Serving tke Municipality of Contra Saami the Gulf Islands, North Saanich sol the Tore of Sidney_

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FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR;

No. 27-8 PAGES -

SIDNEY, Vancouver Island, B, C.

Wednesday, July 3, 1968.

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“Cumming Contends Loffmark.
Should Choose Hospital Site

"Various reports on. possible

-.., ReW hospital construction have
-. prompted Mayor. J, B. Cumming
of. North Saanich to clarify some

“.péints which -may-not have been .

_ too clearly understood. The may-
or’s statement follows: ~~

- “First it should be clear that
the “proposal for a major 650.

_. bed. hospital in. the Elk Lake
 aea” was a-committee’ recom-

mendation only,.and has not been

“accepted by the Regional Board
.. or: even discussed at this point.
“This committee report was not

“unanimous.

-I-myself being on

.the committee pointed cut. that

it was outside the terms of re-

_ference in-my opinion, and as a

‘layman felt I could not. vote

intelligently on such a matter
without prior study and infor-

-mation.”

At a meeting with the: Minis-

ter- of Health, Mr. Loffmark,

~ on Wednesday morning 26th June,
_ prior to the Regional Board mee-

_ting, Mr. Loffmark proposed that
-we proceed with the first half -

of our priority program Extended:
Care and leave the presentation

_of Acute Care plans. and refer-

endum for one year.

“The proposal now. is (with the
Minister’s indicated agreement)
that the Hospital District vote
on. a referendum early in the
fall for a money by-law to ap-
prove $12 1/2 million construc-
tion of extended care beds. This
would provide 800 new extended

care beds and everything that .

goes with it, replacing. much
obsolete and condemned accom-
modation. Basically it requires
$10 to 12 thousand to provide
for each extended care bed com-
pared with $35,000 for an acute
care bed. Extended care are pa~
tients who require long term

or lifetime care and acute being.

those who require surgery and
stay in hospital about 10 days.

Many acute care beds are oc~
cupied at present by long. stay
patients who have nowhere else
to go, so. it will be realized
that by the provision of a num-

Pollution Control Seminar
For Municipal Officials

ane pollution abatement: seminar

for municipal officials has been

“©: proposed . by

"Branch of the Dow Chemical
-- Company of Canada, Ltd., and

STONE GATE
_ FOR ESTATES

“gateway at the entrance to.Bar-..
~ Fett. Drive. in the- Dean -Park

A request ‘to erect ‘a stone

.. Estates was presented to North
Saanich . council. Monday night.
. An’ accompanying sketch de-
“pieted. stone abutments as they

=the East Saanich Road, Theyare ”
to: be about six feet high, 16.

would. appear when. viewed from

feet long and two feet ‘thick.
Lighting {s planned with under-

ground wiring and suitable land~

scaping. is. intended,
Some concern ‘was expressed
because under the proposal walls

“would ‘be constructed’on muni-

cipal property thus the ultimate
‘responsibility for ‘maintenance

=. could pose a problem.

However, . permission. _ was
granted to erect the gates sub-

- garding their maintenance and

upkeep.

was looked upon. with favour ‘by

_.the North Saanich council at its
the Vancouver —

meeting last week.
The company,' which is reput-

ed:to have been ‘responsible for

much: of. the technology and pro~

“cesses now applied to the treat-
“ment of raw and waste water
_-streams, sees a- real'need for:
‘programs to explain just what

water. treament is in terms that

gan. be readily understood by all

concerned.

- Accordingly it has proposed -

a-serles:. of one day..seminars
open to municipalities repre-
sentatives and to cover such
topics as: composition of waste

‘streams; actions required toben-_
eficially alter-such streams; the
economics of various treatment
“processes available; and the ef-
fects: of integrating industrial

wastes and domestic sewage sys- :
tems.

Alderman: D.R. Cook observed

that “this is a subject which is

prominent’in all our minds and.
we should take advantage of the .
offer’,

- Council. agreed to accept the

: é invitation for three members to
ject to certain contingencies re-.-

be ‘selected at a later date when
@ Specific date and-locale for the
seminar are chosen,

Graduates With Perfect Marks

* JAMES PECK

Mts. Cy Peck of. All Bay Road in Sidney is very proud of her
gtandson James who has just graduated from Shawnigan Lake School
with pettect marks in maths and science,

dim’s father, Lieut. Col. H,W.J, Peck of Montreal who recently
retired as deputy director of maintenance for Expo 67 attended the
gtaduation ceremony and visited his mother in Sidney.

jim was awarded the Bausch and Lomb honorary science award
ang the Mathematical Association of America Award. in addition
ne has the distinction of being the first graduate of the school to
be accepted by the early acceptance committee for admittance to
the faculty of engineering at McGill University.

yall of: the’ people.

