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Plantation found, others charged for drugs At least two residents of Sidney are among 49 Vancouver Island people who will face charges of trafficking in narcotics and restricted drugs, the Victoria RCMP drug squad said Tuesday. “As a result of a 10-week street level investigation Victoria and Nanaimo RCMP, with the assis- tance of municipal police in Colwood and Duncan, issued arrest warrants for 49 people,” Victoria RCMP sub-division Staff Sgt. Pat Convey said. Police seized quantities of her- oin, cocaine, marijuana, hashish and LSD as part of the investiga- tion. Of the 49 warrants issued, police arrested about 30 people. Included are persons from Sidney, Colwood, Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Duncan and Lake Cowichan. “We started the round-up yester- day,” Convey said. The bust comes on the heels of a Sidney RCMP seizure of a planta- tion of marijuana, discovered on ‘Tsawout band lands about 500 yards inland from the Cordova Channel. Two Sidney RCMP officers har- vesting about 60 marijuana plants found in the southeast quadrant of the reserve Thursday night. Sidney RCMP Sgt. Andy Rose- quist said the plants ranged in size from four to five feet, have an estimated street value of $6,000 and were packed into four large garbage bags. by Glenn Werkman The Review A new building went up over- night at the Port of Sidney. Floated in from Ladner Friday night, an $800,000 port facilities building was put in place Saturday morning and is now the only access from land to boats moored in the marina, marina manager Gary Langstaff said. The building is being held in place by a $100,000 stiff-leg anchor system and will have exter- ior finishing work completed in about 10 days. The building, easily recogniza- ble with a sail roof, will house the amenities for users of the marina. Included inside the floating struc- ture will be showers, washrooms, a laundromat, Canada Customs office, a waterside restaurant and a convenience/gift shop. It’s not the only new building for the Port. Sidney council approved a new design for Building 3, a commer- cial building located just west of the water, north of Beacon Avenue and south of the existing pub building. Changed to a two-storey design, the new building will feature about 6,000. square feet of office space upstairs and 9,-10,000 square feet of retail area on the ground floor. Sidney Pier Holdings manager Jim Burton said it’s designed to become a part of a shopping area “that begins at the Port, could continue along the ground floor of a hotel proposed by Granville West on the old Anderson property, then link right onto Beacon Avenue by public walkways. Sidney Pier changed the design of Building 3 so it could accom- modate some sort of community Building floats in as port takes shape hall venture, should one be pro- posed and approved, Burton said. “That was influenced by discus- sions on the possibility of a con- ference centre,” Burton said. “It was designed so that, if a confer- encé centre was put on this site, Continued on Page A2 Approval for new design Sidney council approved a new design for a commercial building at the Sidney waterfront, despite opposition from one alderman, at a special council meeting Thurs- day. Ald. John Calder said the land Sidney Pier’s Building 3 is planned for was originally sup- posed to be a park. “T’ve given this a lot of thought and I can’t accept this,” Calder said. ““The concept was for an open marine park. ~ Calder did not oppose the design of the building, but rather the concept, stating that the Town spent money in 1984-85 to reclaim one acre of land for about $200,000. “The concepts changed, the council’s changed and the philoso- phy’s changed,” he said. “T cannot accept a huge struc- ture, and for lack of better words, a mini-mall,” Calder said. Ald. Herb Addison said Cal- der’s concerns are much too late to deal with because the issue before council is a change in design, not approval of the building itself. “T respect your objections to it but we are now committed to the plan of action. Building 3 must be seen to its conclusion,’ Addison said. Mayor Norma Sealey said: “The issue is not whether they build the building but the design of the building.” She said the development agree- ment with Sidney Pier requires them to build a building there, although she did express amaze- ment the new design won unani- mous approval from the Town’s Advisory Planning Commission. Although Ald. Ben Ethier shared concerns with Calder, but approved the new design. “A long time ago it was sup- posed to be a park but in time things changed,” Ethier said. ““There’s no way to stop it really, it's changed and we're committed to this new building.” A restrictive covenant designed to ensure the provision of adequate ' parking has been placed on the property. Welding job leads fo fire A welding accident led to a car being destroyed in a blazing fire in Sidney Sunday after- noon. Car owner Joe Puddicombe said he was welding the exhaust pipe of a 1978 Chrysler Cor- dova when the heat of the welding torch led to “some- thing igniting” under the back seat of the car. “Tt was probable the foam underlays under the rear seat got ignited by a hot spot on the floor,” he said. Sidney volunteer fire depart- ment inspector Larry Buchanan said the incident happened at about 4:45 p.m. at Flint Motors on the corner of First Street and Bevan Avenue. Puddicombe said the car, val- ued at about $1,500, went up in flames in under a minute. He praised the Sidney volun- teers for responding to the fire in under four minutes. The fire department was able to quickly extinguish the flames before the garage in which he was working went up in flames, too, he said. “T was working on the car in preparation for going on holi- day. I guess I won’t be going away now, not until next year,” Puddicombe said.