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“THE REVIEW

Wednesday, June 30, 1971

The i Age of Aquarius if
‘BY CHAIRMAN
- presents... J.J. ARMSTRONG

A Saanich School Board is: most
appreciative of. the excellent
coverage that the Review has
given educational affairs. I
cannot recall a Board meeting
that has not been attended and
~ fully covered by a representative
“of the paper. As Chairman, I
would also like to express my
thanks for the space allotted for
this column. During my _ four
years on the Board, I have never
seen such large public. at-
tendance of parents, teachers
and other interested parties as
we have had this year. We are
pleased at this interest. No doubt,
“much of it is inspired ‘by the
articles appearing in the Review.
Our normal meeting nights are
the second and fourth Mondays in
each month, but a check with the
School Board Office might be
wise for those planning to attend.
In. last week’s paper, there
appeared two articles which 1
find rather disquieting —. the
editorial and the report of the
Board. meeting. In my_ opinion,
both articles lacked objectivity,
which may be acceptable in an
editorial,- but surely. not. in
general reporting. For myself, I
feel honoured to serve on the
present Board with men I per-
sonaily admire. and whose
‘background experience and

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education is of ‘the highest
calibre. Although at times, we.
may have our differences at the
Board table, this is as it should
-be, and it is this interaction which
1 believe will result in steadily
improving. educational op-
portunities for our youngsters at
the..most reasonable. cost
possible. We may have our
shortcomings, but I. am
astonished that anyone would
accuse us of being milquetoasts.

Certainly Mr. Holob is a strong
man. This is why we hired him,
because we felt the need of just
such a person at this time. To my
knowledge, he has never usurped

BROWNIES

BY LEE IFE :

Last weekend 12 Sidney
Brownies and 8 Elk Lake
Brownies got together at Camp:
Kingswood for the 2nd Annual
“Charlie Brown’’ Camp. As I still
haven’t learned how to make
camp hats properly it was a
fitting name for our group. The
camp was staffed by Mrs. C.
Copeland, Brown Owl ist Elk
Lake, known as Linus the Cook,
Mrs.’S. Tomsett, volunteer nurse
as Snoopy, myself as Charlie
Brown, and four Guides as packie
helpers. These were Cathy
Copeland as Lucy, June Moffort
as Sally, Cathy Ife as Pig Pen and
Betty Ife as Schroeder. The sixes
-were All: Stars, Red. Barons,
Great Pumpkins, and ‘Peanuts.
- Although the weather wasn’t
the usual hot-camp type, it was a
pleasant weekend with rain at
night and sun during the busy.
day. It was great fun to have a
_mixed group and the girls got to
know .a_few more: Brownies a

and well prepared by the efficient
staff, and. handicrafts were
popular. The Brownies put on a
“Variety Show” for our Saturday
Night. entertainment which was
quite ‘interesting. .

“club formed was the ‘‘Slug Club’
ae Brownie was: blindfolded. and‘).
ich nto a bowl of: Jello”

squashe

: enjoyed the. weekend.

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little better. Food was plentiful

“Forgetfulness is common at '|
‘Camp and again we had a few.
girls. who forgot hats, ‘left: things

tye will.
good spor s:and .we thoroughly

“Sunday: morning we held a

our policy making role. Certainly

he has, in his professional. role
made recommendations, but. if
the Board did not agree and this
has happened on. numerous. oc-
casions, he has carried out our
wishes to the best of his ability.

He has always furnished us with
all the information necessary for
us to make viable decisions and
this has not always been true in
this District. Before Mr. Holob’s
appointment last year, the Board
had decided on a policy of greater
mobility for our ‘teachers,
because we felt such mobility had
been Jacking and that transfers
for good reason were in the best
interests of education. 1 wish to
stress most strongly that tran-
sfers.in this District can in no
way. be construed as a lack of
competence or as some. form of
punishment. Usually it is quite
the contrary. Most transfers this
‘year were. in effect promotions
within our present — staff,
something that has been lacking
in the past and a chronic source
of irritation to our teachers. Our
professional staff is hired to the
District, not. to. a particular
school, and just as happens in the
business world we want to use our
people where they will be the
‘most effective. a
The busing of Sidney children
has been made necessary by the
rapid. growth in. that area .as
compared to slower growth than
projected elsewhere. Such
‘projections were faulty because
of the changed regulations by the
Metropolitan Board. of Health,
Municipal and Regional Boards.
The. Education | Committee,
contrary to the report in your
paper, considered every alter-.
native very carefully. None was
practical for a variety of reasons
other than the one we adopted by
‘unanimous decision of the Board.

