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Wednesday. January 27

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“The old axiom of walking before you can run will. |
: be changed on Saturday in Sidney to “you: must 7
walk before you can swim") |

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= CHECKPOINT
FOR ENERY

KATHON

ON SATURDAY —

MILE

Starting at noon from Sanscha, a procession of:
stalwart boosters will wind through Sidney on a 10-
tale course in a mass ‘Walkathon Sponsored, by

os mye Review's $ - Galiano Island ‘Correspondent.
‘) ‘covered, the opening of:the Legislature and

‘found herself spectator to a disturbance |
_eaused when. a numberof demonstrators”.
7 proceedings.
following article is her fir irst- hand, report.

almost broke up the

BY M, ARY BACKLUND :

‘We found ourselves in the
middie of - the riot, and
being. usually. quiet and
unaccustomed to. large
crowds, it) was - pretty
terrifying for a Mitle while.
OF course we did not have
to he where we were, and
‘anneal blame anyone for
‘our personal involvement,
bot i just seemed ta
- happen that way, Uaving a
seat li dhe ladies gallery
wan a treat, and we walied
Juct toe fone te try te pet
upstairs, The crowd | of
demonstrators surged) in
Hike a bunch of fags, and |
we contd mot yet aie way ar
the other up those stalre.
_ Thes were shonting ane
yelling, and when thes tore

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‘dein one of the flags, then

At seemed to) be. getting

pretty rowdy, Most of them”

were sheuting “we. wart

_johs') looked to me Whe

just Kids, too young to do
usetul work, and some of
them. were. laughing, and
anyone Could tell that they:
were just along jor, the |
excitement of it all, and
they were out fora pond»

times

accused

‘fathloned, ty

MORTIFIED
REPO TE H
have often’ heen
of being con:
‘and owl
WaShe yee
were too harsh on this type
of seung people. bat we
cannot condone rudeness,

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Sidney ‘Centennial Committee to ‘augment ¢ swim:

ming pool funds. Lemonade enroute and coffee and ©
donuts at the: finish line. (Sanseha) will refresh -
walkers. '
The pool fund. now stands at $16 000 and Cen:
~tennial. Committee hopes: to raise a matching

als, 000 swith the aid of donations and the walkathon, ;

Tess than two

“thes

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disrespect. its just plain
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sete. Thin. is
what we daw, and we were
quite mortified. Thank
heavens they were a small

minorliv of young people,
and

some not 66 darn
voung, cither. but when you
notice Chat they were about
thousand,
really ao small

thes are

rranp

y in .
ntorlunate. that
disrupted sacha
pooving id finpertagt
ceremony, tat we. have

tds

greater respect than ever —

for ai ose TOC UMP why
‘hard ne alenee | thelr

thud teaining and restraint
totne face af tselte harled

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Disturbance “Terrifying To Islander”

CROWD 'SURGED IN LIKE A BUNCH OF Bucs” rare

SANCTUARY.

AC the Empress it was

SS odifferent, nota whisper out
- oof plac cand the invitations
were shown at the en-
trances, There, to the
stralus of an excellent

hand, we jot a chance to:
aay hello to the ALLASs,.

and their charming wives,
too, Ten and cakes
disappeared — Hhe magic,
and it is interesting to ser
how the welldrained
waltresses get through the

Wie ppm de e itheot oping |

the gigantic. trays of food,
Not so with the coffee or
fencups held We the tn
divideal Ye takes itech
skill to hold a fall cup ts one
hand, along with all of the
other junk you carry, iry

CLAREMONT SCHOOL POTENTIAL

‘. |. out that these smaller havens do

af growing |

- Charged Ticket

Ideas to more fully exploit

reakwater
Promotion —
Is Pursued |

A new effort to persuade the:
federal government .to .provide
the Port. of Sidney with: a
protective: breakwater is. being.
made by. Sidney. and North
“Saanich Chamber of: Commerce.:
Brief to the federal government

Council. on ~ Monday.
evening, and in due course will be:
‘presented jto the municipal
councils: of Central. and North
Saanich for endorsement.»

