ee . Commercial Real Estate W aay UBER 652-5171 NRS Peninsula Properties Audited Circulation 12,968 A Victoria Weeklies Publication Wednesday June 19,1991 40¢ Inside Al7 BUSINESS CALENDAR Al4 CLASSIFIEDS A21 COMMUNITY A113 GARDENING A20 OPINION AT SPORTS C6 OUTDOORS A18 COLUMNS BEYER AT GRENBY A17 HAMPSON A18 LANG A20 TOP OF THE PILE A7 BRAND NEW TRUCK Worth almost a quarter million dollars, the new N. Saanich fire pumper gleamed ara ceremony Page A5 STRIKE THREATENS HOME Unionized workers at the Mountainview resthome in Saanichton are in favor of action Page A9 CEDAR CANOE CRAFIED A sleek racing canoe is being built by native Indian school children in Brentwood Bay Page Al3 THEY PARTY TOO HEARTY With sumamer almost here, teenager's hit the beaches with more than one thing in mind Page Bl BEHIND THE SCENES Volunteers are great folks. They have lots of stories about when tt just didn’t work right Page C2 Victoria WEEKLIES Review office hours The Review office, at 97/26-First St. in Sidney, is open from 9 am. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Mail to Box 2070, Sidney, B.C. V8L 3S5. Second class mail registration number 0128. Little League looks fo airport for new home Meeting planned to stop nematode Officials and farmers in Central Saanich will meet to discuss the golden nematode potato growing resfriction in a meeting inside the Central Saanich fire hall hosted by council starting at 2 p.m. July 2. According to Michael Van- treight, a grower representative pushing for the ban to be lifted, the presence of “the leading nemato- logist in North America” would assist immensely in clarifying Statements previously made by the A plucky little Saanichton tod- dler who is awaiting a bone mar- row transplant in Vancouver no longer spends his days in the hospital. However, Shane Delbrouck, 2, has to make daily trips to Chil- dren’s Hospital for shots and tests as doctors there try to treat his rare blood disease. Shane, the only son of Brian and Barbara Delbrouck, was diagnosed as having aplastic anemia seven weeks ago. That means his bone marrow, which should produce blood cells and platelets, is not working. He was in the hospital for a few weeks, taking an experimental drug which might get the bone marrow working again. Gladys Otto, his grandmother, said tests will be conducted soon to see if the drug is working. “Other than that, we’re still playing the waiting game,” she said. Canadian Nursery Trade of Cana- da. Council Monday ratified a com- mittee recommendation that $850 air fare and a $300 accommoda- tion fee be paid by the municipali- ty so Dr. Bill Brodie, a nematolog- ist from Cornell University, to attend the July 2 meeting with over a dozen other groups. Also invited to the closed-door meeting are representatives of the Canadian Nursery Trade, the B.C. Toddler keeps spirits up A search has been conducted for a bone marrow donor, but no match has been found in Canada and the U.S., she said, adding the United Kingdom donor registry is being searched right now. The boy needs a transplant, and if his body accepts the bone mar- Tow, it’s possibly he can lead a normal life. But at least Shane is allowed out of the hospital. The Delbroucks, who have to take Shane in every day for tests, are staying with Barbara’s sister Bobbie, a nurse at Children’s Hospital. “He’s at a home, and the home iS an apartment in a house and it has a nice back yard,” said Otto, who was visiting the Delbroucks last week. “He’s able to go outside and play, so that’s nice for him....He’s sill bouncing around. He doesn’t look well, but he’s certainly on- the-trot and is very interested in everything.” Nursery Trade, the B.C. Certified Seed Growers Association, the B.C. Vegetable Marketing Com- mission, the B.C. Coast Vegetable Co-operative, the Island Vegetable Co-operative the provincial Minis- try of Agriculture, federal Agricul- ture Canada, MP Lynn Hunter and MLA Mel Couvelier. Vantreight said in a letter con- sidered by the community liaison committee June 10 the representa- tives are invited to “explain their views as to why it is so important that we do not grow potatoes in Continued on Page A9 by Girard Hengen The Review Sidney Little League’s field of dreams lies near the end of a runway, on leased Victoma Airport land. But it’s more than a dream, as the Little League executive hopes to build four diamonds on the airport land before next season. The parcel is considered ade- quate, despite its proximity to aircraft traffic. “Everyone seems to be gung-ho about it,” said Little League presi- dent Brian Bennett last week. “We need the facility for the kids,” he said. About 500 youngsters play base- ball on the organization’s five diamonds seven days a week, he said. The present diamonds in Sans- cha Park, which were threatened by an interchange proposed by the Highways Ministry for Beacon Avenue and the Pat Bay Highway, were spared when the project was canceled by the ministry. However, Bennett says their Status is still uncertain, “and with or without the interchange, we'd still like to have a permanent home.” The League wants to build four fields around one central conces- sion and office building. Each field would fan out from the center. Transport Canada was approached, and a parcel has been offered for lease under the approach to runway 31, opposite the B.C. Aviation Museum and adjacent to some houses along Canora Road, said acting airport manager Des Easthom. Only small aircraft use the run- way, accounting for about eight to 10 per cent of all airport flights, he said. To secure the lease, Little League must submit a formal pro- posal to Transport Canada indicat- ing short and long-term require- Continued on Page A2 School District 63 shop. _ March. Wallace Drive. Keep your hands off Henry Henry is back on duty protecting Brentwood Elementary children who cross Wallace Drive — and school principal Al. Traumweiser wants to keep him there. Dubbed Henry the Third, the five-foot plywood figure is the third incarnation of Henry created by maintenance staff at the Henry One and Two were both taken, Traumweiser said. Henry One was gone 15 minutes after being placed on duty last To discourage Henry collectors, Henry the Third is now } chained in place a short distance before the school crosswalk on The brightly-colored plywood figure was designed by Grade 4 student Jordan Bones and is painted in a school crossing guard uniform, complete with baseball cap. Parent volunteer Leanne Guthrie and daughter Crystal place Henry on Wallace Drive every school day. ‘The idea is to slow the cars down because there is a crosswalk ahead and boy, does it work,” Traumweiser said. However it only works when Henry is at his post. ““He goes missing from time to time,’’ Traumweiser said. After the loss of Henry the Second, Crystal Guthrie wrote the principals of the local Middle and Secondary Schools, asking older students to keep their hands off Henry.