and’ Harry Nichols, oe ; Others elected: to ‘office. for year. are first vice- aL. eee second ham,'J. ‘Hedgecock, W. Trelford, y year’s Legion projects: the main one was: the moving of the ¢ Ceno-= ‘taph’. ‘to. “its” new, location in . you rallied, spends. many- hours “of his. tim preparing these lads forthe: exam, : is indeed: a “On February” 23, eight’ Air cH M. C.S end trip. t has’ been granted to-all Squad- ‘Seattle. This ‘trip kind, permission of the Command- er: Maritime Forces Pacific. 1 Cadets ‘will leave Esquimalt: on ‘the evening of the 23rd Febru- 3 February at 1600 hrs. <. The'S.N.C.02’s. wish to annouce as Bingo to be-held on. March .4: : ‘at the* Legion’ Hall, Mills ‘Road. "The proceeds, will go toward si pleted Jounge...°:: you read your. local — | > formed: of: what's “your vicinity, These you ‘can’t— and *-shouldn’t — do without... = ‘ « HOW: THE MONITOR: COMPLEMENTS: “YOUR LOCAL PAPER. “The Monitor specializes in analyzin ne sand: interpreting national and worl news’: ... with exclusive dispatches “E~ yeaus in. the nation’s ; “from: Monitor. news: experts’ in: 40° “TRY THE MONITOR — IT'S A PAPER a - ae eo a ee ee Oe ee = ~The Christian Science Meniter © “One Norway Street © - ‘Boston, Messachuvets, wv. SA 02115 : the. ‘period chacked below. i $. (U.S; funds). oO) 1 YEAR $24° 6 months $12. - B 2 en ge : oy EE: » State, uP Code ; PRANK _ BERNARD, Manager, ; “welcomes one and all from Sid- ney and the Saanich Peninsula to _ VANCOUVER’S - _ ‘FRIENDLIEST ~ HOTEL % , Announcing ; = 80 New Deluxe Rooms .. - $10.00 up Full suites $14.00up 0S "(a'suite for the price — - of a room). Cam Bastedo; . by Archdeacon G.H. Holmes... ‘tive,C.W, “Archer, F, W. Kirk- HM, Lamb “and M, Acheson. ~ Retiring president, Fred Mor-- ris= gave..a ‘report™ on .the. past. “Mac. Mouat; and Arthur Milner. . Centennial: Park, a | new furnace : wonderful asset to. our ‘squadron, ; wore, “Cadets . will: be. ‘visitors: aboard .. H.M.C. S. “Port De -La_ Reine ‘and. rt Quebec for aweek- : “rons - “on” Vancouver. Island -by.’ “member for many years, © " INCORPORATI ON | . Costs Are Welt Balancad’ :S ary and return on Sunday, - 5th furniture. for their newly com= in? the: Viel ne 2 who voted to, join Esquimalt two° ‘!. immeadiate | los approximately 11 mills. a meatings stories -about people in = from one of the’ largest news bu- ee capital and.’ “were. | ‘‘same..bracket as those. in’ this overseas countries and all 50 states. : District; they enjoy substantially THE WHOLE. FAMILY: WILL ENJOY: = as one example, Central Saanich Please start my Monitor subscription for . PB-17 ©. oan St. -Mark’s:. eae Church " ‘Priday, Feb,. 9 for.M (Margaret). Robinson who passed away: in” Lady Minto. ‘Hospital, Ganges, Feb.:7, 1968. “Archdeacon “-R.B. Horsefield officiated at the service assisted The hymns: sung during the service: ‘were «Unto the. Hills’? and-‘Abide with Me’?.: Pall bear- ‘ers were Doctor. ELE. Groff; - Lieut: Col.” Desmond® Crofton; : Peter Cartwright, Jack Smith, . Mrs.) ‘Robinson, a resident of. Salt: Spring for 55: ‘years; leaves : to» mourn™ her. loving: husband Hubert Arthur. at home; two sons: Arthur. and Basil. of North Van- noe “couver;: one. daughter, Mrs, R,” :(Joyce) McFee, West Vancouver; : : age ‘grandchildre ; “one_ ‘brother, * Brig. G. ‘Streeton, England and =. one sister, Mrs. J. R. Hood, Eng- A land.” H. M. Ss. Ganges JODE members _attended the service as well:as.- St. Mark’s .Choir, both. of which «- Mrs. Robinson. was: an active McDonald. Park Road passed away..: Northern: Ireland and has- been. a” of. Edmonton, “ ‘Here is. pictured’ Don Swanton of Luney Bros. and Hamilton Ltd., who. served as foreman during construction of Sidney's new ‘Safeway | store. The Victoria: -building firm were general contractors of the “ imposing . new: structure. Weather - conditions during. the . winter. “months were: “not. ideal for building construction but the work: advanced : - steadily under “Mr. Swanton’ s direction. “Final: work was done to the premises last. week and the: store is. now ready for bubiness. William Curell of Sidney Passes | William. Fox Cureil Of 10510. - children and his- ‘brother: Dan of Kelowna, B. Cy The service. was: held - -in n the ; - Sands. Funeral. Chapel of Roses, “Sidney: on Saturday: February ‘10. with Rev. Canon Vaughan-Birch officiating. Interment was at the “Holy Trinity “Anglican~ Church’ cometary, Patricia Bay, Be C. at™ Sidney on- February, 8 at the, _ape of 82.0500.» Mr, Curell was borni in Belfast, resident. ‘of - Sidney for the last 17. years. . He leaves ‘his ‘sons, Donald: of” Victoria and Randall” - Alberta,- four“ ; cost. is the “number one factor with many District residents whenever the Incorporation question is raised.” : : = My. taxes will go up’’, is perhaps, the 1 most common n comment * >» Whenever, the subject is broached. :.