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PAGE FOUR

Wednesday, November 10, 1971

The Land Issue

Municipal elections without a succulent bone of
contention would not be normal in Central Saanich.

Sure enough as December approaches something
strange and vaguely ominous has been detected con-
cerning Council’s. proposed purchase of the Brentwood
Bay Brownlee property for recreational purposes.

$53,100 for one acre, scoff the critics, poof! .... this is
-Brentwood we are talking about, not the Uplands or

Gonzales Bay.

What were the motives prompting: three public-
; minded citizens. who together bought title to this
property in August? We are assured that it was to hold
on until municipal machinery could be set in motion to
secure it for the ratepayers. It has been flatly denied
_. that there was any complicity on the part of Council.
_ First without doubt, was a firmly neld conviction that
with. pollution finally ended the beach would. give
-. Gesirable public access to the only really warm water
for: bathing around the Saanich Peninsula coast. It is
thought also that the venerable but well maintained
. dwelling on the site could be put to good use either as a
senior citizens’ centre or for youth activities.
Secondly, there was: fear that the opportunity to
secure would be lost through an immediate sale on. the
open’ market.
Further, in the opinion of these gentlemen, the price
- although high was not out of line with present waterfront
. property valuations.
Inthe circumstances, the motives and action of the
purchasers cannot be. imagined as other than purely
“altruistic and conceived in the public interest. —
-. Inany.event, two-thirds of Council are convinced that
the property can be readily adapted for the. intended.

community uses.

p
nd make ppropriate decisions it.is extremely doubtful :
referendum on the question. ‘as proposed by |
e Ratepayers’ Association is a reasonable demand.. :

hether.

“ approval or otherwise at the pone booth.

epresentatives to sift the evidence, frame the policy,
‘and’ take action according to their. convictions.
Ratepayers: have the. opportunity of: registering their

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1 ACRE OF
WOODED LAND
WITH HOUSE,
207-FT. WATER -
FRONTAGE
$53, 1002°

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For years now - more than I
care to admit - my wife has been
quietly and efficiently puncturing
my full-blown dreams. Now that
the shoe is on the other foot, as
the saying goes, ‘Tdon’ tknow how
to act.

In retrospect, of course, I

realize that her deflating of my

frequent enthusiasms has saved
us. from some: embarassing

situations, if not outright poverty.
_ Miniature golf dic not come back,
as I had cunningly anticipated, 1

have. blessed her many times for

keeping me from being the first .
“and last. — to revive it. It was.

_ ‘With so much of the coastline in private ownership ‘|oshe, ;

~~ many will agree that local authorities should lose no |:

reasonable opportunity of securing beach access for the
public benefit. :
~ Minority ‘opinion on. Council does not disagree with
Alderman Stanlake’s novel process for transmuting

gross material into golden recreational jand, but does ae
‘the woe ;

too, whose persuasive

argument limited my proposed
“caravan tour of. the world to
_North ‘America.: which: was, if.

you'll: pardon the expression, a

~belly-fully
So ‘it’s gone. — > the voice of.
_fendeney to:

reason tempering ~
Fornanticize.

wife has gone farm-crazy. She is
determined that we are all going

back to the land. She spends her.
evenings reading the fine print in'|:
the classified columns’ under the’

of vegetable gardens

- But now everything i is changed. :
: The” voice. of. reason ®
‘supercharged with a dream of its :
own. The analytical, calculating |
‘has blown sky-high. ‘She’ s-off-and’
‘running with: the bit in ‘her teeth.
_and. the wind. in: her. hair. and’
“nothing. short of a brick wall As
: going to stop. her,
To come right to the: point, my

‘is now.

heading ‘Country Homes’’. Each
week-end means an expedition to
good: .green acres . where the
drawling voices of rural realtors
are beckoning her. ever deeper
into the hinterland.

To be honest about it, I find it
hard to resist the overwhelming
contagious: effect of the new
woman. I suppose‘ everyone, at.
some time in his. life,. gets’ a
hankering for farm-life and, as a
repeated hankerer, my time may
be ‘due. :
~ Only the searing memory of a
short and disastrous career with
six» White Leghorns, — which
produced eggs at an. average of
$8.50 a dozen, and the recollection
that
withered and died with only afew
fossilized, lilliputian radishes to

| show for my ‘oil, has’ convinced:

me that I-am better suited’ to
steam-heated apartments. —
My wife has the answer to this.

