TheReview Wednesday, March 7,1990 — A119 , Downtown wiring on track Digging up the streets to lay underground pipe, designed to @carry electrical wires, is going ahead on schedule in downtown Sidney — despite an unrelated incident Friday: “We had a water main break in the middle of Fifth and Beacon,” public works superintendent Dick Reynolds said. Crews were called out about 5 p.m. Friday to fix the burst water . main and discovered the break may have been caused by the main’s age. Workers had been digging along side the main but no damage was caused by excavation for the unde- rground wiring project, he said. Town crews are now focused on the portion of Beacon Avenue gi rom Third to Second streets, Reynolds said. B.C. Hydro crews are expected - to start pulling wire through the ew pipes as early as mid-month, ginning at Fifth and Bevan, he Said. Once electrical and telephone cables are pulled through and connected, crews will work to remove above-ground wining from poles. PETER Peter Aylen, a pioneer of inter- national broadcasting and one of the CBC’s earliest recruits, died at home in Sidney Feb. 27 of compli- cations arising from endocarditis. He was 79 years old. Aylen, also a past senior Cana- dian staff member of the United Nations, retired to Sidney in 1971 with his wife, Muriel, and son, Peter Geoffrey. : Bom in Ottawa in 1910, Aylen perhaps became better known abroad than in Canada. He started working for the CBC when it was established in 1936, and in 1942 was given the task of planning the CBC’s entry into short-wave broadcasting. Later, he became the first head Includes: ° 3 nights accommodation e 2 breakfasts, 1 brinch e ] Easter brinch e 2 dinners and of course... THE EASTER BUNNY Rates from: $185 p.p. double oce. $62 p. child under 12 Enjoy four days on beauti- ful Parksville Bay. Pack age includes accommoda- tion, tax, two buffet break fasts, Easter brunch, two 4 dinners including Tradi- tional Easter Dinner in Herons Dining Room, Egg Hunt with Easter Bunny as well as unlimited use of our Health Spa with In- door pool, Jacuzzi, Saun- as, Weight room and Ten- nis court, of its International Service. The service, with studios in Montreal, had what was then the most pow- erful transmitter in the world) in Sackville, N_B. Here, Aylen supervised the launching of programs in a varicty of languages to Allied and encmy nations in Europe — some of the most faithful listeners were in Germany and the occupied coun- tries — to the West Indies, and to Canadian forces overseas. In 1947 he was invited to become director of the United Nations radio service at UN head- quarters in New York. He presided over its expansion into a globe- circling information enterprise that won many international awards. Aylen next held a serics of senior UN appointments in the of information, communications and personnel fields. He took two ~ years out, from 1958 to 1960, to initiate a broadcasting service in Jamaica. After transferring to the United Nations Development Program, Aylen spent five years as ils resi- dent regional representative al Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. This was followed, until 1970, by a long tenure as regional representative in Bangkok, Thailand. Aylen was instrumental in founding the West Coast Media Society after coming to Sidney. He continued to write, sculpture, draw and sail, while keeping abreast of national and international devclop- ments. A private cremation service was held. HIGH AND DRY on Sunday Is this boat that tried to round the end of the Sidney break- water, It happens often fo boats that mistake the far end of the breakwater for the entrance. CARRIES FIMO Brilliantly coloured model- ling material which hardens in minutes in the kitchen oven. Choose from 72 col- ours. 655-7171 HOURS MON. - SAT. 9:30 - 5:30 SUNDAY NOON - 4 PM. 2496 BEACON AVE. education week WLLETIN | | | | | | | | | | if Is it fair? NO Ken Novakowskl, BCTF = | XQ EDUCATION Charles Hingston, BCSTA; Ed Lavall NDP; George Pull, Vancouver City Co B.C. Parent-Teacher Federation; June Harrison, Nanaimo School Board; 1 YES REFERENDUMS Is referendum democratic? NO 3 why single out education? why not highways, megaprojects? i let democratically elected local trustees do their job! e in Illinois referendums make per pupil costs vary from $2,000 to $11,000 Re West Vancouver has $770,120 In assessed property per student, Nisga’a has $3,379--a difference of 230 to 1 In abillty to ralse money for schools Does it work? NO 2 from 1969 to 1972, B.C. ran 38 referendums and passed 6! In Kitimat, 55.5% voted "yes," but 60% was required. Then came the cuts: band, library staff, janitors, athletics, teachers i in Vancouver it will cost $320,000 just to hold the vote! Does it guarantee quality public education? NO 5 in California “schools have deteriorated to such a point that no parent who can z some Oregon schools closed early when funds ran out Are B.C. education costs too high? NO 3 B.C. is 10th on school spending as a percentage of income, 10th as a percentage of GPP, 9th on a per capita basis, tops In homeowner taxes because the province won't pay its fair share. Who says NO referendums? Add your name. e, College-Institute Educators; Mike Harcourt, uncil; Crawford Killlan, Province; Maxine Wilson, Xx NO EDUCATION WEEK, MARGH 5-10, 1890 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | afford to send children to private school even considers the public schools" | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |