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* Telltale snow

snitches on
school skipper

Tracks in the snow gave away a
16-year-old youth who skipped
school despite a probation order.

The youth arranged a blanket
under another blanket on his bed
to suggest a sleeping body before
leaving early Feb. 15, Crown coun-

@ sel Edward Ormheim said in Sid-

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ney provincial court Feb. 22.

Prints in the snow showed the
youth had left out the bedroom
window.

The youth pleaded guilty to
breaching probation.

Probation officer Niel Pearce
said the boy was placed on proba-
tion in July, after he was convicted
of two charges of breaking, enter-
ing and theft and one charge of
theft under $1,000.

The youth was convicted of
breaching probation last Septem-
ber and spent a month in secure
custody.

Pearce said the boy has excep-
tional artistic ability which should
be encouraged and also has a
part-time job. He has done well in
youth programs and in his foster
home.

Judge. Stephen Denroche placed
the youth on probation for a year
and directed him to attend any
programs recommended by a pro-
bation officer.

Cigarette
‘eblamed
’ for blaze

Careless smoking is blamed for
a house fire on Tyron Road in
North Saanich Feb. 15, Fire Chief
John Tapio said.

Tapio said the homeowner was
still inside the smoke-filled house
when firemen arrived.

Damage to the house was con-
fined to a small carpet which
Tapio believes was ignited by a
cigarette.

Firemen also attended a washer
fire in a Pat Bay Highway home,
caused by a wom drive belt. There
was smoke but no damage to the
washer in the Feb. 16 fire.

North Saanich firemen attended
two chimney fires, one Feb. 14 on
Portland Place and one Feb. 19 at
on West Saanich Road.

Both fires were confined to the
chimney.

TheReview

Federal funding received
for building Durrance Road

Construction will start on a new
Durrance Lake Road very soon,
Saanich and The Islands MLA
Terry Huberts announced Friday.

That's good news for residents
of the Willis Point area, who have
faced delays on the old Durrance
Lake Road — which passes
through the Heal Rifle Range,
operated by the federal Depart-
ment of National Defence.

Huberts’ announcement comes
after the federal treasury depart-
ment announced last week that a
share of the road’s relocation cost
was approved.

“J am very pleased this has been
finalized as I’ve been working on
this for a long time,” Huberts said.

The federal and provincial gov-
ernments will equally share in the
cost to reroute more than two
kilometers of the two-lane road
around the rifle range area. The
province will pay for construction
of a new portion of road to link the
new road to eastward to West
Saanich Road.

Highways Minister Rita John-
ston said work will begin immedi-
ately.

“Once this portion of Durrance
Lake Road is relocated, the rifle
range will not affect traffic,” John-
ston said.

Durrance Lake- Willis Point resi-
dents were delayed as sentries
closed the road periodically while
the rifle range was in use.

Ferries could be non-smoking

Smokers could be faced with

- cold winds on the outside walkway

on all B.C. Ferry sailings if the
CRD community health commit-
tee has its way.

“Tt’?s just so dense in there it
can’t be acceptable to anyone,”
said the committee’s chairman,
North Saanich Mayor Linda
Michaluk.

Currently, the smoking area is
on the main deck of B.C. Ferry
vessels and has a snack bar which
serves coffee, snacks and sand-
wiches.

“People have to work in the area
with second-hand smoke and pas-
sengers have to walk through
smoking areas to get to other parts
of the ship,” Michaluk said.

Smash and grab

A leather jacket and 12 cassette
tapes were stolen from a rust red
1969 Mustang parked on Oldfield
Road during the evening of Feb. 24
after a spark plug was used to
smash out a side window, Central
Saanich police said. The items are
valued at $400.

October 6, 1989.

NOTICE OF REFERENDUM RESULTS

APPLICATION FOR A CLASS “D*LIQUOR LICENCE
TO OPERATE A
NEIGHBOURHOOD PUBLIC HOUSE
AT

VICTORIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PROPERTY
CANORA RD. ADJACENT TO BOWCOTT PLACE
NORTH SAANICH, B.C.

In accordance with liquor contro! and Licensing Branch guide-
lines, a referendum was conducted between September 7 and

A minimum of 60% of those voting must vote in favour of
granting the licence for the application to proceed.

A 60% majority was not achieved in this referendum. the
application will cease on this basis.

Banning smoking on femmes is a
real positive step forward, Micha-
luk said.

“Now it’s a question of when,
not if,” she said.

The request from the CRD com-
mittee is now going to the provin-
cial Board of Health, with a
request that they draft a letter of
formal request to B.C. Ferries,
Michaluk said.

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