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proposal for a recycling garbage
dump by the council within the
District of North Saanich.

I am very disappointed that the
members of the council would
even suggest such an undertaking,
let alone start negotiations for the
site without prior notification to

@ the immediate families that reside

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in close proximity to the site in
question.

Has the council studied in depth
all of the undesirable spin-offs that
this facility would impose upon
the people in the surrounding area,
and not only that we would be
obliged to pay for this objectiona-
ble nuisance with our taxes.

Up until the present time this
Jand has been used for agricultural
purposes e.g. growing of hay and
the pasturing of cattle. If this
disaster is allowed to proceed it
will totally destroy this piece of
land; which will never be returned
to it’s natural state.

It was my understanding when I
purchased property adjacent to
this property in question, that this

area was within the Agricultural

Py and Reserve, and now the current

council in all it’s wisdom is elect-
ing to arbitrarily change the status
quo with the stroke of a pen with
little or no consideration to the
taxpayers in this area. I hope that,
if this disaster should go into

__ Operation, that these leamed peo-
_ ple of the council have a contin-

gency plan when the degradation
of the area begins.
How many members of council

™ would recommend a site for the
secomposting (rotting) of grass clip-

4 pings, and other garden waste to be

erected in their neighborhood.

Usually all the good things go
with this type of composting site,
which are the rats and other
rodents not to mention the foul
odor. I understand that this has
become a problem with other such
sites.

There is no way that council
could ensure that persons using
this dump would not leave garbage
or other unfriendly environmental
debris which would have to be
removed by the municipality at a
further expense to the taxpayers
that have already been violated.

I cannot accept your benevolent
attitude in extending the privileges
of this proposal to other munici-
palities and areas, at the expense
of the lifestyle enjoyed by the
residents in the Wilson Road and
Mills Road area.

If you people are bound to
destroy this area, you should allow
all the people in the area to be
included in the negotiation, so that
they may lease their properties to
become garbage dumps.

In closing, all I can say is — to
those members of council who
support this endeavor but could
not allow a portion of Agricultural
Land Reserve to be used for a golf
course — your credibility is
placed in question.

Stuart Rhodes
North Saanich

Prison

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bone waved over it to add flavor.
They also served ersatz acorn
coffee.

“Tt was here that I first noticed
the lack of food. We could hardly
lift our feet off the ground. The
lack of food seemed to prey on our
minds. How it must have felt to
endure that feeling for weeks,
months and years as prisoners in
concentration camps and P.O.W.
camps endured, is impossible to
imagine.”

The final event of the weekend
reunion will be a breakfast at the
Army, Navy and Airforce Hall.
There the final stories will be told
and the final farewells said —
until the next reunion.

“On the morning of 26th July

the officer in charge of the Ger-
man guards called for volunteers
to work on the railroad. We were
So weak from hunger that we just
dragged our feet along the ground.

“We started a little game with
the guards. Every time they spoke
or came close to us we would say
“Allemande kaput.” Loose trans-
lation: “Germany is finished.”
Some of the guards agreed with us.

“About 11 a.m. three Mitchell
bombers and two Lightnings came
in sight at about 10,000 feet, at an
angle of about 50 degrees. Small
black dots started dropping from
the Mitchells.

“The adrenalin took over. I
jumped about two feet in the air,
with no thought of hunger, and was
about 50 feet away when I hit the

ground. I was running neck and
neck with a German guard. We
came to a hedge.

“The German went one way and
I went the other. At the end of the
hedge I met an Essex private. He
Said, “Are you going?” I kept on
going and said, “Don’t ask silly
questions, let's go.”

“WE WERE FREE!”

Moore and the Essex private,
who turned out to be a Newfoun-
dlander named Bill McLeod, were
hidden by French farmers and then
put in touch with the French
resistance.

Disguised as farmers, they
cycled through a German-
controlled village and were hidden
on a farm for over two weeks until
American troops atrived.

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