~ eipal
South Saanich?’ no ‘longer. ap-
Time was ‘when such ap- —

_ and. the “name

teacher’s

“ber of the much cheaper long
stay beds, we can relieve the
pressure on the major hospitals.
Currently then the proposal {s
to vote this year to. provide
800 extended care beds and next
year. to vote on the construction
of acute care hospitais. 4
“The $12 1/2 million being asked
in ‘the Hospital District will be
paid’ for.on the basis of 60%:
by the senior governments, 40%

‘by. the people of. the district, .-

approximately 1.1/4 mills.

’ The amount requested will also
provide extra funds for. altera-
tion and modernization of some
buildings to provide some tem-
porary accommodation, funds for
planning of. the new facilities
for the acute hospitals and the
acquisition of land. I feel that
the acquisition of land is the key
factor ‘in all of. the controversy.

" which has arisen. —

The Agnew-Peckham report
did not designate the exact lo-
cation of the hospital proposed
for the Elk Lake area, I feel
they should be asked to do so or
failing this, the Minister. of
Health whose. department is re-
sponsible for 60% of the cost
should designate the site, He
has on. his -staff-.specialists in
hospital planning, men with’ the
local knowledge and the general
ability. to know what is best for
It is amply,
clear that steps: should be taken

now ‘to define’: responsibilities.
‘and take the decision of hospital _
sites. out: of municipal politics

and prevent a political tug of war.

over. sucha vital need as hos-..

pitals for our sick and helpless,
Finally, may'I (since my po-

_Htical viewpoint is “well known)
‘be. permitted to give Mr. Loff-

mark full marks for his assess-.
ment . of our needs, his ready
advice and assistance’ and his

astute handling of the situation, .

We-may be on our way to re-
solving at last many problems

“in “hospital needs “which” have ~

troubled us for many years, con-

. cluded Mayor Cumming.

[Strong Stand) SIDNEY LIONS’ WALKATHON.

{On Hospital UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS |

“Nothing less than full and”
proper replacement. of ©
Haven Hospital with a new fa-

_cility so situated that it will best -
‘serve the citizens of the’ north

end of the Saanich Peninsula to-

day and. tomorrow. will satisfy ~

the Sidney’ Chamber of Come.
merce’?
past president and director. ~~

said William’ Larnick,.-

Rest

If the site selected for the.
new. acute care hospital is too...

far south and not-in accordance 2
with the recommendations ofthe...
..Agnew-Peckham report, then Mr...
*Larnick states that steps will: -

be taken to focus the attention

of government authorities. on a.

very serious problem.
He stated late last. week that

“a plan of action has been pre-”

pared. If the site selected. is
unsatisfactory, the Sidney, North
Saanich and Central Saanich _

Chamber of Commerce ‘and the
Sidney: Chamber. will. work:;
together: to circulate a petition
recording: public dissatisfaction.

It’ will. be taken directly to the .

provincial government.

SMOKE TO CEASE

Black piliars of smoke seen

_ frequently.by day. inrecent weeks

at the Victoria Airport should
‘cease to appear after July 4,

Mayor J. B, Cumming of North —

Saanich. reports that the ‘smoke, -.

“which. has: left. its: mark .on a.

‘number - of local. ladies". cleanly

washed clothes, has beenaneces-: .

sary part of a fire fighting course.

“for airport crash crews, .
Simulated crash fires-are set:
with “used: ofl after which. the -

crews move in-with special equip~

" ment:to Spray.a fire-killing foam: ~:

“on them.

It.is understood. ‘that much of
the equipment and vehicles used
for the ‘course..are’ on regular:
emergency standby at the airport
hence the training had to be done
on the spot,

~In any case. the- mayor has as-"~
‘certained that it should. be. all
over this Thursday.

FORMER TEACHERS AND ©
PUPILS TO MEET AGAIN

In.the’ present. order of muni~
subdivision, — the.. term

pears.
plied. to much of the peninsula’s
area from Victoria to the present
border of North Saanich. ©

. The Saanich School District
was formed®.in’ June: of 1869,

School’’ applied” ‘to. the old one-

“room, all grade, building erected
on a site now embraced by White

Road and the Veyaness. The pro-

perty was donated by William

Turgouse. and. subsequently the
first public school in Saanich was
erected thereon, together with a
residence.