‘and the: ‘answer isa mysterious,
“elderly

couple” who exist in ‘her.

xactly. ‘how ‘she. pies
tures them -— the fine, old, white-
haired gentleman - with his
magical * green thumb. looking

‘after our greenery and livestock,

the sweet; silver-haired old. ‘dy

happily putting up preserves and
‘pickles and such, sharing withus

the bounty and the: contentment
of “our place’, ,

“IT know how: she. pictures them
because it is just the way I would

particularly | bountiful breakfast,

if the enthusiasm were mine. It
does little good to remind her that
they don't exist, that we would
surely draw a Ma and Pa Kettle
or a brace of. aged alcoholics.
Knowing the symptoms so well I
know that she is-beyond reason.

Hardly a night goes by that I
am not exposed to. some new
propaganda which. I recognize

‘only too well as the old softening-
up process.
“A: stream’’, she'll. ‘say ~sud-

denly; without any introduction.
“It would be nice to have. a
rambling stream _ through the
property.”

_“So ‘that it. can flood in the
Spring?” I counter.

Or, out of nowhere, “One « cow
will -be enough,” she'll . say.’
“What a wonderful thing to have
your. own fresh ‘milk every.

morning, right from the tap.”

“Cows get strange diseases. At
least. ‘our’ cow -would,”’ a come
back, truthfully enough.

“Mind you, it’s not: without an =
this

effort that: “Manage.
dissenting. voice. Just. ‘mention
“stream”? and’ “‘cow’’ and. can

she silently placed before me an
advertisement which was clearly
calculated to melt me.

‘20. acres,

‘‘Close to Centresville,’’ I read.
‘approx. one-half

cleared with fish stream running

year round

lovely four-

bedroom home ... small barn...
chicken house .:.. two-room log
cabin... . large mixed fruit or-

chard...

‘great conviction.

I began to talk; swiftly and with
‘I. mentioned

everything. that could possibly
cause heartache, backache or
bankruptcy. on. a’ farm. The
nearest school would be 18 miles _
away: The house would have -
termites from top to bottom. The
soil would be barren.

a

see a’fat, sleek. Jersey bending*

‘down to. drink «from: a. clear,
murmuring brook, trout rising in-

it, and, beyond, the corn, 12 feet”

high.

knows it is just a matter of time.

She knows I'am this way. she |

Only this. morning, : having .

lowered my resistance with a

2 ne Ye en mR RE”

Peas

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~May I through your: column

“express my feelings on a matter
co OF, importance. to. meas a tax.
payer in Central Saanich. ;
> Tnote in the Daily Press of Nov. :

_, 2nd, that the Council of Central.

Saanich has passed . second
_ reading of a by-law to purchase a
one. acre waterfront Jot. .in

Brentwood for recreation pur-
/ poses and a-senior citizen centre

ata price of $53,000.00, proceeds
being used from the sale of
municipal gravel from” the

“municipal: pit; Talso note this

bylaw. was vigourously opposed
(Salt. and
Clayards) for reasons given with

“whieh J wholeheartedly agree.

We already have 4 parks: in
‘Brentwood. already — being

maintained by the Municipality,

Lo., Rom Knott. Park, Verdier
- Park, Brooks “Park. and Gore

> Park, all of which are in dire need
7 of maintenance and expansion,

As far: ox the property in

“question, it is: not only the high

price tag of purchase but. what

bothers me in the cost of main:

tenance of the property and house,

to meet the requirements for

Which it is intended, There is no
beach to apeak of, therefore, sand

has to be brought in. Also: a.

coment breakwater must be built

to hold the sand. I know this is a

fact because we did this at

Rrooka Park when I was on
founcil (1951 ~ 1965),

Also what Is the Municipality

‘prepared to do to correct. the
-trosion of sand from) thin 86
called beach by the seasonal

stream that draina Inte that lot
~ This atream ia a surface drain of

the whole hillside as far back as

_ Weat Sounich Road and between

motes Noid, chuggedl Road aid
- Marchants Road, and as this area

“becomes more populated the
drainage demand is greater, We
have alrcady had a washout of
» Brentwood Drive at that point in

| the

‘earlier
Municipality.
The taxpayers will be saddled

years / of - ine

With a. bill of $100,000.00. by the

time all demands of services are

met for. the purposes . for: which

this one acre of land is expected
to provide =~ w beach park and
senior. citizen centre, Lets spend
that $53,000.00 to better the Parks

-we now have in Brentwood.