- «These fears ‘are. not without foundation. 3 who- looks at, the general tax levies: in: Victoria, Oak Bay). Saanich: ‘and: Esquimalt” fas every feuson to’ ° For example,property, owners: Royal : Panhandle | s ago ‘are: confronted with an. : ‘tax’? increase of | * “Their feeling, | however, was: -y that’ the. benefits of ‘municipal _ on) government are “Worth the addi- tional cost, / But ‘the: ‘obvious, answer to those. _ | hose concern is based on the ae Me ot example. of, the | old established Mewspa Der keeps you In; appening in your > area— community “events, publi¢ ~~~ municipalities on ‘southern Van- © --couver Island that have been in- - municipalities is. simple enough. “Take a: look - vat ~the three corporated in the past 20 years. ” “To the best of my knowledge- ‘there . are no ‘complaints over _. general taxes in Central Saanich,. North Saanich or.Sidney. ~. allt: would be surprising if there. The tax levels are in the better “sérvices’ than we do} and, ~ in’ the: years 1955 and 1966 (1967 _ records are not yet available) ‘ showed. a total revenue , surplus of $93,000. : The ‘average ‘taxpayer in our area finds this a little difficult to understand. He sees, readily enough, . the additional. cost of operating a ‘council, “of «building a. manici- pal hall, of hiring .a clerk, an engineer, and other staff. -_ But What he doesn’t see {s the additional revenue that is auto- matically. available to any area in British Columbia that is in- corporated as a..municipality, In his budget. speech last week Premier Bennett announced that the municipal grant will be in-_ creased to a flat $25.00 per capita. Assuming that Colwood, Lang- ford and Metchosin were to in- - corporate as a District munici- pality, this provincial grant would amount to something in excess of » $350,000. Add to this the revenues from .* Federal grants, licenses, fines’ "and other municipal revenue, and _ the total would be about half a ~ million dollars annually. But, remember that this does not include the taxes we are now paying; and an examination of these taxes might be useful. _ First, let’s dispose of the . cerned; and this can be. divided ay Services Gained (Juan de Fuca NEWS-REVIEW) | ever, ‘that the establishment ofa “municipality - brings. additional: “responsibilities as -well_as.rev-. . a enues, ae ; The District. resident ve tration to be borne... _ . Law enforcement standards in~ inorganized territory: are- far. selow: those established in muni~ feel that he is weil off: school taxes; . a municipal £0 : " erniment has no control . over them. 7 “3 > The School: “Board” ‘in each School District is autonoinous i in "financial. matters. The. trustees... . prepare. a. budgets and: submitzits 3.25. ta. the:. tax. collecting: “agency ; OF: agencies,: : At the present time | ‘the tax : collection: vagency: in School Dis- _ tric 62 is the Provincial Gov- ern ty which'collects the local share of: ‘school taxes from the property. owners: and transfers the funds to the Board. “In a municipality: the proce- dure -is the same, so school taxes* Would’ not be affected by . the. change to local government. “It is ‘the general tax levied on ‘ property, that finances the ser- vices * and improvements we enjoy,: with | which we are con- level, ‘District. , ; OA municipality would be wholly responsible for ‘the maintenance. and ‘improvement of local roads. Secondary highway .costs would be. skared with - the Provincial “ Government, and the ‘Highways. - Department would bear the full - cost of building, maintaining and. - improving primary highways. - s6n ‘to. believe that the additional revenues would more than match the extra costs. But the key, as. in any other enterprise, : public or private, . 4s efficient management. LET PEPPER FLOW FREELY :To housewives who wonder why it is hard to-keep’-the pepper - shakers clean and free. flowing, Canadian. Hotel and Restaurant responds that the answer lies in “changing tastesin that most popu- lar of spices, black pepper. Pep~ per users have. found that coarse grinding means more aroma end- ‘flavor than the fine grinding that used to be-favored, This means that. the. holes’ in the caps of most pepper shakers are smaller than the grind, or mesh size, of the pepper. a recent trade cur- vey disclosed nowadays: manu- facturers of both salt and pepper use exactly the. same mesh size In any event the balance bet- for the products they sell to ween revenues and expenditures hotels, restaurants, hospitals and is