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News

by Girard Hengen
The Review

A municipal grant of $1,500 was
approved for the Peninsula Associ-
ation For Substance Abuse Pre-
vention by Sidney council recently.

The grant, given under the
Town’s new “no-grants” policy,
has Ald. Dave Goulet wondering
where council will “draw the
line” on future pleas for funds.

He said in an interview last
week that he was not denouncing
the work of the organization, but
was concerned about the policy
opening the door to more appeals.

He said the policy’s guidelines
aren’t clear, and there is no bud-
geted amount set aside specifically
for grants.

“T anticipate an avalanche of
requests....1 said (to council),
“Holy smokes, you guys, look out.
Without a policy or pool of money,
where are you going to draw the
line?” ”

The $1,500 grant will have to be
added to the 1992 budget.

Under the policy, grants are only
allowed to organizations which
provide services to the community.
Such organizations are considered
for funding on a fee-for-service
basis.

Ald. Ted Daly, who was chair-
man of the council committee
which recommended the new pol-
icy last year, said the association
fell under the new guidelines.

If aldermen can increase their
indemnities by about $2,500 per

year each, as was done last month,
it should also be possible to pro-
vide $1,500 to the group, he said.

He also noted that the Sidney
and North Saanich Community
Arts Council received the same
amount as the first group to benefit
from the changed policy.

Ald. John Calder said the asso-
ciation does “terribly important
work” for the community and
should receive a grant on a one-
time basis.

Association chairman Deryck
Thomson told council the group
has been operating voluntarily and
would be more effective if it had
$4,500 to hire clerical help.

He hoped that Sidney and North
Saanich would contribute $1,500

No name yet for new middle school

“No hints,” trustee Marilyn
Loveless told Saanich school
board members Jan. 13 as she
postponed the scheduled report on
the name of the new middle school
now under construction on Wal-
lace Drive.

Loveless said the committee
struck to choose the name wants
one more chance to discuss the
options. ;

She promised to reveal the name
at the Feb. 17 board meeting.

In an update on construction of
the school, trustee Peter Shewnng
reported the school foundations
are completed and the project is
ahead of schedule.

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A proposed teacher exchange
between Saanich district and Thai-
land will cost the district an esti-
mated $9,000 to $12,000.

In a report to the board, orga-
nizer Chris Harker suggested costs
would include $6,000 in substitute
teacher costs if two elementary
school teachers were chosen for
the exchange and $3,000 in substi-
tute teacher costs if secondary
teachers were chosen.

He also suggested the Thai
teachers be paid an honoranum of
$1,000 a month during the three-
month exchange since the Thai
salaries would not cover living
costs in Canada.

A Pacific Rim initiative grant to
cover some of the costs might be
available from the provincial gov-
emment, Harker said.

The two Saanich teachers would
participate in the exchange from
the beginning of June until Sep-
tember, Harker added.

Trustees voted to refer the pro-
posal to the finance committee.

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Additions to Prospect Lake
School and Durrance School have
been given medium priority by the
Ministry of Education despite a
Saanich school board recommen-
dation that both projects be given
high priority.

After learning of the Ministry
ranking at the Jan. 13 board meet-
ing, trustees voted to write the
ministry again requesting that both
projects be given high priority.

Cost of the work at Prospect
Lake school is estimated to be
$1.47 million and at Durrance

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Work is continuing on additions
to Deep Cove and Keating Ele-
mentary schools with the founda-
tions and drainage work completed
at both schools.

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The Saanich District Scholar-
ship Funding Association will no
longer issue tax receipts for par-
ents who fund their children’s
educational trips, trustees con-
firmed Jan. 13.

The decision was made follow-
ing a recommendation by the dis-
trict’s auditors that such receipts
may not be honored by Revenue
Canada.

Meeting tonight
on fairgrounds

A meeting between all parties
involved in the old fairgrounds in
Saanichton will be held in the
Central Saanich fire hall tonight
starting at 7:30 p.m.

Central Saanich council mem-
bers said Monday that members of
the Saanich Pioneer Society
(which proposes preservation of
parts of the old fairgrounds), repre-
sentatives of Polo Park Develop-

‘ments (which plans to develop

housing on the site), the North and
South Saanich Agricultural Socie-
ty (the past owners who have a
vested interest in any future devel-

opment) and members of council’s -

Heritage Advisory Committee will
take part in an open meeting.

Members of the public are invit-
ed to attend.

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Grant approval for organization leaves alderman wondering ~

each, with the remaining share to
be raised within the community.

There is a general agreement
among professionals and citizens
working in the substance abuse
area that there is a need for more
co-ordination of existing pro-
grams, he said.

“We feel we can tum some of
the situation in the town around,”
he said, but funding was needed to
“kick start” the organization.

The association, a charitable
organization established in late
1989, is located in portables at the
Sidney School.

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