Seas Bae TANNERS HOBBIES @ CRAFTS Scale Models - Railway Rockets Paints > Glue ~ Tools Reference Books - Balsa Plus A Complete Line of Craft Supplies 2471 BEACON, SIDNEY OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Audited Circulation 12,792 A Victoria Weeklies Publication Wednesday January 8,1992 40¢ Inside BUSINESS Al12 CALENDAR Al4 CLASSIFIEDS A119 COMMUNITY A113 GARDENING Al10 OPINION AT SPORTS Al7 OUTDOORS Al6 BEYER AZ CROSS Al5 GRENBY Al2 HAMPSON A16 LANG Al0 TOP OF THE PILE A7 JOINT USE SUGGESTED A parents group wanis Stelly’s $8 million project To include a 1,000-seat C. Saanich audiiorium Page A2 VIOLETS SMELL LIKE SPRING Helen Lang discovers sweet-smelling violets in a sunny spot in her busy backyard garden Page A10 RESIDENT TURNS 104 Longiime Sidney woman celebrates her 104th birthday with relatives Page Al3 MINOR HOCKEY STATS Two Pee Wee teams lead the intercity Div. 2 with enviable records Page A18 INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION Spending smarter is the key for the Victoria Health Project. A look at why an innovative program is attracting infemational attention Page BI Victoria HE WEEKLIES Hall Review office hours The Review office, at 9726-First St. in Sidney, is open from 9 am. until5 p.m. Monday threugt Friday. Mail to Box 2070, Sidney, BC. V8 385. Second class mail registration number 0128. Paving plan for Beacon on way to Sidney council Rough, bumpy Beacon Avenue will get a facelift if Sidney council approves a repaving plan for the town’s main street. Sidney committee of the whole, which is council meeting in com- mittee form, decided Monday to authorize spending about $50,000 as Sidney’s share of the work. The provincial government is willing to pay half the estimated $106,000 cost provided the work is completed before the end of its fiscal year, on March 31. Committee of the whole adopt- ed the expenditure as one of four new items in a provisional budget. This decision must be ratified by council. “Beacon Avenue is not in such great shape as anyone driving down there daily knows,” said Ald. Don Amos. The Town received approval for 50 per cent funding under a pro- vincial program for the 1990-91 fiscal year (which ended March Sil, 19911); However, the project was pos- tponed due to downtown revitali- zation plans. These plans were put on hold pending a traffic study commissioned by council in the spring. Another application for funding was submitted and approved for the 1991-92 fiscal year. A staff report notes Beacon needs to be repaved, and that this work “should not adversely affect” any revitalization plans. Centra Gas will be installing gas lines on Beacon this month, and the town staff plan to carry out storm drain repairs at the same time. It was felt now was a good time to do the work and take advantage of the grant money. Other provisional budget items approved were $70,000 for Loch- side Drive beautification, which will be borne entirely by the Provincial Capital Commission, and $22,000 for a sewer pump for Amelia Avenue. by Valorie Lennox The Review Restoration of the old Deep Cove Social Club hall in North Saanich is possible but will cost over $200,000, according to a B.C Heritage Society financed feasibil- ity study by architect Jonathan Yardley. The same report drew sparks from North Saanich fire chief Terry Towle, who fears use of the hall as a community centre will hamper fire department activities. Towle has maintained the build- ing should continue to be used as a training centre for local firemen and fears parking around the building will hamper fire depart- ment’s efforts to respond to a fire. The building, at Wain Road and West Saanich Road, is on munici- pally-owned property beside the Wain Road fire hall. In Yardley’s report, received by North Saanich council Monday, the architect estimated restoration of the 1922 hall would cost $200,090. restoration possible but expensive An estimated $88,917 would be required to repair the basic struc- ture and halt future deterioration, Yardley reported. That work could be covered by a B.C. Heritage Trust grant. An additional $117,593 would be required to bring the building into a usable condition as a com- munity centre, Yardley added. A leaking roof has caused the greatest amount of damage to the hall. Yardley recommended replacement of the kitchen wing, which has been severely damaged by water, a new roof and better supports for the building walls. However the foundation of the building is sound, he reported. He also noted damage to doors and windows, caused by use of the building for fire fighting practice. The site will require a new sewage disposal system, water and electrical services and a new access road for the fire hall and to provide a parking area, Yardley added. A new kitchen, washrooms, Continued on Page A3 Joubert appeal fails, home may be seized A waterfront Deep Cove man- sion may be confiscated by the Crown, following former owner Raymond Joubert’s failed bid to quash a 1990 conviction for con- spiring to import cocaine into Canada. Friday, the B.C. Court of Appeal rejected Joubert’s bid to have the 1990 conviction either dismissed or a new trial held. Joubert is serving a 20-year jail sentence. Joubert’s common-law wife, Helen Radok, was acquitted fol- lowing a trial. She still lives in the Deep Cove home with the cou- ple’s two children. The 3,000 square foot home is now operated as a bed and break- fast. Crown counsel Gordon Mac- donald said a date will be set March 2 for a forfeiture hearing. The Crown is applying to seize the Moses Point home, vehicles and other assets under a law which allows government confiscation of property obtained from the pro- ceeds of crime. Tn order to seize the property, the Crown will have to prove the assets were purchased with the proceeds from drug sales. Macdonald said there have been other forfeiture hearmgs held in Canada but none have been similar to the Joubert case. — “It’s a guessing game at the moment,” he added.