end of the Peninsula was utilized.

pecondary’ ‘school as
,|-elementary. school.. This” wil

Over-riding all else was that the
| government would not allow us to
\ build a new school until all sur-

plus classroom space in the north letter ‘R’, the initial of his first

‘We could cram: Sidney School till
the children: came through the
‘walls, but until surplus space.at
Deep: Cove and” Sansbury was:
| used it. would be “No?” ‘to:fa: new:

_|'school i in Sidney”. For. this reason,

repatriate all those living on ‘the:

John Guzzwell, who gained
world wide: renown: when -he
sailed ‘Trekka’ around the world
single handed over a decade ago,
has been living in New Zealand at
the small town of Russell with his
wife, Maureen, and their twin
boys for a number of years now.
There is a rumour that he may be
returning to Canada, his adopted
land, shortly.

John built his ‘Trekka', a 21°
yawl, in an empty warehouse in
downtown . Victoria during the
post war years and set sail from
the inner harbour on his globe
circling tour. His voyage was
“interrupted in New Zealand for a
year when he joined up with
Miles and Beryl Smeaton in ‘Tzu
Hang’ on their first attempt to
round the Horn.

Returning: to Victoria several
-years later by way of Australia,
the Cape of Gcod Hope and the
Panama canal, he married and
for a honeymoon sailed with his
bride to Hawaii. On returning to
North America he left ‘Trekka’ in
California where she was sold. At
various times John has worked in
a furniture factory in Victoria
and at a small boat building yard
on an island just off Sidney. Now,
apparently, he is intending to
return and take up residence on
Vancouver Island again.

‘Puffin’, an English designed:
Silhouette sloop is the first of her
kind in local. waters. With. an
overall length of only 17'4” she is
a_ hard chine, plywood _ con-
struction with a deck mounted,
‘hinged mast and twin bilge keels
for convenience in ‘beaching: or
trailering. Her co-owner,» Bob
Simpson, sailed her over to Deep
‘Cove, Vancouver Island from

earlier this:spring..
Winnipeg. Bob. explained that
although ‘he is no longer ‘a
member of this club he still flies
their burgee because of the large:

‘name. He. is. “primarily, a single

following. tip for: those. who will

sail:

—Gunii Gossip awwoney,

Deep Cove near Vancouver

““‘Puffin’ still carries the burgee
of the Red River Sailing Club of .

sooner or late be caught. in au |
sudden storm unable” to shorten

WITH

Bob ran into this. siatuation
alone a month ago in Captains
Channel between Prevost and
Salt Spring Islands. The Mainsail
jammed in its slot. and he was
being driven too fast for safety,
so he lowered his outboard engine
to give more drag and also
streamed a life ring from a stern
line. This did the trick and
‘Puffin’ steadied right away and
was soon under control. Bob said
that there were only two other
boats of this class on the west
coast, both in Seattle. Although
his own vessel is professionally
built, the design lends itself well
to the skills of the average home
builder. His home mooring is at
Deep Cove Marina.

Inclement weather forced ‘the .
cancellation of last:. Sunday’s
Canoe Bay Sailing Club picnic. It
will be held at a date to be an-
nounced later, probably in
August. Péter White is proudly
displaying his new Catlaina 27, a
fiberglass racing / cruising sloop
built in California..He sailed it
from Vancouver last month and
spoke highly of it’s performance. °
He is eyeing the possibility of
competition in the North
American half-ton cup in the near
future. Her name, ‘White Squall’.

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THE GOVERNIVIENT OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

The purpose - of this scholarship is

toa graduate of Simon Fraser University, the ‘University. of, British -

the Government of the Province has established the Queen
Elizabeth British Columbia: Centennial: Scholarship | in
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to ‘enable selected
British Columbians who. have graduated from one of the
three public universities of the Province to take jurther .
studias at approved universities (or equivalent institutions
of higher learning). In the United Kingdom.

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Columbia, or the University of Victorias. .

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