In 1908 the original building
was replaced bya more elaborate
stracture, still but: one room in
extent, and later to accommo~
date the still small, but grow-
ing, student body the existent
residence was pressed into ser-

vice for reception of the primary |

grades.

These two buildings functioned
as full time educational institu~
iions until the end of the school
year in June 1913, and in that
year there were brought into
being two new schools of two
rooms apiece — one at Keating
and. another on Mount Newton
Crossroad. Thus was the fure-
ther increased student population
of the area accommodated and the
long walks on the often dusty or
muddy roads shortened for many.

On July 27th, at 11 a.m. the
old school grounds, long silent
and presently greatly overgrown,
now devuid of its buildings, will
see a gathering of many of those
who long before the period of
motor transport trod the Old
East Road to the school on the
hill, some eager, some not so
eager for the learning to fit
them for their lives ahead. They
will recali the lively games
played at recess and during the
midday respite, the constant
chatter, the merry moods, the
quarrels of youth, the toll of

“South: Saanich :

the. -school. bell, -- Those were
the days of-slates, slate -pen~

rils, no’ th bottle:
oss ermos bottles nor hot - three miles, to 84 year old W.S,

lunches, and lard buckets were
the. approved containers. for the
noon day meals.

Registration of ‘all one time.
students ‘and teachers will be.
enacted .on the site of the old

school grounds. The, register,
of unique design made by: one
of the former students, is to be

‘preserved and held as a record:

of this gathering,
From the South Saanich school

grounds, the group will go on to.

The Chalet, at Deep Cove, where
at i opsm. they will be sum-
moned by the original school bell
to partake of a smorgasbord
Tuncheon. Notice has been given
to as many of those that the
functioning committee have been
able to contact through the mails.
Response has been such as toin-
dicate that a large number will
attend the reunion, Former stu~
dents and teachers, together with
their wives. or husbands, are
urged to be present. Those
not previously. notified should
contact Russell Crawford, Saa-
nichton Post Office, telephone
652-1782.

VISITS HERE
Rolf Harris, the celebrated
AustraHan singer and enter-
tainer was guest of Mr. andMrs,
David Hancock at Island View
Beach last Sunday,

“Hall,

‘councils, the-Central.. Saanich...

“. Despite a false start in which about a dozen
eager contestants: galloped a block or two down
Beacon Avenue, walkathon walkers got away: on
their nine mile jaunt a few minutes before noon,

“They were of all: ages, : ‘shapes and sizes but they:

“Overall Winner

JOHNSON: INNIS
| FAST WALKER

“Public response to the Sidney

‘Lions’ July “1st. Walkathon ex- ©

coeded even fondest expectations —

and was an unqualified success.
As the mid-day starting time .

approached « for: : the. nine mile

- of all ages gathered‘ at-Sanscha :
Committee Chairman Roy
Anderson reports ‘that:

was pledged.

-who obtained backing for $16. 4
‘Per: mile.-

-walk,. many hundreds-of people = 7

282 ace” tee
tually: ‘participated and $2,046 .98-

‘Most money was
‘pledged for Mrs. Dorothy ‘McLeod :

“Perhaps: 15% of. the walkers” io

were children and teenagers but

. there was a. goodly. number of

adults including several teachers
from. Claremont High School and
M.P.-elect David Anderson who.

* finished the course in good con
_ dition in. two. hours and - five

minutes, :
. Entries ranged from four year
old. Mark’ Béaven: who walked

Gable. Mrs..S, Large was the

‘aldest woman to enter and ‘she

is reported to have “completed
the course. ”...
“Youngest boy to. finish. was 8

“year ‘old Dayid Beaven who had |
‘the company of his father, John,

sister Jennifer, 9, and Michael,
12.5

First. man home and overall
winner was Dan Johnson of Sid-
ney who ran most of the nine
milés in one hour and 20 mi-
nutes,

First woman to finish was stu«
dent Joleen Callard.

Children finishing firstin their
various age groups were: boys;
Ross Sutherland, Dale Tweedhope
and James White; girls; Joan

“Pennie, Rhonda Adams and Jo~

hanna Lace, Youngest girls to
finish were Lisa Rosko, Susan
Norbury, Lynn Sealey and Karen
Larsen, oe
Lion Roy Anderson has~ exs
pressed great appreciation

for the tremendous public re-

sponse and the money pledged.
He has now appealed to ali who |
made pledges to forward the”
agreed amounts to Sidney Phar-
macy, Roy's Chevron Station or
Sidney Superfoods, The money
will be used for the many youth
projects which are sponsored by
the Sidney Lions’ Club.

