yas | ] | | = a TheReview Wednesday, February 12,1992 — A3 When Gerry Desaulniers pop- ped’ the question to Irene Nakon- echny, he had lots of support — an estimated 700 students from Stelly’s Secondary School in Cen- tral Saanich. The RCMP officer arranged to have students from the school stand on the soccer field in forma- tion to spell out “Marry Me??? Then, Thursday about 2 p.m., he took an unsuspecting Irene for a helicopter ride over the school. The answer? “Yes.” The couple are now planning a summer wedding, probably in Sas- katchewan. “Tm different,” Desaulniers admitted, saying he wanted to present an unusual proposal to Irene. “It’s just something different. I thought I’d pull this one off.” In exchange for the students’ help, Desaulniers is donating $1 per participating student to the school. : The total will be divided, with half going to Timmy’s Spring Telethon and half towards a cos- tume for the school mascot. Desaulniers said he approached Stelly’s because he and Nakon- echny both live in the area. The school is also close to the airport and to Sidney, where Nakonechny works as a dental hygienist. Student activities coordinator Bruce Frith said the students laid out the design of the words on the soccer field with surveyor’s tape. The letters were made the size of the field; he noted: _ Then, on cue, the students lined up in pairs along the tape. Frith estimated 700 students were required to form the seven letters plus the question mark. “Tt was a lot of fun. School morale was really high,” Frith said. He noted student council presi- dent Michelle Franklyn helped organize the romantic project, which occurred a little over a week before St. Valentine’s Day. Nakonechny said she was sur- prised by Desaulniers’ plan but also delighted with the unique 4 proposal. The couple met six months ago. Poachers feared with arrow find The possibility of poachers in a municipal park became real for Central Saanich police recently. After a resident near Gore Park, just north of Benvenuto Avenue and south of Greig Avenue, report- ed finding bones Feb. 2, a police investigation discovered that a deer had been killed with a hunt- ing arrow. A deer skull, hair and antlers were found in the park and police believe it was shot in the park or in a nearby area. “Tf poachers are out there, be j “ge wary and call us up,” deputy | police Chief George Lawson said. MARRY ME? as spelled out by hundreds of Stelly’s Secondary students on the school soccer field last Thursday. Gerry Desaulniers of Sidney arranged the display and a helicopter ride to propose fo Irene Nakonechny. More MPS land needed Town transportation adviser Derek Wild says expropriating land from the Memorial Park Society (MPS) to fit in an extra lane on Beacon Avenue at the Pat Bay Highway could be the answer to building a better intersection. But MPS president John Lapham says the society hasn’t discussed the issue, and all mem- bers know about it is what they have read in The Review. In a letter tabled in Sidney council Monday, Wild wrote High- ways Ministry officials Jan. 23 raising the possibility of expropri- ation. Provincial officials have indi- cated they would consider limited right-of-way land acquisition. Wild says he has been told the MPS has no objection to selling a small amount of land to accommo- date another lane on Beacon. Lapham, however, says the issue hasn’t even been considered by the society. Wild says if MPS land is bought, a design concept he has devised would be feasible. His plan calls for four west- bound lanes on Beacon, including two left-turn lanes, one through lane and one right-turn lane. There are now three westbound lanes. “Tn our opinion, this is the only scheme which will take us through the approximate five years before the diggers begin operation in the area,” he writes. He urged Highways officials “to give some thought as to consider- ing as much as approximately 10 feet of acquisition of nght-of-way to either the north or south side of the intersection.” Council received Wild’s letter for information. New school ahead of schedule Construction progress on a new middle school on Wallace Drive in Central Saanich is going better than anticipated, School District 63 superintendent Hank Stefaniak said at a board meeting Jan. 27. “Although it is still too early to make plans (for occupation), cur- rently the thinking is that all students will be enrolled in the new middle school and once a completion date can be more con- fidently predicted (potentially in Apnil), the planning process for interim measures, if needed, would TAY LYN JEWELLERS #12 - 2510 Bevan Ave. (Corner of 2nd & Bevan, Sidney) HOURS: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat. 656-5556 _ NORTH SAANICH MEDICAL TREATMENT CENTRE OPENING FEB. 17/92 #101 - 9717 3rd St. SIDNEY No Appointments Required _ “1 p.m.-9 p.m. 655-3838 7 Days be put in place,” Stefaniak said. Parents asked the school board where Central Saanich middle school students will go to school in September 1992. 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