News A Sidney man who hit a parked vehicle and drove on, intending to call police once he got home,. was saved the effort by a witness who brought police to his door. Thursday in Sidney provincial court, James Clifford Harris, 29, pleaded guilty to impaired driving. Noting Harris had a conviction in 1980 for impaired driving, Judge Stephen Denroche fined the man $600 and warned him a repeat offence could lead to three months in jail. “How could you possibly let it happen again?” Denroche asked, after hearing that Harris had left a local pub to drive less than two kilometres to his home. Harris could have walked home, Denroche said. Crown counsel Edward Orm- heim said Harris’s pick-up truck - hit a parked vehicle on Resthaven Drive just after 9:30 p.m. Sept. 29. Police were called and a wit- ness, who had followed Harris to his home, identified Harris as the hit-and-run driver. Defence lawyer Mayland McKimm said Harris lived near the accident.and had driven home intending to call police but was stopped by the witness, who told him police were on their way. A Canadian Armed Forces member based in Esquimalt, Har- is had worked from 6 a.m. until 12 noon Sept. 29. In the afternoon, he drank an estimated four to five beer with co-workers before leav- ing for Sidney at 4:30 p.m. He went to a local pub and continued drinking, consuming an estimated four beer, until 9 p.m. Rotarians back bike path An offer by the Sidney Rotary Club to match municipal funds towards a bike and pedestrian path along Lochside Drive intrigued a North Saanich committee March 26. The planning, zoning and parks committee recommended the Sid- ney Rotary Club, municipal engi- neer Igor Zahynacz and committee chairman Ald. Maurice Chazottes review the idea. Zahynacz estimated a path on Lochside Drive from McTavish to the Sidney border would cost $50,000. He recommended the road be widened on both sides, to accommodate bikers and pedestri- ans travelling in both directions. Sidney Rotary Club president Don Amos said the club would also work with Sidney to extend the bike path to the Anacortes ferry dock. Laurel Road water line - under review Contaminated wells in the Laurel and Tatlow roads area need to be considered under a larger area water plan, North Saanich aldermen agreed March 19. Council tabled any considera- tion of a local improvement pro- ject for a water line until after the municipal engineer prepares a report on water service for the entire area. “We need an overall water plan which might make it easier for everyone concerned,” Ald. Art McKinnon said. Any extension of the water line would now cost each lot owner a minimum of $5,000, municipal staff said. A previous attempt to bring in municipal water as a local improvement project did not get enough support from residents to pass. Council referred the issue back to the public works, transportation and environment committee. The Rotary club could match donations from each municipality and also apply for provincial funds towards the project, Amos said, suggesting a $10,000 donation from each municipality and $20,000 from the Rotary Club. Since North Saanich does not have a grants policy, Mayor Linda Michaluk wondered if the munici- pality could find $10,000 in the ~ budget without increasing the mill Tate. A realistic cost is needed so the amount can be considered in the 1990 budget, she said. Amos said the project does not need to be done in the 1990 budget year but could be planned by the service club and both municipalit- ies for future years. “Tt doesn’t have to happen over- night,” Amos said. WORKING FOR SAANICH & THE ISLANDS Mel Couvelier, MLA for Saanich & the Islands wants to know your cen- cerns. Please visit the Constituency office: 2388 Beacon Ave. Sidney, B.C. 656-6232 Mon.-Fri. 8:30-4:30 or by Appt. 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