The document is a follow-up to
a Briefon..the same subject

and which to date has produced.
only. a negative response. The
‘protection of the Port of Sidney
has. been the concern of. local.

~ businessmen since the turn of the: _

‘dev lopment of smaller harbours
vat. the North of the Feninsula,
- The Brief now ‘prepared points

‘not cater. for. boats * 100-feet_in
length or more, and that it is of
“importance to. accommodate the
marine: ‘traffic. of
‘Saanich Peninsula and the. Gulf

located.

Paid: Dividend |

A three- minute shopping spree
resulted in $99.50 worth © of
‘groceries for Al Kurtz, winner of
the Sidney Lions’ shopping raffle

last © Saturday. After oa
preliminary. survey of. the

“course” at Sidney Super Foods,
Mr. Kurtz) ao Vittoria’ man.
plunged: in at 8.300 a.m.
hectic race around the aisles,

~ Proprietor of Sidney , - Super
Foods, Hon Lowe, is a Lion and
sold Mr. Kurtz the orig
ticket )"') remember “he had to
charge it,” chuckled Lowe, "The
Lions garnered about $200 from
the raffle which will RO towards a a

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NODS DOSS er Ceo

+ Sand drink tea gracetalty,

scholarshi p fund.

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and dodge all al the crowd:
milling all about. Then to

week aut, and wail your

turn to speak to someone,
wid alsa to fook at) dhe: >
Varkeiy oof hats and
costumes. ,
Tt was pretty nice to sit,
shone on (he bus on the way
to Swart Bay, alter all of
that nove and evehement,
Thik pew has rain is quite
diferent (ian the last ane,

and it takes soucall arowad |:

Why oS att lh h Penbwaata, ! ), whit
Ae always arrlve at the
terminal before: 7 pom,
molkday boach aloes thai
hoving to race all @he way
down that jong caiseway
knowing that the ferry bs
walling for wou,

“was given the full. support of |
| Sidney

“prepared by the Chamber in 1968, | —

: government asa maiter of ‘policy
|-is. more concerned: with. the

Islands at Sidney, where Customs fos
‘and: ‘Immigration’ offices, are oe

for a

dnal rate

the potential of Claremont.

senior secondary school educational facilities were
‘expiained to Saanich School District’ Trustees ‘on
Monday, with a recommendation for extended hours of
tuition in the next school year.

‘District Superintendent Cory Holub said that the
objective would primarily be to. use the most expensive

STATIC TIMETABLE

A further result; said Mr.
Holub, would bea ‘static’
timetable. - courses would © be
taught. at the same time every
day. This would. facilitate the
attendance of adults’ taking: one
or two courses — an impossibility
under. the present system. Mr.

‘Holub expressed’ avery. strong.

belief in the desirability of adults
using district school facilities, He
said it “burned him up” to have
to turn-away. adults ‘wishing to
enrol in local courses, especially. .
considering they are taxpayers i in.
the community. :
Such'a. ‘static’ timetable would”
also allow a. student to take a

also‘hold a part-time job.

oo. EXPENSE POTENTIAL |
Trustee. acNei
questioned whether such. .a
sia pen not oa large.

increases required in teaching

partial program of education and «

Charles MacNeill.

school areas on a more intensive. basis. Such costly :

facilities as laboratories and ae would bei in use over

as at present.

He said that a decision is needed i in the near future ; as

the necessary planning must be studied before the

Easter recess.

numbers of students to the
system. with’ corresponding

staff as well as such things as bus
transportation, libraries,
custodial staff, secretarial staff,
and counsellors.

Trustee John. Pennington
surmised that the alternative. to
such an extended use program is
the building of a new high school:

He felt. that. extending. school.
hours would“ be less costly. and:
said that such systems are.

operating ‘Satisfactorily
elsewhere? 7
Mr... Holub summed® up his

support of the report by stating
that the ‘community would like
to have school: buildings used for
\-a longer period of time.”

