action was taken following the protest: of Alfred
and Frances Hill, 6409 West Saanich Road, who |
brought to the notice of council ‘a crippling | in- :
crease’’.in the tax assessment on their Property. ino
_ the current year. :

Owners of 22 rural acres, it was ;
said that their assessment was
advanced by $412, although one-
half of the. property is natural
‘woodland.

Trained as a horticulturist, and

servationist, Mrs. Hill said in an

fixed income against’ a wave of

"MORE DISASTERS

~ Alderman. nee Glayaras! ‘said

| that. property owners of ‘long |
|. Standing who with genuine intent.

seek to’ preserve: their rural.

He suggested that tax claims.

collected during - “the.

; NO PROTECTION. a
“phere is. nothing. in’ the

operations," said Mayor “A.M.

increased taxes» are

~Land: which {s not. intensively |.
farmed is, automatically ‘assessed
at a higher rate, irrespective of
whether it 1a pasture or natural
woodland retained for its scenic,

“For. instance," ‘said Central |
the owner of a 20-acre property |

fined to the cultivation of half an |
“acre of berries wotld not qualify
. for assessment 080 farmer." "

“40 PERCENT AVERAGE
“he only. erlterion.. for].

market value, and municipal
“ hasessorg. are required by the
provincial government to nasens
at $0 per cent. of the general
average - of recent. property’
transactlong,

Mr. Wheeler. explained that the

ment compiles a complete record |
of real estate deals, and it is the
aim. to maintain. a level of
assessments throughout Saanich
School District, which comprises
Central and lvorth Saanich, and
the rural ares at Saanich north a
Mann Road, -

NOT MESICIPAL ACL
“When property: owners
receive their tax notices and find
that they have.to pay more than
in the previous year, they are apt
to critizéthe municipality, but it
ja the system imposed: by. the

peavincial Assessment Act which
is redponsible,”” said
\ Galbraith.

Central Saanich -

“it landowners are forced into:|:

fee id a new’ evees
: picture . feature’ by. epee

. as” as “challenge. to! -your
"powers of observation.
.. For the answer to what (]
‘camera. artist Campbell
gives in the: close: “UD photo.”
“above turn to page! 3 but
not before. you puzzle it out» v
abit... Py ee

asgessmente. is’ that, of current.

provincial” assessment ° depart+ |

- Mayor,

Firemen Praised
For Swift Action ee
When 7 Hurt

“Sidney” ‘ond. North: Saanich
- volunteer fireman received high
praise trom RCMP. Constable.
Michaol Clarabut for thedr swift:
action alter un Aug. S$ car age:
cident on: Pat) Bay highway at ‘
‘Wains Rosd junetion. ane
_ Seven people. were: “taken to vt
hospital Sollowing the. early...
evening collision which occurred. |:
when a truck, driven) by: Mrs,
Anna Appleby,” Heather Roud;:
“North Saanteh,- collided: with a
‘car driven by. James, Garbet, 6
“Vietoriny, aes

- Injured were: Me. “Garbet,, bis
wie Dorothy and thelr one-year-
old daughter. Jeanning, | Di
pausengers ‘James and Gloria, |
“Jameson of Admirals: Road,
Victoria, their. one-year-old | WON ee
Marty, and Mra, Appleby, 0

The Jameson's are still in St. ' me
Joseph's Hospital: but. all. other
accident victims. have bean ooo
released, The Garbet car was ff
completely, wrecked) err |
~~ Const ‘Clarabut, who attended
the ecene din iy: rusk hour

_ traftic, said that local ambulanga | |

volunteers “worked with outt

standing efficiency. ty relieve a ©

gitintlen hich ¢ ould ave bent, a

far worea es

Mre. Appleby, driver of the oe
truck has been tovued m trafic:

Vidlation report tno TLC AML |

for failing to yield the rightofs

way when taking a lel tum... a re