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Dismal turnout for challenge

The results are in from last
week's Participaction Challenge,
and they don’t flatter little Sidney-
by-the-Sea.

Not enough people donned their
sneakers Wednesday to make the
contest close.

Our Sidney was challenged by
Ontario’s Township of Sidney.

Last Wednesday, residents were
encouraged to register 15 minutes
of continuous physical activity.
The community recording the
higher percentage of the popula-
tion was the winner. :

The verdict: Sidney, Ont. —
42.5 per cent; Sidney, B.C — 5.3
per cent.

In terms of numbers, this means
528 registered here, compared to
9°800 out east.

At least the Ontarians can’t be
too smug, as a third Sydney — this
one in Nova Scotia — also
recorded 42.5 per cent.

Don’t be surprised to see a new
flag flying at Town Hall. That’s
because as part of the challenge,
the losing community agreed to fly
the winner’s flag from May 30 to
June 2,

Town officials here are left to
ponder what went wrong.

“We've got a lot of work to do
for next year,” said Mayor Marie
Rosko.

She believes it was the first time
the challenge was held in the town.

“We're going to really promote
this next year,” she said. “We’re
going to start in January.

“It’s a good community fun
thing, and I don’t see why we can’t
be up there.”

She singled out the contribu-
tions of students at the Sidney
Elementary and Greenglade Ele-
mentary schools for their support.

Youths caught in cultural centre

Police on a routine patrol were
informed by a neighbor that four
youths were inside the Central
Saanich library/cultural centre on
Clarke Road in Brentwood Bay
about 11 p.m. May 11.

- A second car was called in “and

we surrounded the place, appre-
hending two boys aged 13 and 17

- Anew
" spirit of
giving
Avnarional Beso ceotrs giving

and two girls, both 12,” deputy
police Chief George Lawson said.
The four were drinking soda pop
in the basement.

“That citizen deserves an Atta-
boy,’ Lawson said.

The young people were given a
ride home.

-ONLY-A- HANDFUL turned

out Wednesday for a
Park Walk along the
Lochside seaside.

More talks on
staff salaries

Sidney town administrators will
be waiting a few more weeks to see
how much of a raise they'll get this
year.

The Town’s Committee A rec-
ommended to council on May 27
that management salaries be
increased an average of 5.5 per
cent for 1991.

However, only committee A
chairman Ald. Ted Daly agreed
with the recommendation.

Other aldermen wanted to refer
the matter to council’s committee
of the whole for a “new discus-
sion.”

Daly said management salaries
in Sidney were compared with
those in 10 other municipalities of
a similar size. The result — Sidney
administrators make less than their
counterparts.

“This increase doesn’t make
Sidney leaders-of-the-pack by any
means,” said Daly.

However, Ald. Don Amos said
he “had some concerns about the
percentage. There is quite a fluc-
tuation (among increases proposed
for various administrators) and we
are im recessionary times.”

He asked council to refer the
matter to an in camera session of
committee of the whole, but this
was rejected.

Then aldermen oied down the —

original motion presented by Daly.

Ald. John Calder, noting man-
agement got an increase of about
12 per cent last year, said he was
not happy with the further hike
proposed.

He recommended, and council
agreed, to refer it to a committee of
the whole discussion.

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