C ARTS A15 BUSINESS A19 CALENDAR A14 CLASSIFIEDS A25 COMMUNITY Ai3 GARDENING 18 OPINION AT SPORTS A22 OUTDOORS A10 BEYER AT CROSS Al5 GRENBY A19 HAMPSON A10 HENGEN A23 LANG A18 TOP OF THE PILE A7 A12 WALLBERG NEW PLAN FOR PORT Port Sidney waits for a new environmental study affer expansion reduced Page A4 CENTENNIAL VIDEO AIRS 100 years of Sidney gets ifs first airtime Thursday Page A7 EASY TARGETS Seniors are perceived as prey by scam artists Page A8& SHARING THE WEALTH Millionaire Winspear chooses charity over opulence Page A10 4 | HERITAGE ON HOLD The Hagan House is still being discussed Page Al3. CASINO BONANZA It’s about fundraising for non-profits in B.C. Page B1 Review Office Hours The Review office, at 9726 First St. in Sidney, is open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Mail to’ Box 2070, Sidney, B.C. V8L 355. _ PLASTIC MODEL CONTEST DETAILS AVAILABLE Ar TANNERS HOBBIES & CRAFTS 2471 Beason Avenue, Sidney Audited Circulation 12,762 A Victoria Weeklies Publication Wednesday, February 12,1992 40¢ by Valorie Lennox The Review Central Saanich youngsters could be dropped from Peninsula Minor Hockey Association teams next year in an effort to conserve precious ice time, association president Doug Saville told Cen- tral Saanich council Monday. “Those kids won’t be at the arena next winter. They'll be here,” he warned council. “It’s going to be a hot issue.” Since taxes from North Saanich and Sidney support the Panorama Leisure Centre, parents from those two communities are now suggest- ing priority be given to registering their children in hockey, Saville explained. He said 47 per cent of the current enrollment in minor hoc- key is from Central Saanich, although residents in that com- munity pay no tax dollars towards supporting the leisure centre. Parents hit with 5 a.m. practices and limited ice time for their youngsters are now advocating excluding Central Saanich chil- dren from the program, Saville said. “There are some people that are saying to heck with Central Saa- nich kids. Central Saanich kids will not be allowed to register until we get our kids in,” he predicted. - Registration for the 1992-93 season opens in August. However Saville said the decision on prior- ity registration for North Saanich and Sidney residents will be made at the association’s annual general meeting March 24. 5 He invited council members to attend the meeting, which starts at 7 p.m. in the Legion hall on Mills Road. Saville predicts an enroliment of 200 youngsters in minor hockey from Sidney and North Saanich alone next year. “We're going to have a waiting list next year for sure. We could fill hockey with just Sidney and North Saanich kids.” If the Central Saanich young- Continued on Page A2 Ice shoriage may freeze out C. Saanich players Fitting farewell for trusted Parizequ by Girard Hengen The Review They held a wake for the Pari- zeau. It was particularly fitting for Questionnaire results ‘fair’ with 68 per ceni over 55 responding Now that they know what a sampling of residents think about some of the crucial issues facing the town, Sidney’s advisory plan- ning commission will proceed to the next step in its review of the Official Community Plan. Commission members and aldermen will study and analyze the results from an OCP question- naire, which was mailed to 4,800 households. These results were released at a public meeting last Tuesday night. Market researcher Brian Killop, who tabulated the findings and presented them to the meeting, says they are “reliable” and a fair representation of public opinion, despite the fact that most respon- dents were over 55 years of age and were long-time Sidney resi- dents living in single family homes. “They re pretty reliable,” Kil- lop said of the figures. “The people of Sidney should be quite pleased with the level of responses.” There were 1,511 returned ques- tionnaires, about 31 per cent of the total mailed out. Of those filling it out, 61 per Continued on Page A2 the ocean research vessel, which left the Peninsula behind in its Halifax-bound wake last month. The ship sailed out of the Insti- tute of Ocean Sciences in North Saanich for the last time Jan. 25. Scientists, researchers and crew members held a farewell party to mark the occasion. They had known since it was announced last spring that the Parizeau would be transferred to the East Coast. But that didn’t mean the loss of a trusty and reliable friend was easier to take. - “Everyone felt sad to. see the Parizeau go, but it was a congenial attitude,” said Paul Frost, a former skipper. “It certainly feels a little sad and I'll certainly have, some fond memories of it,” he said. “It always did what it was supposed to do....In some strange way that seemed to reflect on the Continued on Page A2 Expect delays at Lands End Construction of a bridge over the Pat Bay Highway at Lands End Road will cause delays for traffic to and from the Swartz Bay ferry terminal. Bridge girders are expected to be lifted into place today through Friday. Pat Bay traffic north of Lands End will be reduced to one lane both ways, and traffic will be stopped periodically as construction dictates. Crews will be out on the job 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Flagpeople and signs will guide traffic through the area. Phase One of the Lands End Road interchange, including access to B.C. Ferry parking facilities on the west side of the highway, should be completed this summer.