News> Divisi ks formaii f 3 sion MA€IKsS rormarion Orn "Simons ivisi ew sanschda ‘~simons--7 by Girard Hengen MPS board at the same time was — mining if it is possible. association “that is not petty- : WS [ D =< ' The Review passed by a narrow margin by the He said SANSCHA began last minded and is not parochial, but 4 &é BAW 1 40 people in attendance. year with six members — not ready to geton with the job” could > Pe I A new board has been formed to The motion was in the form ofa enough to do the task — “and make the project work. ~ ] = 1 Oversee an initiative that would recommendation to SANSCHA.It there has been some erosion” Other motions approved at the 1! oe u replace Sanscha Hall with another was not binding on the annual since then. -¥ community centre. A board of 12 was picked at the annual general meeting of the Sanscha Hall association last Tuesday night. To the constemation of some, there was little talk on a new hall concept. Most of the discussion centered on a dispute over who should be allowed on the Sanscha board, and how the board should finance a feasibility study for a replacement hall. Sanscha Hall is operated by the Sidney and North Saanich Com- munity Hall Association (SANS- CHA) under a lease from the : : association’s constitution prevents ‘ : ae 656-7779 Sidney and North Saanich Memo- 4 person from belonging to both might seem a good idea to dip into L————-a7———— 2 } GS tial Park Society (MPS). The MPS holds the grounds, plus a parcel of land at Blue Heron Park, in trust for the public. It cannot spearhead a drive for a new hall. At a public meeting in late November, MPS members hoped a rejuvenated SANSCHA would take the initiative. A 12-person board was picked last week, but only after there was a controversy about whether MPS members should be permitted on it. A motion from the floor recom- mending that a person couldn’t sit on the SANSCHA board and the BEACON general meeting. Nonetheless, it caused some MPS members who were nomi- nated for the new SANSCHA to withdraw their names from the list. Jim Hinde, who made the motion, said a person sitting on the two groups would be in a conflict of interest position. “How can we have a tenant working for the lessor?” he said, adding it was “morally wrong” to sit on both. However, SANSCHA president Bruce Prittie said nothing in the organizations. He said he could not see how this would be a conflict of interest, “where anyone has any particular ability to gain from the situation.” Earlier in the meeting, he said Sanscha Hall “is just not what the community wants anymore.” The structure is sound, but there are maintenance problems, and it doesn’t suit the requirements of some performance, cultural and artistic groups, he said. A new hall would cost about $2 million to build, Prittie said, add- ing the 12-member SANSCHA can now begin the work of deter- Continued from Page Al section should be built, he said. As for northbound traffic on the highway turning right, Wild rec- ommends a review of the length of the tum lane since vehicles would have to yield to vehicles on the extra eastbound through lane on Beacon. Acting administrator Paul Edgington said ministry officials have said they are only contem- plating three westbound lanes on Beacon, not four as Wild suggests. That being the case, Ald. Dave Goulet said Sidney representatives should go into meetings with the So with realistic propos- —_ potato land since 1987. Seed tea Oh Tey bite SUS 20 EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH fe urged caution in approving Tom Pringle of the Ministry of Gymberland Farm off Stellys Jennifer Korotash Wild’s scheme. Agriculture told council the crop Cyoscroad. BEECHWOOD VILLAGE But other aldermen contended council should bow to Wild’s expertise and back his plan. During the operational services committee meeting Monday, Gou- Jet said Wild’s design would cost news since the ban was put on,” eee Se eGaaaered B= whose extra effort makes shopping in Ald. Clarence Bolt remarked. for the market include Woodwynn ass S| >=... Sidney a pleasure. BRE AK- [ NS Bolt also welcomed Pringle’s 7, and the Saanich Fruit Grow- + S See you in Sidney! Continued from Page Al ins are down slightly with 65 in 1991 compared to 92 in 1990. Currently, the Sidney RCMP detachment is carrying a heavy workload with each member car- rying a Criminal Code case load of about 131. The acceptable norm is under 100 cases per member. Alternatively, the police/popula- tion ratio is high with one officer per 1,000 people, compared to the recommended one officer per 700 people, Rosequist said. more than the $35,000 earmarked for the intersection by the govern- ment, especially if land has to be expropriated to add an extra lane on Beacon between a gas station and Sanscha Park. He said he was concemed about the reaction Highways Ministry officials would have about it. POTATO Continued from Page Al Testing of nurseries required to support export applications has continued, Oliver said, but there has been no random sampling of protection branch is completing an assessment of the impact of grow- ing nematode resistant potatoes on the nematode population. “This is probably the first good suggestion that Peninsula farmers could be involved in the Buy B.C. program and in a program to improve direct marketing. The Ministry’s engineering spe- cialists are looking into regula- tions on using effluent for irriga- tion and the availability of assis- tance under the Agricultural Land Development Act to develop ground water supplies for farmers, Pringle added. Council agreed to send copies of the letters to potato growers in Central Saanich. Some in the crowd wondered if the MPS would free up some of its funds for a feasibility study, but MPS member Richard Holmes said funding from the society is not a certainty. There is $10,000 set aside as seed money, but MPS president John Lapham said the feeling of the society is that it not be touched. He said if SANSCHA presents a proposal and needs some money, the society would consider the request at that time. Holmes added the MPS holds about $375,000 in trust, and it it. However, he said earnings from investments of this money pay for the $30,000 a year it takes to maintain Blue Heron Park. “This hall can be built and designed with new funds,” he said, adding a new Sanscha Hall Farmer’s market seeking home Moral support of the search for a new home was offered by Central Saanich aldermen to the organiz- ers of the Saanichton farmer’s market. Association for the Protection of Rural Central Saanich agricultural committee member Andrew Yeo- man told council the group hopes to hold the market weekly during the summer on the former Saani- chton fairgrounds property, pro- vided an agreement can be reached with the new owners. Last year the markets were held at the fairgrounds but the property has since been sold to Polo Park Developments Ltd. Since organizers plan to hold weekly markets this year, Yeoman said retaining the original site would help the venture become better established. He expects the market will have to find an altemate site the follow- ing year and said the North and South Agricultural Society has The new fairgrounds will not be appropriate this year because con- struction will be underway on the property throughout the summer, ers property, Yeoman said. 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