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by Mare Davis
The Review

The success of the 1994 Com-
monwealth Games in Victoria
hinges on the readiness of Central
Saanich and other municipalities
to make “significant monetary
contributions” to the cost of run-
ning the event, the president of the
Victoria Commonwealth Games
Society said May 28.

Ron Langstaffe said Central
Saanich should be willing to spend
at least $100,000 over the next five
years towards the operating costs
of the Games.

Ideally, he would like to see
council hand over 20 per cent of its

Games’ success depends on councils

portion of the bill by the end of
July.

The provincial government has
earmarked a $36 million contribu-
tion towards the project but is
holding back the lion’s share of
the money until firm commitments
are made by the 14 Greater Vic-
toria municipalities, Longstaffe
said.

“We’ ve got our feet in the fire in
terms of finding out where the
municipalities stand so that we can
get further funding from the pro-
vincial government,” he said.

The society would like to see the
municipalities contribute $6 mil-
lion, he said.

TRUCK BURNED IN FRONT of an industrial area in the
1800-block Verling Avenue, about 11:15 p.m. May 27,
Central Saanich police said. The truck was completed
engulfed in flames when the fire department armived. Two
explosions shook the area when the front tires blew up,
police said. Investigators have yet to determine the cause of
the blaze.

Man faces string of charges
for chase, two brushes with law

Police in Central Saanich were
led on a high speed chase in the
Stellys Crossroad-Wallace Drive
area after the driver of a 1976
Chev pick-up refused to stop in the
,eatly morming of May 26, police
said.

A police cruiser on patrol tried
to stop the truck after seeing it
travelling without headlights near
Stellys Crossroad about 5 a.m.,
Central Saanich deputy police
Chief George Lawson said.

After a short pursuit the truck
was stopped but when a police
officer got out of his police vehicle
fo approach the truck, it sped off
again.

After another high speed pursuit
that lasted for several minutes, the
truck was stopped in the south end
of Stellys Crossroad, but appar-
ently the driver refused to unlock
the truck’s doors and was seen
consuming alcohol.

Eventually the driver was appre-
hended and taken to the police
office.

The truck was seized'and placed
in the police impound yard and a
24-year-old man from Wallace
‘Drive in Central Saanich was later
released on an appearance notice.

His brush with the law didn’t
end there, however.

About 8:20 p.m. the same day,
Central Saanich police received a
report from Sidney RCMP that the
truck in question was illegally
removed from the police impound
yard.

Apparently the truck’s owner
did not have sufficient funds to
pay for impound charges.

Mounties said the truck had
been driven backwards through the
Peninsula Towing compound,
causing damage to several vehi-

cles, before it was backed through
the gates and out of the yard. ,

Central Saanich police found
the truck on Wallace Drive a short
time later and arrested the same
24-year-old man.

Sidney RCMP said charges of
theft over $1,000 and impaired
driving are pending. Charges of
impaired driving and various
motor vehicle act charges, includ-
ing failure to stop for a police
officer, are also pending by Central
Saanich police as a result of the
first incident.

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However, all the money spent
will be recouped tenfold by the
municipalities in the area, he said.

“The $6 million plus which the
municipalities are being asked to
invest in the Games will result in
$60 million of new permanent
facilities. There is one dollar of
legacy for each 10 cents that you
invest,” he said.

~ Hosting the Games will pro-
vide new facilities for the com-
munity, including swimming
pools, find house, lawn bowls and
a velodrome.”

Longstaffe said he expected a
$172 million total investment
would be needed to stage the
Games.

He said the federal government
has slated a contribution of $50
million in conjunction with the
provincial government’s $36 mil-
lion aid package.

As well as $70 million in cor-
porate sponsorship and $10 mil-
lion in ticket sales are hoped for,
he said.

The economic benefit to the
region will be very significant
according to a study prepared by
the accounting firm Coopers and
Lybrand, Longstaffe said.

The study predicted that an
operating budget of $154 million
will generate $352 million in eco-
nomic activity, as well as 4,850
person years of employment dur-
ing the pre-Games and Games
phases, he said.

The report also said that the
resulting boost to tourism in
Greater Victoria would lead to an
additional $114 million in eco-
nomic activity, Longstaffe said.

He added that it would also lead
to another 462 person years of jobs
during the five years after the
Games.

“In aggregate, it is likely that
every one dollar spent by the
society in staging the Games will
generate more than three dollars of
economic activity,” he said.

Council’s committee recieved
the presentation with thanks and
moved it be brought before council
for further consideration.

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Car damaged

Two hubcaps were stolen and a
side mirror was damaged on a
1980 Peninsula taxi parked in
front of a residence on Gabriola
Place in Sidney, sometime
between 12 midnight and 1:30
a.m. May 22, Sidney RCMP said.

Police ask persons with infor-
mation about this crime contact
police.

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