News Family night siaris weekend An evening of entertainment and the choosing of Sidney’s two youth ambassadors is planned for May 17 at Sanscha Hall. Each of the eight nominees for youth ambassador will be intro- duced during the event, which Starts at 7 p.m. and continues until 10 p.m. Entertainment includes the Sid- ney Elementary school children’s choir, the Keating Rappers, the Velda Scobie Tappers, the Park- land Jazz Band and Stelly’s Air The popular family singing group, The Moffets, will also entertain. The Newcomers Club is holding a cake decorating contest and will be selling the entries. At the end of the evening, the two youth ambassadors will be announced. Each will receive a plaque and a $750 scholarship. Admission is tree although there will be a silver collection to help defray expenses. A host of other events are planned throughout the weekend, including May pole dancing, dedi- cation of the Centennial band- stand, a heritage fashion show, boat rally, concerts, a salmon bar- becue, pancake breakfasts, heritage tours, a dance and children’s activ- ities. More details will be printed next week. Two events are planned in June to honor Sidney’s seniors. On June 22 a complimentary pioneer dinner will be held at the Silver Threads centre on Restha- ven Drive, Sidney, starting at 6 p.m. On June 23 a complimentary pioneer tea and fashion show will be held at the Beechwood Village, 2345 Mills Road, Sidney, starting at 2 p.m. People who have lived in Sidney or in the North Saanich area for 45 years, including former residents, are invited. Transportation can be arranged. To register for the tea and/or the dinner, call Clarice Coty at 655- 0849 as soon as possible. Impaired driver escapes jail Despite repeated impaired driving convictions, a 54-year-old Saanichton man escaped a jail sentence after pleaded guilty in Sidney provincial court Thursday to impaired driving. Crown counsel Edward Ormheim noted Martin Cooper had a previous conviction for impaired driving in 1985 and other convictions in the 1970s, but said he was not asking for a jail sentence due to the length of time since the last conviction. Cooper was stopped at 2:45 a.m. Dec. 8 after police noted him speeding on Mt. Newton Cross Road. He admitted drinking half-a-dozen beer and had breathalyzer readings of .13 and .12 per cent, Ormheim said. Judge Wayne Smith fined Cooper $500 and suspended his driver’s licence for 12 months. GOLF Continued from Page Al “In the event that the residents of Central Saanich do not support this development, I agree to gracefully abandon all attempts to rezone this property for a golf course,” Berglund said in the letter. He said he feels the majority approve of the development. “T am prepared to allow for a truly democratic process to let them decide. I challenge you to do the same.” Council considered Berglund’s proposal in camera Monday. HOTEL TheReview Wednesday, May 8,1991 — A2 Continued from Page Al speople don’t want such a massive Structure dominating Sidney’s waterfront. The hotel was pro- posed for company-owned land adjacent to the Sidney Museum. Opposing aldermen (Ald. John Calder, Brenda Harfield and Dave Goulet) said it would have changed the complexion and char- acter of the town. Supporting the APC recommen- dation were Ald. Don Amos, Ted Daly and Bob Jones. They argued council wasn’t approving the hotel concept in principle, just referring the matter to the rezoning process in order to get the public involved. Pullen says he was surprised council voted as it did because he thought the intent of the recom- mendation was to get the town- speople involved. “Thaven’t quite fit it all together as to why they took the step they did,” he said. He added the project is likely on hold for a few years until a more suitable use for the land is found. In the meantime, he said the company will probably fence off the land and leave it undeveloped. Port Sidney had proposed a seven-storey building, which would have had two added stones for underground parking and been terraced and stepped back on the east, south and north sides. It would have consisted of 104 rooms plus retail space, a coffee shop, bistro bar, lounge, restaurant and conference facilities. The company can sull submit a formal application for rezoning, but Pullen said he isn’t sure if he will. According to the minutes of the April 2 APC meeting tabled by : council on April 22, the commis- sion “felt this could be the water- shed for further things to come, .. it would establish a developmen trend not only for the port area bu also for downtown. “It would whet the appetite of other developers to pursue multi- storey applications.” One the positive side, commis- sion members thought the hotel would enhance shopping, be a people place and add viability to downtown revitalization. Calder said he could not support the APC recommendation because BF Goodrich GET 1 TIRE If you buy 3 at our regular low price (Expires April 30, 1991) é : that would mean council was giv- Ing itS tacit stamp of approval to the hotel proposal. He said in the fall election, he received a clear message from voters: “Maintenance of the small- town character of Sidney must prevail....I just cannot approve a seven-storey SOMBIE: on that site.” GURTON’S GARAGE LTD. 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