As for the selling of municipal
gravel on open market, I feel we
will regret the day ‘the Council

took. this action because it is a

known fact by past Councils. and
Area--Road contractors that

Central Saanich has the only pit
with No, 1 hardpan’ gravel in:
volume and prent demand.

‘Lsay we hold what we have to
our own road demands or we will
find ourselves buying from who
knows where and at what price,

Please. we hindsight «the
foresight” of cartier Councils,
Don't break our Golden egy,

Ray M. Lamont -
2046 Lamont Rd,
Saanichton..

vee

Editor, The Review; Sir:

-' This lettor is addressed to the
vandals that knocked down and
damaged several mail boxes
during the night of Oct, 30th in the
Central Saanich area, Some of
the victims: a ninety year old
couple, a widow, a lady with
Invalid daughter and husband
soo it's a pity some of the young
folks in this area use their time to
deatroy insiead of build for the
future,
b.R.

Brentwood.

Editor, The Review, Bir:

Yh fast. week's a roubles iat he
‘question was posed, “Who were
the interested people at the first
annual meeting of the Peninsule
Vor pital factory The tditor

went on to answer his own |

Your bias ia showing,

‘tn intelleetual .

| LETTERS: TO THE EDI TOR -

question’ ‘saying.
Conservatives, Liberals ‘and
Social Creditors Seventh
Day. Adventists» and Anglicans
and Catholics’...

~ Well, Mr, Editor, there were
many people of other: political

ephey" "were

ere a

persuasion .and. other. religious

denomination there too. “They”
were New Democrats and United
Church members, ‘They . also
included: Penticostals; Jews and
Socialists,

If specific mention must “be
made of. community-minded
groups, wouldn't it, be fair. to
mention: them: all? .
« Brie Sherwood
: McTavish Rd

Editor, | The Review, sie: be

Once ina while, everybody:
shonid stand back a litte way,
and try to see himself and the

current events and attitides: in
the context: of avery” much

greater picture, the development:

of human civilization asa whole.
-eapability,
Inankind has come a long way
from the priniitive home erectur
who first discovered how to use a

club or throw a. rock. Modern:

man. through his acquired . in-
tellectual. skills,
machines, — technology. and
science developed by civilization
up to this point, has reached the
point of being able’ lo send
manned missions to other
planets, to extract useful energy
from the atomie nucleus, and to
work marvels in medicine and
surgery,

But this is just the beginning,
and looking ahead another. short
million years, Which is the total
Vonit .
plant as homo erectus, man of
that future date will look back
upon wa, ne primitive savages,
just ss we Joa hack wt the first

Thomo ercetus,

otarma) of

and using the,

af mans extetenge on this:

AS one would expect, starling

_with an animal whose superiority

over other species Jay. in ‘the
‘mastery of a club, or a rock, most
of human advance up to this point

‘of history has been in the hard-.

ware of civilization, automobiles,

_airplanes, computers, television,
‘the hardware-oriented -
sciences, The next million years |

and in

maybe. very different, ‘and

human advance may. be inthe |

field of abstract: reasoning: The
great. advances. of human

civilization. may. be in’ the un-,
use of
mathematical concepts, com. —

“pletely: beyond, (he realm: of our

derstanding | and

present: imagination.

Just as the past million year's
have done very little to increase ©
the amount of food, that) tha ine.

dividual homo erectus couid
asefully cat or enjoy.

see a level of material comfort, in
the
civilization, beyond which any
excess would make people sek,
“We may already be close to that
limit. now,

. ‘The real triumphs of man will
be in the attainment of complete -
understanding of himself and his

natural environment, and in the &
‘ability ta communicate with ff
other intelligent: civilizations R

within our galaxy, We
never. forget that’
probably missions of stars in our
galaxy which have planets which
are capable of supporting life,

should

and that.a large fraction of ese

inay have preceded the earth by
tens of millions of. years in the
develapment of tite
tellizence. Others may
ahead of us.

Qui doy todas poobloa ta)
seem important, but perhaps the
most Important of all, vow hat

he far

mankind has reached the polnt of | &

being able ta deatroy al fl oa
this planet, is to learn to regulate

+ | our affairs so that.

. ye the next, |
million years will quite: possibly.

hardware. of.

there: are.

and: (ne

Civilization. on: earth’:
prematurely - terminated,
Trevor Davis,-

_ North Saanich

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