An Island Publishers Newspaper Wednesday April 18, 1990 40¢ Slade B4 BEYER AQ BRENNAN Al4 GRENBY BY AMPSON A15 GANG BS NASH AT Plowing fields the - old fashioned way B10 Audited Circulation 12,933 Society dedicated to preserving valley by Glenn Werkman The Review A recently formed society is dedicated to preserving a heritage Douglas fir forest and vast tracts of agricultural land near Mt. Newton Crossroad, west of Saanichton to the Saanich Inlet. The Mount Newton Valley Con- servation Society wants Central Saanich to create development permit areas to control develop- ment of. the south slope of Mt. Newton. i “The society has been set up in response to the conclusion in the Central Saanich official communi- ty plan that the southern slopes of Mt. Newton is the major area capable of accommodating an expanding population,” vice- president Andrew Yeoman said. By developing in development permit areas, land could be pooled and critical areas with steep slopes, heritage Douglas fir forest and agricultural land would be set aside, Yeoman said. “The set aside land, which would be 30-40 per cent of the total, would be available as a provincial or municipal land bank, which could in turn be used to purchase further agricultural land, which could be managed by a provincial or municipal trust,” Yeoman said. The society’s aim is to prevent the sort of “insensitive develop- ment that has recently been allowed in two places in Central Saanich’? — the old B.C. Hydro site in Brentwood and the old cherry orchard alongside the Pat Bay Highway, Yeoman said. Society president Ted Clayards, a former Central Saanich alder- man, told council April 2: “We recognize there will be buildings built up there. We suggest. that building take place in clusters, or building four or five storeys high, to preserve the trees and shrub life. “Let’s work it out together,” Clayards said. Ald. Wayne Hunter said cluster development has been brought up before but building several-storey buildings hasn’t. “Tt would be a very interesting concept to investigate if it ever got to the point where the area was to Continued on Page A3 Claustrophobia fuels flooding rampage by Valorie Lennox The Review A Brentwood Bay man who flooded his cell in the Central Saanich police station after being amested for impaired driving suf- fered from claustrophobia, defence lawyer James Turner told Sidney provincial court Thursday. James Dawes Moore, 42, became increasingly agitated dur- ing the booking procedure after he was arrested about 10:40 p.m. Dec. 12, Turner said. Put in a cell, he reacted violently and was put in leg shac- kles to restrain his movements. Shortly after 2 a.m., a guard saw Moore rip the plastic baseboard from the cell, cram it into the toilet bowl and stand in the bowl, flush- ing the toilet and flooding the cell, crown counsel Edward Ormheim said. The water seeped through the People home as thieves steal Several occupied homes were broken into by thieves in the Keating Ridge area of Central Saanich overnight Saturday- Sunday. -=-.. Some residents didn’t discover their homes had been entered until the thieves had left, police said. Most homes were entered through back or carport doors that had been locked. A Technics compact disc player and a men’s wallet were stolen from one home in the 2300-block Moore Place, overnight Saturday- Sunday. Sometime between 11:30 p.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday, a Toshiba video cassette recorder was stolen after a front door to a home in the 6700-block Barbara Drive was opened. Residents were home during the time of the theft, police said. Around the comer, in the 2400- block Barbara Place, two vehicles parked in a driveway were entered and a Makita angle grinder worth $200 and a pair of Pioneer car speakers were taken. Four tires from a neighboring resident’s backyard shed were also stolen. Between 12 midnight Saturday and 9:30 a.m. Sunday, a Bryston professional model power ampli- fier worth $1,700, 12 compact discs, a Hitachi CD player, a Kodak 35 mm camera and a brown men’s wallet were taken from a residence in the 6700-block Bar- bara Drive after a basement door was opened. A neighboring house was also entered but stolen items have yet to be reported by the owner, police said. Also in the 2400-block Barbara Place, a $400 Blaupunkt car stereo and $800 worth of miscellaneous computer equipment was taken from a locked vehicle parked in a driveway. i Central Saanich police were actively investigating Monday. floor, damaging the fire alarm system. Repairs cost $164.14, Ormheim said. Turmer said Moore was trying to ease pain caused by the chaffing shackles by immersing his ankles in cool water. The shackles were later removed by the guard. His client has a cheque ready to cover the cost of damages, Tumer added. Moore had been stopped after police spotted his car weaving in a lane while westbound on Keating Crossroad, Ormheim said. Taken to the Central Saanich police sta- tion, Moore failed to provide a suitable breath sample for breatha- lyzer analysis. Tumer said. Moore, a loans offi- cer, had been drinking with co- workers and was on his way home when apprehended by. police. On Thursday, Moore pleaded guilty to failing to provide a brea- thalyzer sample. Charges of impaired driving and mischief were stayed by Crown counsel. Judge Stephen Denroche fined Moore $650, ordered him to pay $164.14 restitution and suspended his drivers’ licence for a year.