wy, Vim Sidney, is open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. dl BUSINESS A22 CALENDAR Al2 CLASSIFIEDS A26 COMMUNITY Ali GARDENING _A10 OPINION AT SPORTS A14 OUTDOORS A24 BEYER AT GRENBY A22 HAMPSON A24 LANG — A10 -TOP OF THE PILE A7 A FIRST FOR NATIVES Education conference attracts about 70 more than school prepared for Page AS SMASH AND GRABS ' Thieves smash windows and grab cartons of smokes worth $6,000 Page A9 BADMINTON GOLD A Brentwood Bay youth struck gold at the B.C. Junior Championships Page Al6é ATTRACTIVE HERRING Talk about cross-border shopping. Sea lions from Califomia join eagles at Nanaimo’s Harmac mill Page A24 TAKING BACK THE STREETS Authorities and educators are concerned about gang aciivily in ine region Page 51 Victoria WEEKLIES Review Office Hours The Review office, at 9726 First St. in Monday through Friday. Mail to Box 2070, Sidney, B.C. V8L 3S5. 6 Pere Ve ta ay ANNERS A BOOKSTORE & MORE 9436 Beacon Avenue 656-2345 Audited Circulation 12,762 A Victoria Weeklies Publication Wednesday, February 26,1992 40¢ Revival of affordable housing projecis Affordable housing projects will likely be back on Sidney council’s agenda this year. Two 24-unit complexes in North Saanich had an uncertain fate after Sidney aldermen last fall refused to allow them to tie into the Town’s sewer system. But the proposals have been revived, and should funding fall into place, the issue which divided council into opposing camps will be back on the agenda. Last year, one of the projects was proposed by Kappa Develop- ments Ltd., with Pacifica Housing as sponsor. The other was spon- sored by the Wakefield Manor Housing Society, a group formed by the Sidney Rotary. Both were to be located on McDonald Park Road near John Road. When council made its decision, "Wakefield backed away, diverting $50,000 in funding it was going to provide for affordable housing to Sidney Little League for new baseball diamonds. But this year, the Sidney and Peninsula Kiwanis Housing Society is stepping in to sponsor the complex for the developer. The society was formed by the Sidney and Peninsula Kiwanis Club. A non-profit society has to act as sponsor in order for a project to be eligible for provincial and fed- eral funding. The deadline for applying is April 7. Ray Emerson, Kiwanis Club member in charge of the project, says the society is willing to try again with Town council should grant money be approved. Continued on Page A2 ‘Passpon’ proposed for recreation users by Valorie Lennox The Review The municipal equivalent of a passport will be required for Peninsula residents using the Pan- orama Leisure Centre if four recommendations penalizing Cen- tral Saanich users are adopted tomorrow night by the Peninsula Recreation Commission. A 30 per cent surcharge on Central Saanich users of the centre was one of the proposals approved at an emergency meeting of the recreation commission Feb. 18. If the recommendations are for- mally adopted Thursday, Central Saanich residents will face a two- week delay in registering for recre- ation programs. Given that there are now waiting lists for many classes, the new policy will effectively close the centre to Central Saanich resi- dents. Commission members also agreed that programming should designed to serve North Saanich and Sidney residents and priority use of the facility should be given to groups composed predomi- nantly of North Saanich and Sid- ney residents. Panorama Director of Recrea- tion Monty Holding expects the recommendations to be approved and to take effect as soon as the administrative details can be resolved. The new registration for centre programs opens March 14. Under the new regulations, Holding expects Central Saanich residents will not be allowed to register until - March 30. A single adult swim will cost a Continued on Page A2 Stelly’s wanis traffic signal A traffic signal at the intersection of Stelly’s Crossroad and Wallace Drive is needed to handle increased traffic in the area, according to the school board, the Stelly’s parent advisory council and Stelly’s student council. In a letter to Central Saanich council, parent council co-chairman Jennifer Hyndman asked the municipality to install a traffic signal light. She noted expansion of the school will add 200 students plus additional staff over the next few years. “This will definitely increase the use of the intersection and also the hazard and risk of serious accident,” she wrote. Council also received a letter from the school board endorsing a request from the Stelly’s student council for a traffic signal at the intersection. Council referred both requests to staff for a report.