~ AWAIT SPEECH

FROM THRONE

Further progress toward financing Central Saanich’s $1 1/2 mil-
lion sewerage scheme will await the speech from the throne on
the opening of parliament, Sept. 15, said Mayor R, Gordon Lee

last Tuesday.

: Sweep Dan Johnson.

- Gtreau

‘in

were ‘all enthusiastic and ‘obviously enjoy
challenge. Efficient traffic control by the R.C.M.P.. «
detachment enabled the walkers bo. proceed without

dela or dan Tr. : 50
y ae = STAFF PHOTO

: “PROVES SUCCESS

“BY AVRIEL KELLY

- An. event which hardly needs
advertising” since” its. fame has
spread. far and wide, : the’ Satur:
na. Annual. Lamb. Barbecue.
tracted almost 1, 300 holidaye

Blessed” ‘with. a. combination:
of perfect weather. and the aroma

Polos af tantalizing food, ‘more than

rice oe te oway??! since: he

-had left: his native: Hungary

Another... wanted: to« con

~~ Jate the M.C..on:the public’ ad-
: dress. system which advised when

the -ferr ies. “were: leaving
~And ‘most: of: all, there: wasn't

“a soul there who wasn’

the

First to finish ‘the nine nile walkathon course was sidney Chimney

He ran ‘most _of the way, finished in‘one hour’

and 20° min'tasand ‘though a bit dry as ihe checked in, was Soon -
in good shay aflur a salt. ‘drink provided by ‘the Lions. a

MOTOR THEFT BRINGS ©
FINE AND DAY IN JAIL

Sidney Magistreies Courthada.
busy session on tune 22 and many
fines’ were levied to offenders,

Bucchett, Robert Let-
ate! Henry Bird were

ined $2°, S10 and $15 respect

ively fo: speeding. .

Jumes

Stuart Schuetze was fined $40
for driving without due care and
attention. Gerald Doyle was

Bate For
Swimming

Tests for pollution and bac-
terial count recently made at the
beaches of Saanich Peninsula
showed that they are presently
safe for swimming.

This was the essence of 2 re-
port rendered at the North Saa«
nich council! meeting last week
by Alderman T.C.M, Davis.

The information was obtained
at a meeting of the Greater

He mentionéd discussions with senior officiais of the ministry Victoria Metropolitan Board of
of municipal affairs last Friday, and earlier with the Minister,
and said opinion is general that the newly elected government

will take a direct interest in petlution control.

From election

speeches that were made there is an expectation that federal fi-
nancial participation in local sewerage schemes is likely, said

the mayor.

“tin the circumstances we would be somewhat foolish to dive into
the financial pool at this time,"’ he remarked.

Health on June 11 and was based
on the results of a sampling
program at Cole Bay, Patricia
Bay ard istand View Beach.

In addition, samples from the
atea around the Sidney sewer out-
fall also indicate that conditions
are aceeptable,

“fined $15 for driving without a |

héadlamp'oh his motorcycie.
_ Raymond Jestico failed to stop

ata stop. sign. and was ‘fined ;
$10, as was Richard Soles for
~ squealing his tires fn Sidney,

Patricia Harnilton was. found ..
guilty: of failing to remain at the
scene of an accident and fined
$50.° Margaret Beirnes was found |

“pressed with the relaxed friend

atomosphere: which the. Saturna -

years of age! "Thise who didn't.
make At this year surely nissed- E

“Maximumt. tem. (

Minimum. tem. (June 28):
‘Méani ‘temperature
Precipitation ....--

‘Total al Breetnitation -

guilty fined $30 for driving with- ;

‘ out due care and attention.
* David Weiss of Sidney was 'y

found guilty of theft of an out-
board motor sent to jail for one
day and fined $75.

Henry Smith and James Har-
rer were each found guilty of

failing to comply with safety
regulations for. small vessels
and fined $15.

BN Fe 1 cenmsessmennatiosmmenias
FLAGS AND LIGHTS

STRIPPED FROM BANK

Vandals appear to have had a
premature Dominion day cele-
bration last Saturday night when
they removed two flags and three
floodlights from the roof of the
Bank of Montreal on Beacon Ave-
nue in Sidney.

The Asgs are missing bat the
bulbs were tossed onto the stréet:
below where they broke. Branch
thanager D. Smith was not aniused
and the Sidney Detachtrent of the
R.C.M.P. is investigating.

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