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Wednesday, June 19,1991 — A2

Pioneer dinner
held Saturday

All the seats will be filled when
160 long-time area residents sit

down to a complimentary dinner -

Saturday at the Silver Threads
Centre in Sidney.

The dinner, held as part of
Sidney’s Centennial celebration, is
open to residents of Sidney and
North Saanich who have lived in
the area for 45 years or more.

On Sunday, Beechwood Village
will host a tea and fashion show
for long-time residents starting at 2
p.m. at 2345 Mills Road, Sidney.

This event is also open to those
who have lived in the area for 45
years Or more. :

A new event this weekend is the
Summer Arts and Crafts show and
sale at Sanscha Hall from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The show, organized by Chuck
Harvey, is expected to draw local
residents and to attract those in
town over the weekend for the
Army, Navy and Air Force 302
convention.

The convention will also draw
on Sidney’s Centennial with the
Peninsula Celebrations Society
offering a tour to Saanich Penin-
sula museums and historic sites
for convention participants.

The convention starts with a
meat draw, president’s meeting
and dance Friday night, followed
by meetings Saturday and a meat
draw and dance Saturday night.

Outside activities include the
craft fair at Sanscha Hall, the
historic tours and hamess racing at
the Sandown Race Track. The
A.N.A.F club will be open to
members and guests starting at
3:30 p.m. Saturday.

The A.N.A.E has donated
$1,000 towards the Peninsula
Celebrations Society’s Centennial
and Sidney Days events.

Sidney’s Centennial

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Join in the Fun!

Exchange heated on marina expansion plans .

by Girard Hengen
The Review

One side will not be amused
when Sidney council decides, per-
haps as early as Monday, the fate
of a proposed expansion to the
Port Sidney Marina by Granville
West Capital Corp.

Proponents and opponents of the
expansion — some braving cat-
calls and boos, others being
greeted by roars of approval —

. took part in a verbal exchange of

volleys during a Monday night
public meeting in Sidney.
About 250 people packed the

Silver Threads hall, with some in
the standing-room-only crowd
Standing outside the doorways,
straining to hear what was going
on.

Many supported Granville West
president Kim Pullen, who said a
bigger port would enhance tourism
in Sidney, attract people to the
waterfront and provide spin-off
economic benefits to town busi-
nesses.

He said the company goes “to
great lengths” to ensure the port is
environmentally sensitive.

Many of the most vocal oppo-
nents live on the immediate water-

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ments for size and orientation of
fields, parking, fencing and build-
ing layouts.

Easthom said Little League
plans must meet standards and not
cause any hazards.

“As it stands, we support their
proposal and we don’t see any
problems with it....1 can assure you
we would not be doing anything
risky.”

Little League must also work
Out an arrangement with John
Pendray, a local farmer, who has
been leasing the land for agricul-
tural purposes.

He would have to give up the
lease, and he said he is waiting to
hear more information about the
project from the mayors of North
Saanich and Sidney.

Bennett said Little League
wants the land question resolved
quickly so it can approach the
provincial government for money.

The Town of Sidney has bud-
geted $50,600 for the fields, of
which $20,000 is expected from
Little League and $10,600 from
the province.

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meeting received a letter from
Easthom on the status of the fields.

Aldermen referred it to town
staff, but town administrator Geoff
Logan said the issue is compli-
cated because of the number of
groups involved.

Sidney, North Saanich, Trans-
port Canada and Sidney Little
League, plus Pendray, have a stake
in the project.

He said it could take some time
to sort through all the details, like
upgrading Canora Road as a joint
undertaking between the munici-
palities, and responsibility for
ongoing maintenance.

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Noting Sidney was celebrating
its 100th anniversary, Kirk Lunde,
a Third Street resident, said: “The
best birthday present you (alder-
men) can give Sidney is to say no
to any Port of Sidney expansion
and no to rezoning our waterfront.

“Our town folk are more
important than tourists.”

The meeting was called to hear
public input into the Town’s rezon-
ing of the water area north of the
existing marina to allow the
Marina to expand.

The rezoning bylaws have been
given two readings by council. The
bylaw is expected to come before
council Monday for third reading
and adoption, although aldermen
can turn it down or refer it to a
later meeting.

Lunde and others said the pre-
sent marina has polluted the beach
where children once swam and
families used to picnic.

She said she used to pump clean
sea water into her swimming pool
until three years ago, “when the
destruction of the waterfront
began.

“Now there 1s so much sewage
and garbage floating about, our
pool remains empty,” she said.

“We also have a gigantic rock

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horrendous noise anytime of the
day or night, noxious fumes that
stings one’s eyes.”

Bob Ward, a marine engineer
who used to be involved with
Sidney's waterfront, said the
development was supposed to be
publicly accessible. However, he
said only overnight moorage is
allowed.

~ There is $6 million Gn public
money spent on the project) which
is not serving the public interest
but private interest,” he said.

Dorothy Smith urged caution,
noting the next step in develop-
ment might be Granville West’s
new proposal for a five-storey
hotel complex next door to the
Sidney Museum.

“Let us take it easy. Let’s see
what happens. We don’t want to
push it,” she said.

In favor, Jim Burton, of Sidney.
Pier Holdings, said expansion was
always contemplated at the appro-
priate time.

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