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TheReview Wednesday, February 26,1992 — A4

Ratepayers CCC unsuccessful in bid for new Roberts Bay signs”

raising funds
for new hall

The Sidney Ratepayers Associa-
tion hopes to tackle some fun-
draising activities to earm money
for a new community centre for
Sidney.

The association passed a recom-
mendation at its annual general
meeting Friday night to investigate
the feasibility of raising funds
from bingos and other sources.

Incoming president Jim Lang,
who formed the association two
years ago, said money has to come
from somewhere, and the Ratepay-
ers’ example “might spark some
interest here.

“We're going to try to contri-
bute our bit.”

Past-president Bob Smith said
there is widespread support for a
nhew community centre to replace
Sanscha Hall among the member-
ship.

A panel discussion at the meet-
ing featured three speakers who
are involved with the drive for a
new centre.

One was Bruce Prittie, president
of the Sidney and North Saanich
Community Hall Association,
which operates Sanscha’ Hall and
has been given a mandate to
oversee the initiative to replace it.

Another was Brad McCluskie,
president of the Sidney Lions
Club. The club is trying to secure
approval from Sidney council for a
Centennial Wall project, where
bricks would be sold and the
proceeds used for a new commun-
ity centre.

Betty Ott, vice-president of the
Sidney and North Saanich Arts
Council, was the third panel
speaker. The council hopes to
become a major user group of a
new hall.

In addition to the community
hall, Lang said waterfront develop-
ment — specifically Granville
West Capital Corp.’s plans for a
hotel on the Anderson property —
will be watched by the association
this year.

Sewage treatment and transpor-
tation issues, especially plans for
Beacon Avenue and the Pat Bay
Highway, are other issues the Rate-
payers will keep tabs on, he said.

A nine-member executive was
picked at the AGM.

From them, Lang was elected
president, and Dorothy Smith was
picked as vice-president.

Other executive members are
Tim Chad, Jim Collison, Doug
Mitchell, Don Phillips, Cy Relph,
Oliver Salvador and Terry Smith.

10th Tsartlip

Information under a front-page
picture and a page A2 picture in
last week’s issue of The Review
incorrectly identified the Scout
group. In fact, it was members of
Saanichton’s 10th Tsartlip and
Brentwood’s 2nd Tsartlip Boy
Scouts parading on Wallace Drive
to St. Mary’s Church.

Burke misquoted

In a story that appeared in last
week’s issue of The Review (Doc-
tor protests opening of walk-in
centre,) Dr. John Burke should
have been quoted that: Saanich
Peninsula Hospital’s emergency
room sometimes treats 30-50
patients per day, and most of it is
‘“rreatment-centre type stuff like
sore ears.”

A second attempt by an environ-
mental group for the Town’s help
in erecting signs around Roberts
Bay specifying it as a sensitive
bird sanctuary didn’t fly with
Sidney council Monday.

The Citizens’ Coalition for Con-
servation (CCC) wanted the Town
to defray one third of the $4,500
cost for interpretive signs, plus
other initiatives planned for Envi-

“ronment Week.

The coalition wants the signs to
replace the infamous “No Dogs
Allowed, except on a leash” signs
erected by Town staff last fall.

However, on a tie 3-3 vote, a
motion supporting a $1,500 grant
was defeated.

Supporters felt it was a one-time
outlay of money and a worthwhile
group to support.

However, detractors said
although council’s “no-grants”
policy has been changed to allow
some grants, the CCC’s request
did not meet the requirements.

In a letter to council, CCC
chairman Kerry Finley wrote the
no-dogs sign “continues to draw
criticism from citizens and
detracts from the important issues
that face the sanctuary.

“Now the sanctuary is notorious
as a No Dog Zone rather than
important waterfowl habitat.”

The CCC has also requested
$1,500 in funding from the federal
government for Canadian Environ-
ment Week projects.

Other activities planned in addi-
tion to building signs are school
and public interpretive programs
and beach cleanups. These are
designed to make the public aware
of the bay’s ecosystem.

Finley told council Roberts Bay,
which has been a Canadian Wild-
life Service bird sanctuary since
1931, “is a neglected sanctuary
and continues to be degraded.”

Ald. John Calder said a $1,500
contribution from Sidney “‘is little
to pay out of a $6 million budget.”

Noting council’s new no-grants
policy allows grants on a fee-for-
service basis, Calder said CCC
activities will save Town staff from
maintenance work.

Calder, Ald. Brenda Harfield
and Mayor Marie Rosko voted in
favor of a grant, but Alds. Ted
Daly, Dave Goulet and Bob Jones
were opposed.

Daly said the CCC’s grant
request can’t be compared to two

Little red cards mean something

Little red cards bearing a myste-
rious Washington phone number
are washing up on local beaches.

The cards, which measure about
10 by 15 centimetres, were cast
adrift by an oceanographic con-
sulting company based in Seattle.

The company — Evans-
Hamilton, Inc. — is doing a study
of current flows in the Strait of
Juan de Fuca and San Juan Islands
region for another company.

Eric Noah, a marine technician
with Evans-Hamilton, wouldn’t
divulge the name of the company
other than to say it was American.

He said from Seattle that about
25 people from the Sidney area
have called a toll-free number
embossed on the cards when they
found them in strolls along the
beaches.

Indeed, he says some people
now scan beaches like Island View
looking specifically for the cards.

Arthur Gregg found one last
week on the eastern side of
Roberts Point.

It bore the Evans-Hamilton
name, a phone number, plus
another number — 104.

The bright red cards are easy to
spot, although there is writing on
only one side.

Noah encouraged people to pick
up the cards and dial the Seattle
number.

A total of 15,000 cards will be
dropped into the sea from air-
planes at 10 sites in the Puget
Sound region.

The 104 number on Gregg’s
card indicates where and when it
hit the water. It began its journey
Jan. 28 about 40 kilometres south-
east of Victoria.

Cards have been found on

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BUGLE BOY PANTS........

Peninsula beaches, James Island
and Sidney Island, and some are
now washing ashore as far away as
the Queen Charlottes, said Noah.

“We're getting swamped with
calls,” he said, adding he expects
the phone to be ringing even more
once more find land.

About 10,000 cards have been
dumped so far, and there have been
about 1,200 replies, he said.

His company was hoping for a
30-per-cent response rate.

HOLDING A DRIFT card
found while on a stroll at
Roberts Point is Arthur
Gregg. The card was
dropped into the ocean
south of Victoria by a
Seattle-based consulting
company.

others which council approved
over the past six months.

“does not meet our changed no-

grants policy,

“Tye had to draw that line and
in my mind there is a distinction
between this and the two others.”

Daly said the coalition’s request

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OF THE DISTRICT
OF CENTRAL SAANICH

NOTICE OF
MEETING

The Council is holding a “Town Hall” meeting on Wednesday, March
4th, 1992, at 7:30 p.m., in the Central Saanich Seniors Centre,
located at 1229 Clarke Road. Specific topics to be presented will be
a presentation by the Capital Regional District Task Group on
Atmospheric Change, followed by discussion relative to the issue of
parachuting in Central Saanich and the District's proposed 1992
Annual/5 Year Capital Budgets. These meetings are intended to
provide the residents with an opportunity to informally discuss the
above, together with any other issues or concerns with the Mayor
and Members of Council.
We look forward to your participation at this meeting.
NLE. (Ted) Jones
Mayor.

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