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environments and should not be.

designated simply as “urban
Teserve,’ i.e. a land bank for
Victoria’s future expansion. It is
also proposed to designate a por-
tion of the Tod Inlet area as a
“Nature park.”

3. While currently permitted as
a use of agricultural land, golf is a
recreational activity, and, hence, it
is recommended that golf course
policies should be under “Parks,
Recreation, and Open Spaces”’
rather than under “Agriculture.”

4. To strengthen the section on
the environment, amendments,
based on recommendations from
our Advisory Planning Commis-
sion and on sections from the old
OCP. are proposed.

There will be public meetings to
discuss any council recommenda-

tions for change. In addition, the _

public is encouraged to obtain
copies of the amendments and
advise council of its views.

Ald. Clarence Bolt

Planning and zoning commit-
tee chairman

Central Saanich

l’s Spring!

Editor:
(On Southern Vancouver Island)

The young green leaves are bursting
forth,
And spring flowers show their
face,
The sun climbs higher each new
day,
Enlarging its embrace;
Ponds hide the deep-voiced singing
frogs,
Wee lambkins skip and run —
All nature is a-smiling,
For new life has begun!

But long before the winds are warm,
From cold and crusty beds,

Dainty little snowdrops raise
Their pretty bobbing heads.

“Awake, awake,” they seem to call,
“We're tired of lying still,”

And first of all the garden flowers,
A cheerful place they fill.

Then soon the gay bright crocuses,
in multi-colored dress,

Pop up in clusters here and there—

Their advent is to bless.

And viewing their bright faces,
A human scarce can frown,
For wind and rain and cloudy
skies
Can never keep them down!

The golden-yellow daffodils,

At first tho” few in number,
Whene’er a south wind tends to
blow,

In hordes awake from slumber;
Their nodding, shaking heads are seen

As far as eye can scan, :
Wide fields unfolding Joveliness,

Delight the heart of man.

As nature dons the garb of spring,
Another flower unfolds —
The stately, stalwart tulip,
So graceful to behold;
Depending on the sun and rain,
Their beauty to expand,
In rainbow colors all a-blaze,
Are seen on every hand.

And many, many other flowers,
In kindness add their bloom,
With each fresh breath of spring,

there wafits
Another sweet perfume.

In life immortal’s quick’ning pulse
God’s promise He maintains,
That after winter, spring shall come

As long as earth remains.

Martha Readings
Sidney

Editor’s note: It’s Spring (on
southern Vancouver Island) was
originally published in the March
28, 1962 issue of The Review.

Hidden plan
is suspected

Editor:

I do not normally write. to news-
papers but after the comments
attributed to Mel Couvelier in

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 Sunday’s daily newspaper I have

to State my concerns. My vote in
the next election would have gone
to Mr. Couvelier as the Social
Credit candidate but now I cannot
support him.

He must be in a dream world if
he cannot see the damage the
media has done to the party, not
only the premier. His stand is very
confusing but one thing I am not
confused about is the fact there
has to be some plan behind Mr.
Couvelier’s recent remarks.

It is one thing to resign a cabinet

post but another to get into the fray |
of those criticizing the party

leader. :

I am a Social Credit supporter, —

mostly because I believe in free
enterprise. Mr. Vander Zalm has
made mistakes but to be taken on
by one of his closest (perceived)
cabinet ministers smells of a hid-
den plan.

What is your real objective, Mr.
Couvelier?

L. Sidoroy

Sidney

TheReview Wednesday, March 27, 1991 —

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Emergency bid fails again,

Efforts by the Capital Regional
District to convince Central Saa-
nich council to take part in a
regional emergency planning task
force failed again March 18.

Council reiterated a stand taken
by a previous council, which
rejected a similar proposal by the
CRD in 1990.

Mayor Ted Jones said the Penin-
sula’s emergency planning pro-
gram is “way ahead” of any

regional initiative to deal with

disasters. like a mayor earthquake.

“The CRD would be. gaining -

DISTRICT OF NORTH SAANICH
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roads in the District of North Saanich.

our expertise if we were to join
them and I can’t see what benefits
there would be for us,” he said.

Ald. Arlene Box said the munic-
ipality would be wasting its money
if it contributed to the setting up of
another cumbersome regional
bureaucracy.

However, the CRD’s request for
reconsideration of council’s 1990
decision on the matter was
directed to an upcoming tri-
municipal meeting and to coun- ~
cil’s emergency measures commit-
tee: : ; :

TJ: Parry, P. Eng.
Municipal Engineer