A report: from : the Education a
Committee is expected | to. be’
available at the next ‘School

Board Meeting.

recorder” and ; -Cassettes were .

‘| together with a small sum in.

: Which elt ere. eee to by.

said:

ae necessary on this subject.

“{wo--years,””

pended: a

‘Trustee Zach Hi Hamilto

. ‘Trustee. Zach Hamilton again. ‘outlined. his: Philosophy -
me that more than just teachers’ and trustees should be in-.
volved i in. such a resolution. Ata prev ious meeting he had :
“We should’ meet’ with community. leaders, we -
‘Should meet with students, we should mect with all kinds”
of people before we adopt an aims and objectives policy of”

~- education.” He felt that much more time and study was. ,

“On. being. told by Board: Chairman,
_ that “‘this has been under pretty active consideration for.
Trustee. Hamilton replied;
“present time the teachers and everyone else don’ t know i in
which direction this. board is. going.” eee :

Jack. ‘Armstrong, |

“Right. at the” oy

“Trustee Hamilton will he away ‘on holiday for the month
_ of February and thus will not be present when the motion |
_. is present ed and formally. considered by the Board...
Complete text of Trustee MacNeill’ s ‘motion: is ap.

‘Continued on Page 2

“}\ Bonare, D Hicks, F. Kirby, C
>| Noel,-H. Perry, 8. Schwazer; M

Skinner, Cc. ‘Thomson, D. Waters
oF Waters. | ws me

Anacortes ferry. terminal. was .

| STOLEN GOODS
RECOVERED BY

SIDN EY RCM

. Sidney and North’ Saanich”
RCMP. were tipped _ off on the»

January 21 break-in - at’ Kent’s

-Ltd: on Beacon Ave., when entry.
Was made in the early morning.
hours - through | the front: door
transom.” "

Stereo squipnent to ‘the value

; of $2,200 was stolen: and has since
been recovered by RCMP froma.
shed i in the John Dean Park- area.)

‘Also: on January - 21, a tape
stolen from. Sansbury — “School,

cash... Twoo:juv eniles | “were
arrested ‘near: John Dean Park

‘| and on Saturday pleaded guilty. to

a

“MARIJUANA.

“An ‘American citizen checked
by | ‘custom's ‘officials at. the

a

found to be in’ possession of a’
small quantity of marijuana, and
was detained by Sidney R.C.M.P.
He was. released the. allowing

day and deported to. the: United.

: st ales, t

SIDNEY
_ NEWSPAPER ©
“THRIVING |

The. ‘Saanich Review, a
weekly: paper brought out -
by Review Publications:
Aad. Third Street, Sidney
“eeaned. publication’ last
week. Rising. costa) and
“inereased ~~ competition.
were given as. thi reasons
lor (he paper closing down,
We knew we would have
_ a strugale when we took it:
over hist April.” said dohn
Manning, Publisher of Whe.
— Saanich. Reviews “Dy
' Dee ember we had just fot.
it to the breakeven: point.
but could not justify
carrying ition through: the
lean POst- ‘Christmas
amonths.

He explained that the
Sidney Review whieh has
boon Published — con-
Hintwusdy since 112, is ina

position
“hy the past three yearn
the numbersol actus) gist
subseribers has risen fron
2500 ta almnvoxt the 4000
; hey a ak oidoue a
our: Viclorja interests 1
pin te localize the Sidney
Thevigay Coverage sta
mare, ond te concentrate
Almost entirely on Sidney,
Saanich  Pooinsuia cad
Gall Sdands pows.'

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“uhervagby sound financial 7

mark, said Manning. “Now

disabled.

SIDNEY MOTHERS - w i fi r these hood in the’
annual Kinsmen Mothers’ March achedaled hefe >
February British Columbia poster clitd, Millie”
‘Mouw, 11, asks residents to tive generously to the
province: wide campaign, proceeds of which are
used to assist in the » rehabilita tion of the phyalcally,

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