completely academic. “sg institutions, which are simplify- If the $200,000 in taxes were. ing their operations by making added to the $500,000 from grant sure that the holes in both salt and other sources, the District and pepper shaker. caps are the as an incorpofated municipality same. size. would: have an annual budget of into. two: groups - ep) services . and (2) local improvements. The “Provincial: Government currently collects from usa flat. 10 mills; and for ‘that. amount we: get police. protection, “health . and welfare services, road main~ tenance and improvement, zoning and building control, etes In addition. we: pay 4 to 5. milis for: fire protection, the Centennial Swimming Pool, Reg~ ional Park Charges etc, . We know,. of course, that we are getting a “fair return on our local improvement taxes. be- cause the funds go directly to the items for which we are billed. But there is no way of know- ing what we get back from: the $200,000 that-is collected by the Provincial Government on the 10 mill tax levy:. ~ grandchildren, four Lgreat-grand- — oa “va weekin. our home, There is the cost of adminis- ; sCipalities; and the policing costs . ~ could well be double the present : _,But the additional expenditure : On balance there is every rea- : tead of rs Sonotiaae J deli- ration — “preceeds ‘a’ Certain. choice’ while “at. ‘other times one” is. catapulted into a ‘situation “that. changes the direction. ‘of “one’s ‘life. Af... you had gone to the “other party ‘with Bob, you might never have met Jim (who later “became your . husband) or... «, If... you had married. Mike instead of Jim, you might now be living. in Hong Kong or. Timbuke . tu.” with”. completely. different. - _.friends.and associates. If... the clock had not been slow, caus-: “ing you: to. miss the train,. you might have been killed or crip: — “pled in the® subsequent . ‘derail. “ment, . Usually these speculations are: “ sparked by. something. that -re-: “ top: pastry on pie, seal. edges ‘and = ‘erimp, © Slash: top to let ‘steam .. escape. - Bake in'400 degrees F. : -oven for 15 minutes then reduce “additional: 30 minutes or until “erust’ is: golden. ‘Serve ‘hot:with © sour: cream, © It different and” Very good, °°: If your family. likes ‘French - -Toast’ they'll love ‘it: ‘made with. oranges. | Orange French: cast" > ea. beat one large” or:two small eggs with half ‘a cup: of - orange juice, one teaspoon lemon ~~ juice, one ‘and’a half teaspoons , - grated orange rindand athirdcup - of sugar, Beat well: Dip bread . Slices _ in: the. mixture and - fry in butter ¢ or'margarine to golden on both sides. - - Top with orange | ~ Slices or sections, sprinkle gen=.. erously with powdered sugar:and | serve ona kot plate, This arount | will do for’ four: or five, Slices . of bread; Try itfor Sunday morn= ing breakfast, ” : . A delectable fruit saladi is made. with: cut up” oranges, sliced ha- nanas. and. drained: pineapple (3 -chunks;’ Mix ‘with sour:cream’ ~ sweetened witha little light brown sugar: and a dash of mace.“ Chill and‘ serve: in sherbet ‘glasses, . Our life is truly” sweetened by this lovely frui?.. .°, eaten out: _ ‘of hand or. served at the table, it is good eating. Let.us be thankful that ‘Nature: has used her arts to produce such a mas- . terpiece, ‘DISTRICT OF NORTH SAANICH DOG LICENSES By- Law No.1] requires that all dogs must be legally: Neensed for the yeor by January 3}, 1968. Current licenses are obtainable at the Municipal Office, 1620 Mills Road. E.F. FAIRS. Municipal Collector. —— $700,000; and this does not in- clude the $80,090 we are paying for fire protection, the Centennial Pool and Regional barks. Not even the most violent op- ponent of incorporation can argue that we are at present getting $700,000 in improvements and services. It must be recognized, how- "DISTRICT OF NORTH SAANICH ~~ PREPAYMENT 1968 TAXES Interest allowed on all towards 1968 taxes during the month of February will be 3% per cent. TIMES: PLACE: FEE: REGISTRAR: prepoyments Sponsored by: The Foster Parents’ E.F. FAIRS. _ toria School Board). Municipal Collector PARENT EDUCATION — FOSTER PARENTS OF THE FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE ; PROSPECTIVE FOSTER PARENTS “ACCENT ON THE TEEN-AGER”? ~ ‘Films, Teen-Age Panels, "Buzz Grou INSTRUCTOR: Lon Lawson, social worker Wednesday, March 6 to April 10, 1968 Reynolds School, 3963 Borden Street Free to F & CS foster parents, $$,00 for Prospective foster parents, Mrs. E, Frankham, Spencerhouse, 382-5121 9 a.m. = 5 p.m., REGISTRATION LIMITED Association (F&CS) and the Institute of Adult Studies (Greater Vice 1951 (inclusive) 8 p.m. , ms... oe Cook Street, Victoria, B.C.,