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Cyclist hit

A nine-year-old North Saanich
boy is recovering in Victoria Gen-
eral Hospital from a broken leg
and head injuries received after
being hit by a car about 4:30 p.m.
Saturday.

Apparently the young lad
entered Landsend Road from a
private driveway, crossing the path
of an eastbound 1974 Volvo, Sid-
ney RCMP said.

The boy was rushed to Saanich
Peninsula Hospital and later trans-
ferred to Victoria General, where
he was listed in satisfactory condi-
tion.

Police are still investigating the
accident. No charges have been

laid against a 36-year-old Sidney
woman driving the Volvo.

Suspect caught
in Buick theft

A 19-year-old Sidney man is
charged with possession of stolen
property after Central Saanich
police stopped a stolen 1986
Buick on Keating Crossroad,
about 12:55 a.m. Jan. 29.

Sidney RCMP responded to a
-break and enter at Budget Rent-a-
car about 10:45 p.m. Jan. 28 and
discovered the office ransacked
and the keys to a Buick had been
stolen.

After a description of the vehi-
cle was sent to other police forces
Central Saanich Cst. John Teague
stopped the vehicle westbound on
Keating Crossroad and arrested the
lone occupant.

Another Sidney man in his late
teens has also been charged in
connection with the offence, Sid-
ney RCMP said.

Island View golf course will

drive price of farmland higher

A second Island View area far-
mer has joined Steven Jack in
condemning a proposed champi-
onship golf course for Island View
in Central Saanich, :

Wilmer Michell of Michell
Brothers Farms told council in a
recent letter that an 18-hole golf
course at Lamont Road and Puckle
Road would have a “negative
impact” on the area.

About 70 acres of marginal
Agricultural Land Reserve farm-
Jand that constitutes part of the
178 acres slated for development
is viable farmland, he said.

Building on this land would put
“further pressure” on both prime
farmland in all of Central Saanich
and on the Michell Brothers 225-
acre farm, he said.

Crops such as lettuce, carrots,

beets and com can be grown on
parts of the pnmarily Grade 5 tract
of farmland that makes up part of
the proposed golf course site, he
said.

Also, plans to build about a
dozen houses on the golf course
site also alarm him, he said last
week.

_ Michell said the golf course
would also lead to further
encroachment of urban sprawl,
which is already taking part at the
south end of the McHugh Valley.

Further, a golf course develop-
ment would drive up farmland
prices even higher in Central Saa-
nich, which is not good for the
farming business, he said.

“I'm not against golf courses.
I’m just against golf courses on
agricultural land,” he said.

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