SES Ea Rg a ga i ag yg aay ay a lng Sal News TheReview Wednesday, J ne 12, 1991 — AA Wooing members for B.C. Reform The Reform Party of B.C. has wooed 100 members and counting, party organizer Don Hutchings said last week. The party has set up its first constituency association in the province in the Saanich North and The Islands riding. Organizers have been soliciting support from Peninsula residents for over two weeks and the number of people buying the $10 member- ships is “excellent for the amount of time we've spent on it,” Hut- chings said Friday. “We're getting very close lo calling our first public meeting,” he said. A constituency executive would likely be picked at that meeting, said Hutchings, adding he expected it to be called before the end of June. Following this, the party would call a nomination meeting to select a candidate for the provincial elec- tion which must be held this year. The RPBC is distinct and not connected with the Reform Party of Canada, and Hutchings said he has not targeted federal party members for support. Rather, he said memberships are being sought by calling, in alpha- betical order, residents listed in the Saanich Peninsula phone book. Council backs bicycle trails Motions endorsing bike trails in North Saanich were passed by council June 3, following a report on the May 30 Sidney and North Saanich bicycle advisory commit- tee meeting. North Saanich endorsed the concept of bicycle paths in the municipality as part of a bicycle path network for the Peninsula, advocated establishing a Peninsula bicycle path sub-committee to work with the regional transporta- tion study task force and agreed to purchase a $50 community cycling manual prepared by the national task force on cycling. Ald. Edo Nyland, who repre- sents North Saanich on the bicycle advisory committee, said a bicycle path network could be used by residents for shopping and com- muting and could draw visitors to the area. Rod Clack, who was involved in developing Ottawa’s cycling net- work, has been advising the com- mittee, Nyland said. Ald. Dee Bailin said funding might be available from the Pro- vincial Capital Commission tow- ards developing bicycle paths. ands Funeral Chapels 656-2932 or 388-5155 Offer a complete choice of Professional Services. — TRADITIONAL — MEMORIAL — DIRECT CREMATION — FULL PRE-ARRANGEMENTS SERVICES : Services from your church or in either of our chapels at 1803 QUADRA STREET VICTORIA Or 317 GOLDSTREAM AVE. COLWOOD Ocean Sciences’ door open to public by Girard Hengen The Review Scientists have expected others to do their public relations work, but more and more they are realiz- ing they have to do it themselves, says a local scientist. John Garrett, of the Institute of Ocean Sciences, says scientists are coming to understand some the _ advantages of getting their mes- sages out to the public. It can quell the distrust people might feel towards scientific research, especially in sensitive areas. “Scientists assumed that (public relations) job would be assumed by someone else,” said Garrett, who is director of physical and chemical sciences at Ocean Sciences. That “someone else” was sup- posed to be the media, but many scientists agree news organizations aren't covering science well. Thus, he believes scientists have to adapt, learning communication skills which enable them to deal with the public and the media. He noted Ocean Sciences is taking steps to inform the local community about what happens at the centre. Tours are held every Tuesday and Thursday at 10 a.m., an open house was held for the first time last year, and displays dot the hallway: house. “The door is open,” he said. Ocean Sciences is also holding public seminars, and Thursday, Lydia Dotto, a science journalist, told a group of scientists how to break down the “uneasy relation- ship” between themselves and the media in order to communicate with the public. She said in an interview after her talk that initiatives like those undertaken by Ocean Sciences are important “because there are a lot of people out there who think scientists do strange things in labs.” : Honesty is the best policy, and people respond to forthrightness, she said. She told a group of Ocean Sciences employees people don’t understand what scientists do. 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